2003 PAR Award Winners

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00384.x
• Date: 01 July 2004
• Published date: 01 July 2004

Awards 387

PAR

Awards

2003

Dwight Waldo

Award

For Outstanding Contributions to

the Literature and Leadership of

Public Administration through an

Extended Career

Robert B. Denhardt is a professor of public affairs at Arizona State University and visiting scholar at

the University of Delaware.

Dr. Denhardt is a past president of the American Society for Public Administration. He was the founder

and first chair of ASPA’s National Campaign for Public Service, an effort to assert the dignity and worth

of public service across the nation. He is also a member of the National Academy of Public Administra-

tion and a fellow of the Canadian Centre for Management Development.

Dr. Denhardt has published 17 books, including The New Public Service, Managing Human Behavior

in Public and Nonprofit Organizations, The Pursuit of Significance, In the Shadow of Organization,

Theories of Public Organization, Public Administration: An Action Orientation, Executive Leadership

in the Public Service, The Revitalization of the Public Service, and Pollution and Public Policy. He has

published over 100 articles in professional journals, primarily in the areas of public administration theory

and organizational behavior, especially leadership and organizational change. He is currently working

on a book titled The Dance of Leadership.

Prior to joining the faculty at ASU, Dr. Denhardt was the Charles P. Messick Professor of Public

Administration at the University of Delaware. He previously taught at the Universities of Colorado,

Missouri, Kansas, New Orleans, and Central Florida. He has held several major administrative positions

in these universities, serving as vice provost at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He was a Fulbright

Scholar in Australia in 1990.

Dr. Denhardt has also been a consultant to various public and private organizations, including public

universities, primarily in the areas of strategic planning, leadership and organization development, pro-

ductivity improvement, and quality service. He was appointed by Governor Kit Bond to chair the Mis-

souri Governor’s Advisory Council on Productivity and was re-appointed by Governor John Ashcroft.

Dr. Denhardt is a native of Kentucky and received his doctorate from the University of Kentucky

in 1968.

Robert B. Denhardt

Arizona State University