 William Corsaro and Jeylan Mortimer were the first recipients of the Distinguished Career Awards and Viviana Zelizer and Jens Qvortrup were the first recipients of the Distinguished Career Service Awards for the "Sociology of Children and Youth" section.The US National Children's Study was formulated by politicians who realized the importance of disciplines and the study of simple subjects.When compared to the British birth cohort studies, the US lacks a strong tradition for surveys of children.