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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">Nominations are solicited for the Harold Hotelling Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment, awarded by the INFORMS Section on Energy, Natural Resources, and
the Environment (ENRE) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">This is a competitive ENRE Section award that recognizes the lifetime achievements of INFORMS scholars who have made sustained and exceptional contributions to the major areas spanned by ENRE. The
name honors the legacy of Harold Hotelling (1895-1973) who made extensive theoretical contributions to the fields of economics and statistics, and applied optimization methods to various practical and important problems in economics, most notably to spatial
economics and optimum management of natural resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">All members of INFORMS who do outstanding work in one or more of the ENRE-related areas are eligible for nomination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">Although ENRE membership is not required, it will be given consideration. Nominations can only be made by current regular members of ENRE. Neither the nominator nor the nominee may be serving on
the award committee in the year of the nomination. Contenders who do not receive the award in an award cycle may be nominated again in subsequent years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">Each nomination dossier must include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">1) a filled-out one-page nomination form including the names of the nominator and the nominee, and their contact information. The nomination form is available at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225"><a href="https://connect.informs.org/energy-natural-resources-and-the-environment/awards/nomination-form-harold-hotelling-medal-award">https://connect.informs.org/energy-natural-resources-and-the-environment/awards/nomination-form-harold-hotelling-medal-award</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">2) a brief nomination letter, of no more than two pages, written by the nominator explaining why the nominee is deserving of the award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">3) exactly three reference letters, at least two of which must be from current regular or retired INFORMS members supporting the nomination. At most one of the references can be from the same institution
as the nominee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">4) a maximum 10-page CV that documents the research record, scholarly output (refereed publications etc.), and other outstanding achievements of the nominee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Lora;color:#202225">The nomination dossier must be submitted to: Benjamin Hobbs, chair of the selection committee, in electronic form no later than May 15, 2023. Email: <a href="mailto:bhobbs@jhu.edu"><span style="color:#003087">bhobbs@jhu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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