HCES HAWAII AWARD

Lifetime Achievement Award

 
 
 

The "HCES Lifetime Achievement Award (LTAA)" was established in 1997 by the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies. The award is provided annually to recognize the lifetime achievements of an outstanding retired engineer and is bestowed upon this individual who has contributed significantly to the development of engineering in the State of Hawaii and who has made a noteworthy impact on the local engineering community. The eligibility criteria has been revised to allow an individual to be considered who is still involved in the practice of engineering to receive the award. The award is presented at the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies Engineers Week Banquet. The first HCES Lifetime Achievement Award was presented on February 27, 1998.

The Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee will select the recipient. 
Award nominations must be received via email or postmarked prior to deadline. Deadline is December 31.

Nomination packages shall be emailed to: roger.babcock@honolulu.gov.  

 
 
 
 

ELIGIBILITY:

The following criteria shall be applied when nominating a candidate for the award:

  • The nominee shall be affiliated with an HCES member society as an active member.

  • The nominee shall have lived and worked in Hawaii as an engineer or engineer-manager for at least 15 years.

  • The nominee shall be 62 years or older at the time of nomination.

  • The nominee shall have taken retirement from public or private sector employment.  The nominee could, however, be continuing employment or consultancy or other work after effective retirement.

  • In the case of a nominee who was an entrepreneur who started his/her own company, the nominee shall have actively handed over control of the company to a successor.  The nominee may continue to be involved with the company.

  • Posthumous awards may be made provided the nominee was an active member of an HCES member society at the time of his/her passing away and fulfilled all the required criteria listed above.

NOMINATION:

The following criteria shall apply to the nomination:

  • Any person belonging to any HCES member organization may nominate a candidate.

  • The nomination shall be accompanied by a citation that must effectively highlight, in narrative form, the engineering contributions of the candidate.  Special emphasis shall be made on the nominee's contributions to Hawaii.

  • The nomination shall include a detailed resume of the nominee.

  • The nomination package shall be submitted with a cover letter addressed to the HCES Chair.

  • Multiple nominators may nominate a single nominee.  The nominations submitted may be a joint or separate nomination.  To be considered valid, each nomination package shall be complete.

  • A single nominator may nominate multiple candidates.  The nomination for each candidate shall be distinct and complete with all necessary documents.

  • If the nominee has not been selected in a previous nomination, he or she may be nominated in subsequent years.


 

Past Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients:

2022 James S. Kumagai

2021 David G. Waller

2020 Samuel S. Dannaway

2019 Robert Y. Akinaka

2018 Ronald N.S. Ho

2017 Mae Nishioka

2016 Alan S. Lloyd

2015 Paul Chinen

2014 Stanford B.C. Yuen

2013 Robert G.F. Lee

2012 Lawrence (Larry) Agena

2011 Stanley A. Tamanaha

2010 Manabu Tagomori

2009 Dr. Alfred A. Yee

2008 James K. Honke

2007 No Awardee Selected

2006 C. Dudley Pratt, Jr.

2005 Stanley K. Kawaguchi

2004 Ted S. Kawahigashi

2003 No Awardee Selected

2002 Dr. Paul C. Yuen

2001 Robert T. Chuck

2000 No Awardee Selected

1999 Frederick Kohloss

1998 Dr. Arthur N.L. Chiu