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<div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Nominations are open for the 2019 Verriest Medal. The Verriest Medal is bestowed by the International Colour
Vision Society (ICVS) </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">every</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> two years to honor long-term contributions to the knowledge of colour vision. The Medal was established in 1991 in memory
of Dr. Guy Verriest, and is presented at the ICVS biannual Symposium. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Medalists need not have been active in the affairs of the ICVS but must be either current or former members of the society.
</span></font><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">For more information about the International Color Vision Society s</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">ee </span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2" class=""><a href="http://www.icvs.info/" class="">www.icvs.info</a></font><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">.</span></font></div>
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for the award will be reconsidered </span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">automatically</span> <span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">in the following
two cycles. </span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"> </span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Please take the time to consider and nominate a worthy candidate.</span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Previous recipients are Harry Sperling (1991), Marrion Marré (1993), Vivianne Smith and Joel Pokorny (1995),
Jack Moreland (1997), John Krauskopf (1999), Donald MacLeod (2001), André Roth (2003), John Mollon (2005), Barry Lee (2007) Gerald Jacobs (2009), Steven Shevell (2011), </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">Françoise</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> Viénot
(2013), Jack Werner (2015) and David Foster (2017).</span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Nominations should be submitted by June 1, 2018
via email to the chair of the </span></font><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Verriest Medal Committee</span></font><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">, Steve Shevell
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