APA Awards and Recipients
Please read the American Polygraph Association Award Nomination form for details regarding the rules and submittal requirements for award nominations. Click HERE to download the nomination form.
See below for a list of awards and past recipients.
AL & DOROTHEA CLINCHARD AWARD Honoring extended, distinguished, devoted and unselfish service on behalf of the APA membership. 1988 Robbie S. Bennett 1989 Charles L. Pedersen 1990 Lynn P. Marcy 1991 William J. Scheve, Jr. 1992 Albert D. Snyder 1993 Frank Horvath, Ph.D 1994 Steven K. Bartlett 1995 Lawrence Wasser 1996 Richard L. Putnam 1997 David L. Motsinger 1998 Daniel E. Sosnowski 1999 Gale D. Ahern 2000 Joseph A. Kenny 2001 Keith Gaines 2002 Leonard Harrelson 2003 Elmer N. Criswell, Jr. 2004 Richard L. Putnam 2005 Sylvia B. Gage, Ph.D 2006 Sydney W. Arias 2007 Tom Ezell 2008 Manuel Novoa 2009 Charles Daniels
2010 Milton O. (Skip) Webb, Jr.
2011 Gordon L. Vaughan, Esq.
2012 Roy Ortiz
2013 Vickie T. Murphy-Carr
2014 Michael Lynch
2015 Rodolfo Prado
2016 Nigel Lange
2018 Lawson Hagler
ALEC E. GREENE AWARD 1970 C.B. "Chick" Hanscon 1973 J. Kirk Barefoot 1975 Robert A. Brisentine, Jr. 1976 Norman Ansley 1977 John E. Reid 1978 Ronald E. Decker 1979 Cleve Backster 1980 A. E. Clinchard 1981 David Devine 1982 William L. Bennett
CLEVE BACKSTER AWARD Honoring an individual or group that advances the polygraph profession through tireless dedication to standardization of polygraph principles and practices (January 28, 2006) 2006 American Association of Police Polygraphists (AAPP) 2007 Richard Keifer 2008 Christopher L. Fausett 2009 Gary D. Light
2010 Michael C. Gougler
2011 Raymond I. Nelson
2013 David Raskin
2014 Mark Handler
2015 Stuart M. Senter
2016 Jason Lim
2017 Ana Von Schmeling
2018 Chip Morgan
2019 Mark Smith WILLIAM L. and ROBBIE S. BENNETT MEMORIAL AWARD Honoring unrelenting efforts and display of ability in the interest of the American Polygraph Association: 1985 Eric J. Holden/William J. Scheve, Jr. 1986 Albert D. Snyder 1987 Charles L. Pedersen 1988 Al & Dorothea Clinchard 1989 Timothy L. Schroeder 1990 David Devine 1991 Michael H. Capps 1991 Robbie S. Bennett 1993 Steven K. Bartlett 1994 Donald A. Weinstein 1995 John R. Schwartz 1996 David L. Motsinger 1997 Vickie T. Murphy 1998 Donnie W. Dutton 1999 Richard E, Widup, Jr 2000 Milton O. Webb, Jr. 2001 Jimmy Morris 2002 T. V. O’Malley 2003 Lawrence Wasser 2004 Emanuel Bauman 2005 Charles E. Slupski 2006 Stuart M. Senter 2007 Esther M. Harwell 2008 Jimmy Swinford 2009 John R. Schwartz
2010 Melanie Javens
2011 Marty Z. Oelrich
2012 Chad Russell
2013 Gert Els
2014 Sue Luttrell
2015 William “Bill” Gillespie
2016 Jean Galianos
2017 David Ehrmann
2018 David Willoughby DAVID L. MOTSINGER AWARD 1998 Michael Smith 1999 Jonathan Thacher 2000 Leonard H. Harrelson 2001 Keith Hedges 2002 Christopher L. Fausett 2003 Donald L. Weinstein 2004 Tuvia Shurani 2005 Raymond E. Lee DAVID L. MOTSINGER HORIZON AWARD In recognition of a new shining star in the profession or association who early in their career demonstrates loyalty, professionalism and dedication to the polygraph profession (less than 10 years) (January 28, 2006) 2006 James McCloughan 2007 Barry Cushman 2008 Mark Handler 2009 Rebecca A. Ritchie
2010 Pamela K. Shaw
2011 Walt Goodson
2012 Joseph L. Thomas, III
2013 David Van Wyngaard
2014 Jennifer Tooker
2015 Marcin Golaszewski
2016 Said Khamzin
2017 Katie Leggett
2018 James Streifel
2019 Erika Thiel
J.J. HEGER AWARD 1979 Ronald E. Decker 1980 Wayne M. Boysen 1981 A. E. Clinchard 1982 Lynn P. Marcy 1983 William L. Bennett 1984 Shirley H. Sturn 1985 Davud Devine 1986 Lawrence W. Talley 1987 Michael H. Capps 1988 Charles L. "Pete" Pedersen 1989 Joseph P. Buckley 1990 John R. Schwartz 1991 Richard L. Putnam 1992 Norman Ansley 1993 Vickie T. Murphy 1994 Michael B. Lynch 1995 Donald A. Weinstein 1996 Lawrence Wasser 1997 James A. Johnson, Jr. 1999 G. Jeffrey Johnson 2000 Michael Gougler 2001 Donald Krapohl 2002 Robert C. Heard 2003 David Knefelkamp 2004 Ricky G. Rodgers 2005 T.V. O'Malley JOHN E. REID AWARD For distinguished achievements in polygraph research, teaching or writing. The past recipients of this award being: 1983 Norman Ansley 1984 Frank Horvath 1985 J. Kirk Barefoot 1986 Frank Horvath 1987 Joseph P. Buckley 1988 Shirley H. Sturm 1989 William J. Yankee 1990 Stanley Abrams 1991 DOD Polygraph Institute 1992 Michael H. Capps 1993 Donald A. Weinstein 1994 Dale E. Olsen/John C. Harris 1995 Sylvia B. Gage/Eric J. Holden 1996 Robert P. Cole 1997 James A. Matte 1998 Gordon H. Barland 1999 Gordon W. Moore
2000 Donald J. Krapohl
2001 Bruce White
2002 Richard O. Arther
2003 Cleve Backster
2004 Ronald E. Decker
2005 Gordon H. Barland
2006 Donald J. Krapohl
2007 Billy H. Thompson
2008 Stuart M. Senter 2009 University of Utah Polygraph Research Group: Ronald A. Craig; Charles R. Honts; Steven W. Horowitz; John C. Kircher; John A. Podlesney; David C. Raskin and Louis I. Rovner
2010 Jamie Brown
2011 Cleve Backster 2012 James Wygant 2013 Stanley M. Slowik 2014 Don Grubin
2015 Steve Duncan
2016 Luz del Carmen Diaz Galindo
2017 Benjamin Blalock
2018 Tom Kelly
2019 Steve Theodore LEONARDE KEELER AWARD For long and distinguished service to the Polygraph Profession. 1983 A. E. Clinchard 1984 Raymond J. Weir, Jr. 1985 Eric J. Holden 1986 Norman Ansley 1987 Lynn P. Marcy 1988 Ronald E. Decker 1989 Robert A. Brisentine, Jr. 1990 Walter F. Atwood 1991 Edward L. Sneed 1992 Eric J. Holden 1993 James A. Lucas 1994 Robbie S. Bennett 1995 William J. Yankee 1996 David P. Bethea 1997 Cleve Backster 1998 Edward I. Gelb 1999 Lawrence Wasser 2000 William Teigen 2001 Robert G. Lundell 2002 Daniel Sosnowski 2003 Leonard Harrelson 2004 Michael Gougler 2005 Elmer N. Criswell, Jr. 2006 John R. Schwartz 2007 William “Buddy” Sentner 2008 Steven D. Duncan 2009 Raymond I. Nelson
2010 Esther M. Harwell
2011 Antonio V. Suarez-Barrio
2012 Vickie T. Murphy-Carr
2013 Frank Horvath
2014 Gordon Barland
2015 Donald J. Krapohl
2016 Milton O. "Skip" Webb
2017 Craig Springer
2018 Shlomo Bruck
2019 Mordi Gazit PRESIDENT’S AWARD 1978 A.E. Clinchard 1979 David Devine 1980 Lynn P. Marcy 1981 Charles Marino 1982 Edward I. Gelb 1983 Eric J. Holden 1984 A. E. Clinchard 1985 William L. Bennett/Robbie S. Bennett 1986 Edward I. Gelb 1987 Eric J. Holden 1988 Sylvia B. Gage 1989 Hugh E. Jones 1990 Robert A. Brisentine, Jr. 1991 Robert A. Brisentine, Jr./ Robbie S. Bennett 1992 Norman Ansley 1993 William J. Scheve, Jr. 1994 Richard L. Putnam 1995 David L. Motsinger 1996 Donald A. Weinstein 1997 Robert M. Manners 1998 Gordon L. Vaughan 1999 Donald Krapohl and Vickie T. Murphy 2000 Donnie W. Dutton and Robert A. Brisentine, Jr. 2001 Michael L. Smith 2002 Kay Logan (Lafayette Instrument Company) and T.V. O'Malley 2003 Donald Weinstein 2004 Milton "Skip" Webb 2005 Vickie T. Murphy and T.V. O'Malley 2006 Michael Gougler 2007 Lawrence Wasser 2008 Roy Ortiz 2010 Marty Z. Oelrich and V. Cholan Kopparumsolan
2011 Robbie S. Bennett and Lisa Jacocks
2012 Donald J. Krapohl
2013 Gordon L. Vaughan
2014 Lisa Jacocks
2015 Walt Goodson and Mark Handler
2016 James B. McCloughan
2017 Barry Cushman
2018 Donnie Dutton & Lisa Jacocks
2019 Gordon Vaughan and Mark Handler RECIPIENTS OF SPECIAL APA AWARDS 1994 Maryland Institute of Criminal Justice / U.S. Postal Inspection Service 1995 U. S. Postal Inspection Service 1996 Randall S. Reynolds 1998 Norman Ansley, Editor in Chief, 1972-1998
Lifetime Achievement Award: 2008 Norman Ansley Posthumous - Special Act Award in Honor of Service: 2008 Donald Pettit William J. Yankee Memorial Scholarship (with instrument donated by Limestone): 2008 Scott Howell 2010 Michal Widacki 2012 Craig Stotts 2013 Steven D. Feldman
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