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KLAMM SERVICE AWARD 
returned to the annual meeting of the WOS to 
present some of her dissertation research on status 
signaling in Zonorrichia sparrows. 
Doris has shown an unflagging dedication to 
the Wilson Ornithological Society Tor more than 
two decades. She has volunteered in every 
conceivable way to the varied activities of the 
society. She hosted the Wilson Society’s annual 
meeting in 1989 at St. Mary’s College in Notre 
Dame. Indiana, where she has been a professor of 
biology since 1982. During that meeting, she was 
elected to a three-year term as a councilor. After 
two years on Council, she agreed to run for 
Treasurer, a position she held for 10 years from 
1991 to 2001. Doris was elected Second Vice- 
President in 2001. She served two years as Second 
Vice-President from 2001 to 2003, followed by 
two years as First Vice-President from 2003 to 
2005, and two years as President from 2005 to 
2007. Doris, in her roles on Council, chaired the 
scientific program committee, the Nice Medal 
Committee, the Student Awards Committee, and 
served on the steering committee for the 4th North 
American Ornithological Conference in Veracruz, 
Mexico and was President of WOS during that 
meeting. In addition to her formal roles on 
Council. Doris has contributed in many other 
ways including judging student presentations 
numerous years, four years of service on the 
Edwards' Prize Committee that chooses the best 
paper in the most recent volume of the Wilson 
Journal of Ornithology , and stepping in to 
moderate sessions as needed. She served as an 
editorial assistant from 1998 to 2004 to Wilson 
Bulletin Editors Bob Beason and John Smallwood 
by reviewing accepted manuscripts for content 
and format and proofreading the galleys. She 
continues to attend meetings and participate in 
council meetings. Doris J. Watt epitomizes the 
Klamms’ spirit of service through her continuous, 
varied, and substantial work for the Wilson 
Ornithological Society. 
To honor the recipient of the Klamm Service 
Award, the Wilson Ornithological Society 
commissions an original painting of a bird that 
is important to the recipient. This year's award 
is an original watercolor by Julie Zickefoose of 
American Goldfinches (Spinus tristrs ), a species 
Doris has studied for many years, on which she 
has presented papers at Wilson Society meet¬ 
ings, and on which she has published. We are 
grateful to Doris for many years of dedicated 
service and arc pleased to honor her this year 
with the William and Nancy Klamm Service 
Award.—Sara R. Morris (Chair), Richard C, 
Banks, Charles R. Blem, Leann Blem, and 
Jerome A. Jackson (Klamm Service Award 
Committee). 
