The Tony W. Cawthon Award was established at the 1989 MAHO conference and is
presented to a member of MAHO for outstanding contributions and service to the
association and its membership. Nominations may be submitted by a housing
professional from a currently active MAHO member institution. The Award is named for
Tony W. Cawthon, department chair of Leadership, Counselor Education, Human and
Organizational Development at Clemson University in South Carolina. Prior to his
faculty career, Cawthon served as a student affairs administrator at Clemson University,
Mississippi State University and the University of Tennessee Knoxville, in the area of
student housing. He has written and presented scholarly work on student affairs in higher
education, including work on careers and professional development and administrative
issues. He has contributed to ACUHO-I's Journal of College and University Student
Housing, NASPA Journal, College Student Affairs Journal and the Journal of College
Orientation and Transition. Cawthon is ACUHO-I's current Director of Knowledge
Enhancement on the Executive Board. He is a past editor of the Journal of College and
University Student Housing and served as a program chair as well. Within ACPA, he
serves as a Senior Scholar and was recently a reviewer on The Journal of College Student
Development. He is the former editor of the College Student Affairs Journal from
SACSA. He is serving on the editorial board as a reviewer for the Journal of the
Professoriate and Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice.
This award is MAHO’s highest honor.