The James O. Cox Award
The James O. Cox Award
Congratulations to the 2023-2024 winner of the James O. Cox Award for Outstanding Member of the Year, Mark Waddleton!
The Outstanding Member of the Year Award was created in 1953 by the Purchasing Management Association of Houston—now ISM-Houston, Inc.—to recognize long standing members who continue to volunteer to help operate our organization while demonstrating superior leadership and managerial capabilities in achieving their assigned tasks. The winner of the current year's James O. Cox award for Outstanding Member of the Year is announced in June at a special awards ceremony.
In 1973 the award was renamed to honor James O. Cox who was a journalist and member of the Houston Purchasing Agents Association chronicling our growth for over 34 years. The award recognizes members who have performed exceptional service to ISM-Houston, Inc. exemplifying true professionalism both on the job and within the community.
James O. Cox, at age twenty-five, found himself in one of the most dynamic cities in America at the beginning of its growth. The times were challenging and opportune for a capable journalist. James O. Cox’s life was devoted to serving purchasing associations in this area, both by working with them and recording their activities along the burgeoning South Texas front.
His dedication never subsided. James O. Cox liked members of the Houston Purchasing Agents Association, and they liked him. It was a partnership that benefited everyone. James O. Cox chronicled both their growth and the growth of Houston for 34 years.
Never one for self-glorification, James O. Cox was interested in his friends and the group he served. Cox’s contribution to friends and colleagues far exceeded a mere chronicling of events. He gave them humor and encouragement, both by his written work and his gift of unifying people. Cox not only liked people, but wanted them to know and like each other. He broadened the horizons and friendships of hundreds of purchasers and suppliers in Houston’s industrial complex. He is remembered as the forerunner in unifying Houston businessmen and business women with one another. Cox shared a host of friends, many whom consider it an honor to have known James.
Requirements:
A nominee for the James O. Cox Award must be a regular member of ISM-Houston, Inc. for a minimum of ten consecutive years, must have served either as a voting member of the Board of Directors for at least two consecutive years or been Chair of a committee or combination of committees for at least 3 years. If a voting board member, they must have attended at least 7 of 10 board meetings in the same year. A sitting President is not eligible for this award during their presidential year.
The nominee must have:
a) Demonstrated leadership and managerial capabilities
b) Performed their assigned tasks
c) Attended a majority of the General Meetings
d) Active in ISM-Houston activities
Please contact Rose Berberian, the James O. Cox Nominating Committee Chair if you have any questions.
Rose Berberian Email: Rose.Berberian@gmail.com
Previous Recipients Of The James O. Cox Award
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2023 - 2024 Mark Waddleton
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1997 – 1998 Richard S. Cantrell
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2022 - 2023 Ross Harvison
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1996 – 1997 Douglas R. Miller, C.P.M.
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2019 – 2020 Joseph P. Gallagher
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1995 – 1996 Sharon Malkovicz, C.P.M.
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2018 – 2019 Edward M. Lewis
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1994 – 1995 Camilia D. Ward
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2017 – 2018 Sheila Smith
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1993 – 1994 Earl B.Boykin
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2016 – 2017 Gail Fuselier
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1992 – 1993 Rita C. Wardell, C.P.M.
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2015 – 2016 Bob Engel, C.P.M.
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1991 – 1992 Herb Koenig
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2014 – 2015 David Allen, C.P.M.
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1990 – 1991 Mark A. Langley, C.P.M.
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2013 – 2014 Elayne Duncan
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1989 – 1990 James N. Batt, C.P.M., A.P.P.
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2012 – 2013 Jo Ann Prazak, C.P.M.
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1988 – 1989 Jackie Mohoan
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2011 – 2012 Kim Wren, A.P.P.
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1987 – 1988 Billie J. Sommer, C.P.M.
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2010 – 2011 Mara L. Stanfield, C.P.M.
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1986 – 1987 W. Allen Brumley, C.P.M.
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2009 – 2010 Sharon Brauner, C.P.M., A.P.P.
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1985 – 1986 Joseph G. Ginn, C.P.M.
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2008 – 2009 Michael P. Valant, C.P.M., A.P.P.
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1984 – 1985 Glenn W. Hudson
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2007 – 2008 Edward M. Wahowski
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1983 – 1984 Donald W. McGee, C.P.M.
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2006 – 2007 Marian T. Nimon, M.B.A., C.P.M.
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1982 – 1983 Betty Parnell
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2005 – 2006 Linda A. Peterson, C.P.M., A.P.P.
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1981 – 1982 Max M. Marstrand, C.P.M.
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2004 – 2005 William Gary Lyon, C.P.M.
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1980 – 1981 P. Davis Harris, C.P.M.
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2003 – 2004 Kathy E. Silverberg, C.P.M.
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1979 – 1980 George H. Stewart
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2002 – 2003 Kimen V. Metzger, C.P.M.
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1978 – 1979 Thomas C. Todd, C.P.M.
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2001 – 2002 Laurie D. Oberhoff
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1977 – 1978 Errol D. Kramer, C.P.M.
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2000 – 2001 Harold “Doc” Stelzer, C.P.M.
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1975 – 1976 Arnold L. Yauch, C.P.M.
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1999 – 2000 Dan Coleman, C.P.M.
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1974 – 1975 Dan M. Brock, C.P.M.
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1998 – 1999 Linda Butler
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1973 – 1974 Lee E. Elmore, C.P.M.
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Recipients Of The Outstanding Member of the Year Award
( Prior to the James O. Cox Award)
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1970 – 1971 W. B. Kirkland
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1960 – 1961 Junius F. Estill, Jr.
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1969 – 1970 Joe F. Boydstrun
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1959 – 1960 A. J. Sisto
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1968 – 1969 L. Milton Ladish
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1958 – 1959 A. L. Sweitzer
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1967 – 1968 Andre Lesarte
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1957 – 1958 Roy Stockton
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1966 – 1967 William E. Gaddis
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1957 Cecil Galbraith
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1964 – 1965 L. E. LaGesse
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1956 Frank L. Scott
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1963 – 1964 Haylett O. Neill, Jr
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1955 Gene Walker
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1962 – 1963 A. Gordon Jones
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1954 John F. Forian
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1961 – 1962 T. E. Porter
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1953 Paul W. Berry
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