AIEA Awards
The Charles Klasek Award
Pictured (L-R): AIEA Past President Hilary Kahn and 2026 Charles Klasek Award recipient Gil Latz.
2026 recipient: Gil Latz
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Each year, AIEA presents the Charles Klasek Award at the Annual Conference. “Chuck” Klasek was a founding member of AIEA from Southern Illinois 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.
2027 Charles Klasek Award
Nominations Close: October 1, 2026
Self nomination is permitted for this award. Award nominations are open to all, including AIEA members, non-members, and partners.
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 CV
- 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
Recognition & Visibility
Past Charles Klasek Award Recipients
2012
Peggy Blumenthal
Institute of International Education
2011
Robert Slater
National Security Education Program
2010
Madeleine Green
American Council on Education
2009
JoAnn McCarthy
University of Pennsylvania
2008
David Larsen
Arcadia University
2007
Stephen Dunnett
SUNY Buffalo
2006
John K. Hudzik
Michigan State University
2006
Tony Adams
Macquarie University - Sydney
2005
Barbara Turlington
American Council on Education
2004
Thomas H. Hoemeke
University of North Texas
2003
Axel Markerts
Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tubingen
2002
Jack Van de Water
Oregon State University
2001
Barbara B. Burn
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
2000
Burkart Holzner
University of Pittsburgh
1999
Joe W. Neal
University of Texas at Austin
1998
Ralph Smuckler
Michigan State University
1997
Harold Josephson
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
1996
LaMarr Kopp
Pennsylvania State University
1995
Charles Klasek (Posthumous)
Southern Illinois University
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