The Howard Maxwell Award for Distinguished Service to the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society is presented to those members of the Section who have rendered outstanding service to the Section. It is named in honor of Howard Maxwell of Ohio Wesleyan University who rendered nearly two decades of such service. Past recipients of this award have been:

• Howard Maxwell, Ohio Wesleyan University, Spring 1979
• Wave Shaffer, Ohio State University, Spring 1983
• Charles Randall, Ohio University, Fall 1984
• Thomas Dillman, Denison University, Spring 1985
• Samuel Wheeler, Denison University, Spring 1985
• John Eichelberger, Monsanto Mounds Labs, Fall 1987
• Leonard Jossem, Ohio State University, Fall 1987
• Cy Rutledge, Mead Corporation, Fall 1994
• Charles Wilson, University of Akron, Spring 1997
• Paul Hagelberg, Wittenberg University, Spring 2000
• Mike Mickelson, Denison University, Fall 2001
• Ron Tabak, Youngstown State University, Spring 2002
• Bunny Clark, Ohio State University, Fall 2002
• Gordon Aubrecht, Ohio State University Marion, Spring 2004
• Bruce Craver, University of Dayton, Fall 2008
• Paul Sholter, Miami University, Fall 2008
• Barbara Andereck, Ohio Wesleyan University, Fall 2009
• Roger Rollins, Ohio University, Fall 2009
• Klaus Fritsch, John Carroll University, Spring 2011
• Fred Trexler, Spring Arbor University, Spring 2018

OSAPS Award Nomination Form