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American Concrete Institute Honors Outstanding Contributions to the Industry

Parul Dubey on March 11, 2021 - in Awards, News, People

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is pleased to recognize several professionals, groups, and companies for their outstanding contributions and dedication to ACI and the concrete industry. The 2021 honorees include the induction of Honorary Members, ACI’s highest honor, which recognizes persons of eminence in the field of the Institute’s interest, or one who has performed extraordinary meritorious service to the Institute. The following six individuals are inducted as Honorary Members:

  • Anne M. Ellis
  • William L. Gamble
  • Kenneth D. Hansen
  • Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan
  • Sami H. Rizkalla
  • Gajanan Mahadeo Sabnis

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ACI is also pleased to recognize 17 individuals for maintaining their membership and participating in ACI activities for at least five decades. Additionally, ACI honors 16 new Fellows for their outstanding contributions to the production or use of concrete materials, products, and structures in the areas of education, research, development, design, construction, or management.

Awardees will be recognized at the ACI Virtual Concrete Convention, March 28-April 1, 2021. Please join us by registering at aciconvention.org.

The following medals and awards recognize exemplary achievement, groundbreaking research, and service to ACI and the concrete industry:

  • ARTHUR R. ANDERSON MEDAL – Bruce A. Suprenant
  • ROGER H. CORBETTA CONCRETE CONSTRUCTOR AWARD – Steve Lloyd
  • JOE W. KELLY AWARD – Heather J. Brown
  • HENRY L. KENNEDY AWARD – Keith Kesner
  • ALFRED E. LINDAU AWARD – Dominic J. Kelly
  • HENRY C. TURNER MEDAL – Baker Concrete Construction
  • CHARLES S. WHITNEY MEDAL – Barzin Mobasher
  • CEDRIC WILLSON LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE CONCRETE AWARD – Carin Roberts-Wollmann
  • CONCRETE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD – David Shepherd
  • ACI CERTIFICATION AWARD – Xiomara Sapon-Roldan, Peter Stamatopoulos, Dawn Miller
  • ACI STRATEGIC ADVANCEMENT AWARD – William E. Rushing Jr.
  • WALTER P. MOORE, JR. FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Anahid Behrouzi
  • ACI EDUCATION AWARD – Ronald Vaughn
  • ACI YOUNG MEMBER AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT – Ashlee Hossack, Samhar Hoz, Catherine Lucero
  • WASON MEDAL FOR MOST MERITORIOUS PAPER – Nawaf K. Alotaibi, Wassim Michel Ghannoum, James O. Jirsa
  • ACI CONSTRUCTION AWARD – Julio F. Davalos, Marija Krstic
  • WASON MEDAL FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH – Leo Barcley, Mervyn J. Kowalsky
  • METE A. SOZEN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN STRUCTURAL RESEARCH – Carlos Meléndez, Luis Pallarés, Juan Sagaseta, Pedro Miguel Sosa
  • ACI DESIGN AWARD – Issam Harik, Abheetha Peiris
  • DELMAR L. BLOEM DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD – Marc Jolin, Devin K. Harris, Anton Schindler, Eric Musselman, Liberato Ferrara
  • CHAPTER ACTIVITIES AWARD – Katie Bartojay, Christian R. Orozco, Roberto Realfonzo, Kyle Adam Poff

ACI Foundation Awards

  • ARTHUR J. BOASE AWARD – Dr. Antonio Nanni
  • ROBERT E. PHILLEO AWARD – Dr. Michael D.A. Thomas
  • JC ROUMAIN INNOVATION AWARD – Claude Bédard
  • KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICE AWARD (K2P) – Michael J. Schneider

Learn more about each of the awards listed above at concrete.org

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