[meteorite-list] Re: Harvey Awards

[Notkin]

Dear CJ:

The Harvey Awards are the "Oscars" of the meteorite collecting 
community. They are named in honor of the mighty Harvey Nininger. My 
good friend Steve Arnold IMB, and I came up with the idea some years 
ago.

They are awarded each year during the Tucson show at Steve's and my 
joint birthday part. The awards ceremony is partly a light-hearted, 
humorous social event, and partly a way to recognize people who have 
made outstanding contributions to the world of meteorite collecting 
during the previous year.

The actual awards vary slightly from year to year. In 2004 they were 
lovely lucite columns with a cut and polished 1/2 stone of NWA 869 
affixed on top. Each award is accompanied by a rather grand 
certificate. Five or six awards are given each year, but some of them 
are usually joint awards (i.e. Richard and Dorothy Norton).

Past winners have included many luminaries from the community, and we 
shall be recognizing more of them in a few weeks' time. The Harvey 
Awards will return on Feb. 4, 2005. Come on out to Tucson and join in 
the fun.

As requested by my pal Dave Freeman, here are some photos from the 2002 
Harvey Awards:

http://www.paleozoic.org/tucson/events.htm

  . . . and the 2003 Awards (about half-way down the page)

http://www.paleozoic.org/shows/tucson-2003/pages/2003-gallery-2.htm


Regards to all,

Geoff N.