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 2020 Lisa Ribacoff
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 2020 Mark Pszenny 2021 Benjamin Blalock
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 2020 Desiree Wuthenow 2021 Oksana Stevenson
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 2020 Ashley Alicea 2021 Joseph Stainback IV
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 Theodor 2020 Tuvya Amsel 2021 Michael Gougler
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 2020 Mark Handler 2021 The women and men both past and present of Lafayette Instrument Company
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 2020 George Baranowski (posthumously) 2021 Michael Gougler
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
APA Cornerstone Lifetime Achievement Award: This award is given from time to time and as determined by the APA Board of Directors (BOD) to an individual that the BOD has recognized as having made sustained and significant contributions to the APA, its members and the polygraph profession beyond normal performance expectations.
2021 Milton Skip Webb
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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