Award Winner Archive

2019 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Liz Dinkins, Oklahoma
ACTE Teacher Educator of the Year – Peder “Pete” Gjovik, North Dakota
ACTE Counseling and Career Development Award – Shelly Thome, Arizona
ACTE Administrator of the Year – Meg Gianesello, Arizona
ACTE Postsecondary Teacher of the Year – Kim Holdbrooks Townsel, Alabama
ACTE New Teacher of the Year – Katie Hatt, North Dakota
ACTE Carl Perkins Community Service Award – Bart Taylor, Texas
ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award – Jeanne Roberts, Arizona
ACTE Business-Education Partnership Award – Ann Franz, Wisconsin
ACTE Champion for CTE Award – Marc Schulman, Illinois

2018 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Linda Romano, New York
ACTE Counseling and Career Development– Sharon Barrow, Georgia
ACTE Administrator of the Year – Donna McKethan, Texas
ACTE Postsecondary Teacher of the Year – Sally E. Arnett-Hartwick, Illinois
ACTE New Teacher of the Year – Sara Quintana, Nevada
ACTE Carl Perkins Community Service Award – Stephanie Joliff, Ohio
ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award – Roxanne L. Trees, Washington
ACTE Business of the Year – John Deere, Illinois
ACTE Business Leader of the Year – William J. Nelson, Minnesota
ACTE Champion of the Year – Dr. Kenneth Wallace, Illinois

2017 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Sarah Raikes, Springfield, Kentucky
ACTE Counseling and Career Development Award – Shelli Sowles, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
ACTE Administrator of the Year – Samuel Cotton, Muncie, Indiana
ACTE Postsecondary Teacher of the Year – Edward Lazaros, Muncie, Indiana
ACTE New Teacher of the Year – Jacob Ball, Bardstown, Kentucky
ACTE Carl Perkins Community Service Award – Leon Grant, Marietta, Georgia
ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award – Donna Metcalf, Wilburton, Oklahoma
ACTE Business of the Year – Dupont
ACTE Business Leader of the Year – Bob Funk, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Express Employment Professionals
ACTE Champion of the Year – Jerry Ellner, National Director of High School Development, Universal Technical Institute

2016 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Cindy Quinlan, Snellville, Georgia
ACTE Career Guidance Award – Sheryl Neely, Atlanta, Georgia
ACTE Administrator of the Year – Cassandra Miller-Washington, Macon, Georgia
ACTE Postsecondary Teacher of the Year – Clifford McClain, Las Vegas, Nevada
ACTE New Teacher of the Year – Jessica Young, Camden, Arkansas
ACTE Carl Perkins Community Service Award – Kelly Keller, Arlington, South Dakota
ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award – Clifford Vrieze, Trimont, Minnesota
ACTE Business of the Year – Zoetis
ACTE Business Leader of the Year – Patty Nation, Director of Global Corporate and Community Engagement, Xilinx Inc.
ACTE Champion of the Year – Terry Holliday, Commissioner of Education, Kentucky Department of Education

2015 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Clyde McBride, Kayenta, Arizona
ACTE Career Guidance Award – Jeanie Bragg, Denton, Texas
ACTE Administrator of the Year – Gregory Shipp, Conroe, Texas
ACTE Postsecondary Teacher of the Year – Janet Burns, Atlanta, Georgia
ACTE New Teacher of the Year – Eric Mathews, Akron, Ohio
ACTECarl Perkins Community Service Award – Kristal Young, Monticello, Arkansas
ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award – Leslie Watkins, Paducah, Kentucky
ACTE Business Leader of the Year – Timm Boettcher, President & CEO, Realityworks Inc.
ACTE Business of the Year – Emerson Climate Technologies
ACTE Champion of the Year – Lee Leffingwell, Mayor of Austin, Texas

2013-2014 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Tara Berescik, Grahamsville, New York
ACTE Career Guidance Award – Jayne Greeney Schill, St. Cloud, Minnesota
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Tony Brannon, Murray, Kentucky
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Educator – Briana Lynn Morton, Homewood, Alabama
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Felicia Williams, New Site, Alabama
ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award – Gary Wixom, Salt Lake City, Utah
Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Award – Sandra Hemmert, Salt Lake City, Utah
ACTE Award of Merit – Joerg Klisch, Vice President Operations North America, MTU America Inc.
ACTE Image Award – NOCTI
ACTE Business Leader of the Year – Gordon Davis, Founder & Chairman, CEV Multimedia Ltd.

2012-2013 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Robin McLean, Columbus, New Jersey
ACTE Career Guidance Award – Sharon Ann Hetherington, Waco, Texas
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Diana Plummer, Sapulpa, Oklahoma
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Educator – Lavyne Rada, Hutchinson, Minnesota
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Jeff Eppen, Arlington, Minnesota
ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award – Rebecca Cox, Highland, Utah
ACTE Award of Merit –  Kentucky Jump$tart, Frankfort, Kentucky
ACTE Image Award – West-MEC Interactive Media Department, Glendale, Arizona
ACTE Business Leader of the Year – Brandon Pelissero, CEO of Ecolink
ACTE Business Advocate of the Year – Jim Ryan, Chairman, President and CEO of Grainger

2011-2012 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Cindy Adams, Ardmore, Oklahoma
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Richard Joerger, St. Paul, Minnesota
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Mindi Clark, Fairview, Oklahoma
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Deb Moore, Glendale, Arizona
Image Award – Mike Rowe, Santa Monica, California

2010-2011 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Gary Weese, Shreveport, Louisiana
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Jeanette Capshaw, Norman, Oklahoma
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Buddy Neasbitt, Lawton, Oklahoma
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Joe Wollinger, Janesville, Wisconsin
Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Award – J.C. Perrin, Boca Raton, Florida
Lifetime Achievement Award – Rhonda Hoyman, Glen Arm, Maryland

2009-2010 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – H. Mark American Horse, Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Bea Paul, Enid, Oklahoma
Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Stormie Roberson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Diane M. Bull, Ponca City, Oklahoma
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Larry Leatham, Ogden, Utah
Outstanding Service Award – Clay Christensen, American Fork, Utah
Arch of Fame – Kristen C. Davidson, Layton, Utah

2008-2009 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – James Scott, Plain City, Ohio
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Linda Laverty, El Reno, Oklahoma
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Britt James, Springdale, Arkansas
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Carol Dvorak, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Award of Merit – Amy Wisilosky, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Award of Merit – Flint Hills Resources, Corpus Christi, Texas
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Carolyn Warner, Phoenix, Arizona
Outstanding Service Award – Terry Price, West Jordan, Utah
Arch of Fame – Allan Sulser, Heber City, Utah

2007-2008 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Judy Brown, Montgomery, Alabama
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Professional – Terri Holle, Enid, Oklahoma
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Mark Raines, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Joan Anderson, Eureka, South Dakota
Award of Merit – Tamara Goetz, West Jordan, Utah
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Michael Corbett, Delaware, Ohio

2006-2007 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Leslie Watkins, Paducah, Kentucky
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Sandy Hume, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Joline Dunbar, Brookings, South Dakota
Award of Merit – Walter “Woody” Woodhull, Springfield, Illinois
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Richard Prows, Bountiful, Utah
Outstanding Service Award – Katherine Cliatt, Columbia, South Carolina
Lifetime Achievement Award – Verlyn Velle, Gillette, Wyoming

2005-2006 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Kevin English, Peoria, Arizona
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Dr. Curtis B. Helmandollar, Roanoke, Virginia
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Betsy R. Jensen, Minnesota
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Dawn Renee Gary, Youngsville, Lousiana
Award of Merit – Meta Kay West, Abilene, Kansas
Outstanding Service Award – Ann Decker, Utah
Outstanding Service Award – Jerry Ship, Texarkana, Arkansas
Lifetime Achievement Award – Scott Olsen, Salt Lake City, Utah

2004-2005 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Patricia Krstilee Beltram, Gilbert, Arizona
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Karen H. Jones, Athens, Georgia
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Debbie Oaks Moore, Glendale, Arizona
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Sharon Grace Kosek, St. Joseph, Missouri
Award of Merit – University of Missouri-Rolla, Missouri
Award of Merit – CHRISTUS Spohn Health, Corpus Christi, Texas
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Wesley E. Budke, Columbus, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Debbi L. Popo, Millersport, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Judy Whitaker, Sandy, Utah
Lifetime Achievement Award – Scott Snelson, Salt Lake City, Utah

2003-2004 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Clifford Vrieze, Jackson, Minnesota
ACTE Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Dr. Linda Anderson, Haltom City, Texas
ACTE Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Sherry Foster, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
ACTE Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Gloria Haiwick, Highmore, South Dakota
Award of Merit – AADA, Phoenix, Arizona
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – James R. Gowans, Utah
Outstanding Service Award – Gary Clark, Salt Lake City, Utah

2002-2003 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Mark Clemons, El Reno, Oklahoma
Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Mary Eagon Jacquart, St. Paul, Minnesota
Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Linda Rucker Smith, Pryor, Oklahoma
Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Machelle Louise Bonde, Sioux Valley, South Dakota
Award of Merit – William A. Downey, Durham, North Carolina
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Kim Richard Burningham, Bountiful, Utah
Outstanding Service Award – Helena Hendrix-Frye, Raleigh, North Carolina
Outstanding Service Award – Constance Handy Spohn, New York
Lifetime Achievement Award – Russell Blackman, Aurora, Colorado
Lifetime Achievement Award – Robert Brems, Utah

2001-2002 Award Winners

ACTE-McDonald’s Teacher of the Year – Coleen C. Keffeler, Sturgis, South Dakota
ACTE-McDonald’s Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Robert J. Kemmery, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland
ACTE-McDonald’s Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Billie Sue Burris, Hot Springs, Arkansas
ACTE-McDonald’s Outstanding Teacher in Community Service – Sarah E. Raikes, Springfield, Kentucky
Arch of Fame Award – Thomas B. Lopp, President/CEO of Students First, Inc.
Award of Merit – White Lily Flour Company, Knoxville, Tennessee
Outstanding Service Award – F. Wendall Latham, Stafford County Schools, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award – Sandra Miller, University of Kentucky
Outstanding Service Award – Julie G. Bell, South Dakota State University
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Donnalie Stratton, Kentucky Department of Education
Award for Excellence in Automotive Training – Parkside High School, Salisbury, Maryland
Award for Excellence in Automotive Training – Trident Technical College, Charleston, South Carolina
Award for Excellence in Automotive TrainingNew Mexico Junior College-Ford ASSET, Hobbs, New Mexico

2000-2001 Award Winners

ACTE-McDonald’s Teacher of the Year – Mary E. Welch, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
ACTE-McDonald’s Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Frederica L. Kramer, Indiana State University
ACTE-McDonald’s Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Gigi Gano Ekstrom, Dallas, Texas
Arch of Fame Award – Ned K. Swartz, Warrenton, Virginia
Award of Merit – Karen Leveridge, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Award of Merit – Cooper Industries/Crouse-Hinds of Roanoke, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award – Bettie R. Tipton, Kentucky Department for Technical Education
Award for Excellence in Automotive Training – Automotive Service Technology Program,Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
Award for Excellence in Automotive Training – Automotive Trades Department, School of Vocational Technologies, Alfred State College, New York
Award for Excellence in Automotive Training – Ramona High School Automotive Program,Ramona, California

1999-2000 Award Winners

ACTE Teacher of the Year – Spankie Lou Bassett, Bernalillo, New Mexico
Outstanding Career and Technical Educator – Mark Johnson, Pittsburg, Kansas
Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher – Dena Wuebker, Versailles, Ohio
Arch of Fame – Daisy Stewart, Blacksburg, Virginia
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Gene Bottoms, Atlanta, Georgia
Award of Merit – Sid Rains, Van Dorn Demag Corp. in Strongsville, Ohio
Award of Merit – Automotive Youth Education Systems Program
Outstanding Service Award – Shirley Humphrey, Wyoming Department of Education
Outstanding Service Award – Bradley Leger, Acadia Parish School District, Louisiana
Outstanding Service Award – William Patton, University of Montana
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – El Campo Career and Technology Center,Texas
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – Southern Illinois University, College of Applied Science and Arts, Carbondale, Illinois
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – Automotive Training Center, Exton,Pennsylvania

1998-1999 Award Winners

AVA/Compaq Vocational Teacher of the Year – Betty Phillips, Sullivan, Indiana
Outstanding Vocational Educator – Wendy Smythe, Palm Beach County, Florida
Outstanding New Vocational Teacher – Natalie Lavender, Carrollton, Alabama
Arch of Fame – Charles Hopkins, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Shawntel Smith, Muldrow, Oklahoma
Award of Merit -Peter Lynch
Award of Merit -Percy Pollard Sr.
Award of Merit -Forrest Frosty Troy
Outstanding Service Award – Harriette Black
Outstanding Service Award -Jim Hannemann
Outstanding Service Award – Florent Hardy Jr.
Outstanding Service Award – David Oubre
EEA-SHIP Citation -Dick Burchett
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service -Richland County Area Vo-Tech Center, Wahpeton, North Dakota
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – Seminole Community College, Sanford,Florida
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service -Louisiana Technical College-Young Memorial Campus, Morgan City, Louisiana

1997-1998 Award Winners

Vocational Teacher of the Year -Connie Smithson, Hixson, Tennessee
Outstanding Vocational Educator -Belinda McCharen, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Outstanding New Vocational Teacher – Tabitha Radcliffe, Grove City, Ohio
Arch of Fame – J.Robert Warmbrod, Ohio State University
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award -Robert Taylor, National Center for Research in Vocational Education
Award of Merit – Senator Wendell Ford
Award of Merit – Ray Tate
Outstanding Service Award -R. Kirby Barrick
Outstanding Service Award -Lela Goar
Outstanding Service Award -Yvonne Normand
Outstanding Service Award -Mary Beth Stine
EEA-SHIP Citation – Robert Robison
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service -Tulsa Technology Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service -Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service -Seminole Community College, Sanford, Florida

1996-1997 Award Winners

Vocational Teacher of the Year – Mary Hairald, Nettleton, Mississippi
Outstanding Vocational Educator – Mary Shumway, Salt Lake City, Utah
Outstanding New Vocational Teacher – Janet Cundiff, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Francis T. Tuttle, CEO of Technical Education Systems International
Award of Merit – American Automobile Manufacturers Association
Outstanding Service Award – Dan Dunham
Outstanding Service Award – John Glenn Jr.
Outstanding Service Award – Arlou Vance
EEA-SHIP Citation – James Wiblin
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service -Berks Career and Technology Center-West Campus, Leesport, Pennsylvania
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – Chattahoochee Technical Institute, Marietta, Georgia

1995-1996 Award Winners

Vocational Teacher of the Year – Rebecca Rhodes, Milan, Tennessee
Outstanding Vocational Educator – Roy Peters Jr., Stillwater, Oklahoma
Outstanding New Vocational Teacher – Ann Krause, Janesville, Wisconsin
Arch of Fame – James W. Guilinger, Rantoul, Illinois
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Paul Simon, Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Service Award – Ted Anthony Ardoin, Lafayette, Louisiana
Outstanding Service Award – Marilyn R. Jenkins, Palos Hills, Illinois
Outstanding Service Award – Richard E. Linhardt, Columbia, Missouri
Award of Merit – Randy Dorn, Olympia, Washington
EEA-SHIP Citation – Gene Callahan
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – Traviss Technical Center, Lakeland,Florida
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – Shoreline Community College, Seattle, Washington
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service – Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida

1994-1995 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Pamela Imhoff, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Outstanding Vocational Educator – Anita Risner, Bixby, Oklahoma
Outstanding New Vocational Teacher – Julie Searfoss, Perrysburg, Ohio
Arch of Fame – W. Charles Henderson, Omega, Oklahoma
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Byrl R. Shoemaker, Columbus, Ohio
Award of Merit – Gary J. Rockis, Morris, Illinois
Award of Merit – JudyJ. Godfrey, Greensboro, North Carolina
Outstanding Service Award –  Nevin R. Frantz, Jr., Blacksburg, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award – Maurine R. Humphris, South Ogden, Utah
Outstanding Service Award – David H. Soule, Onaway, Michigan

1993-1994 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Kathy Jo Somers, Julian, North Carolina
Outstanding Vocational Educator – Terry W. Heiman, Jefferson City, Missouri
Outstanding New Vocational Teacher – Robin K. Carney, Drumright, Oklahoma
Arch of Fame – Margie V. Lowrance, Olympia, Washington
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Dale E. Kildee, Washington, D.C.
Award of Merit – Stan Bunn, Salem, Oregon
Award of Merit – Servistar Corp., Butler, Pennsylvania
Outstanding Service Award – Beverly Ann Hankenhoff, New Castle, Indiana
Outstanding Service Award – James L. Hoerner, Blacksburg, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award – Jack Michie, Scottsdale, Arizona

1992-1993 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – J. Scott Carpenter, Perrysburg, Ohio
Outstanding Vocational Educator – James A. Bridges, Valdosta, Georgia
Outstanding New Vocational Teacher – Dale L. Cope, Federal Way, Washington
Arch of Fame – Neil A. Edmunds, Lincoln, Nebraska
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award – Jewell Deene Ellis, Frankfort, Kentucky
Outstanding Service Award – Al. M. Babich, Platte City, Missouri
Outstanding Service Award – Melissa Sexton Briscoe, Louisville, Kentucky
Outstanding Service Award – Thomas B. Lopp, Olympia, Washington

1991-1992 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Betty G. Helton, Austin, Texas
Outstanding Vocational Educator – Gordon L. Ray, Salinas, California
Outstanding New Vocational Teacher – Tom H. Paulsen, Sully, Iowa
Award of Merit – Caterpillar Foundation, Peoria, Illinois
Award of Merit – Robert M. Book, Indianapolis, Indiana
Outstanding Service Award – Jewell Deene Ellis, Frankfort, Kentucky
Outstanding Service Award – R. A. Holt, Jefferson City, Missouri
Outstanding Service Award – Sam Stenzel, Alexandria, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award – Laura Barnett Ward, Montgomery, Alabama

1990-1991 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Rebecca Davis Bridges, Scottsboro, Alabama
Outstanding Vocational Educator – Nancy Langley Raynor, Raleigh, North Carolina

1989-1990 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Thomas R. Cory, Elkhart, Iowa
Award of Merit – James W. Leathers, Overland Park, Mississippi
Award of Merit – William W. McKnight, Normal, Illinois
Outstanding Service Award – Gene Callahan, Jenks, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Rosemary F. Kolde, Cincinnati, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – George Mehallis, Plantation, Florida
Outstanding Service Award – Moody M. Oswald Jr., Columbia, South Carolina

1988-1989 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year -Carolyn Cotton, Bristow, Oklahoma
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award -Clyde D. Cassity, Platte City, Missouri
Award of Merit -McGraw Hill Publishing Co./Gregg Div., New York, New York
Award of Merit -Wenroy C. Smith, Saltsburg, Pennsylvania

1987-1988 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Connie Casente, Morgan City, Louisiana
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award -William F. Goodling, Washington, D.C.
Award of Merit – American Airlines Maintenance & Engineering Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Award of Merit – Regional Medical Center, Madison, Kentucky
Award for Excellence in Food Service -Grand Rapids Junior College, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1986-1987 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year -Judith White Harris, Sarasota, Florida
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award -William H. Natchner, Washington, D.C.
Award of Merit -Phillip Martin, Mississippi Band of Chactaw Indians
Award of Merit -South-western Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award -Ann Benson, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Outstanding Service Award -Kenneth Bragg, Taveres, Florida
Outstanding Service Award – Glenn C. Boerrigter, Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Service Award – Paul W. Lindsey, Austin, Texas
Outstanding Service Award -Harry F. Silberman, Los Angeles, California
Outstanding Service Award -J. Robert Warmbrod, Columbus, Ohio
Award for Excellence in Food Service -Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York
Award for Excellence in Housing and Building -Lehigh County Area Vocational, Schneckensville, Pennsylvania

1985-1986 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year -Wayne Sprick, Washington, Missouri
Carl Perkins Humanitarian Award -Melvin L. Barlow, Los Angeles, California
Award of Merit – National Dairy Board, Arlington, Virginia
Award of Merit – Russell L. Guin, Danville, Illinois
Award of Merit -Mercury Marine, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Outstanding Service Award – Joyce Fralic Cook, Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Service Award -Alton D. Ice, Austin, Texas
Outstanding Service Award -Donald Maley, College Park, Maryland
Outstanding Service Award – Fred A. Schultz, Indian Meridian AVTS
Award for Excellence in Food Service – Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois
Award for Excellence in Housing and Building -Montgomery County Students, Silver Spring, Maryland

1984-1985 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Shelby Rider Garrison, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Award of Merit – National Restaurant Association, Chicago, Illinois
Outstanding Service Award -Bruce Gray, Edmond, Oklahoma
Outstanding Service Award -Merle Edward Strong, Madison, Wisconsin
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service -Hennepin Technical Centers, Brooklyn, Minnesota
Award for Excellence in Automotive Service -Hennepin Technical Centers, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Award for Excellence in Food Service – Asheville-Buncombe Technical College, Asheville, North Carolina

1983-1984 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Michael W. Hataway, Raymond, Mississippi
Award of Merit -Kinney Shoe Corporation, New York, New York
Award of Merit – Caroline S. Mark, Belmont, Wisconsin
Award of Merit – Clarence Knebel, Belmont, Wisconsin
Award of Merit – Richard S. Prows, Salt Lake City, Utah
Outstanding Service Award – Arch B. Alexander, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Outstanding Service Award – Camille Graves Bell, Lubbock, Texas
Outstanding Service Award -Frances Baker Bishop, Denton, Texas
Outstanding Service Award -Hazel Crain, Lincoln, Nebraska
Outstanding Service Award – Luther Saxon Hardin, Arkansas Vo-Tech Education
Outstanding Service Award -Gay Sweet-Harris, San Antonio, Texas
Outstanding Service Award -Mildred Reel, Reston, Virginia
Citation Award – Robert T. Wright, Skokie, Illinois

1982-1983 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Richard A. Campbell, Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Award of Merit -A.O. Smith Harvester Products, Arlington Heights, Illinois
Award of Merit – Bernice Moore, Austin, Texas
Award of Merit – R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Outstanding Service Award -Pauline Bateman McKean, Fort Collins, Colorado
Outstanding Service Award – Aleene Ann Cross, Athens, Georgia
Outstanding Service Award – Bertha G. King, Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Service Award -William R. Pasewark, Lubbock, Texas
Outstanding Service Award – Byrl R. Shoemaker, Columbus, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award -Elizabeth Jane Simpson, Madison, Wisconsin
Outstanding Service Award – Warren G. Weiler, Columbus, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Charles O. Whitehead, Memphis, Tennessee
Citation Award – George Edwin Henderson, Athens, Georgia

1981-1982 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – James W. Guilinger, Sycamore, Illinois
Award of Merit – American Institute of Cooperation, Washington, D.C.
Award of Merit -Farmer Union Central Exchange, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota
Award of Merit -Norththrop Aircraft Division, Hawthorne, California
Award of Merit – Pepsi-Cola Company, Purchase, New York
Outstanding Service Award – Harold R. Crawford, Ames, Iowa
Outstanding Service Award -Alfred H. Drebs, Blacksburg, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award -R. M. Hunsicker, McLean, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award -Eugene Lehrman, Madison, Wisconsin
Outstanding Service Award -Gordon I. Swanson, St. Paul, Minnesota

1980-1981 Award Winners

Teacher of the Year – Edwina E. Gross, Fayettesville, North Carolina
Award of Merit – Alton Wright, Charlotte, North Carolina
Award of Merit – Eric M. Hilton, Houston, Texas
Award of Merit -Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois
Award of Merit -L.Millard Collins, Dallas, Texas
Outstanding Service Award -Earl H. Knebel, College Station, Texas
Outstanding Service Award – Edwin L. Kurth, Auburn, Alabama
Outstanding Service Award – James W. Wilson, Denver, Colorado

1979-1980 Award Winners

Award of Merit – General Motors Corp.
Award of Merit – Phillips Petroleum Co.
Outstanding Service Award – Orville Nelson
Outstanding Service Award – Thelma H. Leonard
Outstanding Service Award -C. Cayce Scarborough

1978-1979 Award Winners

Award of Merit -Security Pacific National Bank
Outstanding Service Award -Ellen M. Abbott
Outstanding Service Award -Harold R. Binkley
Outstanding Service Award -Harry N. Drier, Jr.
Outstanding Service Award -Byrle Killian
Outstanding Service Award -William G. Loomis

1977-1978 Award Winners

Outstanding Service Award -Carl M. Humphrey, Missouri State Department of Education
Outstanding Service Award -Francis Gregory

1976-1977 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Walter Jacoby, American Institute of Cooperation
Outstanding Service Award – Gene Bottoms, Georgia State Department of Education
Outstanding Service Award -Victor Van Hook, Oklahoma State Department
Outstanding Service Award – Floyd D. Johnson, South Carolina
Outstanding Service Award – Peter L. Johnson, Illinois
Outstanding Service Award -Fred V. Miner, Washington
Outstanding Service Award – Jerome Moss Jr., University of Minnesota
Citation Award – Lawrence W. Praaken, Owner of Praaken Publications

1975-1976 Award Winners

Award of Merit -Henry Spears, American Technical Society
Outstanding Service Award – Malcom Hunt
Outstanding Service Award – Theodore A. Koschler, Miami, Florida
Outstanding Service Award -Congressman George H. Mahon, Texas
Outstanding Service Award – C. M. Lawrence, Florida Department of Education
Outstanding Service Award – John G. Odgers, Charleston, West Virginia
Outstanding Service Award -Senator Clairborne Pell, Rhode Island
Outstanding Service Award -J. C. Ruppert, Arkansas State Coordinator
Outstanding Service Award -Carl J. Schaefer, Rutgers University
Citation Award – Ada Ruth Stovall, Alabama State Department of Education
Citation Award – Francis T. Tuttle, Oklahoma State Director of Vocational-Technical Education

1974-1975 Award Winners

Outstanding Service Award – Burr D. Coe, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Outstanding Service Award –  Lawrence B. Hoyt, Wausau, Wisconsin
Outstanding Service Award – Elizabeth E. Kerr, Iowa City, Iowa
Outstanding Service Award – Marvin G. Linson, Fort Collins, Colorado
Outstanding Service Award – John L. Rowe, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Outstanding Service Award – Ralph R. Wenrich, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1973-1974 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Donald McDowell, National FFA Foundation
Outstanding Service Award – Paul W. Briggs, Cleveland, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Alberta D. Hill, Washington State University
Outstanding Service Award – Carl F. Lamar, Kentucky Vocational Association
Outstanding Service Award – Jack P. Nix, Georgia State Superintendent
Outstanding Service Award – C. Thomas Olivo, Temple University
Outstanding Service Award – Edith Floyd Patterson, Houston, Texas
Outstanding Service Award – Donna M. Seay, Atlanta, Georgia
Outstanding Service Award – Charles E. Weaver, Ohio Department of Education

1972-1973 Award Winners

Citation Award – John P. Adams, Livonia, Michigan
Citation Award – Herbert Siegel, New York, New York
Citation Award – Charles G. Foster, Jefferson City, Missouri

1971-1972 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Russell L. Guin, Bloomington, Illinois
Award of Merit – Robert C. Lusk, Michigan
Award of Merit – Satenig St. Marie, J. C. Penney Co., Inc.
Award of Merit – James E. Wall, Lincoln, Nebraska
Outstanding Service Award – Pauline W. Burbrink, University of Texas at Austin
Outstanding Service Award – Thurston Faulkner, Montgomery, Alabama
Outstanding Service Award – Kenneth B. Hoyt, College Park, Maryland
Outstanding Service Award – Noel T. Myers, Portland, Indiana
Outstanding Service Award – Warren G. Smeltzer, State of Maryland
Outstanding Service Award – Rulon C. Vanwagenen, State of California
Citation Award – Congressman Albert H. Quie, Minnesota

1970-1971 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Southern New England Telephone, New Haven, Connecticut
Outstanding Service Award – J. Marion Adams, Little Rock, Arkansas
Outstanding Service Award – Ralph E. Bender, Ohio State University
Outstanding Service Award – Fred W. Eberle, West Virginia
Outstanding Service Award – Clifford R. House, Cincinnati, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Lawrence T. Paige, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

1969-1970 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Jack Hawkins, Little Rock, Arkansas
Award of Merit – Society of Plastics Industry, New York, New York
Outstanding Service Award – Melvin L. Barlow, University of California
Outstanding Service Award – David W. Berryman, Springfield, Missouri
Outstanding Service Award – T. Carl Brown, Raleigh, North Carolina
Citation Award – Governor Russell W. Peterson, Delaware

1968-1969 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Chrysler Plymouth Division, Chrysler Motors Corporation
Award of Merit – Merlin W. Kampfer, Phoenix, Arizona
Outstanding Service Award – Hester Chadderdon, Iowa State University
Outstanding Service Award – Janet Matsuyama, Orange County, California
Outstanding Service Award – Blanche Nechanicky, New York State Education Department
Outstanding Service Award – Bernard A. Shilt, Buffalo, New York
Citation Award – Congressman Roman C. Pucinski, Illinois

1967-1968 Award Winners

Award of Merit – FFA Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
Award of Merit – 3M Company, Visual Products Division, Ohio
Award of Merit – Frank Plovick, General Motors
Outstanding Service Award – Johnie Christian, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Outstanding Service Award – James L. Reid, Wisconsin Association for Adult & Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award – Lea O Toole, Oklahoma State University
Outstanding Service Award – Charles R. Wallendort, New York
Citation Award – Martin Essex, Superintendent of Public Instruction for State of Ohio

1966-1967 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Peter T. Schoemann, United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters of the U.S.
Outstanding Service Award – Rupert N. Evans, University of Illinois
Outstanding Service Award – K. Otto Logan, Washington
Outstanding Service Award – Byrl R. Shoemaker, Columbus, Ohio
Citation Award – Terry Sanford, Governor of North Carolina
Citation Award – Cynthia Parsons, Education Editor of Christian Science Monitor

1965-1966 Award Winners

Outstanding Service Award – Clarence L. Greiber, Madison, Wisconsin
Outstanding Service Award – Herman A. Kressler, Brooklyn, New York
Outstanding Service Award – Robert M. Reese, Columbus, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Green B. Trimble, Fort Worth, Texas

1964-1965 Award Winners

Award of Merit  – Melvin A. McCutchan, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Award of Merit – Howard C. Weichman, Chicago, Illinois
Outstanding Service Award – R. D. Anderson, Columbia, South Carolina
Outstanding Service Award – Milo J. Peterson, University of Minnesota
Outstanding Service Award – Ralph J. Woodin, Ohio State University
Citation Award – Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States
Citation Award – M.D. Mobley, Executive Secretary of American Vocational Association
Citation Award – Congressman Philip M. Landrum, Georgia

1963-1964 Award Winners

Award of Merit – John E. Harmon, Washington, D.C.
Award of Merit – Lincoln Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Walter M. Arnold, Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Service Award – J. R. Cullison, Phoenix, Arizona
Outstanding Service Award – Lorenzo Garcia-Hernandez, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Outstanding Service Award – John P. Walsh, Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Service Award – Rua Van Horn, Washington, D.C.
Citation Award – Congressman Carl D. Perkins, Kentucky

1962-1963 Award Winners

Award of Merit – J.Chester Swanson, Berkeley, California
Award of Merit – John R. Wrage, Madison, Wisconsin
Outstanding Service Award – Louise Bernard, Richmond, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award – Catherine T. Dennis, Raleigh, North Carolina
Outstanding Service Award – Roas H. Loving, Richmond, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award -Cecil E. Stanley, Lincoln, Nebraska
Citation Award – Benjamin C. Willis, General Superintendent of Schools, Chicago, Illinois

1961-1962 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Fred M. Betz, Lamar, Colorado
Award of Merit – Henry F. Deganton, Seattle, Washington
Award of Merit – National Safety Council, Chicago, Illinois
Award of Merit – James D. Hume, Mendota, Illinois
Award of Merit – Marshall Humphrey, Chandler, Arizona
Outstanding Service Award – Ward P. Beard, Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Service Award – Roy G. Fales, Delmar, New York
Outstanding Service Award – Warren E. Hicks, Madison, Wisconsin
Outstanding Service Award – F. J. Konecny, College State, Texas
Outstanding Service Award – Harry Wirriner Sanders, Blacksburg, Virginia

1960-1961 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Mary A. Bons, Phoenix, Arizona
Award of Merit – George A. Scott, San Diego, California
Outstanding Service Award – M. J. Debenning, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Outstanding Service Award – Kenneth Hall Easter, University of Illinois
Outstanding Service Award – Samuel Leonard Fick, California State Department of Education
Outstanding Service Award – Alice Ruth Lee, Teaque, Texas
Outstanding Service Award – George I. Martin, Sylvester, Georgia
Outstanding Service Award – Harold M. Ostrem, St. Paul, Minnesota
Outstanding Service Award – Arthus L. Waker, Richmond, Virginia
Citation Award – Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey, West Virginia
Citation Award – Congressman Winfield K. Denton, Indiana

1959-1960 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Teodoro Morscoso, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Award of Merit – Theresa Bachman, Boise, Idaho
Award of Merit – Edward R. Eastman, Ithaca, New York
Award of Merit – General Electric Company, New York, New York
Outstanding Service Award – Andrew D. Althouse, Detroit, Michigan
Outstanding Service Award – Melvin Henderson, University of Illinois
Outstanding Service Award – Natalie Kneeland, Richmond, Virginia
Outstanding Service Award – Dorothy Scoot Lawson, Albany, New York
Outstanding Service Award – Marguerite Loos, Columbus, Ohio
Outstanding Service Award – Roy E. Simpson, Sacramento, California
Outstanding Service Award – Mildred Weighly Wood, Phoenix, Arizona
Outstanding Service Award – Julian A. McPhee, San Luis Obispo, California

1958-1959 Award Winners

Award of Merit – Cooperation Grange League, New York
Award of Merit – Lawrence Praaken, School Shop
Award of Merit – E.B. Thode, Arizona
Outstanding Service Award – R. E. Bass, Virginia State Director of Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award – Earl L. Bedell, Education & Technical Schools
Outstanding Service Award – Henry S. Brunner, U.S. Office of Education
Outstanding Service Award – James R. D. Eddy, University of Texas at Austin
Outstanding Service Award – Eugene D. Fink, Schenectady, New York
Outstanding Service Award – McKee Fisk, University of Santa Clara, California
Outstanding Service Award – Mark Nichols, Utah State Director of Vocational Education

1957-1958 Award Winners

Award of Merit – G.M. Motors, Michigan

1956-1957 Award Winners

Award of Merit – John C. Clausen, University of Minnesota
Award of Merit – Ralph R. Bentley, Purdue University
Award of Merit – John A. Fuzak, Michigan State University
Award of Merit – Thomas R. Gaines, Central Missouri State College
Award of Merit – Ray A. Wigen, Stout State College, Wisconsin
Award of Merit – Robert S. Swanson, Stout College, Wisconsin
Award of Merit – Gordon M. Greeman, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Award of Merit – William B. Mark & Associates, Wausau, Wisconsin
Award of Merit – James A. Rork, Arizona

1955-1956 Award Winners

Outstanding Service Award – R. E. Cammack, Alabama State Director for Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award – Martha Creighton, Virginia Tech University
Outstanding Service Award – Oakley Furney, New York State Asst. Commissioner for Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award – J. E. Hill, Illinois State Director of Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award – H. H. London, University of Missouri

1954-1955 Award Winners

Outstanding Service Award – Frank B. Cale, Virginia State Director of Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award – M. D. Collins, Georgia State Director of Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award – Druzilla Kent, University of Tennessee
Outstanding Service Award – Lewis Wilson, New York State Commissioner of Education
Outstanding Service Award – James C. Woodin, Wichita, Kansas
Citation Award – Senator Lister Hill, Alabama

1953-1954 Award Winners

Outstanding Service Award – O. D. Adams, San Francisco Director of Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award -J. B. Perkey, Oklahoma State Director of Vocational Education
Outstanding Service Award – Congressman Daniel Reed, New York
Outstanding Service Award – N. Norcross Stratton, Massachusetts State Director of Vocational Education
Citation Award -Congressman Daniel Reed, New York