The Walter B. Petersen Award
The purpose of the Walter B. Petersen Award is to recognize persons who have made significant contributions over a period of years to the well-being of the California Section. Walter B. Petersen, for whom this award is named, is thus honored for his many years of outstanding service to the Section. He held numerous section offices over the years and was Chair of the California Section in 1969. For many years he authored a popular column in the VORTEX entitled “Personals by Petersen” that covered news of promotions, awards and general information about Section members. It is in his honor, with recollection of his high standards of service, that we recognize others who have given significantly to the advancement of the California Section.
This award was established in 1982 and is supported by the California Section. Nominees must be a member, a former member, or an affiliate of the Section. The honoree is presented with an engraved plaque and a $200 gift from the Section to commemorate this award. Past Recipients:
- Louis R. Pollack 1982
- Theodore K. Cleveland 1983
- Robert R. Grinstead 1984
- Paul C. Condit 1985
- Eda Kinney Gilman 1986
- Frederick F.Rust 1987
- Alan C. Nixon 1988
- Glenn Fuller 1989
- Attila E. Pavlath 1990
- Don R.Baker 1991
- Wilfred H. Ward 1992
- John S.Sheahan 1993
- Charles P. Brewer 1994
- Malcolm S. Singer 1995
- (Sequencing changed) 1996
- Elaine Yamaguchi 1997
- Paul Vartanian 1998
- Mary Singleton 1999
- Igor Sobolev 2000
- Linda Wraxall 2001
- Robert Lundin 2002
- Samuel Markowitz 2003
- Bryan Balazs 2004
- Marinda Wu 2005
- Lou Rigali 2006
- Alex Madonik 2007
- Michael Cheng 2008
- Alex Mihailovski 2009
- Lee Latimer 2010
- Neal Byington 2011
- Sheila Kanodia 2012
- Allen “Al’ Verstuyft 2013
- Wally Yokoyama 2014
- Eileen Nottoli 2015
- Margareta (“Greti”) Séquin 2016
- Mark Frishberg 2017
- Jim Postma 2018
- Donald MacLean 2019