This award was established in 1926 by the McGraw Committee of Awards. This Award is presented to a person from the electrical contracting industry who is adjudged to have made a contribution to the industry of some new and useful idea or to have performed an industry service over and above his/her normal responsibilities to his/her own or company's progress.
| Year |
Recipient |
Location |
| 2020 |
Donald G. Laffoon |
Raytown, MO |
| 2019 |
Greg Gossett |
Indianapolis, IN |
| 2018 |
Skip Perley |
Sioux City, IA |
| 2017 |
Steve Diamond |
Skokie, IL |
| 2016 |
Sonja Rheaume |
Portland, OR |
| 2015 |
George Adams |
Portland, OR |
| 2014 |
Stan Lazarian |
Pasadena, CA |
| 2013 |
Mark Mazur |
Tampa, FL |
| 2011 |
Daniel Palmer |
Davenport, IA |
| 2010 |
Jonathan "Russ" Borden |
South Florida Chapter |
| 2009 |
Max Landon |
Portland, OR |
| 2008 |
Larry Cogburn |
Jacksonville, FL |
| 2007 |
Ron Autrey |
Jacksonville, FL |
| 2006 |
David F. Firestone |
Lincoln, NE |
| 2005 |
Not Awarded |
|
| 2004 |
Jerrold H. Nixon |
Skokie, IL |
| 2003 |
Douglas L. Olson |
Brooklyn Park, MN |
| 2002 |
Charles E. Mink, Jr. |
Knoxville, TN |
| 2001 |
Hugh D. “Buz” Allison |
Portland, OR |
| 2000 |
Edward T. McPhee, Jr. |
Farmington, CT |
| 1999 |
Richard R. Pieper, Sr. |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 1998 |
James J. McGlynn, Sr. |
Lombard, IL |
| 1997 |
D.L. Smith |
Topeka, KS |
| 1996 |
Albert G. Wendt |
Phoenix, AZ |
| 1995 |
Walter T. Parkes |
Victor, NY |
| 1994 |
Gary Price |
Portland, OR |
| 1993 |
Eugene C. Gini |
Stockton, CA |
| 1992 |
Jack Buttrum |
Evansville, IN |
| 1991 |
Robert L. Pfeil |
South Bend, IN |
| 1990 |
Moyes Lucas |
Everett, WA |
| 1989 |
Edwin B. Coughlin, Jr. |
Worcester, MA |
| 1988 |
J. Robert Pritchard |
Huntington, WV |
| 1987 |
Arthur M. Tieso |
St. Paul, MN |
| 1986 |
Robert L. Wilkinson |
Rockville, MD |
| 1985 |
Richard G. Biermann |
Des Moines, IA |
| 1984 |
Clyde Beimfohr |
Granite City, IL |
| 1983 |
H.E. Autrey |
Jacksonville, FL |
| 1982 |
Robert L. Bauer |
Philadelphia, PA |
| 1981 |
Fred B. Sargent |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1980 |
Frank H. Bertke |
Cincinnati, OH |
| 1979 |
Carl T. Hinote |
Beaumont, TX |
| 1978 |
Emerson Hamilton |
Eugene, OR |
| 1977 |
Charles W. Stroupe |
Charlotte, NC |
| 1976 |
Gerald Wadleigh |
Indianapolis, IN |
| 1975 |
Robert W. Colgan |
Toledo, OH |
| 1974 |
C.C. Weiss |
Denver, CO |
| 1973 |
Davis H. Elliot |
Roanoke, VA |
| 1970 |
Richard W. Osborn |
St. Louis, MO |
| 1969 |
Kurt Brammer |
Chicago, IL |
| 1968 |
Paul L. Briggs |
Spokane, WA |
| 1967 |
Floyd McCarty |
Columbus, OH |
| 1966 |
Wallace J. O'Brien |
Des Plaines, IL |
| 1965 |
Charles I. Berrell |
Salt Lake City, UT |
| 1964 |
Norman D. Ferguson |
San Diego, CA |
| 1963 |
Harold A. Webster |
New York, NY |
| 1962 |
Charles P. Bobe |
St. Louis, MO |
| 1961 |
Charles W. Mosley |
Charlotte, NC |
| 1960 |
Denis J. Crimmins |
New York, NY |
| 1955 |
Don B. Clayton |
Birmingham, AL |
| 1954 |
Oliver F. Burnett |
Pinetop, AZ |
| 1953 |
E.C. Carlson |
Youngstown, OH |
| 1948 |
Laurence W. Davis |
Oakland, CA |
| 1947 |
J. Walter Collins |
Chicago, IL |
| 1946 |
George Andrae |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 1941 |
Robert W. McChesney |
Washington, DC |
| 1940 |
A. Lincoln Bush |
New York, NY |
| 1939 |
Ralph M. Walker |
Atlanta, GA |
| 1937 |
George W. Patterson |
Toronto, CAN |
| 1931 |
George D. Munger |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 1930 |
Louis Kalischer |
Brooklyn, NY |
| 1929 |
John H. Kuhlmeyer |
Chicago, IL |
| 1928 |
N. Jay Biddle |
Detroit, MI |
| 1927 |
Joseph A. Fowler |
Memphis, TN |
| 1926 |
Louis K. Comstock |
New York, NY |