Chandler Robbins Award


The ABA Chandler Robbins Award for Education/Conservation is an award given by the American Birding Association to an individual who has made significant contributions either to the education of birders or to bird conservation and the "management or preservation of habitats on which birds and birding depends." The award may also recognize efforts in both fields.
One of five awards presented by the ABA for contributions to ornithology, the award is named in honor of Chandler Robbins, who himself advanced both conservation and education. Robbins is author of an influential field guide to birds and the architect of the North American Breeding Bird Survey.
The award was first bestowed on Ted Lee Eubanks.

List of recipients

Since the award's inception in 2000, there have been 17 recipients.
YearNameNotes
2000Ted Lee Eubanks
2002Charles Duncan
2003David N. Pashley
2004Jerome Jackson
2006Robert Ridgely
2007Jerry Bertrand
2008Richard M. DaleyFor his "innovative and far-reaching agenda in Chicago to create and promote a bird-friendly environment in an urban area."
2009George Fenwick
2010David DeSante
2011Donald Messersmith
2012Joseph Coleman
2013Tammy VerCauteren
2014Andrew Kinslow
2015Kimberly Kaufman
2015George Radcliffe
2016Robert A. Lewis
2018Denver Holt