 |
The ALA Pillar of the Industry award was established in 2000 to recognize exceptional contributions that have advanced the programs and interests of the lighting industry and the ALA over the past 12 to 18 months. It is presented to representatives from three member categories: manufacturer, showroom and manufacturer's representative.
2007 Pillar of the Industry Award Winners
Michael O'Boyle, Monty Gilbertson, & Lars Bostrom
2007 Pillar of the Industry Award recipients are Michael O’Boyle; Monty Gilbertson, CLC; and Lars Bostrom, CLMR. |
|
Michael S. O'Boyle, LC, Manager of Codes, Standards & Laboratories for Lightolier, a Genlyte Company, in Fall River, Mass., received the manufacturer award. O'Boyle has served many years on the ALA Engineering Technical Committee, which he currently co-chairs. He is also an ALA representative and voting member on the National Fire Protection Association's panel for National Electrical Code that determines lighting requirements, as well as an ALA representative on the Multi-Industry Task Force chaired by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to study The Aging of Electrical Systems/Products with the National Fire Protection Association.
O'Boyle and his wife, Kathy, have two children, Michael and Colleen, and live in Dartmouth, Mass.
Monty J. Gilbertson, CLC, manager of Lighting Design by Wettstein's in La Crosse, Wis., received the showroom award. A member of the ALA Certification Committee since 1998, Gilbertson has dedicated many hours to the ALA's educational programs, including the tireless grading of all of the Certified Lighting Consultant (CLC) blueprint tests since 2000.
Gilbertson was the first Certified Lighting Consultant in the state of Wisconsin and has been an industry leader in putting his staff through the ALA's educational programs, helping Lighting Design by Wettstein's win the ALA Excellence in Education award in 2000.
Gilbertson and his wife, Lois, live in Stoddard, Wis. Their son, Matt, resides in Denver.
Lars E. Bostrom, LS, CLMR, President of Bostrom Lighting Sales of Raleigh, N.C., received the manufacturer's representative award. A member of the ALA's Board of Governors, Bostrom has been especially active in the trade association's growing government affairs efforts. He has earned the Lighting Specialist (LS) certification from the ALA's educational program and was one of the first ALA members to earn the ALA's Certified Lighting Manufacturers' Representative (CLMR) designation.
Bostrom and his wife, Kathy, have two sons, Eddie and Creighton, and two granddaughters, Erin and Devon.
Past Pillar of the Industry Award Winners
2006
|
Tom A. Garber
Director of Engineering
Quoizel, Inc.,
Goose Creek, S.C. |
Beverlee S. Griffin, CLC, CLMR
Principle
Deitch-Griffin & Associates
Auburndale, Fla. |
Dean A. Gottesman
President
Royalite Lighting
Amherst, N.Y. |
| |
2005
|
Paul W. Eusterbrock
President
Holtkoetter International
South St. Paul, Minn. |
Paul Levitt
President
P.D. Levitt & Associates
Nanuet, N.Y. |
M. Thomas Early
President
Burgess Lighting
Forestville, Md. |
| |
2004
|
Howard S. Bernstein
Vice President
Artcraft
Champlain, N.Y. |
Jack D. Fleischer, CLC
President
Hermitage Lighting Gallery
Nashville, Tenn. |
David M. Stark
President
Lighting Concepts International
Scottsdale, Ariz. |
| |
2003
|
Fred C. Fennell, CLMR
Owner
Fennell Marketing & Sales, Ltd.
Barrie, Ont., Canada |
Barry Minoff
Chairman
Kichler
Cleveland, Ohio |
Carolyn G. Overman
Owner
Western Montana Lighting
Missoula, Mont. |
| |
2002
|
John F. McKiernan
Vice Chairman
Lutron Electronics Company, Inc.
Coopersburg, Pa. |
Linda M. Pavletich, LS
President
Premier Lighting
Bakersfield, Calif. |
Scott Zanger
Chief Executive Officer (retired)
Zanger Associates, Inc.
Eldersburg, Md. |
| |
2001
|
David R. deSteiger
President
Ray Lighting Centers
Sterling Heights, Mich. |
Todd L. Langner
President
Hunter Lighting Group/Kenroy Lighting
Jacksonville, Fla. |
Tom M. Underwood, IES, CLMR
National Sales Manager
Fanimation
Zionsville, Ind. |
| |
2000
|
Stan J. Angelo
Chairman
Westinghouse Lighting Group
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Harold J. Baumritter
President
Radin Lighting Sales, Inc.
Lake Worth, Fla. |
Clark R. Linstone
Chief Financial Officer
Lamps Plus
Chatsworth, Calif. |
| |
1999
|
Zia Eftekhar
President
Lightolier a Genlyte Company
Fall River, Mass. |
Philip S. Hoefer
Partner
Hoefer/Funsinn Lighting Agency
Lake Oswego, Ore. |
Bruce A. Robinson
President
Robinson Lighting
Winnipeg, Man., Canada |
|
|
