Alan M. Craig Award

Alan and Narca Craig, San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, California, 1989.
Photo by Charles Duffy.

In 1987, Western Field Ornithologists instituted the Alan M. Craig Award, to be given on an irregular basis for “exceptional service, leadership and dedication to WFO over a sustained period of time.” The award is named in honor of Alan Craig, a founding member of the WFO and a founding editor of Western Birds (formerly, California Birds). In 1973, when we expanded our range of interest and California Birds became Western Birds, Alan was the journal’s editor. He guided our journal in that role for another fourteen years. Fittingly, in 1987, Alan was the first recipient of the Alan M. Craig Award.

The Craig Award is given to honor leaders who have provided distinguished and meritorious service to the organization over a period of time. In establishing this award, WFO’s board of directors resolved that the award would be granted only on an irregular basis for exceptional service to the organization.

In 1987, Western Field Ornithologists instituted the Alan M. Craig Award, to be given on an irregular basis for “exceptional service, leadership and dedication to WFO over a sustained period of time.” The award is named in honor of Alan Craig, a founding member of the WFO and a founding editor of Western Birds (formerly, California Birds). In 1973, when we expanded our range of interest and California Birds became Western Birds, Alan was the journal’s editor. He guided our journal in that role for another fourteen years. Fittingly, in 1987, Alan was the first recipient of the Alan M. Craig Award.

The Craig Award is given to honor leaders who have provided distinguished and meritorious service to the organization over a period of time. In establishing this award, WFO’s board of directors resolved that the award would be granted only on an irregular basis for exceptional service to the organization.