Distinguished Service Award
1. The ACTER Distinguished Service Award recognizes members who have made significant service contributions to the association over a sustained period of time. This may include serving as an elected association official or providing exemplary services to one of the association’s major functions, such as enhancing the Journal.
2. Nominees must be ACTER members, be nominated by peers, and have made significant contributions to the association for more than three years.
3. Nominations must be received via e-mail no later than October 31 of the current year. Nominations must include the appropriate cover page, a brief rationale for the nomination (approximately half a page but not to exceed one page), and a curriculum vita. E-mail nominations to the Past President.
past recipients of the distinguished service award include:
1983 - Donald E. Elson
1984 - J. Dale Oliver
1985 - J. Dale Oliver
1986 - no nominations received
1987 - no nominations received
1988 - no nominations received
1989 - no nominations received
1990 - Duane Nielson
1991 - Ronald D. McCage
1992 - Joel Magisos
1993 - June Schmidt
1994 - no nominations received
1995 - no nominations received
1996 - Curtis Finch
1997 - no nominations received
1998 - David J. Pucel
1999 - Jerome T. Kapes
2001 - Donna H. Redmann
2002 - William G. Camp
2003 - N. L. McCaslin
2004 - no nominations received
2005 - Michael K. Swan
2006 - Floyd McKinney
2007 - Diane H. Jackman
2008 - no nominations received
2009 - Morgan Lewis
2010 - Steven Aragon
2011 - no nominations received
2012 - no nominations received
2013 - Cynthia Pellock
2014 - Jay Rowjewski
2015 - James Stone
2016 - James Bartlett II
2017 - no nominations received
2018 - no nominations received
2019 - Howard Gordon
2020 - Katherine Kandalec Holm
2021 - John Cannon
2022 - Mark Threeton
2023 - Michelle Bartlett