Nominations Sought for Annual Hewett Awards
Edgar Lee Hewett was the first director of the Museum of New Mexico from 1909 until his death in 1946. He taught anthropology at UNM and was instrumental in encouraging the development of small museums throughout New Mexico. NMAM bestows two yearly awards in his honor.
Eligibility: The award is made to a person or organization
whose actions exemplify leadership or service to the New Mexico Museum
community. Recipients do not have to be members of NMAM or work in the museum
industry to be considered.
Nomination Process: Recipients of the Hewett Award (usually one individual and one organization) are chosen annually by the NMAM board based on nominations from the NMAM membership. Any member of NMAM in good standing can nominate potential recipients.
Recognition: The awards are generally presented to the recipient or accepted on behalf of an organization at the business luncheon at the annual meeting.
Please use the nomination form to submit a nomination by September 15, 2010. Email forms to Laurie Rufe at rufe@roswellmuseum.org, or fax to 575-624-6765. Thanks!
Awards will be presented at the NMAM Annual Conference in Las Vegas.
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Edgar Lee Hewett, author of the Antiquities Act, as first president of New Mexico Normal University, 1898. This image is from the National Park Service Archeology Program. It was supplied originally to Wikipedia by the Museum of New Mexico (Negative No. 7324.)
