Gibb Gilchrist Award
Established by John S. Redditt of Lufkin in 1966, the Gibb Gilchrist Award recognizes outstanding service to the people of the State of Texas by engineers who are or have been employees with the Texas Department of Transportation for at least four years. The award is administered by TTI through the Texas A&M University Fiscal Department. The recipient receives a $1,000 check and a plaque recognizing his or her service to Texas.
Call for Nominations [PDF, DOC]
Past Recipients
- 1967
J.R. Stone
Fort Worth District (2) - 1968
Chester McDowell
Materials and Tests
D-9, Austin - 1969
W.F. (Frank) Frey
Highway Design
D-8, Austin - 1970
James M. Rylander (deceased)
Yoakum District (13) - 1971
Ken Nagai
Beaumont District (20) - 1972
Robert L. Reed
Bridges & Structures
D-5, Austin - 1973
Robert A. Brown
Fort Worth District (2) - 1974
Frank J. Durda, III
Fort Worth District (2) - 1975
John C. Smith
Houston District (12) - 1976
Paul Lockhart, Jr.
Tyler District (10) - 1977
Willard A. Collier
Beaumont District (20) - 1978
William A. Lancaster
Odessa District (6) - 1979
Jack V. Light
Amarillo District (4) - 1980
Benny A. Alley
Austin District (14) - 1981
Benjamin W. Bohuslav
Yoakum District (13) - 1982
Frank D. Holzmann
San Antonio District (15) - 1983
William Potter, III
Beaumont District (20) - 1984
Herman E. Haenel
Maintenance & Operations
D-18, Austin - 1985
Leiland L. Jett
Wichita Falls District (3) - 1986
Richard D. Lockhart
San Antonio District (15) - 1987
Leonard J. Vincik
Houston District (12) - 1988
Billy R. Rogers
Highway Design Division
D-8, Austin - 1989
Walter B. Collier
San Antonio District (15) - 1990
Robert Cuellar
Transportation Planning Division
D-10, Austin - 1991
Ken Bohuslav
Highway Design Division
D-8, Austin - 1992
Mark Marek
Highway Design Division
D-8, Austin - 1993
William Runnels
Atlanta District (19)
- 1994
Denis Warren
Houston District - 1995
Sonny Loper
Dallas District - 1996
Salvador Mercado
Laredo District - 1997
Charles Gaskin
Houston District - 1998
Terry Keener
Childress District - 1999
James Cowan
Waco District (09) - 2000
James E. Hunt
Dallas District (18) - 2001
Kenneth W. Fults, P.E.
Construction Division - 2002
Wm. (Randy) Cox, P.E.
Bridge Division - 2003
Robert B. Daigh, P.E.
Texas Turnpike Authority Division - 2004
Clay R. Smith, P.E.
San Antonio District - 2005
Douglas W. Eichorst II, P.E.
Odessa/Midland Area Office - 2006
Paul E. Williams, P.E.
allas District - 2007
Darren G. Hazlett
Construction Division - 2008
Elizabeth Hilton, P.E.
Design Division - 2009
Gregory A. Ranft, P.E.
Houston District - 2010
James R. Evans
Tyler District (Retired) - 2011
Paul D. Frerich, P.E.
Yoakum District - 2012
Steven Warren
Lubbock District - 2013
Kames Koch, P.E.
Houston District - 2014
Tracey L. Friggle Logan, P.E.
Dallas District - 2015
James V. Hunt
Houston District - 2016
Richard S. Williammee
Ft. Worth District - 2017
Gina E. Gallegos, P.E.
San Antonio District - 2018
Ceason Clemens
Dallas District - 2019
Chad L. Bohne., P.E.
Bryan District - 2020
Kevin Pruski, P.E.
Bridge Division - 2021
Miguel “Mike” Arellano, P.E.
Austin District - 2022
Dan Perge - 2023
Clayton Ripps
