The Leroy H. Carpenter Award
The Carpenter Award is given annually to honor an individual for long and outstanding service to the Association. It was first given in 1972 and was later named in honor of Leroy H. (Roy) Carpenter after his untimely death during an EGSA convention.
Leroy was Manager of Quality & Electrical Test for Fermont Corp. of Bridgeport, CT. He was very active in EGSA and was Chairman of the Convention Planning Committee. He was also very active in the Government Liaison Committee and served as Vice Chairman (1971-72) and served on the Military Standards Sub-Committee.
Recipients
2020 - Hal Walls, MineTerra Corporation
2019 - Dennis Roundtree, Onsite Power Inc.
2018 - Bob Piske, Arizona Generator Technology
2017 - Mike Witkowski, Pritchard Brown
2016 - Todd Lathrop, Eaton
2015 - Debra Laurents, Cummins Power Generation
2014 - Greg Linton, JRS Custom Fabrication, Inc.
2013 - John Kelly, Jr., Kelly Generator & Equipment, Inc.
2012 - Charlie Habic, Gillette Generators
2011 - Warner Bauer, Kickham Boiler & Engineering
2010 - Bob Hafich, Emergency Systems Service Co.
2009 - Michael Pope, Süd-Chemie, Inc.
2008 - Dale Slemp, Western Power Group, Inc.
2007 - Jack Rogers, FWMurphy
2006 - Steve Stoyanac, Silex Innovations
2005 - Paul Dolinar, Synchro-Start
2004 - Gary Kidwell, ASCO Power Technologies
2003 - Ken Niekamp, Chillicothe Metal Co.
2002 - John Winbery, Con-Select, Inc.
2001 - Don Becker, Kohler Generators
2000 - Ron Seftick, GE Zenith
1999 - Leo LeBlanc, Tidewater Consulting
1998 - Bill Divin
1997 - Roman Gawlowski, Detroit Diesel Corporation
1996 - Glynn Burchette, Libby Corporation
1995 - Herb Daugherty, Automatic Switch Company
1994 - Ike Davidson, Davidson Sales Company
1993 - Larry Hogrebe, Automatic Switch Company
1992 - Jim Wright, Marathon Electric Mfg. Corp.
1991 - Tom Richards, Katolight Corporation
1990 - Wayne Aceto, Barnes, Henry, Meisenheimer and Gende Inc.
1989 - Dewayne Babb, Standard Power Equipment Company
1988 - Frank (Pat) Murphy, Frank W. Murphy Manufacturing
1987 - James Shore, Consultants, Ltd.
1986 - Harry Nichols, Detroit Diesel Allison (post.)
1985 - John Powell, Powell Electrical Associates
1984 - George Stromme, Onan Corporation
1983 - Charles McDonald, McDonald Equipment Company
1982 - Arthur Coren, Zenith Controls, Inc.
1981 - John Ford. Jr., Solar Turbines International
1980 - Ed Goodpaster, Lima Electric
1980 - Alfredo Christlieb, Sociedad Electromecanica S.A. of Mexico
1979 - William Timmler, Jr., Lima Electric Company, Inc.
1978 - Robert Roepke, Basler Electric Co.
1977 - Roy Brewer, Homelite, a Div. of Textron, Inc.
1976 - Loren Mages, Forces, Inc.
1975 - Gordon Johnson, Kohler Company
1974 - Ed Swenson, Onan Div., Onan Corporation
1973 - Diesel & Gas Turbine Publications,
1972 - Lowell Anderson, Whittaker Power Systems Corp., HOL-GAR Division