“Lifetime Achievement Awards” were presented to Walt Dean, Dan Livingstone, Frank Oldfield, and Herb Wright by the International Paleolimnology Association (IPA) at the 11th International Paleolimnology Symposium in Guadalajara, Mexico, in December 2009. Acceptance speeches of the recipients were published in Volume 44 (No. 2) of the Journal of Paleolimnology. All four submissions should have been published as Notes.