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​The Charles Klasek Award

Each year, AIEA presents the Charles Klasek Award at the Annual Conference. "Chuck" Klasek was a founding member of AIEA from Southern Illiniois University at Carbondale and served as its third president. In addition to being a real leader in the founding of AIEA, Chuck was an excellent example of an effective international education administrator. He took on many tasks within AIEA including, in 1992, the editing and publication of "Bridges to the Future: Strategies for Internationalizing Higher Education." When Chuck passed, the Executive Committee felt that a fitting tribute to his outstanding service to AIEA and to the field of International Education Administration would be to present an annual award in his name. The criterion for the award is that the recipient should have given long-term and outstanding service to the field of International Education.
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Pictured (L-R): AIEA President-Elect, Jane Gatewood and 2025 Charles Klasek Award Recipient Hillary Landorf.

Nomination Criteria

The single criterion for the award is that the recipient has given long-term and outstanding service to the field of International Education. Nominations should provide specific examples of the nominee's contributions to the field. Self-nomination is permitted for this award.

Nominators are requested to provide the following documents:
 
  • The nominee’s updated curriculum vitae
  • A letter of nomination or self-nomination highlighting a career of outstanding service and contributions to the field
  • Any other documents that could be helpful in illustrating the candidate's contributions and impact
Submit Nomination
Deadline: October 1, 2025

Past Recipients

1995 - 2000
​1995
Charles Klasek (Posthumous)
Southern Illinois University

1998
Ralph Smuckler

Michigan State University
1996
LaMarr Kopp

Pennsylvania State University

1999
Joe W. Neal

University of Texas at Austin
1997
Harold Josephson

University of North Carolina - Charlotte

2000
Burkart Holzner

University of Pittsburgh
2001 - 2005
2001
Barbara B. Burn

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

2004
Thomas H. Hoemeke

University of North Texas
2002
Jack Van de Water
Oregon State University

​2005
Barbara Turlington

American Council on Education
2003
Axel Markert

Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tubingen

2006 - 2010
2006
Tony Adams

Macquarie University - Sydney

2008
David Larsen
Arcadia University
2006
John K. Hudzik
Michigan State University

2009
JoAnn McCarthy
University of Pennsylvania
2007
Stephen Dunnett
SUNY Buffalo

2010
Madeleine Green
American Council on Education
2011 - 2016
2011
Robert Slater

National Security Education Program
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2014
Francisco Marmolejo
The World Bank
Press Release (.pdf) ​
2012
Peggy Blumenthal
Institute of International Education
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2015
Gilbert Merkx
Duke University
Press Release (.pdf)
2013
William I. Brustein
The Ohio State University
Press Release (.pdf)

2016
Jacques Proulx
University of Sherbrooke
Press Release (.pdf) ​
2017 - 2022
2017
Barbara Hill
American Council on Education
Press Release (.pdf)

2020
Denis Simon
Duke Kunshan University 
Press Release (.pdf) ​
2018
Susan Sutton
Bryn Mawr College
Press Release (.pdf)

2021
Randall Martin
BCCIE 
Press Release (.pdf) ​
2019
Hans de Wit
Boston College 
Press Release (.pdf) ​

2022
Joanna Regulska
University of California, Davis
Press Release (.pdf) ​
2023
2023
​Miriam Kazanjian
Coalition for International Education
Press Release (.pdf)

2024
Jeffrey Riedinger
​the University of Washington
Press Release (.pdf)

2025
Hillary Landorf
Florida International University
Press Release (.pdf)

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