The Distinguished Service Award was presented at the All-Academy General Session in San Antonio, Texas on August 14, 2011.  This year’s Distinguished Service Award was presented to Linda L. Putnam. 

The Distinguished Service Award is an all-Academy award presented annually to a candidate who has demonstrated excellence in developing or enhancing a field of study, founding or creatively editing a journal, or helping to build institutions through creative or unusually effective service.

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes significant contributions over the course of a career and is selected by the Career Achievement Awards Committee.  The 2011 committee, including Blake E. Ashforth (Chair), Quy Huy, Philip Podsakoff, Pamela S. Tolbert, and Sandy J. Wayne,  reviewed nominations accompanied by letters of support that specified the nominee’s accomplishments to select the recipient of this award.  The Academy of Management is proud to recognize the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award: Linda L. Putnam.