NAPM-Denver Ernie Waters Distinguished Service Award
The Ernest E Waters Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor bestowed on a member of NAPM-Denver, Inc. The NAPM-Denver, Inc Board of Directors of 1967-68 year established the award to recognize outstanding service. The award was originally called the Distinguished Service Award. It was renamed the EE Waters Award in 1981 to honor Ernest (Ernie) E Waters, a long-time member and former Business Manager of NAPM-Denver, Inc.
The Ernest E Waters Distinguished Service Award is presented to a member of NAPM-Denver, Inc. who has:
Demonstrated leadership, both in the Association and in the purchasing profession
Provided outstanding service to the Association and to the purchasing profession
Made contributions for the advancement of purchasing as a profession
Experienced outstanding success in his or her own position
A committee composed of past award recipients chooses the current year's recipient.
The recipients of the award, their company and the year they received the award are:
Year |
Recipient |
Company |
| 2008 | Diana L. Ocaña, C.P.M. | Aimco Corporation |
| 2007 | Harold N. Okocha, C.P.M. | HealthTrans |
| 2006 | Ginger L. Young, C.P.M. | Denver Newspaper Agency |
| 2005 | Virginia (Vickki) Klingman, C.P.M. | University of Northern Colorado |
| 2004 | Stephen R. Robles, C.P.M., CPIM | Maxtor Corporation |
| 2003 | H Michael Hayes, Ph.D |
University of Colorado at Denver |
| 2002 | MaryAnn Pittman, C.P.M. |
University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 2001 | Michael C Kirby, C.P.M. |
Mountain View Enterprises |
| 2000 | Sandra Schmitzer, C.P.M., CPPO |
JD Edwards |
| 1999 | Douglas Henninger, C.P.M. |
Denver Water |
| 1998 | Jennifer Fowler, C.P.M. | KN Energy |
| 1997 | D Diane Brown, C.P.M. |
Ernst & Young |
| 1996 | Sally Erickson, C.P.M. |
Coors Brewing Company |
| 1995 | Jerry L Sanburg, C.P.M. |
CH 2 M Hill |
1994 |
Thomas Sullivan |
Arapahoe County |
| 1993 | Lynn Clever, C.P.M. |
Full Circle Associates |
| 1992 | Preston J Leavitt, PhD., JD., C.P.M. | |
| 1991 | Donald R Peterson, C.P.M. |
Coors Brewing Company |
| 1990 | Carol A Coke | NAPM-Denver |
| 1989 | Janice Beights, C.P.M. |
Martin Marietta |
| 1988 | Wayne Benzen, C.P.M. |
Rocky Mountain Motor Tariff Bureau |
| 1987 | Lawrence Bell , C.P.M. | MCI |
| 1986 | Richard Sesko |
City of Aurora |
| 1985 | Kenneth Pearce, C.P.M. |
City of Arvada |
| 1984 | Terri Chambers, C.P.M. |
Samsonite Corp |
| 1983 | Robert Lea, C.P.M. |
Eversman Inc |
| 1982 | Donald Dobler, PhD., C.P.M. |
Colorado State University |
| 1981 | Rogers Coke, III C.P.M. |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 1980 | Norman Harpole, C.P.M. |
NCR Corp |
| 1979 | Marvin Ward, C.P.M. |
Storage Technology Corp |
| 1978 | Bill Conard, C.P.M. |
Coors Brewing Co |
| 1977 | James B Klein, C.P.M. |
Denver Water |
| 1976 | Al Chase |
Gates Rubber Co |
| 1975 | Bill Gardner | Public Service Co. of Colorado |
| 1974 | Stan Swenson |
Climax Molybdenum |
| 1973 | Donald K Schwartz, C.P.M. |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 1972 | Patrick Glenn, C.P.M. |
Elba Corp |
| 1971 | Tom Childress, C.P.M. |
Rockmont Envelope |
| 1970 | P Raymond Johnson, C.P.M. |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 1969 | Bill Sparn |
FTS Corporation |
| 1968 | Ernest E Waters |
Colorado School of Mines |
| Last Modified: September 19, 2008 |