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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

In 1958, the IBTA Board of Directors voted to establish the Telephone Man of the Year Award to recognize outstanding achievements on behalf of the Indiana telephone industry and community affairs by a member of the state telephone industry. In 1972, the name of the award was changed to Distinguished Service Award and the following have been recipients:

Hugh Barnhart
W. J. Scheidler
R. V. Achatz
E. S. Welch
William Roby Sanford
TrippetL. H. Meyer
R. R. Hirschman
LaMar S. Stoops 
Roy C. Echols
Virl A. Watkins
C. E. McCormick
J. W. Mitchell
Jack C. Cluen
James O’Connor
C. K. Trippet
Al Beckwith
Gerald Higbee
Gerald D. White
L.J. Swinford
Paul Fletchall
George White 

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Bennet R. Miller
Howard Pottenger
Clifford Beesley
Bechtel Winger
William H. Earles
Gordon L. Laymon
Jack R. Schutz
Alan B. Terrell
Louis J. Mize
Jack H. Whitlow
Ruthann Richards
Charles Mercer
William McGuire
Alan I. Matsumoto
George Fleetwood
Chris Bonner
Chad Miles
Donald E. Johnson

Neil Krevda
Jim Dauby

Bill Soards

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PACESETTER AWARD

Established in 1977, the Pacesetter Award was created to reward persons who have performed unusual service for the benefit of the telephone industry through IBTA or national industry programs. This award is available to both operating telephone company personnel and associate member company personnel. Those who have received this award are:

Robert O’Bannon
Chris Doyle
Bennet Miller
Ed Wright
Alan B. Terrell
Richard Juday
Maxine Manning
Jack Whitlow
Robert Miles, Jr.
David Lasher
Mitchell Proctor

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Kathy A. Adams
Donald E. Johnson
Alan Matsumoto
Chad Miles
George Fleetwood
Gale Given
Louis J. Mize
Jolynn Butler
Stephen Bartlett 
Tim Miles
Chuck Skelton

Bill Soards

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ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY AWARD

This award was established in 1994 to recognize extraordinary contribution by an employee of an ITA member company to enhance the technology of the local exchange carrier industry locally, statewide and/or nationally. The award reflects the increased technology that has been introduced into the telephone industry. Those who have received this award are:

William H. Earles, Smithville Telephone Co.
Marvin E. Bailey, Ameritech
Leroy Corya, Southeastern Indiana Rural Tel. Coop
Paul Dauby, Perry-Spencer Rural Tel. Coop
Allen Terrell, Rochester Telephone Co.
Chad Miles and Tim Miles, Enhanced Telecommunications Corp.
Randy Maish, Mulberry Cooperative Telephone Co.
Mark Grady, New Paris Telephone Co.
Mark Dickerson, Pulaski-White Rural Telephone Cooperative
John Greene, New Lisbon Telephone Co.

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HUMANITARIAN AWARD

This award was established in 1951 as the Merit Award to recognize a service performed which far exceeds the regular duty by an employee of the telephone industry in Indiana. In 1977, this award was changed to the Humanitarian Award. The following people have received this award:

Junior Hooks, Rochester Telephone Co.
Dessie Welch, Lewis Telephone Co.
Paul Wolf, General Telephone Co.
Lawrence C. Wright, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Robert T. Miles, Sr., Sunman Telephone Co.
James Graham, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Joseph Chambers & Harold James, IN Telephone Corp
John A. Ryan, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Richard E. Tinkle, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
James L. Paulson, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Delbert Harding & Joe Thatcher, Citizens Telephone
Russell Miller, Tri-County Telephone Co.
Everett R. Kern, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Kenneth Neer, General Telephone Co.
Harry Rice & Martha Ritzmann, United Telephone Co.
Ronald B. LaMastus, United Telephone Co.
Donald E. Sublett, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Brenda Sue Dunfee, General Telephone Co.
Alvin F. Milham, United Telephone Co.
Edward A. Antonides, United Telephone Co.
Nancy McQuinn, United Telephone Co.
Mark Pate, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.

James R. Bruce, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Kevin Kearby, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Joseph E. Kimmel, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Neal F. Johnson, GTE North Incorporated
Ramiro Morales, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Carolyn Battreall, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Lyle Kletz, United Telephone Co.
Larry Ruehman, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Phil Rund, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Timothy Ray Jones, III, Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Richard J. Miller, GTE North Incorporated
Paul Kisselbach and Peter Roknich, RELTEC Corporation
Buster Bradberry, GTE
Jason Rowlett & Bobby Shane, Enhanced Telecom Corp.
Andy Reed, Ligonier Telephone Company
Shannon Clark, Ligonier Telephone Company
Nancy Wertz, Verizon

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