Sam Hobbs Service Award

The Sam Hobbs Service Award was founded in 1973. The purpose of the award is to honor Sam Hobbs, the founder of the ACI chapter system and the moving force in establishing the first chapter.

The award is made annually at the January meeting of "Changing of the Guard", if, in the judgment if the Awards Committees, a qualified recipient is available. Members in good standing and not currently serving as an officer or director are eligible. The award is to recognize individual service to both the chapter and the concrete industry.

Recipients of the Sam Hobbs Service Award
2024 - Melanie O'Regan
2023 - Paul Heis
2022 - Steve Toland
2021 - Joshua Cavender
2020 - Robert Cleeland
2019 - Stefan Reder
2018 - Neal Lynch
2017 - Gary Kirk
2016 - Charles Kerzic
2015 - Chris Forster
2014 - Don Fretz
2013 - Kenneth Sears Jr.
2012 - Jim Little
2011 - Pasquale "Pat" Murena
2010 - Robert Graine
2009 - Jim Miles
2008 - Lionel Vincent
2007 - Thomas Verti
2006 - John Halverson
2005 - Krish Krisnamurthy
2004 - James Jaap
2003 - David Lang
2002 - Kirk McDonald
2001 - Carol Myers
2000 - Clifford R. Ohlwiler
1999 - Ed "Griff" Sparks
1998 - Richard Hyden
1997 - Dean J. White
1996 - George E. Battey III
1995 - Rod Elderton
1994 - Howard Lux
1993 - Leonard Hobbs
1992 - Leonard Kasari
1991 - C. Terry Dooley
1990 - Charles Pankow
1989 - Leon Stein
1988 - James McDowell
1987 - James S. Lai
1986 - Ramon F. Gutierrez
1985 - George E. Battey Jr.
1984 - Herbert H. Harger
1983 - William F. Norton
1982 - C. Ross Adams
1981 - Joseph A. Dobrowolski
1980 - Edgar G. Crawford
1979 - Henry M. Layne
1978 - William J. Wheeler
1977 - C. Taylor Test
1976 - Leo P. Nicholson
1975 - Robert E. Tobin
1974 - L. Glenn Switzer