In his will, Allan Coggeshall, a member of the firm Hatzel & Buehler, Inc. in New York City, bequeathed a sum of $2,500 to the National Electrical Contractors Association. In 1956, the NECA Executive Committee established The Coggeshall Award.
This Award is given annually the NECA member adjudged to have made an outstanding contribution to the industry in technical or training activities. To qualify for this Award, the member shall have contributed an idea or performed a service which has proved to be particularly beneficial in the technical or training field.
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 / Company Name:
|
| 2021 |
Earl "Duke" Austin Jr. |
Houston, TX |
| 2020 |
Joseph H. Bodio |
Norwood, MA |
| 2019 |
Phillip G. Rose |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 2018 |
James Olliges |
Louisville, KY |
| 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 |