The George L. Phillips Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES) Award is presented to the graduating MOVES student with the most well-rounded record with respect to the Naval Postgraduate School MOVES program. By this, we mean the student whose excellent grades and outstanding thesis helped the most in providing leadership and energy for the MOVES program.

Determination of this award is by a small committee comprised of the MOVES Chairman, the MOVES Academic Associate and the Curricular Officer for the MOVES program. Submissions to that committee are due no less than 40 days before the end of the graduating quarter. This award is given each MOVES graduating class if suitable candidates are identified and submitted.

History

Commander George L. Phillips, USN (ret.) was the individual most responsible for moving the US Navy into modern modeling and simulation, in part, through his leadership in setting up the MOVES academic program.

Commander Phillips defined the subspecialty code (P-code) fulfilled by the MOVES degree, obtaining N6 as a sponsor for the academic program, and worked with the Navy, Army and Marine Corps to provide students for the MOVES program. Strongly supporting the program in all aspects, he rose beyond the call of duty in working for the program’s success. For these reasons, we have sought to honor him by naming the MOVES graduation award after him.

Commander Phillips was a 1967 graduate of the NPS Operations Research program.

Links:

• George L. Phillips award past recipients
• Award definition memorandum