Awards
Each year, we award dedicated members and municipal market champions with a variety of awards to honor their contributions to our organization and the world of public finance.
NABL presents a variety of awards annually celebrating member and municipal finance professional achievements and recognizing continuing commitment to promoting integrity in the municipal market. If you know a colleague or acquaintance who you think deserves to be recognized, we encourage you to nominate them.
2024 Nominations Period Closed
The nominations period for the Bernard P. Friel Medal and the Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award ended on June 3, 2024. Awards were presented during The Workshop conference in September.
Distinguished Service in public finance
The Bernard P. Friel Medal
The Bernard P. Friel Medal honors distinguished service in public finance and was established in 1982 in honor of NABL’s first President. Nominees need not be NABL members but may not be current members of the NABL Board of Directors.
distinguished service to NABL
The Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award
The Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual for distinguished service to NABL over an extended period of time. Frederick O. Kiel served as NABL’s fourth president and was editor of The Bond Lawyer for twenty-five years.
recognizing scholarly article publication
The Carlson Prize
The Carlson Prize, 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 Lawyer: The Journal of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, or on the Association’s website.
The prize carries an honorarium of $500 and a tuition grant for attendees at NABL U’s The 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.
The Editor of The Bond Lawyer will recommend a candidate(s) for The Carlson Prize to the NABL Awards Committee. The NABL Board of Directors selects the recipients.
Celebrating exemplary voluntary dedication
The President’s Service Award
The President’s Service Award, established in 2018 by then-President, Alexandra M. MacLennan, honors NABL members who demonstrate exemplary voluntary dedication to NABL’s committees, conference and/or projects.
The Bernard P. Friel Medal – Past Recipients
*Posthumously awarded
| 1983 – Charles P. Carlson, Chicago, IL | 2001 – Harold B. Judell, New Orleans, LA |
| 1984 – *Roswell C. Dikeman, New York NY | 2003 – Jeffrey S. Green, New York, NY Henry S. Klaiman, New York, NY |
| 1985 – *Daniel B. Goldberg, New York, NY | 2005 – Frederic L. Ballard, Jr., Washington, DC |
| 1986 – Catherine L. Spain, Washington, DC | 2006 – Neil P. Arkuss, Boston, MA |
| 1987 – Manly W. Mumford, Chicago, IL *Huger Sinkler, Charleston, SC | 2007 – Dean M. Weiner, Los Angeles, CA Robert A. Flippinger, New York, NY |
| 1988 – James W. Perkins, Boston, MA | 2008 – Richard Chirls, New York, NY |
| 1990 – *Robert S. Amdursky, New York, NY | 2011 – *David L. Miller, Washington, DC |
| 1991 – Thomas S. Currier, New York, NY | 2012 – Howard Zucker, New York, NY |
| 1992 – Beryl Anthony, Jr., El Dorado, AR | 2013 – Frank Shafroth, Fairfax, VA |
| 1993 – Sharon Stanton White, San Francisco, CA | 2014 – Frederic A. Weber, Houston, TX |
| 1994 – Robert Dean Pope, Richmond, VA | 2015 – John M. McNally, Washington DC |
| 1997 – Joseph H.Johnson, Jr., Birmingham, AL | 2016 – John J. Cross III, Washington DC |
| 1998 – *Austin V. Koenan, New York, NY Amy K. Dunbar, Washington, DC | 2017 – William J. Daly, Washington DC |
| 1999 – Julianna Ebert, Milwaukee, WI | 2018 – *Lewis C. Horne, Atlanta, GA *James A. Lebenthal, New York, NY |
| 2000 – *Robert J. Kutak, Omaha, NE Richard H. Nicholls, New York, NY | 2019 – Fred H. Rosenfeld, Scottsdale, AZ 2021 – William J. Noth, Des Moines, IA 2022 – Lynette Kelly, Washington, DC 2023 – Arthur Miller, New York, NY George Wolf, San Francisco, CA 2024 – The Honorable C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. House of Representatives (MD-02) |
The Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award Recipients
*Posthumously awarded
2002 – Frederick O. Kiel, Cincinnati, OH
2003 – Rita J. Carlson, Hinsdale, IL
2004 – Leo J. Beauclair, Bismarck, ND*
– Thomas S. Currier, New York, NY*
– 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*
– 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*
2007 – John “Jack” M. Gardner, Denver, CO, Frederic “Rick” L. Ballard, Jr., Washington, DC
2009 – William H. McBride, Raleigh, NC
2010 – Linda B. Schakel, Washington, DC
2011 – Julianna Ebert, Milwaukee, WI
2012 – David Caprera, Denver, CO
2013 – William A. Holby, Atlanta, GA, Kathleen C. McKinney, Greenville, SC
2014 – Kristin H.R. Franceschi, Baltimore, MD, Perry E. Israel, Sacramento, CA
2015 – Robert Dean Pope, Richmond, VA
2016 – Scott R. Lilienthal, Washington, DC
2017 – Frederic A. Weber, Houston, TX
2018 – Virginia (GiGi) Benjamin, Cleveland, OH
2019 – John M. McNally, Washington, DC
2020 – Carol L. Lew, Newport, CA
2021 – Paul S. Maco, Washington, DC
2022 – Andrew (Drew) Kintzinger, Washington, DC
2023 – Clifford Gerber, San Francisco, CA
2024 – David J. Cholst, Chicago, IL
The Carlson Prize Recipients
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
2008 – John O. Swendseid, Reno, NV
2009 – Paul S. Maco, Washington, DC
2012 – J. Hobson Presley, Birmingham, AL
2019 –
-Matthias M. Edrich, Denver, CO
-Lauren N. Ferrero, San Antonio, TX
-Ann C. Lebowitz, Philadelphia, PA
-John Utley, Minneapolis, MN
-Paul Wisor, Avon, CO
2020 –
– Stacey C. Lewis, Seattle, WA
– David Y. Bannard, Boston, MA
– Erich Schmitz, San Francisco, CA
– Glenn E. Weinstein, Chicago, IL
2022 – Frederic (Rick) Weber, Houston, TX
2023 –
– Joseph (“Jodie”) E. Smith, Birmingham, AL
– Ann D. Fillingham, Lansing, MI
– Alexandra (“Sandy”) MacLennan, Tampa, FL
The President’s Service Award Recipients
2018
- Ann D. Fillingham, Lansing, MI
- Matthias M. Edrich, Denver, CO
2019
- Alison J. Benge, Seattle, WA
- Christopher B. Langhart, Roseland, NJ
- Victoria N. Ozimek, Austin, TX
2020
- Carol L. Lew, Newport Beach, CA
- Aviva M. Roth, Washington, DC
2021
- Frederic A. Weber, Houston, TX
2022
- Perry Israel, Sacramento, CA (awarded posthumously)
2023
- Kareem Spratling, Tampa, FL
- Brian Teaff, Houston, TX
- Alison Benge, Seattle, WA