Past Awards & Section Chairs

The Chicago Section of the American Society for Quality has established a Recognition & Awards process to recognize members, non-members, and other organizations who have contributed to the advancement of the goals and activities of the Section by their continued exceptional effort and support. We encourage all Chicago Section members to become familiar with the Section’s Recognition & Awards process. A process description documents how to offer candidate nominations and the approval process.

The award categories are as follows:

Founder's Award: Presented for outstanding contributions to the Section advancement. This constitutes advancement well above the good maintenance of the Section status.

Distinguished Service Award: Presented for dedicated contributions in continuing Section activities and affairs with a high degree of effectiveness.

Meritorious Service Award: Presented for consistent and continuing contributions and/or support to Section activities and affairs. Non-members and outside organizations are eligible for this award.

Special Service Award: Presented for special contributions made in support of Section activities. Non-members and outside organizations are eligible for this award.

Service Anniversary Award: Presented to current members of the Section who have been members of the Society for 30 years or more. After initial recognition of all 30-years-plus members, those members who enter their 30^th year will become eligible for this recognition on a yearly basis.

Founder’s Award

1993-1994: Manu Vora

1994-1995: William Lieberman

1995-1996: George Alukal

1996-1997: Gilbert Sorber

1997-1998: Frank Colby

1998-1999: Phil Lakhani

1999-2000: Bitthal Gujrati

2000-2001: Carolyn Andrews

2001-2002: Robert Brown

2002-2003: Jack Blazejak

2003-2004: Kathleen Gearty

2004-2005: G. Timothy Surratt

2005-2006: Maurice M. Maurer

2006:2007: Rama Shankar

2007:2008: Jayne Leone

2008-2009: Norm Peplow

2009-2010: Lynn Torbeck

2010-2011: Christopher Trent

2011-2012: Sam Makwana

 

Distinguished Service Award

1993-1994:George Alukal, William Lieberman, Gilbert Sorber

1994-1995: Carolyn Andrews, Robert Brown, Nellie Dujua

1995-1996: Frank Colby, Kathy Gearty, Phil Lakhani

1996-1997: Andrew Weiss, Gary Hughes, Bitthal Gujrati

1997-1998: Charles Bowers, Boyce Grier, Shankar Hegde

1998-1999: David Buettner, Maurice Maurer

1999-2000: Peggy Bowling, John J. Joyce

2000-2001: Donald Sherman

2001-2002: Jayne Leone

2002-2003: Phil Catrinza, Homero Garza, & Ed Banas

2003-2004: Ed McCarthy

2004-2005: Christopher Trent

2005-2006: Mark Ehrlicher, Norman Peplow

2006:2007: Sam Makwana, James Walker

2007:2008: June Morita, Hari Soni, Manu Vora

2008-2009: Lisa Ohm, Dan Montgomery, Bob Acerrano

2009-2010: John J. Blazejak and Krista Graham

2010-2011: Walter Neuhengen and Wayne Tollefson

CHICAGO SECTION CHAIRS, PAST AND PRESENT

 

Warren E. Jones	1944-46
E. H. Robinson	1946-47
Frederick Trowbridge	1947-48
Henry J. Becker	1948-49
Henry J. Jacobson	1949-50
George M. Cohan	1950-51
Charles L. Matz	1951-52
Robert H. Lace	1952-53
Archie R. Jackson & H. R. Bennett	1953-54
Ralph Haertel	1954-55
Marjorie L. Sutherland	1955-56
Robert I. Tenney	1956-57
Eugene Freund	1957-58
Lindson P. Anderson	1958-59
Howard L. Jones	1959-60
Robert W. Majeski	1960-61
Frank  Berman	1961-62
Lawrence R. Stickler	1962-63
John C. Louer	1963-64
Mervin W. Fisher	1964-65
Raymond Yetter	1965-66
Robert J. Williams	1966-67
William L. Lieberman	1967-68
Stephen Wozniak	1968-69
Mae-Goodwin Tarver	1969-70
Edward J. Figura	1970-71
Jess Starkey	1971-72
John V. Schneider	1972-73
Howard R. Levin	1973-74
Miguel A. Sone, Jr	1974-75
LaVerne N. Wach	1975-76
David Pettigrew	1976-77
John F. Gettemans	1977-78
Ronald L. Pollard	1978-79
John J. Blazejak	1979-80
William E. Booth	1980-81
Frank P. Colby	1981-82
John R. Jeffers	1982-83
George A. Ruzicka	1983-84
Earl T. Szymanski	1984-85
David Druckman	1985-86
Charles B. Pheatt	1986-87
Florencio Villegas	1987-88
Alexander C. Ratkus	1988-89
Steve Wilson	1989-90
Nellie G. Dujua	1990-91
Carolyn P. Andrews	1991-92
Peter D. Mauch	1992-93
Marshall M. Chanzit	1993-94
Manu K. Vora	1994-95
George Alukal	1995-96
John L. Reffett	1996-97
Bitthal Gujrati	1997-98
Phil Lakhani	1998-99
Rama Shankar	1999-00
William L. Lieberman	2000-01
John Joyce	2001-02
Peggy Bowling	2002-04
Jayne Leone	2004-05
James Persaud	2005-06
Christopher Trent	2006-07
Christopher Trent	2007-08
Mark Ehrlicher	2008-09
Daniel Brown	2009-10
Daniel Brown	2010-11
Bob Acerrano	2011-12

  

The Joe Lisy Award

Each year the Chicago Section honors one of its members for outstanding service and dedication to the Section. The award was created in 1959 in memory of the late Joseph J. Lisy.

Joe Lisy was a Chicago Section member whose contributions to Section activities were so varied and vital that the entire organizational structure of the Section was heavily dependent on his efforts, but the interesting thing about Joe was his modesty. He preferred to remain in the background and always managed to transfer the praise he deserved to someone else. He took charge of all of the dinner details and left the other officers free to concentrate on the seemingly more important work, and nobody paid him much attention.

Joe Lisy passed away, and then his efforts, contributions, and influence were missed. So, as a tribute to Joe’s memory, The Joe Lisy Award was created to honor those who demonstrate the sort of devotion, dedication, service, and humility for which Joe Lisy is remembered. 

Joe Lisy Awardees