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DSA Recipients

Congratulations to Richard Matt, 2010 recipient of the CCRA's Distinguished Service Award.  Click here to read the presentation of the DSA given by Sylvia Noneff at the Spring Symposium. 

CCRA's Distinguished Service Award

Who qualifies for the DSA?

  • 1. A CCRA member in good standing.
  • 2. Not be a current officer or director of CCRA.
  • 3. Involved in the reporting profession on an extensive level, during which involvement the candidates shall have rendered distinguished service to the profession which has contributed to its good reputation, general welfare or worth accomplishments. The committee may consider, among other things, services rendered to state and other reporting associations, public affairs and public relations, writing for association publications, and the advancement of the concept of the superior merits of verbatim court reporting as opposed to other methods. Also considered is the service as an officer, director, committee chair, and/or committee member or other distinguished service to the association and the profession.
  • 4. Adheres to the Code of Ethics and serves as a role model in the reporting profession.

 

CCRA's DSA Recipients:

              2010        Richard Matt
2009        Shelly Hunter
2008        No nominations received
2007        No nominations received
2006        Susan DeWitt
2005        Barbara Birger
2004        Sylvia Noneff
2003        Susan Becker
2002        Lisa Knight
2001        No award presented
2000        Jason Meadors
1999        Catherine V. Rodriguez
1998        Mary J. George
1997        James W. Kalana
1996        Julie Matt-Graeber
1995        Gary R. Blando
1994        Thomas H. Cavanagh
1993        Alan H. Agren
1992        Karen Voepel
1991        Barbara Billings
1990        Eileen Charles Hyatt
1989        Mary Smith Agren
1988        James P. Ford
1987        John D. Boverie
1986        Carol Kerr
1985        Viola Lundberg
1984        Dee Helfrich
1983        Harve Clements
1982        Vivien R. Spitz
1981        Thomas C. Rooklidge
1980        Margorie Allen White
1979        H. E. Jack Dennis
1978        Fred W. Trachte
1977        Otto Ulrich