Horwood Distinguished Service Award
An occasional award given for long-term service to URISA and the profession. This award is URISA’s ultimate award for service and leadership to URISA and within the geospatial industry. Awardees will have demonstrated significant contributions to both URISA and the geospatial technologies industry. The Horwood Distinguished Service Award is named after founding member and first URISA President, Edgar Horwood. Horwood was an early pioneer in the field of information systems for local government and admired by all for his intellectual and organizational contributions to URISA. Horwood was the Chair of the constitutional drafting committee, giving URISA the "open membership" model that has led to our inter-disciplinary organization.
Past Recipents:
| 1975 | Edgar Horwood |
| 1979 | Will Steger |
| 1980 | Bob Aangeenbrug |
| 1985 | Barry Wellar |
| 1988 | Jack Dangermond |
| 1991 | David Moyer |
| 1993 | William Craig |
| 1994 | Constance Blackmon |
| 1995 | William DeGroff |
| 1996 | Ben Nieman |
| 1997 | Ken Dueker |
| 1999 | William Huxhold |
| 2001 | Ed Crane |
| 2002 | Mike Kevany |
| 2004 | Donald Cooke |
| 2005 | Lyna Wiggins |
| 2006 | Peter Croswell, GISP |
| 2007 | Nancy von Meyer, GISP |
| 2008 | Peirce Eichelberger |
| 2011 | Martha McCart Wells, GISP |
| 2012 | David DiBiase, GISP |
| 2014 | Ed Wells, GISP |
| 2015 | Hilary Perkins, AICP, GISP |
| 2016 | Dianne Haley, GISP |
| 2019 | Rebecca Somers, GISP |