Awards 2004.

This article features Laurence J. O'Toole Jr., Margaret Hughes and Robert T. Golembiewski Professor of Public Administration in the Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public International Affairs, at the University of Georgia and recipient of the Dwight Waldo Award for outstanding contribution to the literature and leadership of public administration through an extended career. O'Toole is a graduate of Clarkson University with MPA and Ph.D. degrees in public administration from the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, where his major professor was Dwight Waldo. He has lectured and conducted research widely in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is past chair, Section on Public Administration, American Political Science Association and has served on the Executive Council of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). He is currently president-elect of the Public Management Research Association. O'Toole has conducted research for numerous governmental agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and the European Commission. Among his other research honors are the Burchfield, Mosher (twice), Stone, and Wholey Awards of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA); as well as the best article award in public and nonprofit management from the Academy of Management. He is also a recipient of the Charles Levine Award provided jointly by ASPA and NASPAA, for outstanding instruction, scholarship, and public service.