Gordon Dixon Award

The Gordon Dixon Award recognizes a VAPDC commissioner or executive director who has provided leadership and made outstanding contributions to promoting the concept of regionalism in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The award is presented at the VAPDC Summer Conference.

For more information and to obtain a nomination form contact Joyce French, Southside Planning District Commission, lcmc@spdc.state.va.us.

Past Recipients

1990               Hirst Sutton

1991               Bruce K. Robinette

1993               John P. Kidd

1994               John Mattice

1995               David W. Rundgren

1996               Lee B. Eddy

1998               Andrew Chafin

1999               Robert F. (Dick) Brake

2002               Arthur Collins

2003               Robert M. deVoursney

2004               Tom Taylor

2006               William H. Strider

2007               Wanda (Wendy) C. Wingo

 

Robert W. Baker Achievement Award

The Robert W. Baker Achievement Award recognizes persons who have been directly involved in planning district commission activities and who have contributed significantly to promoting regional planning and development in Virginia.

For more information and to obtain a nomination form contact Joyce French, Southside Planning District Commission, lcmc@spdc.state.va.us.

Past Recipients

1980               William C. Knott

1981                Stanley S. Kidwell

1983               Robert F. Foeller

1986               A. Linwood Holton

1987                Lewis W. Parker

1988               Gordon N. Dixon

1989               Richard Thomas

                       William W. Hibbert III

1990               W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr.

1991                J. Aubrey Houghton

1992               W.D. (Berry) Gray

1993               John G. Milliken

1994               Neal J. Barber

1995               Rob R. Blackmore

1996               Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.

1997                James N. Pickford

1998               Neal Menkes

1999               Robert Vaughn

2000              Joe Morgan

2002               Waller P. Jones

2003               Joe C. Satterfield

                       John D. Jenkins

2004               Senator William C. Wampler, Jr.

2006               Temple L. Kessinger, Jr.

2007               R. Steven Landes

 

Other Recognitions

§         Outstanding Leadership Awards: 2003, Malfourd W. “Bo” Trumbo and Robert S. Bloxom

§         Regional Leadership Award: 2007, Robert P. Anderson