The Recognition Award was bestowed to individuals whose careers included a long association with the midstream industry. Initiated in 1949, it awarded those whose business careers and relationships have been marked by the integrity and cooperative spirit that is characteristic of the midstream industry.

GPA Midstream awarded its first Recognition Award recipients in 1950. For recipients between 1950-90, contact GPA Midstream

  • 2010

    Chuck Dewees, Caterpillar

    Jorge Foglietta, Tecna Engineering

  • 2009

    Steve Munden, Cameron-Orbit Valve Co

    Jack Whiteside, R. W. Beck - Barnes & Click Division

  • 2008

    Pat Holub, Huntsman Corp.

    Mohamed Burashid, The Bahrain National Gas Co.

  • 2007

    Craig Wentworth, XTO

    David Kurtz (retired), Koch-Glitsch

  • 2006

    Alan Sudbrock, Gas Technology Corp.

    Terry Clark, Western Gas Resources

  • 2005

    Ralph Gillette, Nicholas Consulting Group

    Kurt Metzler Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

  • 2004

    Bret Rhineshith, Pearl Development Co.

  • 2003

    Mike Reagan, Optimized Pipeline Solutions

    Tom Smith, Mechanical Equipment, Inc.

  • 2002

    Floyd Hawley, D& H Consultants

    Hale Staley, NATCO Group

  • 2001

    Harold Derr Jr., Afton Pumps (posthumous)

    Glenn Handwerk