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2022 Murphy Snoderly Award Call for Nominations

The Murphy Snoderly Award is an opportunity for your City to recognize an Previous Award Winners
employee who you believe is doing an outstanding job. The recipient of the award 1973 - Dewey Kelly, Johnson City
must be an operations level or “working person” employee. The award expressly 1974 - James S. Berryhill, Memphis
excludes management-level employees such as Directors of Public Works, Utility 1975 - Charles Robinette, Bristol
Managers, etc.
Murphy Snoderly, for whom the award is named, was a long-time engineering and 1976 - James Wimley, Estill Springs
Public Works consultant for the University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory 1977 - Billy Ray Owens, Jellico
Service. He felt that the working person, the man or woman who day in and day out 1978 - James E. Bradford, Lewisburg
picks up garbage, patches streets or performs dozens of other chores at a relatively low 1979 - Lewis H. Beckman, Knoxville
pay scale, should be recognized for dedication and service to the community. 1980 - Frank Weaver, Jr., Lewisburg
A plaque will be presented to the selected winner during the Tennessee Municipal 1981 - Gay R. Callahan, Bristol
League Conference in Gatlinburg on Tuesday, August 16. It is recommended that The Murphy Snoderly Award became
someone from the selected recipient’s city such as the Mayor, Alderman or City
Manager be present at the conference to participate in the presentation of the award a National APWA Award
to be given by the TCAPWA President. 1982 - Kyle Cole, Gatlinburg
1983 - Warren C. Higgins, Savannah
Nomination 1984 - Glen Edward Warren, White Pine
To nominate a Public Works employee for this award simply provide the name and
department of the nominee using the form below. To assist the TCAPWA nomination 1985 - Billy Newman Chitwood, Estill Springs
committee in the selection of the winning nominee, please advise the approximate 1986 - Homer Fields, Kingsport
number of years of service this person has and a brief explanation of why you 1987 - Bill Stewart, Lewisburg
are nominating this person. The nominating committee may seek out additional 1988 - Randy McCullough, Shelbyville
information from you as needed. The deadline for nominations is June 20, 2022. 1989 - Mac Breece, Centerville
Send to: Regina Santana, TCAPWA at 200 N Castle Heights Ave. Lebanon, TN 37087; 1990 - William “Willie” Fagg, Maryville
phone: (615) 444-3647; email: rsantana@lebanontn.org. 1991 - Maurice Bridges, Knoxville
1992 - Richard Burton, Gallatin
Name of Nominee: _____________________________________________________________ 1993 - Thomas Vannoy, Knoxville
1994 - Gene Harmon, Kingsport
Agency: ______________________________________________________________________ 1995 - Joel Booth, Chattanooga
1996 - Harrison Brown, Athens
Approximate number of years of service: ____________________________________________ 1997 - Garth “Ting” Burgman, Kingsport
1998 - Johnny Phy, Cookeville
Reason(s) for Nomination (attach additional sheet if necessary): __________________________
1999 - Elbert Grissom, McMinnville
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2000 - Sercy Herron, Jackson
2001 - Mathis Randle, Memphis
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2002 - Roger Hawkins, Dyersburg
2003 - Frank Shipwash, Alcoa
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2004 - Jackie Jones, Collegedale
2005 - Robert Leek, Knoxville
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2006 - Ellis Black, Memphis
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2007 - Wayne Sunderland, Maryville
2008 - Roger Hensley, Kingsport
Submitted by: _________________________________________________________________ 2009 - Clifford Jones, Columbia
2010 - Paul Ramsey, Gatlinburg
Agency: ______________________________________________________________________ 2011 - Albert Moore, Chattanooga
2012 - Jay Buchanan, Alcoa
Dept.: ________________________________________________________________________
2013 - Leroy Gaunt, Chattanooga
2014 - Larry Spencer, Knoxville
Address: ______________________________________________________________________
2015 - Dennis “Buck” Saunders, Chattanooga
City:__________________________________________Zip Code: _______________________ 2016 - Bill Forrester, Alcoa
2017 - David Welch, Knoxville
Phone:___________________________________ Fax: ________________________________ 2018 - Kirby Walker, Kingsport
2019 - Alfred Lewis, Collierville
E-mail: _______________________________________________________________________ 2020 - Stay Chissay, Maryville
All entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than June 20, 2022. 2021 - Harry Boss, Knoxville
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