
LAI AWARDS
Awards are presented in the following categories:
International Member of the Year Award
This award honors members who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to Lambda Alpha, to their profession, and to land economics through extraordinary achievements in the private or public sectors, research, or education.
International Public Official/Urban Affairs Award
This award is presented a public official who has made a notable contribution to improving the quality of urban life or a member who has impacted urban affairs through research and practice.
Interntational Public Official Award — View recipients
International Urban Affairs Award — View recipients
International Journalism/Author Award
This award is presented either to a journalist or author whose efforts have contributed to a greater understanding of the principles, practices, and greater awareness of land economics. The journalism award recognizes a sustained contribution to a national or regional body of work. The author award honors an exemplary, book-length publication.
Richard T. Ely Distinguished Educator Award
This award is presented to a member who has achieved excellence within the academic world in the field of land economics or one of its constituent disciplines.
International Skyline Award
This award, which is presented at our annual Land Economics Weekend (LEW), honors commendable projects or policies that advance practical application of the principles of land economics in the preservation, development, or use of our land resources.
International Fellow Award
This award is presented to an exemplary member whose efforts have significantly advanced the purposes, organization, or growth of Lambda Alpha International.
Schedule for Awards
EVERY YEAR:
International Skyline Award
- Presented at the Spring and Fall Gathering
- Nominations due March 15 (for Spring) and July 1 (for Fall)
International Member of the Year Award
- Presented at the Fall Gathering
- Nominations due July 1
ODD NUMBERED YEARS:
International Urban Affairs/Public Official Award
- Presented at the Fall Gathering
- Nominations due July 1
Richard T. Ely Distinguished Educator Award
International Journalist/Author Award
- Presented at the Fall Gathering
- Nominations due July 1


