Nominations are due Monday, November 14, to nominate an individual, organization, company, or agency for the 2017 George McMath Historic Preservation Award.

The University of Oregon presents the award annually for exceptional and commendable work in historic preservation, in particular for development of new ideas, approaches, and innovations. The McMath Award is intended to raise public awareness of historic preservation education and promote excellence in preservation practice.

Criteria include demonstrated “distinguished merit” in preservation; employing historic preservation to renew diverse, older neighborhoods; meeting unique community needs while remaining sensitive to historic and changing urban conditions; raising public awareness; and career-long accomplishments of the highest caliber.

This is the ninth year the award has been conferred. Prior honorees include Sally Donovan, James Hamrick, Cathy Galbraith, Elisabeth Walton Potter, Hal Ayotte, William J. Hawkins III, Don Peting, and Leo Dean Williams.

The award will be presented in May at the University of Oregon in Portland.

The nomination application and additional information are available online. For questions or to e-mail materials, please contact Chris Bell at cbell3@uoregon.edu.

Above: Interior of south wing, facing west, Camp Tulelake Barracks, Tulelake, California, 1997. For the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering (HAER), by Sally Donovan, 2016 McMath Award winner.