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	Bernie Hart Memorial Auctioneer of the Year Award The Bernie Hart Memorial Auctioneer Award honors “the most visible person in the auction industry.” The award is named after long-time NAAA Executive Director Bernie Hart of Lincoln, Nebraska, who served the association for over 30 years before retiring in 1988.

	Paul C. Behr 2011 Award Recipient	2011 Paul Behr 2010 Odie Adcock 2009 Forrest Mendenhall 2008 Bill Lanier 2007 Shane Ratliff 2006 Johnny Green 2005 Jeff Stokes 2004 Charles Nicholls 2003 Ralph "Whitey" Shively 2002 Chuck Roop 2001 Gene Radcliff 2000 Kenny Aycock

Dan Kennedy
Dan Kenney
2011 Award Recipient

Tim West
2011 Award Recipient

NAAA Hall of Fame Award

This award is given annually to an auction executive and industry auction supporter.

The auction executive award is awarded to someone with long term service to the wholesale motor vehicle auction industry and NAAA who has improved the industry as a whole, has worked with other NAAA members to improve the industry as a whole and has consistently followed the high standards of the NAAA Code of Ethics.

The industry auction supporter award is awarded to someone for long term service to the industry and NAAA who has consistently remarketed motor vehicles through NAAA member auctions or provided the highest quality of services and/or products to NAAA member auctions at fair prices, has encouraged others to remarket motor vehicles through or provide services and products to NAAA member auctions, and has consistently followed high ethical standards equivalent to those in the NAAA Code of Ethics.

NAAA Hall of Fame Award Recipients
1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988		Jack G. Charlesworth C.H. Van Steenberg Charles B. Neely, Frank B. Clement, and Timothy E. Anspach Elmo L. Joseph Dennis A. Kuhn, Fred M. MacDougall, and J. Martin Rawls Harold C. Henry, William N. Thee, Lawrence G. Tribble, and Harry Whitney Jacob H. Ruhl and William G. Morgan Melvin E. Reid and Tom Adams, Sr. Thomas W. Beasley and Lawrence Tarleton M.D McCollum and Edward Sullivan Sydney Friedlander and Norman Early Nicholas P. Cocoves and David B. Spielman J.B. Patterson and M.A Kottler J.C. Clanton, Jr. and Charles French Don Rogers and Claude Scoggins Frank S. Grochal and Warren V. Young Leona Drake and Bob McDevitt Tom S. Bruce and Gene McDonald Sam Gelt and James Lawrence J. Frank Brasher and Mel Suhr Bernard Hart and David Cape		1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011		Clyde (Red) Hillwig, Jan Merritt, and Pete Murray Frank Hildreth and James Terry Mike Richardson and Mike McHale Tom Adams, Jr. Jim Seder and Lynn Weaver Jim Wheatley Bob August and Tom Cunningham Jacob Hershey, Sr. and Wayne Synder Barbara Wheatley and Virgil Matczak Darryll Ceccoli and Dave Osterhoff J. Omar Landis and Bob Burnett Tony Moorby and Tom Kniivila Burt Greenwood and Woody Miller Ruth Hart-Stephens and Ken Widmeyer Chuck Stepter and Joe Lyng Berta Phelps and Larry Hedrick Larry Brasher and David Langley Don DeVries and Mercedes Ruiz Larry Tribble, Jr. and Jeff Heichel Ray Nichols and Steve Houston Linda Silverstein Steve DeMedicis Dan Kennedy and Tim West

Industry Pioneer Award

This Industry Pioneer Award is given to persons who have
worked in the wholesale motor vehicle industry and/or NAAA. The award represents someone who has innovated or enhanced methods of improving services to remarketers through NAAA member auctions; has championed NAAA member auctions as providing services for motor vehicle remarketers unavailable from any other source; and has consistently followed the ethical standards of the NAAA Code of Ethics.

Alexis Jacobs
2011 Award Recipient

Industry Pioneer Award Recipients
2011		Alexis Jacobs
2010		W. J. "Buzz" Cotton & Mike Hockett - Auction Broadcasting Company
2009		Jim Hallett - ADESA, Jimmy Rea - Rea Brother's Mid-South Auto Auction & Chet Goins
2008		Willard 'Willie' Dinkel - Former Owner of Auto Auction of Montana
2007		Clo Angelicchio - D-A Auto Auction
2006		Stan Hoynitski - Harrisburg Auto Auction
2005		Pete Lukasiak- Aardvark Enterprise
2004		Tom Bruce- Greenville-Spartanburg Auto Auction
2003		James W. Franks & W.J. Cotton - Midwest Auto Auction Association
2002		Betty Murray - Eastern Auto Auction Association
2001		Harvey Klein - Western Auto Auction Association
2000		Don Rogers - Midwestern Auto Auction Association
1999		None Awarded This Year
1998		Esther Hershey - Eastern Auto Auction Association Sam Gelt - Midwestern Auto Auction Association Bob McConkey, Sr. - Western Auto Auction Association Tom Beasley - Southern Auto Auction Association

Exhibitor of the Year Award

Ralph Robinson, Auto Use Director of Auction Relations, has been named the recipient of the National Auto Auction Association’s Marie Hingst Award, during the 2011 NAAA Annual Conference that was held in Chicago. The inaugural award was presented to Marie Hingst in 2006 and named the Marie Hingst Exhibitor of the Year. The award recognizes exhibitors who show or demonstrate dedication and commitment to the NAAA. The award is presented each year at the NAAA annual convention.

Ralph Robinson
Auto Use
2011 Award Recipient

Exhibitor of the Year Award Recipients
2011		Ralph Robinson, Auto Use
2010		Tom Williams, BASF
2009		Don Meadows, AutoIMS
2008		Colleen Fitzgerald, Used Car News
2007		Tim West, Black Book
2006		Marie Hingst, Automotive News