AWARD OF MERIT

The Award of Merit is the highest honor TCIA can bestow upon one of its members. Nominations are solicited from the membership and a final honoree is selected by the Awards Committee. The committee is comprised of the three most recent past chairs of the Board of Directors. The committee’s recommendation is then reviewed by the Board. As you can see, there is a fairly rigorous process for selecting the recipient of this distinguished award.

TCIA’s 2019 Award of Merit was bestowed on Scott Prophett

The Award of Merit is the highest honor paid by TCIA to an individual or company that represents leadership in the field of arboriculture and long-term commitment to the industry. TCIA doesn’t give an Award of Merit each year, one reason why this Award is considered our industry’s most prestigious recognition.

Past winners

2018 Richard Goforth
2017 Mark Garvin
2016 Tom Tolkacz
2015 Dennis Ryan
2014 Dr. John Ball
2013 Terrill Collier
2012 Jeanne Houser
2011 Jerry Morey
2010 Greg Daniels
2009 Dan Christie
2008 Tim Johnson
2007 Mark Tobin
2006 Peter Gerstenberger
2005 Robert A. Bartlett Jr
2004 Lauren Lanphear
2003 Gary R. Mullane and Robert Mullane
2002 Donald F. Blair
2001 Pat Felix and John Britton
2000 The Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1999 F. David Dickson* and Paul P. McFarland
1998 Robert A. Bartlett, Sr.
1997 Robert Felix
1996 John R. Hendricksen
1995 Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
1994 P. P. Pirone and Paul Wolfe II
1993 Dr. Alex Shigo
1992 and Dr. Richard Harris
1991 and George Tyler
1990 and Walter E. Money
1988 Hyland R. Johns
1987 Erik H. Haupt
1986 Richard G. Alvarez
1985 The Davey Tree Expert Company
1983 Professor Gordon King
1982 The F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company
1981 Earl J. Sinnamon
1979 H. M. Van Wormer and Dr. L. C. Chadwick
1978 Dr. Paul E. Tilford and Ross Farrens and Edwin E. Irish
1980 John Z. Duling and Freeman L. Parr
1984 Ray Gustin, Jr. and William P. Lanphear