Certificate of Meritorious Service

At its August meeting in 1983, the MAA Board of Governors voted to establish a Certificate of Meritorious Service to be presented at the national level for service to a section.  The first such awards were presented at the August 1984 meeting.  Previous winners of the Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics are not eligible for the Certificate. The Certificate may be issued posthumously.  

The national MAA office sends full instruction to each section at the appropriate time.  In each section, a committee of at least three members should be appointed to select a single candidate for the award and then to send the name to the section governor.  This nominating committee should provide the section governor with a statement of the reasons for the selection.  The section governor should present the name of this nominee to the Board of Governors along with a citation summarizing the MAA service contributions of the nominee.  After the Board's approval, the name of the awardee is public knowledge, and the awardee’s name is presented to the section and the public at large.  The public presentation of the Certificate takes place at the Joint Mathematics Meetings each January.