THE HOLLAND AWARD		    
    Established by the American Lighthouse Coordinating Committee to recognize truly exceptional contributions by an individual or group, the Holland Award is the major national honor bestowed by the lighthouse preservation community. It is named for Francis Ross Holland, Jr., who received the initial Distinguished Service Award that was to henceforth carry his name. The citation outlining his accomplishments is provided below.

WINNERS OF THE HOLLAND AWARD
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F. Ross Holland Jr.
2001
Wayne Wheeler
USLHS
2004
Ken Black
Shore Village Museum
2004

Richard Moehl
GLLKA
2007
Cullen Chambers
Tybee Island H.S
2007
Michael N. Vogel
Buffalo L.H.A
2007

The award is presented after candidates are selected by an ALCC award committee and nominees are reviewed by the ALCC's executive committee. The guidelines are:

•  The award will be for outstanding contribution to all or any one of the fields encompassing lighthouse preservation, education, history, publication and/or other forms of documentation.

•  The Executive and Award committees will determine who is eligible to receive the award. A unanimous general consensus need not be reach to determine an award recipient but a majority vote of members from the two committees will be required.

•  There will be no set schedule for presenting an award. At most, an award would be presented to a worthy candidate once per year, although multiple awards including intervening years may be presented at the ALCC triennial meeting.

•  The award is not meant to be solely for lifetime achievement.

•  Groups will be considered eligible to receive the award.

•  No person or group can be the recipient of more than one Holland Award.

•  Presentation of the Award will be by the ALCC president, or a person appointed by the president.

•  Presentation of the award will be in a public forum, preferably at a maritime preservation or history conference of which the ALCC is a sponsor or at least heavily represented by the ALCC membership.

•  The chair of the award committee will be responsible for obtaining the award and getting it to the ALCC president for presentation

•  The design of the award can be altered by agreement between the Executive and Award Committees.