STC Awards and Honors
Intercom is pleased to honor and highlight all individual and community awards in a special section of the same issue. The members, chapters, and SIGS listed on these pages are the best and brightest our Society has to offer. They are at the forefront of our great profession, and we congratulate all of them on their success.
Please watch the STC website in the coming months for announcements on next year’s awards and honors and how you can nominate yourself or a deserving colleague in 2014.
Introducing the New STC Fellows and Associate Fellows
STC is pleased to announce that 18 distinguished members have been named Fellows and Associate Fellows of the Society. They will be recognized at the Honors Banquet at the 2014 STC Summit in Phoenix, AZ.
STC awards the rank of Associate Fellow to Senior Members who have attained distinction in the field of technical communication.
The rank of STC Fellow is conferred upon Associate Fellows who have attained such eminence in the field of technical communication that the Board deems them worthy of being singled out as one of the select few who have distinguished the Society and the profession.
All Summit attendees are welcome to attend the Honors Banquet; please purchase your ticket when you register for the conference. A limited number of tickets will be available for sale onsite.
Congratulations to all the honorees, listed below with the preliminary citation. And thank you to both the Fellows Committee (Cindy Currie-Clifford, Larry Kunz, and Linda Oestreich) and the Associate Fellows Committee (Linda Oestreich, Deirdre (De) Murr, Brian Lindgren, Carolyn Watt, and Michael Markley).
Associate Fellows
Beth Agnew
For a lifetime of continued dedication to technical communication as an ongoing learner, professor, and advocate, and for passionate promotion of both the profession and the practice.
Robert Rhyne Armstrong
For your pioneering work in the education of social media and social networking and the giving of your time and expertise to all levels of the technical communication communities and for your exemplary work in the student community.
Maria Antonieta Flores
For courage and persistence in your commitment to learning and exploring new technologies, and for your generously sharing your leadership, knowledge, and skills with the Berkeley Chapter, your STC colleagues, your coworkers, and your community.
Susan M. Haire
For generously sharing your expertise and inspiring technical communication learners and practitioners, for building bridges to their clients, and for your enduring commitment and contribution to the Manitoba Chapter and Society.
Mark Lewis
For your passionate contributions to the evolution of DITA and content management technologies, and for your generosity in sharing this with others without reservation within the Society and the profession.
Mike Murray
For clarity of vision, strength of purpose, power of communication, and creativity in leadership that has gracefully guided and deeply enriched the profession, the Society, the Central Florida community, and all who call him friend.
Cynthia Pao
For your dedicated service to STC at all levels and for advancing the technical communication profession by bringing the academic and industry communities together to motivate and engage their members.
Paula Robertson
For your continuous and passionate contributions of clear, concise, and accurate textual and visual information that satisfies the end user at the point of need.
Tricia Spayer
For your continuous promotion of the profession of technical communication, outstanding leadership and mentoring in the field, and engaging and effective presentations to audiences across disciplines.
Andrea J. Wenger
For your passionate commitment to clear and effective communication, promoting harmonious workplace relationships, and helping others on their path to professional development, and for dedicated service to STC and its communities.
Fellows
Donn R. DeBoard
For generous and sustained service to the Philadelphia Metro Chapter as speaker, mentor, and chapter leader; for innovation and inspiration in designing and creating customer-centered software documentation.
Joseph J. Devney
For dedication and commitment to STC at both the community and Society levels, and for consistent advancement of technical communication through knowledge sharing.
Leah Guren
For strong dedication and commitment to STC at all levels and to the profession of technical communication and its practitioners through myriad presentations and training events, and for advocating for global awareness within the Society.
Rebecca C. Hall
For excellence in designing and writing documentation that focuses on serving the customer, for guiding and inspiring colleagues, and for consistently setting a high standard of professionalism.
Robert B. Hanna
For dedication and commitment to STC, and for advancement of technical communication through structured authoring and single-source publishing.
Chris Hester
For generous and sustained service to the Chicago Chapter as a mentor and chapter leader, for dedication to the Technical Communication Summit through conference and program committee service, and for leadership in the technical communication and content strategy communities.
Paul Mueller
For exemplary dedication to the profession of technical communication, for leading successful project teams in a variety of disciplines, and for effective, visionary leadership that has enriched the STC Summit.
Kirk St.Amant
For academic research in the field of technical communication focused on the role information technology plays in globalizing best practices in technical communication and publishing extensively on your findings, and for bringing together members of different professional societies to foster inter-organizational collaboration.
