Robert J. Myers Public Service Award

About the award

The Robert J. Myers Public Service Award honors actuaries who have made an exceptional contribution to the common good. Generally, the Academy presents the award annually.

The Myers Award honors an actuary for a single noteworthy public service achievement or a career devoted to public service.

The nominee may be a current or former government employee, the employee of an organization whose primary focus is government work, or an unpaid volunteer working at a philanthropic organization. Work as a paid consultant, as a member of an actuarial committee, or as an officer of an actuarial organization is ineligible.

About Robert J. Myers

Robert J. Myers was the chief actuary for the Social Security Administration from 1947 to 1970. He was instrumental in the design and funding of the Social Security system and was described by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan as "a national treasure." In recognition of his many years of extraordinary public service, the Academy created the Robert J. Myers Public Service Award in 1994.
 

Previous recipients of the Myers Public Service Award


Eligibility and Nomination Forms

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