Dr. James A. Tuck, ONL archaeologist born Tonawanda, New York United States of America, awarded the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador for his work in archeology with Memorial University. Tuck has worked tirelessly since the late 1980's, unearthing the Colony of Avalon located at Ferryland. To date the dig has found and catalogued over two million artifacts from the 4 acre site established by Lord Baltimore. Awards
- 1982 elected to fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada,
- 2000 awarded the Manning Award for Excellence in the Public Preservation of Historic Places,
- 2003 awarded the Heritage Award by the Newfoundland Historical Society,
- 2003 the Henrietta Harvey Chair at Memorial University of Newfoundland and in
- 2004 awarded the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
