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David S. Frank Award

During the 1997 ABVE Fall Conference in Minneapolis, the ABVE Board of Directors established the David S. Frank Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is to be presented to an ABVE member or other, who actively has participated in the organization, freely devoting time, energies and expertise toward the development of ABVE or to the body of knowledge of the vocational expert in a forensic setting. Award recipients will be chosen on the basis of their character, expertise, and professionalism as exemplified by David S. Frank, as well as their efforts to foster a growing knowledge of ABVE as an ethical, credible, and professional body.

This honor will be awarded at the ABVE Annual Spring Conference. The recipient of this award will be chosen from a list of nominees submitted by the general membership.

The following people have received the David S. Frank Award:

Everett Dillman, Ph.D., 1997
Ronald A. Peterson, Ph.D., 1998
Harold V. Kulman, M.A., 1999
Lindette Mayer, Ph.D., 2000
Billy J. McCroskey, Ph.D., 2001
G. Michael Graham, Ed.D., 2002
Bart Hultine, Ed.D., 2003
Cynthia Grimley, M.S., 2004
Billy J. McCroskey, Ph.D. (awarded by Claude Peacock), 2005
Larry Sinsabaugh, Ph.D., 2006
John M. Williams, Ph.D., 2007
G. Michael Graham, Ph.D., 2008

Scott E. Streater Educational Award

The Scott E. Streater Educational Award was designed in 2006 to recognize that member of ABVE who has made a significant contribution to the learning and educational base of the ABVE membership through one's participation in:

1. Active research and publication of substantive issues and underpinnings for the forensic arena in which said membership participates and publishes such information via the organization's Journal, newsletter and website, and, or...
2. Activities contributing to the educational base of the ABE membership through the development and coordination of ABVE's annual conferences and/or continuing educational presentations and exchange of information and expertise which provide educational underpinnings for its membership.

The following people have received the Scott E. Streater Educational Award:

2005: Eugene Van de Bittner, Ph.D.
2006: Billy J. McCroskey, Ph.D.
2007: G. Michael Graham, Ph.D.
2008: Not awarded

Presidential Citations

This special award is given to a member or non-member at the discretion of the ABVE President for that person’s dedication and continued support of ABVE.

The following people have received a Presidential Citation:

Richard Baine, 2004
Veronica J. Butler, 1998
Cathy Crabbe, 1994
G. Michael Graham, 2000, 2002, 2006
Cynthia P. Grimley, 2001, 2002, 2006
Bruce Growick, 2004
Bart Hultine, 1997, 2000, 2002
Donald Jennings, 2002, 2004
Harold V. Kulman, 2002
Hank Lageman, 2001
Lindette Mayer, 1999, 2001
Billy J. McCroskey, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007
Claude Peacock, 2004
Ronald A. Peterson, 1996, 2004
Larry L. Sinsabaugh, 2001, 2002, 2006
Terri Skill, 2001
Deborah J. Veatch, 2001
Cynthia J. Ward, 2001
Glenn Zimmermann, 2002
Alan Gale, 2006
E. Davis Martin, Jr., 2006
Betty Lindsey Hale, 2006
BTF Enterprises, Inc., 2006

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