2007 Distinguished Award Winner

Bruce Mason has served as the Editor of the MERLOT Physics Editorial Board since its inception in 1999.He as also served as the Editorial Board representative on the MERLOT Advisory Board.He is also the Portal Editor for the Physics Discipline.Bruce has been a wonderful role model for all other Editors in MERLOT and has made many contributions to the MERLOT project.

He has submitted 98 learning materials to MERLOT, two of which won the Physics Classics Award.Additionally, he has created 9 Personal Collections in MERLOT, annotating them so they can be used by others.He has also created Activity Sheets for the SERC project which will soon be added to the MERLOT collection.

He is the PI for COMPADRE which is filling a stewardship role within the National Science Digital Library for the educational resources used by broad communities in physics and astronomy. This is a partnership of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the American Institute of Physics/Society of Physics Students (AIP/SPS), and the American Physical Society (APS).Bruce has built the COMPADRE collection and will be responsible for adding their collection to the MERLOT collection.Bruce received the 2001 Regents Award for Superior Teaching University of Oklahoma and the 2005 General Education Teaching Award University of Oklahoma.In addition to being an excellent professor, his wife says that he “is totally consumed by the work he does with MERLOT and COMPADRE.”

At MERLOT, we look to Bruce for advice as he is a reliable participant in conversations, an accomplished instructor and researcher, and a genuine and caring colleague.