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The Pizar Award
The Pizar award is named
for John Pizar, a member of Merrimack Valley Section of ASQ and an active
on the Executive Board for over 40 years. He was Chairman of both the Merrimack Section and North East
Quality Council. He has
shown a commitment to the society and the section that is unparalleled.
The award has been
created to recognize those members of Merrimack Valley Section, who have
shown outstanding efforts toward the society. This effort may be at the national, state or section level. This effort may be recognition for
a single outstanding event or for long and continuous work. The recipient should be someone who
has brought honor to the section.
Rules:
- Once a year the Executive Board of Merrimack
Valley Section can place in nomination, members of the section who has
shown these traits.
- The nominated person(s) can be any member of
the section except the present Chair of the Section.
- The award is a one-time recognition. All previous winners are ineligible.
- The identity of the nominee is to remain
secret.
- The members of the Executive Board vote in
secret ballet for the nominees.
- To receive the award the nominee needs at
least 50% of the votes.
- The Chair of the Section tabulates the votes
and determines if and who the recipient is.
- The award is usually presented at one of the
last section meetings of the year.
2005 Recipient – Richard Laford
He has been a
mainstay on the Executive Board of the Section for over 30 years as
Education committee member, Auditor, and Examining Chairman. He contributed to National ASQ
Headquarters as Secretary, Vice Chairman, and Chairman of the National
Vendor-Vendee Committee, and contributed to ASC publications including the
book "Ship-to Stock".
Past
Recipients:
1994 - John Pizar
Past Chairman
of the section, member of the Executive Board for over forty years. Chairman of NEQCC, and a Chairman
of an NEQC Conference.
Recipient of “The Shaw Goldwath Award”.
1995 - Dennis Bennett
Past Chairman of the section (two times), member
of the Executive Board for over twenty years. Aided the section by obtaining classroom space. Served on NEQCC Conference
committee.
1996 - John Hobbs
Past Chairman of the section (three times).
Regional Director ASQC (3 terms, 6 years). Chairman of two NEQCC Conferences & a NH Quality
Award Conference. Member
of founding committees for “Maine State Quality Award”, “Mass State Quality
Award”, “New Hampshire State Quality Award” and “The Shingo Prize for
Manufacturing Excellence”. Instructor for the section. Examiner for “NH Award” and
“Shingo”
2001 - James T. Lacey III
Member of our Executive Board for over twenty
years - New Letter and Web
Page Master – Instructor for the section.
2003
- L. Charles Priest, Jr.
He has shown devotion to Merrimack Valley Section
many times throughout the past 25 years. Chaired many committees of E. Board & became Section
Chairman. When the section was
in trouble, he became Section Chairman a second time. Than when there was a need for
Executive Board members he again helped out (including his willingness to
serve as Section Chairman a third time). He is currently serving as Education Chairman, a second
year, as well as an Instructor.
2004 – Ken Morman
Nominated
for his long time contribution to the section’s educational
activities. He has served as
both as a CQE review instructor and on the e-board as education registrar
for the section. Through the
years Ken has been an example of integrity representing the section
to instructors, students and the community.
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