List of Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership recipients is a compilation of
United States government executives who have received the Jones Award from the
American University School of Public Affairs, an
institution
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of
higher education and
research located in
Washington, D.C. that grants
academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions commonly offer degrees at various levels, usually including unde ...
s in fields such as
political science,
public administration,
public policy, and justice, law and society. First awarded in 1978,
the award has been presented every year since then to two United States
federal career executives who have shown leadership in the training of federal government managers and executives and in organizational abilities.
The awards
namesake,
Roger W. Jones (1908 – 1993), was a federal civil servant who helped direct the
Office of Management and Budget in the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1978, Bernard Rosen, a former
United States Civil Service Commission executive director, graduate instructor at the American University, and subsequent author of the 1984 book ''Holding Government Bureaucracies Accountable,'' helped start American University's Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership in federal government.
In 2002, Victor J. Ferlise,
United States Army Deputy to the Commanding General, Communications Electronic Command, received the award on September 24, which marked the 25th anniversary of the award.
Award recipients
See also
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American University School of Public Affairs
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Roger W. Jones
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List of social sciences awards
References
External links
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Awards established in 1978
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1978 establishments in the United States