Monday, February 26, 2001
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Justin Congdon, a senior research ecologist with the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, has been awarded the 2000 Longevity Prize by the Foundation IPSEN, a French organization that supports work in the field of longevity.
Since 1997 the annual prize has gone to researchers in such fields as biology, genetics, gerontology, demography and statistics. Congdon, the first ecologist to win the award, will receive 100,000 French francs and deliver a lecture, based on his work with longevity in Blanding’s turtles, at the World Congress of Gerontology in Vancouver, British Columbia, in July.
The primary focus of Congdon’s research is on the life histories of turtles. Over the past 26 years, he has followed the lives of about 12,000 turtles.

Diane L. Cooper, associate professor in counseling and human development services, has received the highest award given by the Southern Association of College Student Affairs.
Cooper, coordinator of the College Student Affairs Administration master’s program at UGA, received the Melvene Draheim Hardee Award for “exceptional research, scholarship and leadership in student personnel work.”
She is the author of a New Directions Series monograph, Beyond Law and Policy: Reaffirming the Role of Student Affairs with James Lancaster, the Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment with Theodore K. Miller and Roger B. Winston Jr., five book chapters and numerous journal articles.
Cooper is currently serving as a SACSA Scholar and on the Professional Development Core Council for the American College Personnel Association. She is on the editorial board for the Journal of College Student Development and the Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs. She also served for six years as editor for the College Student Affairs Journal.

Jeanette Coplin
Jeannette Coplin, director of horticulture and grounds at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, is the Athens recipient of the “Cool Woman of America” award, given by Charter Communications and Romance Classics.
This award was given to 175 women across the country who planted a seed, nurtured a vision and, in some subtle or dramatic way, changed their local community and the world. Coplin was chosen for her work at the State Botanical Garden.
Coplin manages a staff of nine full-time employees plus part-time and student workers. Her responsibilities range from management of the trails and natural areas to the curating of various gardens, plant collections and the conservatory.
Coplin received a plexiglass tribute specially designed for Romance Classics and a $500 award check to further encourage her work.

Ecologist Whit Gibbons of UGA’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory received first place in color photography from the South Carolina Outdoor Press Association for his photo of a copperhead snake. The winning photo was published with an article Gibbons wrote on the same topic that appeared in the hunters’ magazine Quality Whitetails.

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