The IEEE Region 5 awards for 2016 were announced at the April, 2017 Annual Meeting in Denver by Awards Chairman Diane Collier (d.b.collier@ieee.org ).  The awards were presented as follows:
Outstanding Large Section Award 2016 – IEEE Denver Section
Outstanding Small Section Award 2016 – No nominations
Outstanding Member Award 2016 – Steve Lien
Outstanding Engineering Educator Award 2016 – Jacquelyn Adams
Outstanding Large Student Branch Award 2016 – IEEE University of Houston
Outstanding Small Student Branch Award 2016 – IEEE St. Mary’s University
Outstanding Student Member Award 2016 – David Culbreth
Outstanding Student Branch Counselor Award 2016 – Lawrence A. Larson
Outstanding Large Company Award 2016 – Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
Outstanding Small Company Award 2016 – The Davis/Watts Group – Merrill Lynch Branch Office
Outstanding Young Professional Award 2016 – Cat Wong
Outstanding Individual Achievement Award 2016 – Chan Wong
Outstanding Individual Achievement Award 2016 – J. C. Chiao
Outstanding Individual Achievement Award 2016 – P. J. Donner
Outstanding Individual Achievement Award 2016 – Hema Ramaswamy
Outstanding Individual Achievement Award 2016 – Richard Gale

Congratulations to all these awardees for a job well done!