47th Annual Meeting (2008) 47th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC March 27-30, 2008 Final Program Nancy White presents “The Miki Award” named for the first editor of the Review of Regional Studies to Dan Rickman Randy Jackson, West Virginia University, presents the “Miernyk Research Excellence Medal” to Olivier Parent, University of Cincinnati Johnathan Munn, University of South Carolina, receives the Barry M. Moriarty Student Paper Competition Award from Mark Partridge Mary Lou Myer, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, receives the first William A Schaffer Award for distinguished service to regional science, 1986-2008 Chip Herzog receives the Fellows Award from Nancy White David Barkley receives the Fellows Award David Barkley, Clemson University, delivers the SRSA Fellows Address Peter Scheffer recognizes Nancy White for her service as SRSA president Peter Schaeffer, West Virginia University, president-elect Olivier Parent holding the William H. Miernyk Research Excellence Medal Johnathan Munn holding the Barry M. Moriarty Student Paper Competition Award