NABL Awards
Bernard P. Friel Medal
The Association may annually award one or more Bernard P. Friel Medals for distinguished service in public finance. The medal was established in 1982 in honor of Bernard P. Friel of St. Paul, the Association's first President. Nominations for the medal should be provided to the President of the Association not later than July 1 and will be considered by the Association's Board of Directors, acting as a committee of the whole, for award at the Association's annual meeting in September or October. Nominees need not be members of the Association and may not be members of the current Board of Directors.
Recipients of the medal to date are:
1983 - Charles P. Carlson, Chicago, IL
1984 - Roswell C. Dikeman, New York, NY (posthumously)
1985 - Daniel B. Goldberg, New York, NY (posthumously)
1986 - Catherine L. Spain, Washington, D.C.
1987 - Manly W. Mumford, Chicago, IL
Huger Sinkler, Charleston, SC (posthumously)
1988 - James W. Perkins, Boston, MA
1990 - Robert S. Amdursky, New York, NY (posthumously)
1991 - Thomas S. Currier, New York, NY
1992 - Beryl Anthony, Jr., El Dorado, AR
1993 - Sharon Stanton White, San Francisco, CA
1994 - Robert Dean Pope, Richmond, VA
1997 - Joseph H. Johnson, Jr., Birmingham, AL
1998 - Austin V. Koenen, New York, NY (posthumously)
Amy K. Dunbar, Washington, D.C.
1999 - Julianna Ebert, Milwaukee, WI
2000 - Robert J. Kutak, Omaha, NE (posthumously)
Richard H. Nicholls, New York, NY
2001 - Harold B. Judell, New Orleans, LA
2003 - Jeffrey S. Green, New York, NY
Henry S. Klaiman, New York, NY
2005 - Frederic L. Ballard, Jr., Washington, DC
2006 - Neil P. Arkuss, Boston, MA
2007 - Dean M. Weiner, Los Angeles, CA
Robert A. Fippinger, New York, NY
2008 - Richard Chirls, New York, NY
Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award
Established in 2002, the Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award is for the purpose of recognizing the extraordinary service certain individuals have provided to the Association over an extended period time. In 2007, the Award was renamed to honor Frederick O. Kiel, recognizing Mr. Kiel's 29 years of service to the Association. The Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award will be awarded periodically by the Board in its discretion. Nominations for the award should be provided to the President of the Association not later than July 15, 2009 and will be considered by the Association’s Board of Directors.
Recipients of the prize to date are:
2002 - Frederick O. Kiel, Cincinnati, OH
2003 - Rita J. Carlson, Hinsdale, IL
2004 - Leo J. Beauclair, Bismarck, ND (posthumously)
- Thomas S. Currier, New York, NY (posthumously)
- Phillip J. Dorweiler, Des Moines, IA
- Bernard P. Friel, St. Paul, MN
- Donald R. Hodgman, New York, NY
- Donald L. Howell, Houston, TX
- Frederick O. Kiel, Cincinnati, OH
- George M. Mack, Seattle, WA
- Manly W. Mumford, Chicago, IL (posthumously)
- James W. Perkins, Boston, MA
- C. Willis Ritter, Washington, DC
- Ruth T. West, Atlanta, GA
2006 - Charles P. Carlson, Hinsdale, IL
- Sharon Stanton White, Washington, DC (posthumously)
2007 - John "Jack" M. Gardner, Denver, CO
- Frederic "Rick" L. Ballard, Jr., Washington, DC
2009 - William H. McBride, , Raleigh, NC
The Carlson Prize
The Carlson Prize of the Association, named in honor of Rita J. and Charles P. Carlson, and conceived by Glenn E. Floyd, Norman, Oklahoma, may be awarded annually to the author of the best scholarly article submitted for publication in The Bond Lawyer7: The Journal of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, or on the Association's Web site.
The prize carries an honorarium of $500 and a tuition grant for attendees at the Bond Attorneys' Workshop. Mr. Floyd's firm contributed $1,000 to the Association's 501(c)3 affiliate, the Robert H. Hilderbrand, Jr., Fund, toward endowing the prize, and the Board of Directors hopes that other members of their firms will also see fit to honor the Carlsons in that manner.
Members (and others) are encouraged to submit to the Editor scholarly articles on legal topics of interest to members. They need not be labeled as candidates for The Carlson Prize. They will automatically be referred to an ad hoc committee, appointed and chaired by the Editor, which is charged by the Board of Directors with selecting recipients.
Recipients of the prize to date are:
1992 - Joseph H. Johnson, Jr., Birmingham, AL
1993 - Robert C. Apfel and Rafi Reguer, New York, NY
1995 - James E. Spiotto, Chicago, IL
1997 - John M. McNally, Washington, D.C.
1998 - Linda B. Schakel, Washington, D.C.
2000 - Griffith F. Pitcher, Atlanta, GA
2001 - Thomas N. Harding, Chicago, IL
2004 - John Buckley, New York, NY
2005 - Martha R. Fleisher, Dallas, TX
2009 - Paul S. Maco, Washington, DC