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Awards

Do you know a person doing great things for the public works profession? Have you completed a terrific public works project? Contact a member of the Awards Committee to submit a candidate for consideration or to learn more about the Chapter and National Awards Programs.

Chapter Awards

National Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year
Local Chapter Winners

1960 Roy W. Morse
1961 William A. Bugge
1965 Walter F. Winters
1968 Glen Yake
1969 Everett G. Henry
1971 Charles V. Gibbs
1973 Arthur E. Knutson
1974 George H. Andrews
1975 J. Garth Anderson
1976 Jean L. DeSpain
1978 Paul A. Wiatrak
1982 Pat Nevins
1984 Allan L. Kimbel
1986 Richard K. Sandaas
1987 Donald J. LaBelle
1992 Jerry M. Fay
1993 Jack N. Pittis
1997 Larry Southwick
1998 John Ostrowski
2001 John Trent
2006 Roger Flint
2007 Bill Pugh
2008 Dick McKinley
2009 Daryl Grigsby

National Meritorious Service
Local Chapter Winners

1991 Tom Gibbs
1995 Richard Warren
1996 Dale Poussier

Harry S. Swearingen Award
Local Chapter Winners

1964 Robert G. Anderson
1974 Chester J. Woods
1979 Dominic Roletto
1986 Allan L. Kimbel
1992 Jan Klippert
1994 Larry Southwick

Donald C. Stone Award
Local Chapter Winners

2005 Mohammad Kashani

Charles Water Nichols Award
Local Chapter Winners

1969 Charles V. Gibbs
1986 Pam Bissonnette
1988 John Spence

Washington Chapter Awards
Roy Morse Award

(Public Works Leader of the Year)

1982 Richard Warren
1983 Nelson Graham
1984 Chester J. Woods
1985 Fredrick Thompson
1986 Frank Hansche
1987 Ernest Geissler
1988 Bruce Wasell
1989 Ron Bockstrock
1990 Gerald Weed
1991 Jerry Fay
1992 John Ostrowski
1993 Jack Garner
1994 Dave Ford
1995 Dennis Covell
1996 Larry Southwick
1997 Pete Butkus
1998 John Ostrowski
1999 Gary Rhoades
2000 John Trent
2001 Loren Sand
2003 Bill Derry
2004 Jim Arndt
2005 Roger Flint
2006 Bill Pugh
2007 Dick McKinley
2008 Daryl Grigsby
2009 Brian Ziegler

June Rosentreter Spence Award

1990 Mary Madison
1991 Gwenn Maxfield
1992 Catherine O'Connell
1993 Karen Brooks
1994 Edwina Carlson
1995 Irene Wall
1996 Tom Dozall
1997 Bonnie Blankenship
1998 Leslie Washburn
1999 Katherine Claeys
2005 Tricia Thompson
2006 Kristen Betty
2007 Michele Percussi
2008 Joy Monjure
2009 Kelli Owen

Award of Merit

1990 Bill Combs
1991 Gary Cantu
1992 Janice Totten
1993 Frank Wilson
1994 John Merchant
1995 Deborah Rannefeldt

National PACE Award

2003 Washington Chapter
2004 Washington Chapter
2005 Washington Chapter
2006 Washington Chapter
2007 Washington Chapter
2008 Washington Chapter
2009 Washington Chapter

Young Leader Award

2005 Sheri Zimny (Smith)
2006 Ryan Lyyski
2007 Jon Davies
2008 Nik Stroup
2009 Lorelei Williams

James Robertson Award

1962 James Robertson
1963 Robert G. Anderson
1964 George R. Fisher
1965 Roy W. Morse
1966 Herbert C. Higgins
1967 John B. Warder
1968 Everett G. Henry
1969 Carl V. Kilgore
1970 Dominic Roletto
1971 Ed Kortnik
1972 Paul Sturmer
1973 Leland L. Sphar
1974 Allan L. Kimbel
1975 Chester J. Woods
1976 Robert R. Engle
1977 Harold Hagestad
1978 June Rosentreter
1979 Don Horey
1980 Bill Howe
1981 Pat Nevins
1982 Jack Locke
1983 Marv Seabrands
1984 Rich Tracy
1985 Terry Duncan
1986 Warren Gonnason
1987 Jan Klippert
1988 Larry Southwick
1989 Philip Buswell
1990 Jerry Fay
1991 Ken Fujiki
1992 Richard Warren
1993 Dave Mandyke
1994 Roy Peterson
1995 Dale Poussier
1996 Gwen Maxfield
1997 John Ostrowski
1998 Craig Olson
1999 Dave Hudson
2000 John Carpita
2001 Tom Dozall
2002 Jack Pittis
2003 Dick Andrews
2004 Bob Moorhead
2005 Bill Goodwin
2006 Courtney McFadden
2007 Kathy Robertson
2008 Mohammad Kashani
2009 Gretchen Johnson

Chapter President's Award

2004 Kristina (Tina) Nelson
2005 Dan Dawson
2006 Franchot Fenske
2007 Richard (Dick) Andrews
2009 Art Louie