Alumnus Albert E. Thompson (1972) has been awarded the听2015 Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to (AAPT).
Thompson, an AAPT听emeritus member, first joined the association in听1961听when AAPT recognized him for "An Outstanding Program in Physics" at Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colorado. He then rejoined in 1984 after returning to teaching physics. He has been actively involved in the Colorado-Wyoming Section and is the founding Coordinator of the AAPT eMentor Program.
One of Albert's wonderful accomplishments was creating听an electronic mentoring service for new physics teachers in 2008. As the project's听first director of AAPT's e-Mentor project,听he did an excellent job of working with AAPT staff to design the e-Mentor website. 听For more than four years he has donated countless volunteer hours matching mentors with mentees, suggesting changes to the website, working with the advisory committee, etc. Because of his long time service as a PTRA, he was extremely qualified to take on this project. About a year ago he expressed a desire to move onto other activities. He has been extremely patient as the Executive Office searched for a new eMentor Coordinator and has worked to ensure a smooth transition and sustainability of this program.听
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