IA Awards Program

Crawford Reid Memorial Award

Named for Canadian Crawford Reid, the second president of the Irrigation Association, this award honors individuals who have significantly advanced both the irrigation industry and proper irrigation techniques and procedures outside of the United States. 

2008

Karen Hounsome

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Hounsome has been a leading voice in the Canadian irrigation industry throughout her entire career. She has developed curriculum for efficient irrigation workshops, contractor education programs and controller workshops. Hounsome is an instructor for the Irrigation Industry Association of British Columbia’s Certified Irrigation Technician program, and an active participant in IIABC and the Western Canadian Turfgrass Association.

2005

Ronald Gilbert
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

2004

Jack Buzzard
Glendora, California

2003

Gary Underhill
Aliso Viejo, California

2002

Denis Baudequin and Bruno Molle
Aix-en-Provence, France

2000

Ted Van der Gulik
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

1999

Jean Piaget
Uniedal, Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa

1998

Musa Nimah
Beirut, Lebanon

1997

Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain
Jaigaon, India

1996

M. Abu-Zeid
Cairo, Egypt

1994

Marinus Gijsberthus Box
Wageningen, The Netherlands

1993

Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Aziz Alsheikh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

1992

Melvyn Kay
Bedford, England

1991

Len Ring
Raymond, Alberta, Canada

1990

Luis Santos Pereira
Lisbon, Portugal

1989

Jan Feyen
Leuven Heverlee, Belgium

1988

Robert Williams-Freeman
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

1987

Terence D. Heiler
Canterbury, New Zealand

1986

James S. Coulthart
Sidney, Australia

1983

Robert S. Tait
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1979

Francisco J. Jimeno
Mexico City, Mexico