The Lifetime Professional Achievement Award (LPAA) of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Simulation Society is the highest honor given by the Society. The purpose of this award is to recognize major contributions to the field of simulation that are sustained over a professional career, with the critical consideration being the total impact of those contributions on computer simulation. Past recipients are George Fishman, Jack Kleijnen, Averill Law, Richard Nance, Alan Pritsker, Julian Reitman, Reuven Rubinstein, Robert Sargent, and Thomas Schriber. An individual’s contributions may fall in one or more of the areas listed below:

• ResearchDissemination of Knowledge
• Service to the Simulation Profession
• PracticeDevelopment of Hardware or Software
• Advancement of the Status or Visibility of the Field

A nominee is not expected to demonstrate contributions in each area. A full description of the Award Rules can be found at http://www.informs.org/Community/Simulation-Society/Awards/Lifetime-Professional-Achievement-Award/LPAA-Rules. The annual award consists of a plaque and reasonable travel expenses incurred by the recipient when attending the presentation ceremony. If given, the award will be presented in December during the opening session of the Winter Simulation Conference. An individual selected for this award should normally be in or near their retirement; the award may also be given posthumously. Nominations may be submitted in the form of pdf files by anyone (including self-nominations), but they may not be made anonymously. The burden of offering evidence of merit falls on the nominator.

Each nomination should include:

• The nominee’s complete resume
• A clear-cut, comprehensive description of the nominee’s major contributions to the profession, with complete supporting documentation
• At least three letters of endorsement providing evidence of the significance and magnitude of the nominee’s professional achievements

Nominations for this award must be received by the Chair of the LPAA Selection Committee by no later than September 1, 2012. Please send complete nominations, including all supporting letters and documentation (if possible in the form of pdf files attached to a single e-mail), to the Committee Chair.

The LPAA Selection Committee consists of:

Reuven Rubinstein (ierrr01@ie.technion.ac.il), Chair
Averill M. Law
Barry Nelson