
Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle
Specialist Group
Posthumous Turtle Conservation Appreciation Awards
Turtle Conservation Appreciation Awards
Posthumous Honorees 2010 – 2020
2020 – 10th Posthumous Award
Roger Bour
France
For His Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Turtle and Tortoise Taxonomy and Research
in France, Greece, Madagascar, South America, the Mediterranean, and the Mascarenes
2020 – 9th Posthumous Award
Margaretha Hofmeyr
South Africa
For Her Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to
Tortoise Research, Conservation, and Education in South Africa
2019 – 8th Posthumous Award
Joseph C. Mitchell
USA
For His Outstanding Contributions to Turtle and Tortoise Conservation and
His Leading Role in Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)
and His Seminal Book on the Reptiles of Virginia
2019 – 7th Posthumous Award
Olga A. Leontyeva
Russia
For Her Outstanding Contributions to
Tortoise Conservation and Education in Russia
2019 – 6th Posthumous Award
Carl H. Ernst
USA
For His Outstanding Contributions to Turtle and Tortoise Ecology,
Taxonomy, and Conservation as well as His Seminal Books on
the Turtles of the United States and of the World
2017 – 5th Posthumous Award
Henk Zwartepoorte
Netherlands
For His Major Lifelong Contributions to the Conservation and Biology of Turtles and Tortoises,
and in Honor and Appreciation of His Leadership and Commitment to
Turtle Survival Alliance Europe and the Turtle Conservation Fund
2016 – 4th Posthumous Award
Hans-Dieter Philippen
Germany
For His Major Lifelong Contributions to the Conservation and Biology of Turtles and Tortoises,
and in Honor and Appreciation of His Leadership and Commitment to
Turtle Survival Alliance Europe and the Turtle Conservation Fund
2015 – 3rd Posthumous Award
Subramanian Bhupathy
India
For Significant Contributions to the Conservation and Biology of Indian Chelonians,
and in Honor and Appreciation of His Leadership and Commitment to
Turtle and Tortoise Conservation
2010 – 2nd PosthumousAward
Ray E. Ashton
USA
For Significant Contributions to the Conservation and Restoration of the Gopher Tortoise,
and in Honor and Appreciation of Commitment to Turtle and Tortoise Conservation
2010 – 1st Posthumous Award
John B. Thorbjarnarson
USA
For Significant Contributions to the Conservation of Asian and South American Chelonians,
and in Honor and Appreciation of Commitment to Turtle and Tortoise Conservation