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