Robert J. Horne, Jr. CHIPs Award
The Robert J. Horne, Jr. “CHIPs” Award is presented annually by the Northeastern Young Lumber Execs to an individual who has been instrumental in promoting the professional and/or personal development of young people in the lumber and building material industry. The Board of Directors is responsible for selecting the recipient.
Tony Shepley, Shepley Wood Products
2019 Robert J. Horne, Jr., CHIPs Recipient
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Past CHIPs Recipients 1993-2018
2018 Lang Durfee, Bethel Mills, Inc.
2017 Bob Keiver, Keiver-Willard Lumber Corp.
2016 Barry Russin, Russin Lumber Corp.
2015 Jon Hallgren, Curtis Lumber Company
2014 Robert Vasquezi, Boston Cedar
2013 Timothy Lyons, BROSCO
2012 David Gluck, Northeastern Retail Lumber Association
2011 Scott Norrie, Howe Lumber Company
2010 Jack Connors, Brockway-Smith
2009 Brad Campbell, A. Boilard Sons Inc.
2008 Joseph Burgoyne III, Ideal Concrete Block,
2007 Scott Robert Vasquezi (posthumously), Boston Cedar
2006 Charles F. Smith, Brockway-Smith Co.
2005 Alfred J. Torrisi, Jackson Lumber & Millwork
2004 Joseph W. Cusack, Boston Cedar & Millwork
2003 Carl Martin III, Martin Millwork, Inc.,
2002 Robert J. Horne, Jr., BB&S Treated Lumber of NE,
2001 John Brill, Northeastern Retail Lumber Association
2000 Arthur P. Arnold, Jr., Arnold Lumber Co.
1999 Calvin Moore, G.V. Moore Lumber Co., Inc.
1998 K. David Hancock (posthumously), Hancock Lumber Co.
1997 Stacey Brescia-Spreer, Innovative Designs
1996 Harry H. Taylor, Jr., H.H. Taylor & Son, Inc.
1995 Douglas B. Bohannon, Mid-Cape Home Centers
1994 Robert K. Curtis, Saratoga Lumber Traders, Inc.
1993 Donna M. Nickerson