Y. professor honored for lifetime's work

PROVO — Marvin N. Tolman, a Brigham Young University professor of teacher education, was recently honored with the Utah Science Teachers Association's lifetime achievement award.

As an additional honor, the association will now annually recognize one individual with the Dr. Marvin N. Tolman Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Education. The recipients will be required to demonstrate a lifetime of service based on Tolman's example.

Tolman, who is known to many in Utah as the father of elementary science education, taught in elementary schools for nine years before going to BYU 32 years ago.

He has published articles in national and international journals and wrote a college textbook about science methods. He also wrote a series of hands-on activity books for elementary and junior high school students.