Our Awards

Gold Section Performance Awards

W.A. Kates Award

Awarded annually 1961-1995 and the predecessor to the Section Performance Award

Distinguished Members

ISA Fellows

An ISA Fellow Member is one of the highest honors granted by ISA, and our membership ranks several ISA Fellows, including two being awarded this year. Our local ISA Fellows are:

  • Dr. Angela E. Summers (2009)
  • Ulrich Gokeler (2009)
  • Dr. Harold Wade (2007)
  • Dale Merriman (2006)
  • Glen Dorflinger (2004)
  • Paul Gruhn (2001)
  • Mr. Arvid Johanson (1999)
  • Mr. Robert M. Bailliet (1998, Society President – 2001)
  • Dr. Zafar Taqvi (1987)
  • Mr. J. Robert Middleton (1984, Society President – 1980)
  • Mr. Robert L. Martin (1974)
  • Mr. R. N. Brown (1973)
  • Mr. Dale E. Lupfer (1972)
  • Mr. Frank A. Leisey (1972)
  • Mr. Edward J. Byrne (1972)

Distinguished Society Service Award

The Distinguished Society Service Award recognizes Society members who have at least fifteen years of accumulated, devoted service and contribution to organizational units of the Society and its members. This year the Houston Section is proud to have two recipients this year. Our Distinguished Society Service Award recipients are:

  • Dale Merriman (2009)
  • Mike Huereca (2009)
  • John Campbell (2008)
  • Paul Gruhn (2005)
  • Mary Cannon (2003)

Past Presidents

  • 2018-2019, Cheri Haarmeyer
  • 2017-18, Craig Longcor
  • 2016-17, Ardis Bartle
  • 2015-16, Joe Joachim
  • 2014-15, Sohail Iftikhar
  • 2013-14, Clifford Wuertz
  • 2012-13, Ardis Bartle
  • 2011-12, Chan Miller
  • 2010-11, Mike Huereca
  • 2009-10, Paul Abernethy
  • 2008-09, Ken Belteau
  • 2007-08, Doug Berry
  • 2006-07, Fatehali (T.J.) Tajani
  • 2005-06, John R. Campbell
  • 2004-05, Paul Gruhn
  • 2003-04, Dennis Kunz
  • 2002-03, Doug Zimmerman
  • 2001-02, Dale Merriman
  • 2000-01, Gwen Syzdek
  • 1999-00, José G. Toth
  • 1998-99, John Kowalyk
  • 1997-98, Scott Stuart
  • 1996-97, Ellsworth Young
  • 1995-96, Wes Yates
  • 1994-95, Ron Leboda
  • 1993-94, Mark Imper
  • 1992-93, Herman Storey
  • 1991-92, Bill Fullen
  • 1990-91, Mary Cousins Cannon
  • 1989-90, Ron Bandy
  • 1988-89, Eugene Arp
  • 1987-88, Pete Berkowitz
  • 1986-87, Charlie Moncrief
  • 1985-86, Lister Kennedy
  • 1984-85, L. A. Kane
  • 1983-84, D. G. Wolter
  • 1982-83, J. E. Levicki
  • 1981-82, R. B. Jones
  • 1980-81, Chuck McAllister
  • 1979-80, Jerry Funderburg
  • 1978-79, Robert Vandiver
  • 1977-78, Roy Holliday
  • 1976-77, Ralph Sporston
  • 1975-76, C. E. Teague
  • 1974-75, R. E. Moore
  • 1973-74, C. A. Pecoraro
  • 1972-73, Lloyd Bell, Jr.
  • 1971-72, Frank Barr
  • 1970-71, C. V. Dorflinger
  • 1969-70, J. B. Liles
  • 1968-69, R. E. Houlihan
  • 1967-68, R. L. Martin
  • 1966-67, J. W. Bergfield
  • 1965-66, J. O. Gracey
  • 1964-65, J. G. Nickeson
  • 1963-64, J. F. Draffen
  • 1962-63, C. G. Albert
  • 1961-62, B. W. Thomas
  • 1960-61, R. E. O’Neill
  • 1959-60, R. E. Hughes
  • 1958-59, E. E. Kleir
  • 1957-58, C. L. Schultz
  • 1956-57, W. B. Rawson
  • 1955-56, Porter Hart
  • 1954-55, R. E. Hansen
  • 1953-54, J. R. Martin
  • 1952-53, C. R. Miller
  • 1951-52, R. C. King
  • 1950-51, C. W. Braswell
  • 1949-50, C. W. Bates
  • 1948-49, M. K. Andeson
  • 1947-48, J. A. Parker
  • 1946-47, W. H. Fortney