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Recognition Award
The GPA RECOGNITION AWARD is bestowed to individuals whose careers include a long association with the gas processing industry.
Initiated in 1949, it annually awards those whose business careers and relationships have been marked by the integrity and cooperative spirit that is characteristic of the gas processing fraternity. While the Citation for Service Award is for service to the association, the Recognition Award extends to GPA domestic chapters and international affiliates as well.
The Award consists of an attractive, silver-mounted and engraved walnut display box. It is given annually to one or more individuals at GPA's Annual Convention during the GPA Membership Meeting and President's Luncheon.
Recognition Award Recipients
| 2009 | Steve Munden, Cameron-Orbit Valve Co Jack Whiteside, R. W. Beck - Barnes & Click Div |
| 2008 | Pat Holub, Huntsman Corp. Mohamed Burashid, The Bahrain National Gas Co. |
| 2007 | Craig Wentworth, XTO David Kurtz (retired), Koch-Glitsch |
| 2006 | Alan Sudbrock, Gas Technology Corp. Terry Clark, Western Gas Resources |
| 2005 | Ralph Gillette, Nicholas Consulting Group Kurt Metzler Air Products and Chemicals Inc. |
| 2004 | Bret Rhineshith, Pearl Development Company |
| 2003 | Mike Reagan, Optimized Pipeline Solutions Tom Smith, Mechanical Equipment, Inc. |
| 2002 | Floyd Hawley, D& H Consultants Hale Staley, NATCO Group |
| 2001 | Harold Derr Jr., Afton Pumps, (Awarded posthumously) Glenn Handwerk |
| 2000 | Harvey Hensley, Black & Veatch Pritchard Steve Swanstrom, Waukesha Engine Div. |
| 1999 |
Tom Bennett, (retired) Mustang Fuel Corp. Dave Morse, Dresser-Rand Co. Ed Raper, (retired) Oxy/Cities Service Carter Tannehill, Purvin & Gertz |
| 1998 | Ron Steffan, Assoc. Of Major Power Consumers of Ontario Jim Ford, (retired) Dorchester Gas Producing Co. |
| 1997 | Chuck Adams, (retired) Caterpillar Inc. Joe Cloessner, (retired) Mitchell E&D Corp. John Kelly, Vanguard Petroleum |
| 1996 | Robin Pate, Enterprise Products Co. Tom Russell, T. H. Russell Co. |
| 1995 | E. E. Ellington, (retired) Purvin & Gertz Jerry Gulsby, Gulsby Engineering, Inc. James R. Moore, Enserch Processing Co. |
| 1994 | Don Amsden, Union Pacific Resources Co. Jim Clark, Weskem-Hall Sam Segnar, (retired) Enron |
| 1993 | Fred Isaacs, (retired) Mid-America Pipeline John Long, (retired) Warren Petroleum Co. E. Gordon Rieg, Koch Engineering Co. Vincent Doyle, C.C.C. International |
| 1992 | Ralph Ball, Mapco Inc. Bob Short, Bob Short & Associates Quinton Darnell, Darnell Engineering Corp. Brian Stevens, BP Chemicals |
| 1991 | Gary
Bartlett, Bartlett Equipment Co. Phil McGowan, (retired) Transco Energy Marketing Co. Jack Chesney, (retired) Exxon Co., U.S.A. |
| 1990 | J. L., Barnett Barnco, Inc. K. C., Purgason Chevron/Warren Lee Hillburn, Turnbow Engineering |
| 1989 | R. L. Wheeler, Turbo Power & Marine Systems Don Weinert, Mid-America Pipeline Co. C. O. Miller, (retired) Getty Oil Co. George Parks, Exline, Inc. |
| 1988 | E. H. Causey, Tenneco Oil Co. Nestor Ramirez, Corpoven, S.A. Ray Simpson, Exxon Co., U.S.A. |
| 1987 | Jim Beavers, (retired) Cities Service Co. Glen Rice, Vinson Supply Co. |
| 1986 | W. S. McAllister, (retired) Warren Petroleum Co. Tom Madden, (retired) Riley Beaird, Inc. Gil Rohleder, (retired) Mapco Inc. A. H. Younger, SKM Consulting Ltd. |
| 1985 | Guy Duren, Cities Service Oil & Gas Robert H. Humphreys, Cooper Energy Services Don N. Ewan, The Ortloff Corp. Dan T. McDonald, Consolidated Storage, Inc. |
| 1984 | George Holmes, ARCO Oil & Gas Co. Howard Grekel, HG Consulting Assoc., Inc. Loy Upp, Daniel Industries, Inc. Jim W. Kilmer, Williams Natural Gas Co. |
| 1983 | D. N. McClanahan, McClanahan Consultants Loren Buck, L. L. Buck & Associates Gordon Swinney, Phillips Petroleum Co. George Vaughn, (retired) Cities Service Co. |
| 1982 | John Becraft, InterNorth, Inc. Emerson Galloway, (retired) Texaco Inc. John Lesch, Warren Petroleum Co. Bill Ortloff, Canyon Consolidated, Inc. Ray Wortman, Consumer Power Co. |
| 1981 | Leon B. Dorsey, (retired) Gulf Interstate Engineering Co. Warren Sparks, (retired) Warren Petroleum Co. Bruce Eckerson, (retired) Aminoil USA, Inc. B. F. Wobker, Northern Gas Products Co. |
| 1980 | Z. B. Deer, Jr., Dresser Clark Div. Carlton C. Homan, Jr., El Paso Natural Gas Co. Ernie Mills, Sun Gas Co. Ed Propps, Rockwell International Dave Roach, Mapco Inc. |
| 1979 | Jerry Feroe, Beacon Gasoline Co. William O. Medlin, Consultant Forest Smith, (retired) Ingersoll-Rand Co. William A. Griffin, Daniel Industries, Inc. |
| 1978 | W. P. Blackstock, Phillips Petroleum Co. C. K. Walker, Fluor Corp. R. V. Randall, Randall Corp. W. A. Gaither, Sun Oil Co. |
| 1977 | W. W. Sentell, Riley Beaird, Inc. Evan Thomas, Texas Eastman Co. W. G. Osborne, Cities Service Co. George Greaney, Elliott Co. |
| 1976 | Walter Smith, (retired) Process Equipment Co. Louis Barnett, Vinson Supply Co. George Hewitt, (retired) El Paso Natural Gas Co. K. O. Stowell, (retired) Tenneco Oil Co. |
| 1975 | L. L. Byars, (retired) Skelly Oil Co. James S. Kone, James S. Kone & Co. C. R. Ringham, (retired) Phillips Petroleum Co. N. C. Turner, Hudson Engineering Corp. |
| 1974 | Fred
Blackbird, (retired) Crane Packing Co. C.F. "Boots" McCarroll, (retired) Sun Oil Co. F. W. Bell, Brown & Root, Inc. E. Q. Bechwith (retired), Sid Richardson Gasoline Co. |
| 1973 | J. C. Dennis, (retired) Getty Oil Co. Ray Riddle, (retired) Riddle & Hubbell Harold F. Dawe, Stearns-Roger Corp. K. G. Pearce, (retired) Tenneco Oil Co. |
| 1972 | Horace Sanders, Cooper-Bessemer Corp. William A. Roever, Dresser-Clark R. L. Frailey, R. L. Frailey, Inc. Andy Wardlaw, (retired) Texaco Inc. W. W. Woods, (retired) Texas Gas Exploration Corp. |
| 1971 | W. D. "Dick" Yale, Texaco Inc. Joe Weatherby, Weatherby Engineering Co. Art Williams, Anchor Gasoline Corp. |
| 1970 | John Baird, Hudson Engineering Co. Frank Noble, (retired) Humble Oil & Refining Co. O. W. Barnett, Rockwell Mfg. Co. John Craig, Skelly Oil Co. |
| 1969 | John T. Jordan, (retired) Shell Oil Co. Warren H. Kraft, (retired) Frank H. Stone, La Gloria Oil & Gas Co. I. Earl Nutter, Nutter Engineering Co. |
| 1968 | B. R. Carney, Consultant L. H. Moore, Phillips Petroleum Co. V. V. Jacomini, Hudson Engineering Corp. B. Potter, (retired) Cooper-Bessemer Corp. |
| 1967 | O. L. Olsen, Olsen Engineering Corp. R. B. McLaughlin, (retired) Northern Natural Gas Co. Lou Weiss, Stearns-Roger Corp. W. L. Bowser, Atlantic Richfield Co. |
| 1966 | R. W. Heath, Signal Oil & Gas co. R. N. Clark, Phillips Petroleum Co. (Awarded posthumously) Toni Coman, NGPA-NGPSA W. M. Gebo, (retired) Ingersoll-Rand Co. R. D. Hanley, Mobil Oil Corp. |
| 1965 | Marc D. Gilbert, (retired) Rockwell Mfg. Co. T. F. Hudgins, T. F. Hudgins & Associates L. G. Rheinberger, (retired) Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. J. W. Vaiden, (retired) Skelly Oil Co. |
| 1964 | Ray Carter, Tuloma Gas Products Charles Schwartz, Caska Corp. John Sue, (retired) Humble Oil & Refining Co. Drew Whiting, retired) Ingersoll-Rand Co. |
| 1963 | Al Forsman, Hurley Gasoline Sales Woodward, Martin Shamrock Oil & Gas Co. |
| 1962 |
Jim Dvoracek, Rockwell Mfg. Co. Harold Wahl, American Meter Co. James Okeson, Refinery Supply Co. (Awarded posthumously) Dr. Charlie Edwards, (Awarded posthumously) |
| 1961 | Paul Bagley, Lone Star Producing Co. Jerry Brennan, (retired) Warren Petroleum Co. Hugh Sears, Alliger & Sears, Inc. |
| 1960 | Cade C. Clover, (retired) American Meter Co. L. L. Dresser, Dresser Engineering Co. Harry Fiske, Ingersoll-Rand Co. S. J. Hulse, (retired) Warren Petroleum Co. Joe Miller, Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| 1959 | M. J. Adams, The Texas Co. Walter Black, Magnolia Petroleum Corp. W. H. Harts, (retired) Warren Petroleum Co. C. Paul Clark, Clark Brothers Co. J. N. McClure, Elliott Co. Roy Bush, Rockwell Mfg. Co. A. W. (Jack) Breeland, Lone Star Gas Co. Henry Boggess, Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. E. R. Estus, Cities Service Oil Co. Al Garrett, (retired) Lone Star Producing Co. |
| 1958 | R. R. Dean, Tennessee Gas Transmission Carl E. Wharton, Warren Petroleum Co. W. B. Engelbrecht, Phillips Petroleum Co. David E. Fields, Fluor Corp. Art Kerr, Kerr Engineered Sales Co. |
| 1957 | E. C. LeFevre, Cities Service Oil Co. R. H. Clark, Phillips Petroleum Co. W. F. Fulton, Warren Petroleum Co. Fred Shellhorn, Anchor Petroleum Co. A. T. Scherer, Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. Merle Church, Shell Oil Co. R. D. Turner, (retired) Shell Oil Co. G. W. Probst, Clark Brothers Co. Fred J. Wetzel, Ingersoll-Rand Co. William F. Lowe, NGAA |
| 1956 | Dallas S. Deem, American Air Filter Co. Mark S. Patton, Patton & Swab, Inc. |
| 1955 | Charles B. Holmes, Pan American Petroleum Corp. Stanley A. McAnelly, Lone Star Producing Co. A. W. Olson, Sinclair Oil & Refining Co. W. H. Sheppard, Sr., Pure Oil Co. A. L. Tarver, Phillips Petroleum Co. William L. Todd, Gulf Oil Corp. Frank B. Shayman, Shell Oil Co. Leonard Allen, National Tank Co. L. I. Baker, The Texas Co. Paul M. Childers, Continental Oil Co. F. L. Crawford, Magnolia Petroleum Co. |
| 1954 | S. B. Crooks, Cities Service Oil Co. J. A. Lupfer, Hercules-Lupfer Engine Sales Co. |
| 1953 | Henry M. Brown, Midland Gasoline Co. W. W. Woobank, Woobank Gasoline Co. |
| 1952 | A. V. Bourque, Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assoc. W. A. Schlueter |
| 1951 | M. W. Welch James A. Satterwhite, Westcott & Greis |
| 1950 | D. W. McKay, Cooper-Bessemer Corp. |
We're already planning for the 2011 GPA Convention. Mark your calendars!
April 3 - 6, 2011
San Antonio, Texas
If you are interested in being a speaker at next year's GPA Convention, please remember that the deadline to submit your abstract (to jdreyer@GPAglobal.org) for consideration is Sept. 1, 2010. Presentations will cover topics in gas processing, gas gathering, fractionation, storage and transportation. Learn more.