Gold Knight of Management Award

Gold Knight of Management Award

Description

The Gold Knight is the highest award an NMA council can bestow upon an outstanding executive. It may be presented only one time a year.

The TGCC Gold Knight award will be presented at the Joint Chapter Meeting in October and nominations are due each May.

Guidelines/Criteria

The recipient must be an executive whose reputation for outstanding leadership is well known in the area served by the council.
The recipient must have participated in programs intended to promote public understanding and acceptance of the management profession.
The person should be one who has motivated other managerial people to practice the principles of the Association’s Code of Ethics and has encouraged others to contribute toward the goals and achievements of the Association.
The recipient should be one who has an outstanding influence for the preservation of the American Enterprise System among business, industrial, and community associates.

Nominations

One Gold Knight of Management Award a year may be purchased and presented by each chartered council to a senior executive of the council’s choice.
Chartered councils shall submit a letter of qualifications of the recipient, with assigned director’s concurrence, to the President sufficiently in advance for the Executive Board to review and approve the award.

Approval

Final approval for the Gold Knight Award is with the Executive Board. The NMA Executive Board may, at its discretion, bestow the Gold Knight on worthy recipients of the Board’s choice. In the event of a presentation scheduling conflict, the NMA President is granted authority to authorize presentation of the award prior to final executive Board approval.

Past Recipients of the TGCC Gold Knight of Management Award

1979 Dr. Christopher Kraft, Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

1980 R. D. Chandler, Past Vice President and General Manager, Lockheed Houston

1982 James Yarbrough, President, American Valve & Hydrant

1983 Rolland Storey, President, Free Market Education Foundation

1983 Douglas Rock, President, SII Drilco

1984 Roman Boruta, President, Reed Rock Bit

1985 Robert B. Young, Jr., President, Lockheed Engineering and Management/Houston

1987 Henry N. Bowes, Vice President, Lockheed Engineering and Management/Houston

1988 Henry N. Bowes, Vice President, Lockheed Engineering and Management/Houston

1989 Dr. Aaron Cohen, Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

1990 Emyre Robinson, President, Barrios Technology, Inc.

1991 Bill F. Barry, Vice President Operations, Applied Technology Div.

1992 Milton Winebrenner, Manager-Contract Administration, Cooper Industries, Inc.

1993 Christopher A. Minton, Vice President, Finance, Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co.

1994 John B. (Jack) Munson, Retired, Unisys

1995 John C. Davis, Senior Plant Manager, Houston District Post Office

1996 Bob Lanier, Mayor, City of Houston

1997 Harold M. Draughon, Associate Program Manager, Flight Operations, United Space Alliance

1998 Joseph P. Kerwin, M.D., Senior Vice President, Wyle Laboratories Life Sciences Systems & Services

1999 Dalton Babineaux, President, American Valve & Hydrant

2000 Mike Hernandez, President, Hernandez Engineering Inc.

2001 Howard DeCastro, Vice President & Program Manager, United Space Alliance

2002 Mike McCulley, Chief Operations Officer, United Space Alliance

2003 LTG Jefferson D. Howell, Jr., Director – Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

2004 William W. Parsons, Manager, Space Shuttle Programs Office, Johnson Space Center

2005 Brewster H. Shaw, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, United Space Alliance

2006 Charles R. (Chuck) Knarr, United Space Alliance Associate Program Manager, Flight Operations

2007 Ms. Sherri (Fawn) Nolen, Manager, Technical Documentation Services, Bastion Technologies, Inc.

2008 Mr. Eugene (Gene) Kranz, Flight Director for Apollo 11 & 13, Retired NASA

2009 Mr. Richard (Rick) Husty, Director, Contracts Management & Pricing, United Space Alliance (USA)

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