| The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1978 to honor members for long and meritorious service to the Section. Candidates for the award are nominated at a regular Executive Board meeting and a secret vote by the Board is taken to determine the recipient. The Award is usually presented at the May Section meeting. This joint meeting with the CIC of Windsor is an annual dinner affair.usually held in Canada. It serves as a medium for awards to be presented by both groups to outstanding college and high school students, our 50 year members, the DSA and other awards as well. Photos and short bios of DSA recipients are available here or through the links in the table. |
| YEAR | NAME |
AFFILIATION |
YEAR | NAME |
AFFILIATION |
| 1978 | Gordon Knapp | Ethyl Corp. | 1995 | Sandy Labana | Ford Motor . R&D |
| 1979 | George Brewer | Ford Motor R&D | 1996 | Oscar Morel | Detroit Edison R&D |
| 1980 | Stanley Kirschner | Wayne State Univ | 1997 | Susan Walkinshaw | BASF Corp |
| 1981 | Richard Luers | PD/Warner Lambert | 1998 | Charlene Hayden | .Gen Mtrs. R&D |
| 1982 | Roger Marce | The Zinc Institute | 1999 | Keith Williams | Wayne State Univ |
| 1983 | Suzanne Fleming | Eastern Mich Univ | 2000 | Ray Dickie | Ford Motor R&D |
| 1984 | Walter Siegl | Ford Motor R&D | 2001 | Jim Landis | Heinkel Surface Technol |
| 1984 | Harry Szmant | Univ of Detroit | 2002 | Walter O. Siegl | Ford Motor R&D |
| 1985 | John McLean | Univ of Detroit | 2003 | Kevin L. Perry | Gen Mtrs R&D |
| 1986 | Richard Potts | U of M Dearborn | 2004 | Mark Benvenuto | Univ of DM |
| 1987 | Ken Henold | Univ of Detroit | 2005 | Charlene Hayden | Gen Mtrs. R&D |
| 1988 | Robin Hood | Wayne State Univ | 2006 | Mary Kay Heidtke | Magni Indusrties |
| 1989 | Ed Havlena | Detroit Edison R&D | 2007 |
Megan Klein |
Ash-Stevens, Inc |
| 1990 | Richard Blint | Gen Mtrs. R&D | 2008 | Hulya D. Ahmed | BASF |
| 1991 | Kurt Reimann | BASF | 2009 | ||
| 1991 | Ruth Reck | Gen Mtrs. R&D | 2010 | ||
| 1992 | Mark DeCamp | U of M Dearborn | 2011 | ||
| 1993 | Felix Schneider | USFDA | 2012 | ||
| 1994 | Joseph Holubka | Ford Motor R&D | 2013 |
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