Past Honorees

 1952: Houston Krump - Odessa Chamber of Commerce

1954: Jerry Debenport - Odessa Chamber of Commerce

1956: Dr. Emmitt Headlee - Odessa

1958: E.G. Rodman and W.D. Noel- Odessa Rodman Noel Oil Company 

1960: J.P. “Bum” Gibbins - J.P. “Bum” Gibbins Company

1962:G.T. Abell - Abell-Independent Operator - Midland

George Bentley - Bentley-George Bentley Construction Co.-Monahans

1964: 
E.L. Decker - Long Beach, CA – President of Martin-Decker Company

M.E. “Monty” Montrose – Houston, TX – Sr. V.P. & Director of Hughes Tool Co & President, Oil Tool Division.

R.H. “Bob” Etnyre – Houston, TX – General Manager of National Supply Division Armco Steel Corporation.

Herbert Allen - Houston, TX – V.P. & General Manager of Cameron Iron Works, Inc.

Davis D. Bovaird - Tulsa, OK – Ch. of the Board., Bovaird Supply Co.

William J Gillingham - Houston, TX – President of Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation           

Andrew W. Rose - Los Angeles, CA – President of Byron Jackson Div of the Borg-Warner Corporation

1966:  Robert O. Anderson – Ch. of the Board and Chief Exec Officer, Atlantic Richfield Company

1968:  Ted R. Aude – President of Service Pipe Line Company

1970:  W.W. Keeler - Ch. of the Board and Chief Exec. Officer – Phillips Petroleum Co.

1972:  Paul Kayser - Founder of El Paso Natural Gas Co. and Director of El Paso Natural Gas Products.

1974:  Leonard Leon – Executive Vice President of Halliburton Services-Duncan, OK

1976:  Robert L. Parker – President of Parker Drilling Company-Tulsa, OK 

1978:  Frank N. Ikard – President of American Petroleum Institute-Washington, D.C.

1980:  A.H. Massad – Mobil Oil Company

1982:  Mack Wallace – RR Commissioner of Texas

1984:  Bill Clements – Governor of Texas

1986:  Jay Alvey – Executive Director of the Permian Basin International Oil Show

1988:  Harry Keegan – President of Union Oil of California

1990:  PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION (PESA) represented by their Current President Gary D. Nicholson – President & CEO of LTV Energy Products

1992:  R.E. (Ray) Galvin – President of Chevron U.S.A. Production Company & Vice President of Chevron Corporation. 

1994:  Paul N. “Red” Adair – Adair Enterprises, Inc.

1996:  Frank M. Pool – Founder of Pool Well Service.

1998:  John Cox – Independent Oil Man

2000:  Happy Dyer – Chairman of Odessa Savings & Loan and General Manager of Abell-McHargue Lumber Company.

2002:  Clayton Williams – Clayton Williams Energy, Inc

2004:  Dave Fitzgerald – Slough Equipment Company, Inc. and Fitzgerald Electric Supply.

2006:  Cloyce A. Talbott – Chief Executive Officer of Patterson-UTI Energy. President & Co-Owner of Snyder Well Servicing, Inc.

2008:  William B. “Dubb” Duff – President & Co-Founder of O-D Rentals- Odessa, TX

2010:  Jack E. Brown and Cy Wagner, Jr. – Wagner & Brown, Ltd.

2012:  Mr. Charles Perry - Perry Management, Midland, TX

2014:  Jim Henry - Henry Petroleum

2016:  Richard Gillham - J.H. Marks Trucking / Marks Crane & Rigging Co.

2018:  Tim Leach - Chairman of the Board and CEO Concho Resources

2023:  Charles Richard “Dick” Sivalls -