The William T. Elberty, Jr. Medal is created by the alumni of the St. Lawrence University Geology Department (and its predecessor the Department of Geology and Geography) in honor of Professor Emeritus William T. Elberty, Jr.  It is an award for service to St. Lawrence University through and by direct service to and support of the Department of Geology.  Awardees may be St. Lawrence alumni, faculty/staff, current students or friends of the Geology Department.  The award is intended to honor a sustained pattern of acts of service to the Geology Program, to its education mission in classroom, laboratory or field, to its students, faculty or staff in their teaching/research endeavors, or to its alumni in their activities related to the St. Lawrence Geology Department.  Financial support is NOT a criterion appropriate for nomination or selection as an Elberty medalist except as it is part of a pattern of sustained and active involvement in the mission and activities of the Geology Department.
 
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