The Industry Person of the Year is awarded to an individual who has served with selfless dedication to the industry they represent, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, and mankind by their untiring efforts to ensure safety for people through the adoption and use of the Uniform Codes.
This award will be presented during IAPMO’s Annual Education and Business Conference.
Previous recipients:
2023 Josh Hollub, PHCC Gulf Coast Chapter
2022 Ray Levangie, United Association District Council 16
2021 Richard Lord, Plumbers Local Union 68
2020 **Virtual Conference**
2019 Chris Haslinger, United Association
2018 Randy Lorge, Local 400 Plumbers and Steamfitters; Shawano, WI
2017 John Parizek, Plumbers Local 15
2016 TJ Dodd, Pipe Trades
2015 CJ Lagan, American Standard
2014 Dan Rademacher, Consultant
2013 Mike Massey, NITC, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Larry Facer, Local 348,Ogden, UT
2011 Dave Mann, Local 342,Concord, CA
2010 Mike Wynne, Local 290, Portland, OR
2009 AprilTrafton, Donald F. Dickerson Assoc., Inc., VanNuys, CA
2008 Herbert Kaopua, Business Manager – Local 675, Honolulu, HI
2007 Kurt Steenhoek, Business Manager – Local3, Denver, CO
2006 Sid Stolper, Southern California Pipe Trades, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Mary Garvelink, Commercial Design Engineering, Colorado Springs, CO
2004 Philip Campbell, Las Vegas JATC, Las Vegas, NV
2003 Diana Corcoran, American Society of Sanitary Engineering, Westlake, OH
2002 Thomas A. Montaño, UA Local 412, Albuquerque, NM
2001 **Conference Canceled**
2000 George Bliss III, United Association
1999 Bill Levan, Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute
1998 Scott Strawbridge, MCA of Northern California
1997 Gary Wright, Business Manager, Local 290, Portland, OR
Carl Triphahn, Executive Director, PIPE, Phoenix, AZ
Stanley Brier, Texas State Plumbing Board, Austin, TX
1996 Rand Ackroyd, Watts Regulator
1995 Brian Garvey, Mechanical Contractors Association of America
1994 Ron Ridenour, PIPE
1993 Pat Higgins, P.J. Higgins & Associates
1992 John Gorman, California Pipe Trades Council
1991 Jim Sargent, Kohler Company
1990 Don Logsdon, LSP-Specialty Products, Yucaipa, CA
1989 Paul Kulonis, PHC Designs, Inc.
1988 Tony Scarano, Plastic Piping Consultant
1987 Gene Povalski, Kohler Company
1986 Allen Weidman, American Gas Association, Inc.
1985 Charlie Hall, Charlie J. Hall & Associates, Inc., Garland, TX
1984 Claude Bergman, California Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors
1983 Ed Evans, Utah Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials
1982 Ed Saltzberg, Edward Saltzberg & Associates, Inc., Garland, TX
1981 George Kauffman, North Hollywood Plumbing Contractor, CA
1980 Don Boro, University Mechanical, Seattle, WA
1979 George T. Rochford, Jr., American Iron and Steel Institute, Washington DC
1978 Bill Veliquette, Mission Clay Products
1977 John Gorman, Cast Soil Pipe Institute
1976 Manley Hendricks, Tyler Pipe
1975 Bob Hester, Southern California Gas Company
1974 Stanley Gerrard, Mechanical Contractors of Washington
1973 Carl Linde
1972 Dan Simmons
1971 Ted Hillers, AC &I Associates
1970 Fred Lindsey
1969 George N. Lavenberg, Ceramic Tile Institute
1968 Raymond J. Brown, Copper Development Association
1967 George Kauffman, Kauffman Plumbing, North Hollywood,CA
1966 Ed Beale, Compotite Shower Pan Company
1965 George Kauffman, Kauffman Plumbing
1964 Elmer Renz, Safeway Plumbing, CA
1963 Bill Coffey, Copper Development
1962 Mark Gray, Association Plumbing and Heating Contractors of Washington
1961 Jack Wilson, Johns-Manville
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