ISPA Awards
Russell Abolt Exceptional Service Award
The Exceptional Service Award is the highest honor bestowed on an individual member on behalf of the International Sleep Products Association. It is presented biennially during the ISPA EXPO trade show, to maximize the industry's focus on outstanding individual member achievement.
The current ISPA Board of Trustees selects the award winner(s).
Guidelines for selection:
- any manufacturer or supplier ISPA member company representative
- length of service to ISPA
- ISPA offices held, association activities involvement, etc.
- industry leadership
- community service
The most recent recipients include:
| 2008 |
Thomas I. McLean |
| 2006 |
Richard Diamonstein |
| 2004 |
Joseph L. Carman IV |
| 2002 |
Russell L. Abolt |
| 2000 |
W. Eric Hinshaw |
| 1998 |
Bob W. Bush |
| 1996 |
Donald Simon, Sr. & James Schubert |
| 1994 |
Irving Veitzer & Norman Veitzer |
| 1992 |
Dallas Yeargain |
| 1990 |
Roy Unger & Thomas Wright |
| 1989 |
Richard Roe |
| 1987 |
Joseph L. Carman III |
| 1985 |
Norman Williams |
| 1984 |
(None awarded) |
| 1983 |
Harry M. Cornell, Jr. |
| 1981 |
Marion Brown |
| 1979 |
(None awarded) |
| 1977 |
Anthony Bechik |
| 1975 |
Charles Lappen |
| 1973 |
Edward L. Bronstien, Sr |
| 1971 |
John W. Hubbell |
| 1970 |
William M. Ginsburg |
| 1969 |
Warren W. Rosing |
| 1968 |
S. D. Wolf |
| 1967 |
Walter J. Schob |
| 1966 |
Henry D. Jamison, Jr. |
| 1965 |
All founding members |
| 1964 |
L. Gerald Koch |
| 1963 |
Leo J. Simon |
| 1962 |
Irving W. Weisglass |
| 1960 |
Max Miller |
| 1959 |
Evans F. Stearns |
| 1958 |
J. Paul Fanning |
Robert MacMorran Memorial Award
In 1979, the ISPA Suppliers Council created an award to recognize individuals in active pursuit of meritorious service to the sleep products industry, without regard to their professional or business affiliation.
The recognition is presented in memory of Robert MacMorran, an outstanding representative of the industry and a past Suppliers Council General Chairman.
Biennially the MacMorran Memorial Award Committee meets to consider appropriate candidates. The Committee includes the immediate past General Chairmen of the Suppliers Council, the current General Chairman, three At-Large supplier members selected by the General Chairman and two manufacturer members.
The award is presented at the biennial ISPA EXPO. It was first presented in 1980 and has become a prestigious honor in the bedding industry.
Past recipients:
| 2008 |
David Orders, Park Place Corp. |
| 2006 |
Edwin Malechek, Carpenter Co. |
| 2004 |
Andrea Herman |
| 2002 |
Gerry Borreggine, Forty Winks |
| 2000 |
Ron Passaglia, Simmons Co. |
| 1998 |
Rick Hooker, Hickory Springs |
| 1996 |
Paul Brannock, Simmons Co. |
| 1994 |
no award made |
| 1992 |
Al Klancnik, Serta, Inc.
Paul Dillon, Simmons Co. |
| 1990 |
Norman Veitzer, Omaha Bedding Co. |
| 1989 |
Bob W. Bush, Hickory Springs Mfg. Co., Inc.
Leonard Levy, Sealy Canada (retired) |
| 1987 |
Russell L. Abolt, ISPA |
| 1986 |
Stephen Tyhanic, Tyhanic Assoc
Roy B. Unger, Serta, Inc |
| 1985 |
Jack J. Morrill, VWR Home Furnishings |
| 1984 |
Irving Veitzer, Omaha Bedding |
| 1982 |
Ralph V. Johnson, Leggett & Platt, Inc.
Richard Roe, Sealy, Inc |
| 1980 |
Thomas E. Wright, Wright of Thomasville, Inc. |
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