The William Skinner Cooper Award honors an outstanding contributor to the fields of geobotany, physiographic ecology, plant succession, or the distribution of plants along environmental gradients—the fields in which W. S. Cooper worked. The award is for a single contribution in a scientific publication (single or multiple authored).
The William Skinner Cooper Award was presented to David R. Foster, Glenn Motzkin and Benjamin Slater for their contribution: Foster, D., G. Motzkin, and B. Slater. 1998. Land-use history as long-term broad-scale disturbance: regional forest dynamics in central New England. Ecosystems 1: 96-119
The Eugene P. Odum Award recognizes an ecologist for outstanding work in ecology education. Dr. Alan R Berkowitz (Baltimore Ecosystem Studies) was presented the Odum Award for his contributions through teaching, outreach, and mentoring activities, his demonstrated ability to relate basic ecological principles to human affairs.