Service
In addition to the IEEE Corporate Awards for service, the Northern Virginia section confers several local honors. The Volunteer of the Year recognizes superior contributions for the past year, while Distinguished Service Awards are given for sustained contributions over three to five years. The James F. Strother Meritorious Service Award is our most prestigious accolade. Named after a past section member who received both the George F. McClure Citation of Honor (1993) and Robert S. Walleigh Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Professionalism Award from IEEE-USA, it is given to a volunteer with distinguished service to local membership spanning more than five years.
The following partial list of past recipients lists the year in which the award was given, recognizing service for one or more prior years. If you know of any missing names, please contact nova.chair@ieee.org.
| Year | Award | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | James F. Strother Meritorious Service Award | Marc Apter |
| 2019 | Distinguished Service Award | Nadim Haddad |
| 2019 | Distinguished Service Award | Manori Nadesalingam |
| 2019 | Distinguished Service Award | Kafi Hassan |
| 2019 | Distinguished Service Award | Murty Polavarapu |
| 2019 | Distinguished Service Award | Martin Schulman |
| 2019 | Volunteer of the Year | Chandra Curtis |
| 2019 | Joint Section Distinguished Service Award | Douglas Holly |
| 2018 | James F. Strother Meritorious Service Award | Jerry Gibbon |
| 2018 | Distinguished Service Award | James Magee |
| 2018 | Volunteer of the Year | Pamela Abshire |
| 2017 | James F. Strother Meritorious Service Award | Emily Sopensky |
| 2017 | Distinguished Service Award | Dan Cross-Cole |
| 2017 | Volunteer of the Year | Barry Douglass |
| 2016 | Distinguished Service Award | Dan Cross-Cole |
| 2016 | Distinguished Service Award | Barry Douglass |
| 2016 | Distinguished Service Award | Martin Schulman |
| 2016 | Distinguished Service Award | Monica Taysing-Lara |