Dr.
F. Ted Hebert Distinguished
Service Award
for
Outstanding
Contributions
to Public
Administration
In 2001, the Utah Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) created the Dr. F. Ted Hebert Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Administration. This occasional award honors individuals that have made significant contributions to Public Administration through academia, public employee, or citizen.
Dr. Hebert was born in 1942 in Elton, Louisiana. He received is Bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech and both a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Iowa. Graduating in 1971, he was made an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma, and became a full professor in 1980.
In 1985, Dr. Hebert moved to Utah to direct the University of Utah's Center for Public Policy & Administration and its Master of Public Administration program. He also was a professor in the Political Science Department. In 1997, he stepped down as director and devoted his time to full-time teaching.
Dr. Hebert was very devoted to ASPA, having served as a Regional Representative to the National Council and as Secretary/Treasurer of the Utah Chapter when moving to Utah in the late eighties until 1997. He was also elected twice to the NASPAA Executive Council. Ted and his co-authors, Deil Wright and Jeffrey Brudney, received ASPA's prestigious 2000 William E. and Frederick C. Mosher Award for the best Public Administration Review article written by academicians and the 1998 and 2000 Herbert Kauffman Awards for the best Public Administration papers presented at meetings of the American Political Science Association. In 1997, Dr. Hebert was presented a Special Award by the Utah Chapter of ASPA for his years of service to the Chapter as Secretary/Treasurer. He was again recognized in 2001 with a Distinguished Service Award (posthumously), at which time the award was named in his honor.
Although Dr. Hebert was a skilled researcher and administrator, his greatest satisfaction came from his teaching and working with students. Through his many years of teaching, he touched the lives of many students.
Dr. Hebert was diagnosed with a brain tumor and passed away in January 2001.