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This award was established in 1926 by the McGraw Committee of Awards. This Award is presented to a person from the electrical contracting industry who is adjudged to have made a contribution to the industry of some new and useful idea or to have performed an industry service over and above his/her normal responsibilities to his/her own or company's progress.
In 1925, James. H. McGraw, principal in the McGraw-Hill empire, established an annual award to encourage constructive thinking for the advancement of the electrical industry. From 1925–1990, this award was sponsored by McGraw-Hill. In 1991, NECA
was granted permission by the McGraw family to assume sponsorship of the Award for electrical contracting.
The James H. McGraw award is given in recognition of the most important personal contribution of progress in the electrical industry.
To qualify, the candidate shall have contributed an idea or constructive service to the advancement of the industry, over and above their own responsibilities toward their company's progress.
Nominations are accepted no later than May 1,
and the Award is announced after the Executive Committee's decision at their June meeting.
| Year | Recipient | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Michael Parkes | Rochester, NY |
| 2022 | Joseph Kaluhiokalani | Cherry Hill, NJ |
| 2021 | Henry Brown | Jacksonville, FL |
| 2020 | Donald G. Laffoon | Raytown, MO |
| 2019 | Greg Gossett | Indianapolis, IN |
| 2018 | Skip Perley | Sioux City, IA |
| 2017 | Steve Diamond | Skokie, IL |
| 2016 | Sonja Rheaume | Portland, OR |
| 2015 | George Adams | Portland, OR |
| 2014 | Stan Lazarian | Pasadena, CA |
| 2013 | Mark Mazur | Tampa, FL |
| 2012 | Thomas M. Wolden | Cloverdale, VA |
| 2011 | Daniel Palmer | Davenport, IA |
| 2010 | Jonathan "Russ" Borden | South Florida Chapter |
| 2009 | Max Landon | Portland, OR |
| 2008 | Larry Cogburn | Jacksonville, FL |
| 2007 | Ron Autrey | Jacksonville, FL |
| 2006 | David F. Firestone | Lincoln, NE |
| 2005 | Not Awarded | |
| 2004 | Jerrold H. Nixon | Skokie, IL |
| 2003 | Douglas L. Olson | Brooklyn Park, MN |
| 2002 | Charles E. Mink, Jr. | Knoxville, TN |
| 2001 | Hugh D. “Buz” Allison | Portland, OR |
| 2000 | Edward T. McPhee, Jr. | Farmington, CT |
| 1999 | Richard R. Pieper, Sr. | Milwaukee, WI |
| 1998 | James J. McGlynn, Sr. | Lombard, IL |
| 1997 | D.L. Smith | Topeka, KS |
| 1996 | Albert G. Wendt | Phoenix, AZ |
| 1995 | Walter T. Parkes | Victor, NY |
| 1994 | Gary Price | Portland, OR |
| 1993 | Eugene C. Gini | Stockton, CA |
| 1992 | Jack Buttrum | Evansville, IN |
| 1991 | Robert L. Pfeil | South Bend, IN |
| 1990 | Moyes Lucas | Everett, WA |
| 1989 | Edwin B. Coughlin, Jr. | Worcester, MA |
| 1988 | J. Robert Pritchard | Huntington, WV |
| 1987 | Arthur M. Tieso | St. Paul, MN |
| 1986 | Robert L. Wilkinson | Rockville, MD |
| 1985 | Richard G. Biermann | Des Moines, IA |
| 1984 | Clyde Beimfohr | Granite City, IL |
| 1983 | H.E. Autrey | Jacksonville, FL |
| 1982 | Robert L. Bauer | Philadelphia, PA |
| 1981 | Fred B. Sargent | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1980 | Frank H. Bertke | Cincinnati, OH |
| 1979 | Carl T. Hinote | Beaumont, TX |
| 1978 | Emerson Hamilton | Eugene, OR |
| 1977 | Charles W. Stroupe | Charlotte, NC |
| 1976 | Gerald Wadleigh | Indianapolis, IN |
| 1975 | Robert W. Colgan | Toledo, OH |
| 1974 | C.C. Weiss | Denver, CO |
| 1973 | Davis H. Elliot | Roanoke, VA |
| 1970 | Richard W. Osborn | St. Louis, MO |
| 1969 | Kurt Brammer | Chicago, IL |
| 1968 | Paul L. Briggs | Spokane, WA |
| 1967 | Floyd McCarty | Columbus, OH |
| 1966 | Wallace J. O'Brien | Des Plaines, IL |
| 1965 | Charles I. Berrell | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 1964 | Norman D. Ferguson | San Diego, CA |
| 1963 | Harold A. Webster | New York, NY |
| 1962 | Charles P. Bobe | St. Louis, MO |
| 1961 | Charles W. Mosley | Charlotte, NC |
| 1960 | Denis J. Crimmins | New York, NY |
| 1955 | Don B. Clayton | Birmingham, AL |
| 1954 | Oliver F. Burnett | Pinetop, AZ |
| 1953 | E.C. Carlson | Youngstown, OH |
| 1948 | Laurence W. Davis | Oakland, CA |
| 1947 | J. Walter Collins | Chicago, IL |
| 1946 | George Andrae | Milwaukee, WI |
| 1941 | Robert W. McChesney | Washington, DC |
| 1940 | A. Lincoln Bush | New York, NY |
| 1939 | Ralph M. Walker | Atlanta, GA |
| 1937 | George W. Patterson | Toronto, CAN |
| 1931 | George D. Munger | Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 1930 | Louis Kalischer | Brooklyn, NY |
| 1929 | John H. Kuhlmeyer | Chicago, IL |
| 1928 | N. Jay Biddle | Detroit, MI |
| 1927 | Joseph A. Fowler | Memphis, TN |
| 1926 | Louis K. Comstock | New York, NY |