RECENT HONORS & AWARDS

2006 Utah State University Vice President for Extension Award for Team Excellence: Utah Bankruptcy Prevention Team

2006 Outstanding Journal Paper Award, Financial Counseling and Planning, Association for Financial Counseling and Planning: Lown, J. M., & Palmer, L. (2004). Long term care insurance purchase decisions: An alternative approach. Financial Counseling and Planning, 15(2), 1-11.

2005 Researcher of the Year, Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

1999 Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education Mary Ellen Edmondson Educator of the Year Award

1999 Selected as one of 110 Distinguished Alumni of the State University of New York at Oneonta for the college's 110th anniversary

Researcher of the Year, College of Family Life, Utah State University 1988-89, 1995-96 Researcher of the Year, Department of Human Environments, 1994, 1995