NHCA Outstanding Lecture Award 

Established in 1990, the Outstanding Lecture Award (OLA) is bestowed for the best presentation at the annual NHCA conference.  The first recipients were Mead Killion and Larry Royster.  The purpose of the award is to provide additional incentive to speakers to deliver high‑quality, interesting, informative, and polished lectures.  Each author who agrees to present at the annual meeting will be notified of the award and the requirements for earning it.  All lecture presenters are eligible except for the following: the Friday luncheon speaker, the Keynote speaker, the Gasaway lecturer, any seminar/short course instructor, any on a forum and/or panel, the conference Program Chair, and the Program Chair-Elect.

The OLA winner will be selected by electronic ballot (or by available forms if electronic voting is not feasible).  All conference attendees who are registered for the entire conference are eligible to vote. The conference Program Chair has the responsibility for coordinating the selection of the award and presentation of this award.

The OLA recipient of the award will receive a check for $250.00 and a certificate acknowledging the achievement within one month of the tabulation of votes, and announcement of the award in the issue of Spectrum immediately subsequent to the meeting.  The recipient will also be announced at the subsequent conference and, if present, she/he will be acknowledged.

Recipients: 

2023

Jesse Norris, Jennifer Tufts, and Jan Rennies (tie)

 

2022

Heather Malyuk

2020

Donald S. Finan

2019

Rick Neitzel

2018

Deanna Meinke and Greg Farber (tie)

2017

Siobhan Mcginnity

2016

Deanna Meinke

2015

Pegeen Smith

2014

Jennifer Tufts

2013

Thais Morata

2012

Megan Morris

2011

Laurie Wells

2010

Christine Harrison

2009

Jillyen Curry-Mathis

2008

John Casali

2007

Brad Witt

2006

Brad Witt

2005

Jim Banach

2004

Yehoash Raphael

2003

Richard Kopke

2002

Ted Madison

2001

Elliott Berger

2000

Carol and Mark Stephenson

1999

Dennis Driscoll

1998

Elliott Berger

1997

Theresa Schulz

1996

Donald Gasaway

1995

Carol Merry

1994

Donald Gasaway

1993

Elliott Berger

1992

Alf Axelsson

1991

Charles Liberman, John Casali

1990

Mead Killion, Larry Royster