Professor of Philosophy Bob Simon was honored with the Distinguished Scholar Award by the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport. The Distinguished Scholar Award is given to one researcher each year and was instituted to honor an individual for outstanding scholarship over a minimum of five years.
According to its Web site, the purpose of the organization is to stimulate, encourage, and promote study, research, and writing in the philosophy of sporting (and related) activity; to demonstrate the relevance of philosophic thought concerning sport to matters of professional concern; to organize and conduct meetings concerning the philosophy of sport; to issue publications concerning the philosophy of sport; to support and to cooperate with local, national, and international organizations of similar purpose; to affiliate with national and international organizations of similar purpose; and to engender national, regional, and continental affiliates devoted to the philosophic study of sport.
