This award is presented to current member who is not only a member at the time of nomination but has also maintained continuous membership for at least three years prior to nomination. The chosen recipient must be involved in the Technology & Engineering Education profession as a classroom teacher, supervisor, administrator or teacher educator. The recipient must be perceived by his or her peers and colleagues as performing daily duties in an excellent or superior manner. They must have demonstrated consistent professional interest and leadership during the previous three years and have been involved in special activities and made significant contributions to technology and engineering education within the past year. Finally, this award may not may not be presented to the retiring president.
Past Recipients of this Award
1956 - J. Philip Young 1957 - William J. Wilkinson 1958 - Anthony T. Stavaski 1959 - Burle N. Osburn 1960 - Charles E. Williams 1961 - Cletus Maloney 1962 - Shriver L. Coover 1963 - Elmer J. Hemberger 1964 - Rufus C. Johnson 1965 - Norman C. Pendered 1966 - Joseph L. Kennedy 1967 - Earl M. Weber 1968 - George Ditlow 1969 - Lambert K. Sailer 1970 - Curtis W. Gable 1971 - Richard A. Long 1972 - Paul A. Kube 1973 - John Swearingen 1974 - Nevin Andre 1975 - William Skelly 1976 - Olan W. Sterback | 1977 - Gary L. Bowman 1978 - John Fecik 1979 - Ed Rogowicz 1980 - Earl R. Zimmerman 1981 - John Stoudt 1982 - Thomas Winters 1983 - Charles Knowlden 1984 - Lewis W. Miller 1985 - Lester C. Thayer 1986 - John Brown 1987 - Kermit Lyman 1988 - William Kabakjian 1989 - Charles Graham 1990 - Phil Wynn 1991 - Jim Jordan 1992 - Thomas Ridge 1993 - Van Hughes 1994 - Kenneth P. DeLucca 1995 - Robert Bateman 1996 - Stanley Komacek 1997 - Dave Shultz | 1998 - William Stahlnecker 1999 - Gary Baltozer 2000 - Robert Dorn 2001 - Perry Gemmill 2002 - Mike Kozuchowsky 2003 - Bill Weitzmann 2004 - Michael Whitman 2005 - William Michael 2006 - Ed Frescoln 2007 - Richard Penepacker 2008 - Judith Hawthorn 2009 - William Bertrand 2010 - Jared Bitting 2011 - Stan Komacek 2012 - Jonathan Taylor 2013 - Len Litowitz 2014 - Jeffrey Seamans 2015 - Dr. Joe McCade 2016 - Dave Shultz |