DHI Achievement Awards

Many individuals give of themselves tirelessly to our organization and industry, so it is important that they be duly recognized and honored, and more importantly, thanked for their efforts. Each year we recognize individuals who have shown exemplary effort and dedication to our industry with several awards. Submissions 2024 DHI Achievement Awards are now open. Please click the link below to submit your nomination.

SUBMIT AWARD NOMINATION

2023 Achievement Award Recipients

Founders Award
Malcolm B. Eyre, FDHI

Fellow DHI Award
Ron Couch, AHC, CFDAI, FDHI
Scott K. Suppes, AHC, FDHI

Award of Merit
Brian C. Clarke, DAHC EHC DHC CFDAI
David J. Jenosky, AHC
Kevin Tish, AOC, CFDAI, DHC
Erin C. Wilson, AOC, DHC, CFDAI

Distinguished Consultant Award
Richard J. Bradbury, DEHC DHC DHT CFDAI
Brian C. Clarke, DAHC EHC DHC CFDAI
Roslyn Shender, DAHC/CDC, CFDAI

ROSI
Margaret S. Blake, AHC, CDC
James D. Caron, AOC
Mark A. Kuhn, AHC,EHC,DHC,CFDAI
Lloyd Seliber

Mary Roth Award
New England Chapter

Robert G. Ryan Editorial Awards

Feature and Business: First Place
Bill Trimble, AHC, FDHI | Wm. S. Trimble Company
Playing Contractor Contract Roulette, August 2022

Feature and Business: Second Place
Ian Oxman | Software for Hardware
Distributors Overcoming Challenges to Seize New Opportunities, June-July 2022

Technical: First Place
Brian Moses | Hager Companies
Lockdown Options for School Safety, May 2022

Technical: Second Place
Mike Delin | Construction Specialties
The Door to Improving Health Care Options, April 2022

Past Award Recipients

The DHI Awards Committee determines who among the nominees will be honored within our industry. The following is a list of past DHI Award Recipients:

Founders Award

DHI’s highest and most prestigious award recognizes significant and outstanding service to DHI and the door security + safety industry over an extended period of time.
This award is reserved for truly exceptional individuals who have unquestionably demonstrated outstanding service and/or technical expertise. To qualify, nominees must be one of the following: a distinguished consultant (DAOC, DAHC, DEHC, DCDC), a Fellow (FDHI), a recipient of the former Merrill Award, or a recipient of the former Leeser Award. Nominees shall have contributed to the industry in such a way as to render them role models to other members of the industry. Nominations are based on an extended period of service, not on an individual or isolated project or activity. Only one Founder's Award may be awarded each year. This award may be conferred posthumously.

Rex E. Newcomer, AHC/CDC, CDT, FDHI 2021
*Charles W. Mullins, DAHC 2020
Jason P. Gehrs, DHT, AHC, DHC, CFDAI, FDHI 2019
David L. Neuner, Sr., FDHI 2018
Lee Garver, DAHC, FDHI 2017
Thomas Rubright, DAHC, FDAI 2016
Ken J. Metzler, AHC, FDHI 2015
Dale P. Garrett, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI 2014
*Richard A. Suminski, DAHC/CDC 2012
Charles F. Smith, Jr., FDHI 2011
*Frank J. Verge, DAHC/CDC 2010
Douglas E. Gerbing, AHC, FDHI, CSI 2009
Mark S. Hallgren, AHC, FDHI 2008
William H. Elliott, Jr., DAHC, FDHI 2007
John W. Manes, DAHC/EHC, FDHI 2006
Bob R. Boswell, DAHC, FDHI 2005
Susan P. Flowers, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI 2004
Daniel J. Heinz, DAOC, FDHI 2003
Richard J. Barnhard, DAHC/CDC, FDHI 2002
William A. Morris, DAHC 2001

*Ian R. Devine, FDHI 2000
Walter C. Watson, DAHC 1995
Vincent J. Scotti, AHC 1994
Weldon W. Nash, Jr., FCSI/CCS 1993
Donald L. Poe, DAHC 1992
Arthur V. Geringer, DAHC 1991
*Les G. Groves, DAHC, FDHI 1991
*John M. Wilson, DAHC 1988
*Werner Leeser 1986
*Frank Strong, Jr., DAHC 1985
*John F. Tsantes 1984
Hugo F. Jensen, DAHC 1983
John E. Bachand, DAHC/CDC 1982
John D. Redman, DAHC 1982
*Raymond C. Tartre, DAHC/CDC 1981
Vincent C. Braun, DCDC 1979
*Francis E. Traver, DAHC 1979
Ray S. Robinson, DAHC/CDC 1976
William B. McAuliffe, Jr., DAHC/CDC 1975
*Edward H. McCulloch, DAHC 1974

John B. Schoemer, DAHC 1969
Edward B. Veihmeyer, DAHC 1968
*Arthur H. Uhler, AHC 1967
*Robert A. Wesche, DAHC 1966
*George P. Merrill, DAHC 1965

Fellow DHI Award

The Fellow Award is DHI’s second highest award, based on service, and is conferred on any DHI member who is deemed to have contributed significant and outstanding service to DHI and the door security + safety industry.

This award may be conferred on any DHI member who has been a contributing member for 10 or more years. Nominees shall have clearly demonstrated by their efforts and actions over an extended period of time that they have contributed significant and outstanding service to the Institute or the industry. This service shall have been rendered at the local, national or international level and shall have been consistent with DHI’s aims and objectives. A maximum of three Fellow DHI Awards per year may be awarded. Recipients may use "Fellow DHI" or "FDHI" as part of their title. This award cannot be conferred posthumously.

Stephen Peterman, DHT, FDHI
Jay Manzo, CPA, FDHI
Don D. Sharp, AHC, FDHI
Jeffery S. Batick, EHC, CFDAI, DHT, DHC, FDHI
Richard J. Barnhard, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
Lawrence Beatty, AHC, FDHI
Mark Berger, FDHI
Anthony A. Boatman, DAHC/EHC, FDAI, FDHI
René A. Bouchard, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CSI, CCPR, FDHI
Bob R. Boswell, DAHC, FDHI
*Ian R. Devine, FDHI
David R. Dupuis, AHC, FDAI, FDHI
William H. Elliott, Jr., DAHC, FDHI
Malcolm B. Eyre, CSC, FDHI
Susan P. Flowers, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI
Neal Frazier, AHC/CDC, FDHI
Dale P. Garrett, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI
Lee A. Garver, DAHC, FDHI
Jason P. Gehrs, AHC, FDAI, FDHI
Douglas E. Gerbing, AHC, FDHI, CSI
Michael L. Gibson, FDHI, CPL
Peggy E. Gordon, AHC, FDHI
Susan E. Gosney, FDHI
Lori A. Greene, AHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI,CCPR

*Les G. Groves, DAHC, FDHI
August W. Hager, III, FDHI
Mark S. Hallgren, AHC, FDHI
Terry B. Hamlet, AHC, FDAI, FDHI
Daniel J. Heinz, DAOC, FDHI
Stephen R. Hildebrand, FDHI
Geoffrey D. Holmes, DAHC, FDHI
Stephen T. Hornyak, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI, CDT
Francis J. Hueber, AHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI
Charles R. Hummel, FDHI
Robert J. Jutzi, DAHC, FDHI
Rick Liddell, FDHI
Edward B. Linaugh, Jr., FDHI
Mark E. Lineberger, AHC/EHC, FDAI, FDHI
Jeffrey W. Loss, AHC, FDHI
Robert D. Maas, FDHI
John W. Manes, AHC/EHC, FDHI
Alan D. McMurtrie, DAHC, FDHI
David L. Neuner, Sr., FDHI
Ken J. Metzler, AHC, FDHI
Bryan R. Miles, FDHI
Rex E. Newcomer, AHC/CDC, FDHI, CDT

Kevin D. Orde, FDHI
Thomas R. Orihel, FDHI
Robert R. Perry, DAHC/CDC, FDHI, CCS
Tim Peterson, FDHI, LEED AP
Joe R. Phillips, AHC, FDHI
John R. Picciotti, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI, CDT
Debbie Purcell, AHC, CFDAI, FDHI
Jerry Rice, FDHI, FDAI, CCA, Lead Green Assoc.
James A. Russenberger, DAHC, FDHI
Scott A. Sabatini, AOC, CSI, FDAI, FDHI, CCPR
Barry Shovlin, FDHI
Charles F. Smith, FDHI
James A. Stevens, FDHI
James R. Tartre, CDC, FDHI
Timothy T. Taylor, AIA, FDHI
William S. Trimble, III, AHC, FDHI
Laura Wacik, FDHI, AHC, FDAI
C. E. (Tom) Warren, FDHI
Michael J. Wendland, DAHC CDC, FDHI
James T White, Jr. FDHI, AOC, FDAI

Distinguished Consultant Award

This award is based on technical expertise and may be conferred on any DHI consultant member (AOC, AHC, EHC or CDC) with a minimum of 10 years as a contributing member of DHI.

Nominees shall have demonstrated a high degree of technical excellence and standards of performance of DHI consultants; contributed to the improvement and promotion of the body of knowledge of the door and hardware industry; and/or aided in the technological advancement of the industry.

Nominations shall be made with approved procedures or as otherwise determined by the Board of Governors. A maximum of three Distinguished Consultant awards per year may be awarded and cannot be conferred posthumously.

Benjamin J. Gorton, DAHC, DHC, CFDAI, DHT
Andrew Pope, DEHC
Russell Hooker Jr., DHT, DAOC, DHC, CFDAI
Lawrence K. Adams, DAHC, CSI
John E. Bachand, DAHC/CDC
Erin Banks, DHT, FDAI, CSI, CDT, CCPR
Bruce Barber, DAHC
*Norman F. Barber, DAHC
Richard J. Barnhard, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
J. L. Claude Barrette, DAHC
H. Stephen Bettge, DAHC, FDAI
Georges Boisjoli, DAHC
Anthony A. Boatman, DAHC/EHC, FDAI
Daniel G. Borkowicz, DAHC/CDC, CDT
Bob R. Boswell, DAHC, FDHI
H. Matt Bouchard, Jr., DAHC
Rene A. Bouchard, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CCPR
*Vincent Braun, DCDC
*Frank D. Brown, DAHC
*Adon H. Brownell, DAHC
Robert A. Bullard, DAHC
Charles E. Charter, DAHC
*Charles E. Cheatham, Jr., DAHC
*Lucian A. Childs, DAHC
George A. Cofrank, DAHC
*Edward C. Cole, DAHC
Derek L. Collins, DAHC
*Kenneth C. Cornfield, DAHC
John R. (Jake) Dalbert, DAHC
*T. E. Davidson, DAHC
Willard F. Deveneau, DAHC
*Dan O'H. Dickinson, DAHC
*Paul Easby-Smith, Sr., DAHC
Waller W. Elliott, Jr., DAHC
William H. Elliott, Jr., DAHC, FDHI
Douglas R. Ferguson, DAHC
J. R. Filson, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CCPR
Susan P. Flowers, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI
*W. W. Fisher, DAHC
*Ray K. Forgay, DAHC
Laura Frye Weaver, DHT, DAHC, DHC, CSI, CDT, CCS, CFDAI
Dominick J. Gargano, DAHC
Dale P. Garrett, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI
Lee A. Garver, DAHC
Arthur V. Geringer, DAHC
J. Wilfred Grandmont, DAHC
Lori Greene, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI, CCPR
*Les G. Groves, DAHC, FDHI
Michael N. Hallgren, DAHC
John A. Hamilton, DAHC/EHC, CFDAI, DHT
Donald L. Hann, Jr., DAHC, FDAI

*Henry S. Hardin, DAHC
*Jean F. Hart, DAHC
Michael R. Harris, DAHC/CDC
*William R. Haverkampf, DAHC
*Daniel C. Hay, DAHC
*William J. Healy, DAHC
Daniel J. Heinz, DAOC, FDHI
*J. Harold Heston, Jr., DAHC
*Carl D. Himes, DAHC
*Robert D. Himes, DAHC
Claude Hollyfield, DAHC
Geoffrey D. Holmes, DAHC, FDHI
*Stanley O. Hooghkirk, DAHC
Stephen Hornyak, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI, CDT
Richard A. Hudnut, DAHC
*Karl H. Irmscher, DAHC
Paul W. Jackson, DAHC
Hugo F. Jensen, DAHC
*Clem H. Johnson, DAHC
James H. Johnson, DAHC/EHC
Robert A. Johnson, DAHC/CDC
*Joseph A. Jutzi, DAHC
Robert J. Jutzi, DAHC
*Paul F. Kelly, Sr., DAHC
Richard L. Kiefer, DAHC/CDC
Clarence H. King, Jr., DAHC
Jerry L. King, DAHC
Thomas E. Klotz, DAHC
Michael G. Lapetina, DAHC
Yvon Lariviere, DAHC
William Lawliss, DAHC/CDC. CCPR
*Joseph G. Lesniak, DAHC
F. William Lewis, DAHC/CDC
*G. Leonard Lindquist, DAHC
Mark E. Lineberger, DAHC/EHC, FDAI, DHT, FDHI
David Loughran, DAHC/CDC
*Howard MacCarthy, Jr., DAHC
John W. Manes, DAHC/EHC, FDHI
Ben W. Matney, DAHC
*Walter H. McAninch, DAHC
William B. McAuliffe, DAHC/CDC
*Russell McBride, DAHC
Edward H. McCulloch, DAHC
*Robert J. McMann, DAHC
Alan D. McMurtrie, DAHC
*George P. Merrill, DAHC
*Clyde R. Millard, DAHC
*Robert O. Miller, DAHC
Thomas E. Morgan, DAHC
William A. Morris, DAHC
*W.D. Morrison, DAHC
Charles W. Mullins, DAHC
Edwin N. Naslund, DCDC
Hendrik J. Ombach, DAHC
Thomas B. O'Neill, DAHC
*M. Gaylord Orman, DAHC
Keith E. Pardoe, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CDT

David Pedreira, DAOC, FDAI, CSI, CDT
Robert R. Perry, DAHC/CDC, CCS
*Henry Peter, DAHC
John R. Picciotti, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI, CDT
Joseph J. Picciotti, Jr., DAHC
Donald L. Poe, DAHC
Gina R. Ravens, DAHC, CDT
John D. Redman, DAHC
*Albert L. Reid, DAHC
Warren F. Reynders, DAHC
Ray S. Robinson, DAHC/CDC
*Mary Roth, DAHC
Thomas B. Rose, DAHC/CDC
Thomas M. Rubright, DAHC, FDAI
Gerald M. Russell, DAHC
James A. Russenberger, DAHC, FDHI
Scott A. Sabatini, DAOC, CSI, CCPR, FDHI
*George P. Sargent, DAHC/CDC
*John R. Schocmer, DAHC
*Carl W. Seydell, DAHC
Roger P. Skold, Jr., AHC
Richard O. Smith, DAHC
Mark Sorrenti, DEHC
*Frank Strong, Jr., DAHC
*Richard A. Suminski, DAHC/CDC
*Raymond C. Tartre, DAHC/CDC
C. Robert Taylor, DAHC
David E. Thompson, DAHC
Edwin Toy, DAHC
*Francis E. Traver, DAHC
*George E. Tupper, DAHC
*Andrew J. Turner, DAHC
Richard H. Van DeWater, DAHC
Edward B. Veihmeyer, DAHC
*Frank J. Verge, DAHC/CDC
Louis J. Wandelear, DAHC
Walter C. Watson, III, DAHC
*Robert M. Waxman, AHC/DCDC
Michael J. Wendland, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
*Robert A. Wesche, DAHC
*George E. Wheatley, DAHC
Jim White, DAOC, CFDAI, FDHI
*John M. Wilson, DAHC
Casimer W. Wojack, DAHC
Robert S. Wolfskehl, DAHC/EHC
J. Paul Wraith, DAHC/EHC
Joseph M. Yatsinko, DAHC

Award of Merit

This award is reserved for presentation to any individual (member or non-member) who has rendered outstanding contributions to the advancement of the aims and objectives of DHI and the door security + safety industry in any capacity.

The service or contribution of this nominee may have been rendered at the local, regional, national or international level, but shall not be of sufficient significance to warrant nomination for the Fellow or Distinguished Consultant Awards. There is no maximum on the number of Awards of Merit conferred each year; this is to be determined at the discretion of the Awards Committee based on the number of worthy nominations each year. This award may be conferred posthumously.

Vincent T. Coniglio, AHC
Kimberly Salvo-Conlon, DHT, FDAI
Gary J. Link
Bert Sullivan
Nicholas P. Bottini
Ken P. Cook
Milt Allred, AHC
H. Stephen Bettge, AHC, FDAI
Mark J. Berger
Jody Warden Boatman, AHC/EHC
Anthony A. Boatman, DAHC/EHC
H. Matt Bouchard, Jr., DAHC
Rene A. Bouchard, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CCPR
Richard Bradbury, DHT, EHC, DHC, CFDAI
Richard P. Calhoun, AHC
Lorraine H. Campagnolo, AHC
Jerry L. Cannon
Kelly Chimilar, AHC, FDAI
Derek L. Collins, AHC
Robert R. Cullum, AHC
Jerry Davis, AHC
S. Carl Dean, AHC, CDT
Thomas P. Dooley, AHC/CDC
David R. Dupuis, AHC
Paul Easby-Smith, Jr., AHC
Wendell E. Ellsworth
Susan P. Flowers, DAHC/CDC, FDHI

James A. Furr, AHC
Susan Gerbing, AHC
Susan E. Gosney, FDHI
Lori Greene, AHC/CDC, CCPR
Daniel J. Heinz, DAOC, FDHI
Ira A. Hymowitz, AHC
Robert A. Johnson, DAHC/CDC
Robert C. Johnson, Jr., AHC
Robert L. Judge
*Morris Karpen
*Eric Klein, AHC
Hank R. Krueger
George E. Krug, AHC, CDT
Jon R. Laing
*William G. Lugar, AHC
John W. Manes, DAHC/EHC, FDHI
Joseph D. Molineaux,
AHC, FDAI
Brad Newcomer

Rex E. Newcomer, AHC/CDC, CDT
Cheryl Orsi
John E. Petersen
Debbie F. Purcell, AHC, CFDAI
Robert Renaud
Charles T. Reid, AHC/CDC
William J. Ritchie, AOC
Helen Rose
Thomas M. Rubright, DAHC
Rachel Sama, AHC
Roslyn Shender, AHC/CDC, CFDAI, CDEC
John J. Simon, AHC
Martin S. Simon
C. David Sissom, AHC, CDT, CCS
Mark V. Sorrenti, DEHC
Scott J. Tobias, AHC, CSI, CDT
Cortney Anderson Wascher
James T. White, Jr., AHC/CDC

Mary Roth Award

This award is conferred to a DHI Chapter for presenting an outstanding chapter education program or series of programs.

The educational program or programs must occur at a chapter meeting and must be at least one hour in length. The topic must be industry-specific; and may have either a technical or management focus. In addition to uniqueness and creativity, organization of the program, including marketing and outline of the presentation, will be considered. This award is presented to the entire chapter, with a certificate given to the individual primarily responsible for organizing the program. There is no maximum on Mary Roth Awards per year.

2020 & 2021 & 2022
New England Chapter
North Carolina Chapter

2019
New England Chapter
Georgia Chapter

2018
Georgia Chapter

2017
New England Chapter

2016
New England Chapter

2015
New England Chapter
Iowa Chapter

2012
Hoosier Chapter
Puget Sound Chapter

2011
Ontario Chapter
New England Chapter

2010
Hoosier Chapter
Ontario Chapter

2009
New England Chapter

2008
New England Chapter
Sunshine Chapter

2007
Arizona Chapter
New England Chapter
Ontario Chapter

2006
New England Chapter

2005
New England Chapter

2004
Alberta Rose Chapter

2003
Canadian Prairie Chapter
Lone Star South Chapter

2002
North Carolina Chapter
Ontario Chapter

2001
Buckeye Chapter
Great Lakes Chapter

Recognition of Outstanding Service and Involvement (ROSI)

Industry members lend their expertise to the Institute’s technical programs. This award recognizes the vital contributions that these knowledgeable individuals make.

5-Year Instructors
Jody Warden Boatman, AHC/EHC, CSI, CDT
Richard J. Bradbury, EHC, FDAI, AAADM
Brian Clarke, DHT, AHC, DHC, CFDAI
John E. Crouse, CDC
Robert R. Cullum, AHC
David N. Edwards, AHC, CDT, CSI
Geoffrey D. Holmes, DAHC, FDHI
Russ Hooker, Jr., DHT, AOC, DHC, CFDAI
Grant M. Loring, AHC/CDC, CDT
Lloyd Seliber, CML, CDT
Roger P. Skold, Jr., AHC
Bob Schnarr
J. Patrick Stewart, AHC/EHC
Kevin Tish, AOC, CFDAI, AHC, CDT
Robert S. Watson, AHC
Rodney W. Weaver, DHT, AHC, DHC, CFDAI
Erin Wilson, AHC/CDC

10-Year Instructors
Paul Baillargeon, AHC, FDAI
Jeffrey Batick, DHT, CFDAI
Anthony A. Boatman, DAHC/EHC, FDAI, FDHI
Gordon E. Boyle
Mark Chester, AHC
F. Gregory Drake, AHC, CSI
Walter M. Eckles, AHC/CDC, FDAI
J.R. Filson, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CPP
Katherine A. Flower, AOC, CSI, CDT
Laura Frye Weaver, DHT, DAHC, DHC, CSI, CDT, CCS, CFDAI
David R. Gale, EHC
Jason Gehrs, DHT, AHC, FDAI, FDHI
Brad Hewlett, AHC/EHC, FDAI
Hal N. Kelton, AHC/CDC, FDAI, CDT
Richard L. Kiefer, CSI
Mark Lineberger, DHT, AHC/EHC, FDAI, FDHI
Dave Pedreira, DAOC, FDAI, CSI, CDT
Sarah Russell
Dale E. Schawitsch, AHC
Roslyn Shender, AHC/CDC, FDAI, CSI

15-Year Instructors
Scott D. Baker, AHC, FDAI
Rene A. Bouchard, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CCPR
Connie L. Boyeskie, DAHC, CDT
John A. Hamilton, DHT, AHC/EHC, FDAI
Donald L. Hann, Jr., AHC, FDAI
Daniel J. Heinz, DHT, DAOC, FDHI
Jon D. Hellberg, AHC, FDAI
J. Philip Henk, AHC, FDAI
Sally Kopp, AHC, CDT
Sarah Russell Melluso, CIL
Alan D. McMurtrie, DAHC
Mark Sorrenti, EHC

20-Year Instructors
H. Matt Bouchard, Jr., DAHC
William H. Elliott, Jr., DAHC, FDHI
James Dwight Goodson, AHC
Robert J. Jutzi, DAHC, FDAI
Keith E. Pardoe, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, CDT
John L. Schum
Richard O. Smith, DAHC
Frank J. Verge, DAHC/CDC
Stephen T. Hornyak, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI, CDT

25-Year Instructors
*Walter Elliott, Jr., DAHC, FDHI
Lee A. Garver, DHT, DAHC, FDHI
Hendrik J. Ombach, DAHC
John R. Picciotti, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI, CDT

30-Year Instructors
Bob R. Boswell, DAHC, FDHI
Robert R. Perry, DAHC/CDC, FDHI CCS
Thomas M. Rubright, DAHC, FDAI

35-Year Insructors
H. Stephen Bettge, DAHC, FDAI

Graders
H. Stephen Bettge, DAHC, FDAI- 20 years
Daniel G. Borkowicz, DAHC/CDC, CDT - 30 years
Bob R. Boswell, DAHC, FDHI - 25 years
Ronald D. DeJarnette, AHC/CDC - 10 years
William W. Dubuis, AHC - 15 years
Lee A. Garver, DAHC, FDHI-15 years
Claude Hollyfield, DAHC - 25 years
Richard L. Kiefer, CSI - 5 years
Robert E. Kuster, Jr., AHC -10 years
William A. Morris, DAHC - 20 years
Weldon W. Nash, Jr., FCSI, CCS - 20 years
Hendrik J. Ombach, DAHC - 20 years
Joseph M. Yatsinko, DAHC - 25 years

Robert G. Ryan Editorial Awards

This award is presented to the best volunteer authors of an article in Door Security + Safety magazine written during the previous calendar year. Awards are presented for business and technical topics.

2022
Buthayna Taha, AHC - 1st Place Business
Robert Gaulden - 2nd Place Business
Lori Greene, DAHC.CDC, FDAI, FDHI, CCPR - 1st Place Technical
Qianyan Cheng - 2nd Place Technical

2020
Sandra McMorris - 1st Place Business
Daniel R. White - 2nd Place Business
Bill F. Berryman, III, AWI, CSI - 1st Place Technical
Kerby Lecka - 2nd Place Technical

2021
David R. Beckham, AHC, FDAI - 1st Place Business
Taylor Fishcher - 2nd Place Business
Hal Kelton, AHC/CDC, CFDAI, DCT, RCI - 1st Place Technical
Kevin Tish, AOC, CFDAI, DHT, DHC, CDT - 2nd Place Technical

2020
Sandra McMorris - 1st Place Business
Daniel R. White - 2nd Place Business
Bill F. Berryman, III, AWI, CSI - 1st Place Technical
Kerby Lecka - 2nd Place Technical

2019
John S. Moore, AHC - 1st Place Business
Jason Bader - 2nd Place Business
*Ben H. Dorsey III, LEED GA - 1st Place Technical
Mark Perkins - 2nd Place Technical

2018
Brian Clarke, DHT, AHC - 1st Place Business
Randy Lyles - 2nd Place Business
John Woestman - 1st Place Technical
Scott Wesley - 2nd Place Technical

2017
Chuck Smith - 1st Place Business
Dave Sylvester - 2nd Place Business
Richard P. Calhoun, FDAI - 1st Place Technical
Roger Stempky - 2nd Place Technical

2016
Dave Sylvester - 1st Place Business
Kerby Lecka – 2nd Place Business
Mark Berger - 1st Place Technical
Steve Farley and Tim Petersen – 2nd Place Technical
Scott Wesley – 2nd Place Technical
Lori Greene, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI, CCPR – 2nd Place Technical

2015
Michael E. Collins – 1st Place Business
David M. Sylvester – 2nd Place Business
Ronald Geren, FCSI, AIA, CCS, CCCA, SCIP – 1st Place Technical
Lori A. Greene, AHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI – 2nd Place Technical

2014
Rachel S. Smith - 1st Place Technical
Diana San Diego - 2nd Place Technical
Jason Bader - 1st Place Business
Byron W. Whetstone and Sandy Harper - 2nd Place Business

2012
Steve Adams - 1st Place Technical
Judy Landwehr, LEED Green Associate - 2nd Place Technical

2011
Mark J. Berger - 1st Place Technical
Steve Farley, CSI, CDT, LEED GA - 2nd Place Technical
Tim Petersen, LEED AP - 2nd Place Technical

2010
Matthew Harris, AHC - 1st Place Technical
Dan Hogan - 2nd Place Technical

2009
Tim Petersen, LEED AP- 1st Place Technical
Jerry Razwick - 2nd Place Technical

2008
Mark J. Berger - 1st Place Technical

2007
Kurt Roeper - 1st Place Technical
Tim Petersen, LEED AP- 2nd Place Technical

2006
Douglas E. Gerbing, AHC, FDHI, CSI - 1st Place Technical
Tim Petersen - 2nd Place Technical

2005
Douglas E. Gerbing, AHC, FDHI, CSI - 1st Place Technical
Richard W. Owen - 2nd Place Technical

2004
Mark J. Berger - 1st Place Technical
Susan P. Flowers, DAHC/CDC, FDAI, FDHI- 2nd Place Technical
D. J. Vanas - 1st Place Business
Thomas A. Harris - 2nd Place Business

Retired DHI Awards

• Werner M. Leeser Memorial Award (Outstanding Non-Consultant)
Past Winners:
H. Thomas Patton, Jr., 1990
*William R. Snyder 1991
Edward B. Linaugh Jr., FDHI, 1992
John W. West, 1992
Donald L. King, 1993
• George P. Merrill Memorial Award (Outstanding Consultant)
Past Winners:
*Carl S. Bauman, AHC 1965
*Adon H. Brownell, HAHC 1965
*John R. Schoemer, DAHC 1965
*Mary Roth, DAHC 1967
*Tom R. Felts, AHC 1969
Herbert C. Dill, AHC 1970
William B. McAuliffe Jr., DAHC/CDC 1970
David E. Thompson, DAHC 1970
*Thomas A. Morris, DAHC 1971
*A.E. Gray, Jr., AHC 1972
Richard A. Hudnut, DAHC 1973
*Karl H. Irmscher, DAHC 1973
Frank L. Falletta, AHC 1975
*John M. Wilson, DAHC 1975
Robert A. Bullard, DAHC 1976
Hugo F. Jensen, DAHC 1976
*George P. Sargent, DAHC/CDC 1978
Casimer W. Wojack, DAHC 1978
*Donald T. Breese, AHC, CDT 1982
Raymond C. Chadwick, AHC 1982
Dominick J. Gargano, DAHC 1982
David L. White, AHC 1983
Jack E. Hildum, PE, AHC/CDC 1984
*Thomas N. Rogers, AHC 1984
H. Stephen Bettge, AHC 1985
Duane H. Bruch, AHC 1985
*Milton Spool, AHC 1985
George A. Cofrank, DAHC 1986
*Vincent Braun, DCDC 1988
*Donald T. Breese, AHC, CDT 1988
Devar L. Beatty, AHC 1989
Doris G. Taylor, AHC 1990
*Harry L. Girtman, AHC 1990
Patricia Smith, AHC, CSI, CCPR 1990
H. Matt Bouchard, Jr., DAHC 1992
*M. Gaylord Orman, DAHC 1992
*Edward H. McCulloch, DAHC 1993
René A. Bouchard, AHC/CDC, CCPR 1994
J. Vance McBride, AHC 1994
J. Dwight Goodson, AHC 1995
Michael N. Hallgren, DAHC 1995
*Richard A. Graf, AHC 1996
Lorraine H. Campagnolo, AHC 1999
• W. S. Haswell Memorial Award (Outstanding Distributor)
• Richard A. Hudnut Award (Outstanding Student in AH4 classes)
• Outstanding Sales Agency Award

* Deceased