Luther DeBerry Award
Established by Reagan Houston III of San Antonio in 1980, the Luther DeBerry Award recognizes the outstanding contribution of an individual to the field of transportation in Texas. Nominees come from all transportation-related agencies in the State of Texas. The award is administered by TTI through TTI’s Business Office. The recipient receives a $1,000 check and a plaque recognizing his or her contribution to Texas.
Call for Nominations [PDF, DOC]
Past Recipients
- 1981
Montie G. Wade
Atlanta District (19) - 1982
Richard J. Kabat
Houston District (12) - 1983
Otis H. Jones
Abilene District (8) - 1984
James W. Barr
Highway Design Division
D-8, Austin - 1985
Raymond E. Stotzer, Jr.
San Antonio District (15) - 1986
Leo E. Gossett
Texas Department of Public Safety, Austin - 1987
Franklin C. Young
Beaumont District (20) - 1988
C.J. “Jack” Keese
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
College Station - 1989
Milton M. Dietert
Houston District (12) - 1990
John V. Blain, Jr.
Dallas District (18) - 1991
John Kelly, P.E.
San Antonio - 1992
Judy Skeen, P.E.
Information Systems Division - 1993
Chris Olavson - 1994
Gary Taylor, P.E. - 1995
Hayes E. Ross, Jr. - 1996
Bill Hale, Dallas Area
Rapid Transit - 1997
James Randall, P.E.
MMO - 1998
Claud P. (Buz) Elsom, III, P.E.
Dallas District - 1999
David McEathron
DPS - 2000
Charley V. Wootan
Director Emeritus, TTI
College Station - 2001
Mr. Larry J. Colclasure
Waco District
- 2002
Bernie K. Dodd
Athens - 2003
Frances S. Willison, P.E.
Houston District - 2004
Behrooz Badiozzamani, P.E.
Pharr District - 2005
Clifford W. Halvorsen, P.E.
Houston District - 2006
Julie Brown, P.E.
San Antonio District - 2007
Duane L. Browning
Beaumont District - 2008
Charles L. Conrad, P.E.
Ft. Worth District - 2009
Anita N. Wilson
FHWA Austin - 2010
Elvia Gonzalez
Environmental Division - 2011
John Munoz
Finance Division - 2012
Cheryl Flood
Lufkin District - 2013
Terry McCoy
Austin District - 2014
Lance W. Simmons
Atlanta District - 2015
Norma Garza
Pharr District - 2016
Homer Bazan
Pharr District - 2017
Claude “Pat” Henry, P.E.
Houston District - 2018
Dunae S. Milligan
Dallas District - 2019
Jennifer Wright
Project Finance, Debt & Strategic Contracts - 2020
Varuna Singh, P.E.
Houston District - 2021
Ugonna Ughanze, P.E.
Houston District - 2022
Ray Fisher