Awards Program
The IEEE PPIC annually honors up to two individual members with lifetime service awards, recognizing their dedicated commitment to the Pulp and Paper Industry Committee. In addition, at the close of the annual conference, prize paper awards are presented, recognizing authors for the two best overall conference papers and best paper by a mill author.
2024 LIFETIME SERVICE AWARDS
MERITORIOUS ENGINEERING AWARD
SERGIO PANETTA
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
WALTER SIMPSON
2024 CONFERENCE PRIZE PAPER AWARDS
FIRST PLACE OVERALL
FACTORY ACCEPTANCE TESTING:
From Three Difference Perspectives
by Jaco Krüger, Marc Elliott, & Warren Hopper
SECOND PLACE OVERALL
MODERN IED DATA CAPTURE
CONFIGURATION CHALLENGES
by Duane Leschert, Kris Sommerstad,
Jacob Janzen, & Craig Wester
FIRST PLACE MILL PAPER
CRUCIAL ROLE OF CYBERSECURITY
IN OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
by Matthew Cosnek, Christina Lutkus,
& Dante E. Barragan
PAST SERVICE AWARD WINNERS
MERITORIOUS ENGINEERING AWARD
DALEEP MOHLA (2023)
RICH SCHAEFER (2018)
MARK ZAWADZKI (2017)
MARCELO VALDES (2015)
M. ANIBAL VALENZUELA (2012)
JOHN MALINOWSKI (2011)
BLAKE LLOYD (2010)
WARREN S. HOPPER (2008)
WALTER V. JONES (2007)
PETER H. WERNER (2006)
J.C. DAS (2005)
ROGER W. JONES (2004)
PATRICK J. LINK (2003)
MARK D. WEAVER (2002)
SHOAIB A. KHAN (2001)
S.P. REDDY (2000)
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
CHRIS HERON(2023)
TODD LEGETTE (2022)
RICH BUTLER(2021)
GREG DREWISKE (2019)
PETE FAMIGHETTI (2018)
ROLY ROBERGE (2017)
RHONDA D. SHEPPARD (2013)
DAVID DUROCHER (2012)
GEORGE MATTO (2011)
JAMES RUSSELL “RUSS” THRIFT (2010)
DUNCAN J. RHODES (2009)
RORY R. JOHNSON (2008)
JOHN A. KAY (2007)
CHARLES L. CANTY (2006)
JOHN ALAN LOWE (2005)
LARRY K. THOMAS (2004)
FRANK P. NEWMAN (2003)
DAVID T. ROLLAY (2002)
JAMES A. ROOKS (2001)
BURTON M. JUDSON, JR. (2000)
MERITORIOUS ENGINEERING AWARD
ALEX Y. WU (1999)
PHILIP FRANSEN (1998)
RICHARD E. MORRISON (1996)
AUSTIN H. BONNETT (1994)
JAMES M. DALY (1990)
DWAIN E. FRITZ (1988)
JOHN R. HOLMQUIST (1985)
MARTIN FISHER (1984)
J.W. McANALLY (1983)
JAMES E. STUTTS (1982)
E. BUCHHEIT (1981)
GEORGE E. SHAAD (1980)
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
RONALD O. MEIHOFER (1999)
RAY D. CRANE (1997)
KENNETH A. RIDDLE (1996)
STAN MERRITT (1995)
MICHAEL V. GLENN (1994)
RONALD H. SIMPSON (1992)
CLAYTON H. REID (1991)
ELTON L. PARKER (1990)
CURT L. IVEY (1988)
ROBERT C. MORSE (1987)
THOMAS A. LIKOS (1986)
MERITORIOUS ENGINEERING AWARD
JOHN M. BENTLEY (1979)
CLAUDE H. HUDSON (1978)
NORM L. HEBERER (1977)
LYNMAN R. MOWER (1976)
ROBERT P. DERRICK (1975)
WALTER C. BLOOMQUIST (1974)
JOHN S. KIRKLAND (1973)
R.B. BAKER (1971)
M.J. OSBORNE (1970)
H.B. GREEAR (1969)
STANLEY A. BOBE (1968)