DEA Recipient Lectures
Local school districts attend a student-inspired lecture by the DEA recipient. The lecture features the recipient’s explorations and includes a question & answer segment.
The Distinguished Explorer Award
Presented to an explorer/scientist in honor of one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed explorers, Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960).
The award, designed by noted regional artist O.V. Shaffer recognizes outstanding achievements in scientific discovery through explorations that offer new insights into previously unknown or poorly known subjects or areas.
CAE II Rephotographic Expedition in Mongolia 2016 – 2023
By J. Kelly Cluer,
Member of the Board, Roy Chapman Andrews Society
The Sirens of Mars
By Sarah Stewart Johnson
Our 2023 Distinguished Explorer
Special thanks to these 2023 Roy Chapman Andrews Society Sponsors
Larry & Karen Arft
Michael & Kathy Egan
Amy Lokrantz
Jeff & Linda Perrigo
Steve Vavrus & Susan Swanson
Tom & Mim Warren
John & Becky Wong
Special thanks to these 2023 Roy Chapman Andrews Society Sponsors
Larry & Karen Arft
Michael & Kathy Egan
Amy Lokrantz
Jeff & Linda Perrigo
Steve Vavrus & Susan Swanson
Tom & Mim Warren
John & Becky Wong
Patron Sponsors
Sara Appelbee
Larry & Karen Arft
Robert Atwater
Ann Bausum
Carol Mankiewicz & Carl Mendelson
Lonnie Carrier
Joe & Ingrid Chamberlain
Jo & Scott Christofferson
Nancy Clark-Mather
Kelly Cluer
Annabelle Collins
Philip Currie
Gary & Vicki Dencker
Rick Dexter
John & Michele Erikson
Shannon Fie
Matt & Anne Forbeck
Jane E. Fossum Fossum
Jamison & Sherry Geiger
Charles & Prudy Harker
Tom & Marline Holmes
Steven & Mary Howland
Jim & Donna Spude
Eva Koppelhus
Curt & Barb Lansbery
Tom & Aara Lasse
Steve Lekson
Bill Green Linda Forman
Elizabeth Magnus
Bill Mathis
Frank & Jean Marie McKearn
Jeannie & Jim Rippl
Joe & Dawn Stadelman
Jerry & Connie Sveum
Gail Taylor
Gene & Connie Van Galder
Frances Vavrus
Tom & Mim Warren
Paul & Fern Wheeless
Patron Sponsors
Sara Appelbee
Larry & Karen Arft
Robert Atwater
Ann Bausum
Carol Mankiewicz & Carl Mendelson
Lonnie Carrier
Joe & Ingrid Chamberlain
Jo & Scott Christofferson
Nancy Clark-Mather
Kelly Cluer
Annabelle Collins
Philip Currie
Gary & Vicki Dencker
Rick Dexter
John & Michele Erikson
Shannon Fie
Matt & Anne Forbeck
Jane E. Fossum Fossum
Jamison & Sherry Geiger
Charles & Prudy Harker
Tom & Marline Holmes
Steven & Mary Howland
Jim & Donna Spude
Eva Koppelhus
Curt & Barb Lansbery
Tom & Aara Lasse
Steve Lekson
Bill Green Linda Forman
Elizabeth Magnus
Bill Mathis
Frank & Jean Marie McKearn
Jeannie & Jim Rippl
Joe & Dawn Stadelman
Jerry & Connie Sveum
Gail Taylor
Gene & Connie Van Galder
Frances Vavrus
Tom & Mim Warren
Paul & Fern Wheeless
Roy Chapman Andrews Society Distinguished Explorers
John Hawks | 2025
Paleoanthropology, Anthropological Genomics
Shane Campbell-Staton | 2024
Evolutionary Biologist
Sarah Stewart Johnson | 2023
Astronomer, Biologist, Geochemist
Philip Currie | 2022
Dinosaur Paleontologist, Museum Curator
Sarah Parcak | 2021
Egyptology, Space Archaeology
Neil Shubin | 2019
Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology
Richard Alley | 2018
Geology, Climate Science
Wade Davis | 2017
Cultural Anthropology, Ethnobotany
Alan Rabinowitz | 2016
Zoology, Conservation, Field Biology
Edith Widder | 2015
Deep-sea Exploration, Bioluminescence
Meg Lowman | 2014
Canopy Ecology
John Grotzinger | 2013
Mars Curiosity Expedition
Nathan Wolfe | 2012
Virology, Microbiology
Steve Lekson | 2011
Archaeology, Ancient Native American Societies
Sylvia Earle | 2010
Marine Biology, Oceanic Expeditions
Paul Sereno | 2009
Paleontology
Mark Moffett| 2008
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Ellen & Lonnie Thompson | 2007
Paleoclimatology
Steve Squyres | 2006
Planetary Science, Mars Rover Mission
Robert Ballard | 2005
Oceanography, Maritime Archaeology (Titanic)
Mark Plotkin | 2004
Ethnobotany, Tropical Rainforest Conservation
Michael Novacek | 2003
Paleontology
Who Was Roy Chapman Andrews?
Roy Chapman Andrews in Mongolia
Fossil Hunting in the Gobi – Shelf Life 360
Dinosaur Hunter?
The Roy Chapman Andrews Society
The Roy Chapman Andrews Society was formed in 1999 by a group of Beloit, Wisconsin residents intent on building more awareness of one of the 20th Century’s most famous explorers.
Since Roy Chapman Andrews was born and raised in Beloit, it was only fitting that such a society exist in his hometown.
“Alright. It’s decided then.
We’ve selected our next RCA Distinguished Explorer. Alert the press!”