Draft:RSAI Founder's Medal

The RSAI Founder's Medal is a prize awarded every four years by the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) to economic geographers for their "lifetime contributions to the field of Regional Science and to the Association". It was established in 1978 by RSAI in honor to its founder Walter Isard who received the first medal.

Criteria
According to RSAI, the criteria for awarding the medal are:
 * "The recipient should be a senior scholar who has contributed in an important way to the field of Regional Science in a scholarly sense;
 * "The recipient should have been active in the RSAI for a sustained period, but not necessarily active at the time of the award; also, the award is not given posthumously;
 * "The recipient should be a person with whom many members can identify; his/her contributions could be a major work in one area or many works in several areas;
 * "The contribution need not be limited to one type of contribution; it might be theory, method or policy, for example;
 * "It is recognized that the native country and language of scholars affect the extent to which they are known by the membership, and an effort should be made to take this into account."