FLORIDA ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY
2006 AWARD RECIPIENTS

NOTE: This year, there were no nominations for the William C. Lazarus Award, and an FAS Chapter Award was not presented.

FAS PRESIDENT’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Sheila Steward was honored by the FAS Board and out-
going President Dave Burns, Sheila was honored at the
Banquet during the FAS 58th Annual Meeting in Stuart,
Florida, on May 13, 2006. FAS President Dave Burns gave the
following remarks:

It is an honor for me to present this plaque to Sheila K.
Stewart for her years of dedicated and loyal service to FAS, the
Board, and me in helping to make this a much better society.
It is a rare opportunity to be able to thank someone publicly for
believing in them, giving valuable advice and direction, and
providing invaluable opportunities at Weedon Island and
elsewhere. For these I thank you, and for allowing me to
believe in myself and achieving what I have so far. Without
your support, I would not be standing here tonight.

Sheila has served on the FAS Board for many years in
various capacities. She is the immediate past President and the
current Newsletter Editor and has just resumed the presidency
of FAS for 2006-2007. She holds an M.A. in Anthropology
from the University of South Florida (USF) and has worked for
Panamerican Consultants, Inc. She is a member of the Florida
Archaeological Council and was the founding Manager of the
Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center in
St. Petersburg. She currently teaches anthropology and
archaeology to gifted students in St. Petersburg and serves on
the Florida Public Archaeology Network board as FAS's
representative. She is also a fellow of the Florida Studies
Program at USF.

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT

Individual FAS chapters honor members for outstanding
service in furthering archaeology and preservation. This year,
President Dave Burns presented two certificates.

Pensacola Archaeological Society (PAS)
KEN ALDERMAN

Ken has been one of the most active volunteers in PAS since
he began at the University of West Florida’s (UWF) field lab in
1998. Since 2000, Ken has volunteered almost on a daily basis
during UWF’s 13-week summer field schools. He has served
PAS as a Board member and Vice President since 2002.
Recently, he spear-headed a new PAS grants program to assist
UWF students in their thesis research and travel costs to
meetings.

JOHN CRANE

John has served on the PAS Board since 1993, first as a
Board member, then as Vice President. He now is serving a
second term as President of PAS. John provides a major
leadership role for the chapter. He also serves as PAS represen-
tative to the Pensacola History and Archaeology Council. John
enhances the public’s view of PAS, and is a willing and
valuable volunteer for archaeology.

 

VOL. 59(3-4)

THE FLORIDA ANTHROPOLOGIST

SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2006