The Michigan Sociological Association gives three major professional awards annually: 

Marvin Olsen Award for Distinguished Service to Sociology in Michigan

1994: Ali Akbar Mahdi
1995: William Whit
1996: Richard Ball
1997: Nancy J. Herman
1998: Alan Hill
1999: Roger Nemeth
2000: Harry Perlstadt
2001: Jay Weinstein
2002: Betsy Cullum-Swan
2003: Mary Cay Sengstock
2004: E. Michele Whitaker
2005: Ruth Hamilton (posthumous)
2006: Thomas Van Valey
2007: David A. Kinney

Charles Horton Cooley Award for Scholarly Contributions to Sociology

1993: Larry T. Reynolds
1994: Peter K. Manning
1995: James McKee
1996: Bernard Meltzer
1997: Donald I. Warren
1998: Jay Weinstein
1999: John and Ruth Useem
2000: Gerald Markle
2001: T. R. Young
2002: Ronald and Deborah Freedman
2003: Ron Westrum
2004: Nancy Herman-Kinney
2005: Reynolds Farley
2006: Robert G. Newby
2007: Steven J. Gold

Larry T. Reynolds Award for Outstanding Teaching of Sociology

2006: Larry T. Reynolds
2007: Beverly Hair

Special Awards and Citations

2002: Chad Kimmel for his service to the MSA

2003: Jay Weinstein for his service to the MSA as
long-time editor of the Michigan Sociological Review

2004: Patrick Easto of Eastern Michigan University for
his distinguished career as a Michigan sociologist

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