Distinguished Member Awards
The OBM Network is pleased to honor the accomplishments of individuals and organizations in the field with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Outstanding Contribution Award. Please take a moment to review the description of these awards and past recipients. Please submit your nominations for 2012 Awardees by August 15, 2011. The awards committee will review nominations and recipients will be presented with respective awards at the 2012 ABAI conference in Seattle.
Lifetime Acheivement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to individuals who have fundamentally advanced our understanding or application of behavioral principles in organizational settings are deserving of this highest level of recognition. Past recipients of this award have been individuals whose contributions have significantly advanced the field of OBM.
Past Recipients:
- Aubrey C. Daniels (1988)
- Thomas F. Gilbert (1989)
- Edward J. Feeney (1990)
- Beth Sulzer-Azaroff (1991)
- Paul L. Brown (1998)
- Geary A. Rummler (1999)
- Jon Bailey (2002)
- Chris Anderson (2004)
- Hank Pennypacker (2005)
- Scott Geller (2007)
- Terry McSween (2010) - See below for a message from Terry McSween.
- Dwight Harshbarger (2011)
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Outstanding Contribution Award
The Outstanding Contribution Award is given to individuals or corporations who have made significant and measured contributions to the field and who are deserving of special recognition from the OBM Network.
Past Recipients:
- Thomas C. Mawhinney (1992)
- Dale M. Brethower (1993)
- William K. Redmon (1994)
- Alyce M. Dickinson (1995)
- Darry Callahan (2000)
- Terry McSween (2001)
- Maria Malott (2004)
- Bill Abernathy (2005)
- John Austin (2007)
- Dwight Harshbarger (2008)
- Timothy Ludwig (2010)
- Judy Agnew (2011)
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