Past Chairman's Award Winners
Chairman’s Award Recipients
- 2008
James Sherburne
President and CEO, WesTel Systems - 2006
Gene Johnson
President and CEO, FairPoint Communications - 2005
Glenn Rauh
President, Metamora Telephone Company - 2004
Allen Arvig
Arvig Communications Systems
Perham, Minnesota - 2003
Robert Halford
Clear Lake Independent Telephone Company
Clear Lake, Iowa - 2002
John Barnes Sr.
Comporium Group
Rock Hill, South Carolina - 2001
Paula Eller
Yukon Telephone Company
Wasilla, Alaska - 2000
W.S. “Babe” Howard
Millington Telephone Company
Millington, Tennessee - 1999
Margaret Goatcher
Cimarron Telephone Company
Mannford, Oklahoma
President’s Award Recipients
- 1998
Don Bond
Public Service Telephone Company
Reynolds, Georgia - 1997
Arne L. Haynes
Mashell Telecom Inc.
Eatonville, Washington - 1996
Carlton E. Appelo
Wahkiakum West Telephone
Grays River, Washington - 1995
S. Michael Jensen
Great Plains Communications Inc.
Blair, Nebraska - 1994
Everette Kneece
Pond Branch Telephone Company
Gilbert, South Carolina - 1993
Evan Copsey
Holway Telephone Company
Bourbon, Missouri - 1992
Ken Lien
Winnebago Cooperative Telephone Association
Lake Mills, Iowa - 1991
Eleanor Haskin
Waitsfield-Fayston Telephone Company
Waitsfield, Vermont - 1990
Bob Boaldin
Elkhart Telephone Company
Elkhart, Kansas - 1989
Bill Corman
Southland Telephone Company
Atmore, Alabama - 1988
Warren French
Shenandoah Telephone Company
Edinburg, Virginia - 1987
Ivo Bauman
Mt. Angel Telephone Company
Mt. Angel, Oregon
