The Pizar Award
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.