The Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis (LALA) award is a triennial honor awarded to a person who has made significant lifetime contributions to location analysis research. The award is given every third year at the closing dinner of ISOLDE, the International Symposium on Locational Decisions (http://isoldeconference.org/).
The next LALA award will be offered in 2026. The nominations will be received until TBA. The nomination process consists of sending by email the following three items:
(1) A letter of nomination, including significant reasons why this individual should be considered for this award.
(2) An up-to-date curriculum vitae of the nominee.
(3) Information about citations and service to the profession for the nominee.
The 2026 selection committee is to be defined. Please submit nominations (including self-nominations) by May 15, 2026. Instructions will be provided in the future.
Past Award Recipients
- 2023 - Rajan Batta, University at Buffalo
- 2021 - Elena Fernández, University of Cádiz
- 2021 - Horst W. Hamacher, Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- 2017 - Morton O'Kelly, The Ohio State University
- 2014 - Mark S. Daskin, University of Michigan
- 2014 - Gilbert Laporte, HEC Montreal
- 2012 - Oded Berman, University of Toronto
- 2012 - Richard Church, University of California at Santa Barbara
- 2008 - George Wesolowsky, McMaster University
- 2005 - Zvi Drezner, California State University, Fullerton
- 2002 - Brian T. Boffey, University of Liverpool
- 1999 - Robert Love, McMaster University
- 1996 - Richard Francis, University of Florida
- 1996 - Chuck ReVelle, Johns Hopkins University