This award was established in 1956 as a result of a bequest to the Association by Allan Coggeshall to honor a member of the Association who is adjudged to have made an outstanding contribution to the progress of the industry in the Technical and Training Service field.
| Year |
Recipient |
Location / Company Name: |
| 2018 |
James Olliges |
Louisville, KT |
| 2017 |
Ron L Cogburn |
Jacksonville, FL |
| 2016 |
John S. Frantz |
Sidney, OH |
| 2015 |
Wilson Yancey |
Quanta Services, Inc. |
| 2014 |
Stanley J. Folz |
Las Vegas, NV |
| 2013 |
Don W. Jhonson |
North Miami Beach, Florida |
| 2011 |
Wayne Brinkmeyer |
Houston, TX |
| 2010 |
Howard D. Hughes |
Ft. Smith, AK |
| 2009 |
Ben W. Nevers, Sr. |
Bogalusa, LA |
| 2008 |
Greg Stewart |
Columbus, OH |
| 2007 |
David Hardt |
Chicago, IL |
| 2006 |
Charles M. Trout |
Hernando, FL |
| 2005 |
Robert Gotham |
Portland, OR |
| 2004 |
Arthur Ashley |
Ferndale, MI |
| 2003 |
Tom G. Smith |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2002 |
C. M. "Mike" Sloan |
Laguna Niguel, CA |
| 2001 |
Stephen E. Chilton |
Salt Lake City, UT |
| 2000 |
William Terry Lindsay |
Chattanooga, TN |
| 1999 |
John J. Negro |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
| 1998 |
Robert L. Pfeil |
South Bend, IN |
| 1997 |
Leo McMillan |
San Francisco, CA |
| 1996 |
D. R. Borden, Jr. |
Miami, FL |
| 1995 |
Thomas H. Wood |
Rockford, IL |
| 1994 |
Max E. Talbert |
Marion, IN |
| 1993 |
Joseph L. Irby |
Tacoma, WA |
| 1992 |
John L. Mussell |
Santa Maria, CA |
| 1991 |
Albert G. Wendt |
Phoenix, AZ |
| 1990 |
Bill E. Coburn |
Albany, OR |
| 1989 |
Charles J. Hart |
Bethesda, MD |
| 1988 |
Stanley D. Kahn |
Lawrence, NY |
| 1987 |
Donald W. Leslie |
Hauppauge, NY |
| 1986 |
Edward E. Hansen |
Chicago, IL |
| 1985 |
James A. Hitchcock |
Bridgeton, MO |
| 1984 |
Wayne T. Wells |
Salt Lake City, UT |
| 1983 |
Ronald J. Toomer |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| 1982 |
Donald E. Cates |
Jupiter, FL |
| 1981 |
Robert E. Doran, III |
Leavenworth, KS |
| 1980 |
Ray O'Leary |
Seattle, WA |
| 1979 |
Hans J. Kolb |
Houston, TX |
| 1978 |
Bernard N. Voss |
Tulsa, OK |
| 1977 |
D. Harold Ware |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| 1975 |
Kernan R. Dennis |
Seattle, WA |
| 1974 |
W. A. Muska |
Roseville, MN |
| 1973 |
D. Bert Haring |
New York, NY |
| 1972 |
Allen F. Knickrehn |
San Marino, CA |
| 1971 |
Paul M. Henkels |
Blue Bell, PA |
| 1970 |
Richard G. Biermann |
Des Moines, IA |
| 1968 |
N. Ellis Cannady, Jr. |
Asheville, NC |
| 1967 |
Leslie E. Bley |
Chester, MD |
| 1966 |
Robert G. Frame |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1965 |
Sidney F. Hill |
Los Angeles, CA |
| 1964 |
W. R. Grasle, Sr. |
Portland, OR |
| 1963 |
Richard W. Osborn |
St. Louis, MO |
| 1962 |
Frank G. Camus |
Shreveport, MO |
| 1961 |
Milton R. Minto |
New York, NY |
| 1960 |
Elwood Peele |
Burlington, NC |
| 1959 |
Charles P. Bobe |
St. Louis, MO |
| 1958 |
W. H. Biester, Jr. |
Philadelphia, PA |
| 1957 |
George Andrae |
Milwaukee, WI |