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National Rehabilitation Association award winners.
E. B. Whitten Silver Medallion Award
The Max T. Prince Meritorious Service Award
Organizational Award
W. F. Faulkes Award
Belle Greve Memorial Award
Excellence in Media Award
Graduate Literary Award
Public Service Award
Yvonne Johnson National Leadership Award
Sylvia Walker National Multicultural Award
How can you nominate a person or organization for an award?
Print the Nomination Form.
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National Rehabilitation Association Award Winners
To celebrate the achievements of our colleagues and partners who excel in serving persons with disabilities, we're pleased to congratulate the following award-winners:
E. B Whitten Silver Medallion Award
The E. B. Whitten Silver Medallion Award was established in 1974 in honor of the Association's first Executive Director. The award is presented to an individual who has exercised notable leadership in
removing environmental and legal barriers and in helping to overcome discrimination of persons with disabilities.
2005 Recipient—Earl (Butch) Kennedy, Jr.
The Max T. Prince Meritorious Service Award
The NRA Meritorious Service Award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated years of faithful service and leadership to NRA. It is given to a member who has provided outstanding membership effort and leadership for a period of 10 to 15 years, or a member who has
demonstrated leadership in chapter, division, and/or national committees for a similar period.
2005 Award Recipients—Janet Koch and Heather Brostrand
The Organizational Award
The NRA Organizational Award is presented to an organization with an outstanding record of service to persons with disabilities. The organization may be one whose principal objectives lie within the field of rehabilitation, or which has demonstrated effective concern for the care, treatment, education or rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
2005 Award Recipient—Friends Of MAN - Illinois Rehabilitation Association
The W. F. Faulkes Award
The W. F. Faulkes Award is presented for technical or professional achievement in the field of rehabilitation. It is awarded to a person or organization which in the preceding years has made a contribution of national importance to the increase of knowledge in the field of
rehabilitation, or to the development of techniques or methods in the application of such knowledge, or to the prevention of disability. It was established in 1954 in the name of the Association's founder and first president.
2005 Award Recipient—Michael Shahnasarian, Ph.D.
The Belle Greve Memorial Award
The Belle Greve Memorial Award is presented to a person who has shown unusual initiative or creativity in developing and/or administering a service program for people with disabilities. The award is named for Belle Greve, founder of the Cleveland Rehabilitation Center.
2005 Recipient—Cheryl Anderson, J. D.
The Excellence in Media Award
The Excellence in Media Award is presented to an individual or organization whose media production has made a noticeable contribution towards the accurate and progressive portrayal of people with
disabilities. It is presented in recognition of outstanding effort in any medium, including print, radio, television, film, and advertising.
2005 Award Recipient—Thresholds Transitions Video
The Graduate Literary Award
The Graduate Literary Award is presented annually in recognition of exceptional academic achievement by rehabilitation students at the graduate level.
2005 Recipient—Kristie R. Loveall
Public Service Award
The Public Service Award is presented to an individual or organization which
has demonstrated leadership in improving rehabilitation services at the
federal, state or local levels. Those eligible include individuals or
organizations who have exercised creative and effective political leadership
over a period of years on behalf of rehabilitation programs and individuals
with disabilities at the federal, state or local levels.
Candidates for the Public Service Award shall be properly nominated in
accordance with the Association's award nomination procedures. The Awards
Committee shall make the determination with regard to the validity of the
nominations for the Public Service Award as well as the appropriateness for
presentation of the Public Service Award.
2005 Award Recipient—N/A
Yvonne Johnson National Leadership Award
The criteria for the award is as follows:
- Nominees may come from local, state, regional or national chapters or
divisions.
- The nominee should demonstrate a leadership style that is creative and
inspiring. This person should encourage thinking that is “outside the box.”
- The leadership style exhibited by the nominee should include a high
priority on mentoring.
- This nominee’s involvement in the Association should be reflective of a high
commitment to issues concerning people with disabilities and to the
professionals who serve them.
- Examples representative of the specific criteria should be included with the
nomination.
2005 Award Recipient—Camille Mayhall
Sylvia Walker National Multicultural Award
The Sylvia Walker Award is named after a professor, researcher and director of the first federal Research and Training Center (RTC) focused on minority issues and disability, who served as a long time advocate for multicultural issues in rehabilitation.
(Established in 2004, the award is intended to (a) honor/recognize a NRA member/group or organization in addressing multicultural issues at the local, regional or national level and (b) maintain and stimulate the Association's (NRA) focus on diversity and multiculturalism as a part of society)
Criteria and Examples:
- Nominees may come from local, state, regional or national chapters or divisions.
- Nominee demonstrates a leadership role in advancing multicultural issues within their sphere of influence.
- Nomination information should include examples of how the nominee addresses multicultural issues and their effects (i.e., benefits) on service planning and/or delivery.
- Information should explain how these actions relate to areas of interest and enhance the profession and/or organization.
Examples: Should be representative of the criteria listed above.
2005 Award Recipient—Carl R. Flowers, Rh.D.
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