The recipient of the 1993 Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew Award for public service is Dr. Roy B. Clarkson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. This recognition from the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society was announced by Dr. Robert R. Haynes, Chair of the Award Committee, at the annual breakfast meeting on April 16th, 1993, during the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dr. Joan Gibson of Morgantown, West Virginia accepted the award for Dr. Clarkson who was unable to attend. She later presented it to him at a luncheon held with his university colleagues in Morgantown.