With Valuation Review in attendance, the Appraisal Institute (AI) honored selected individuals with national awards at its 2019 AI “Climbing Even Higher” conference during a special luncheon this week in Denver.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Stephen Roach of San Diego. The award is presented to an AI professional who demonstrates high ethical standards; has volunteered several years of service and has contributed to the Appraisal Institute on the international, national, region and/or chapter level; has served his or her community; and has contributed to the appraisal profession for at least 20 years, AI said in a release accompanying the announcements.
Two individuals also were announced as winners of the annual President’s Award, while four people were honored by the Appraisal Institute Education and Relief Foundation, the Appraisal Institute’s charitable organization that offers education scholarships and disaster assistance.
The President’s Award recipients were Stephanie Coleman of Chicago and Jim Murrett of Hamburg, N.Y. The President’s Award is presented to someone who is committed to the organization; currently engaged in its activities; an effective spokesperson; a representative at all times; and in touch with both the needs of other AI professionals and the changes that the organization must help its professionals to meet.
The foundation honored Stephen Fanning of Denton, Texas, with the James H. Pritchett Award; Robert Moorman of Brenham, Texas, with the Y.T. and Louise Lee Lum Award; Mark Ratterman, of Pittsboro, Ind., with the George L. Schmutz Award and Leslie Sellers of Clinton, Tenn., with the Dr. William N. Kinnard Jr. Award.
The Y.T. and Louise Lum Award was established in 1963 and honors Y.T. Lum, a prominent member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, an internationally known speaker and authority on real estate, along with his wife, Louise Lee. The purpose of this prestigious award, AI said, is to recognize one or more individuals who have made a distinguished contribution to the appraisal profession during the immediate preceding year. The award is open to both AI individuals, as well as those non-members. The award is given in recognition and appreciation for the continued fostering of the high ideals of the profession of real estate and appraising practices.
The George L. Schmutz Award was established in 1959 by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers to recognize an outstanding technical manuscript or publication on real estate valuation regardless of the author’s occupation, affiliation or publisher. The award recipient is recommended by AI’s Publications Review Panel to the AIERF Board of Directors for approval.
The Dr. William N. Kinnard Award, established by SREA to honor Dr. William N. Kinnard, Jr., recognizes professionalism in education by a deserving academic instructor, administrator or individual from a program that contributed to the education, knowledge, professionalism or development of the real estate appraisal field.
Finally, the Appraisal Journal announced four awards: Chris Yost-Bremm of San Francisco, and Thomas Jackson of College Station, Texas, received the Richard U. Ratcliff Award; Michael Sanders of Los Alamitos, Calif., earned the Swango Award; and Dennis Webb of Denver earned the Armstrong/Kahn Award.