Dr. Sam Hastings received the Watson Davis Award from the ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science & Technology). The award was presented at the Awards Luncheon on October 28 at the ASIS&T annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

The Watson Davis Award, commemorating the founder of the Society, was established in 1975 and is administered by the Membership Committee.

The purpose of this award is to recognize that individual member of the Society who has shown continuous dedicated service to the membership through active participation in and support of ASIS&T programs, chapters, SIGs, committees, and publications.

Two of Dr. Hastings’ former students stated in her nomination letter that, “only a handful of people could contribute in a lifetime what she has contributed to the ASIS&T membership during the last 19 years.”