January 18, 2002 TO: 2002 AALAS Officers, Board of Trustees, Alternate
Trustees, Committee Chairs, Branch Presidents & TBRs, &
Gold Individual Members FM: Mark A. Suckow, DVM 2002 Chair, Awards Selection Committee RE: Bennett J. Cohen Animal Stewardship Award
Nomination I wish to bring to your attention a new Award that AALAS
will be presenting for the first time in 2002. The Bennet J.
Cohen Animal Stewardship Award will be presented to an
individual or individuals, organization, or institution who
have made an extraordinary effort toward advancement of
methods that replace or reduce the number of animals used in
research, teaching or testing, or for development of
programs or procedures that elevate the comfort and
well-being of such animals. Our professional community is richly endowed with those
who hold to the principles of proper and humane animal care.
I encourage you to identify someone or some
organization/institution who is deserving of this
distinguished honor and to submit a nomination on their
behalf. To nominate, one should submit a letter of nomination,
additional supporting letters of nomination (no fewer than
four, nor more than ten) to the Awards Selection Committee,
c/o the National AALAS office, no later than May 1, 2002.
Nomination letters should describe in detail the specific
contributions and how these efforts have elevated the
comfort and well-being of animals, or how they have resulted
in reduced numbers of animals used. If individuals are being
nominated, the curriculum vitae of such individuals should
also be submitted at the same time as the nomination and
supporting letters for that individual. MAS/chc cc: Awards Selection Committee
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