Award

Hugh West Calkins, served on the faculty in the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo from 1975 until his retirement in 2002, and was department chair from 1999-2002. Hugh passed away peacefully in Colorado on Saturday June 18 2005 after a battle with cancer. He was 66 years old. The University at Buffalo has established the "Hugh W. Calkins Applied GIS Award" to be given annually to a graduate student from the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo who demonstrates the principles that Hugh developed and taught for many years regarding the successful application of GIS to real world issues.

Hugh's professional forte was service - to the department, to the University, to the community, to the State, and to the Nation. Hugh served on numerous national, state, and local advisory committees and boards, playing a leading role in the development of information exchange standards for the emerging field of geographic information systems. Hugh led the development of guidebooks and standards for GIS adoption by local government within the state that have been used around the world. He also was co-leader of two NCGIA research initiatives.

2023

• Qingqing Chen
• Zhenqi Zhou

2022

• Yifan Wang

2021

• Shiran Zhong

2020

• Sara Peterson

2019

• Yue Luo

2018

• Sara Peterson

2017

• Jesse Rubenstein

2015

• Michael Rienti, Jr.

2014

• Peng Gao

2013

• Tonya Lewis

2012

• Deborah Naybor

2011

• Stephen Tulowiecki

2010

• Joseph Holler

2009

• Amy Frazier
• Liang Mao

2008

• Daejong Kim

2007

• Seth Spielman

2006

• Bo Ae Chun