NAPM-OC Awards

NAPM-ORANGE COUNTY AWARDS

Herbert Cannon Award

Sara J. Arhlen Award

Roy How Scholarship Award

Herbert Cannon Award

Herbert Cannon was a past president of NAPM-Orange County and worked for the City of Orange. He was the first executive secretary and first editor of the Orange Empire Purchasing Manager, now our on-line Spotlight. He was a driving force on the NAPM committee which developed the current Certified Purchasing Manager program.

This award is presented annually to a NAPM-Orange County member in good standing who has shown constant support beyond reasonable expectations and unselfishly donated time and energy toward the betterment of the association. The candidate must have been in good standing for a minimum of five (5) years to be eligible for this award.

Year	Name
1980	Darrel R. Hogan, C.P.M.
1981	Ruth L. Barnard, C.P.M.
1983	Michael R. Adams
1984	Nadine V. Goodell
1985	John K. French
1986	Kevin Beidelman
1987	Mary Susan Hewitt
1988	Valerie Jordan
1989	DiAnna H. Cowles, C.P.M.
1990	Simone Friend
1991	Bobbie Ascarate, C.P.M.
1992	Myriam Diaz
1993	Merle Roberts, C.P.M.
1994	Michael Thomas, C.P.M.
1995	Timothy W. Kee, C.P.M.
1996	Christine E. Bozley
1997	Sara J. Arhlen, C.P.M.
1998	Carol S. Sigler
1999	Richard O. Arhlen
2000	Jane McComb, C.P.M.
2001	Stephen Bach, C.P.M.

Sara J. Arhlen Award

Sara J. Arhlen was the first woman president of NAPM-Orange County and also served as executive secretary for nine years. She worked in purchasing positions for the Fontana Unified School District and for the North Orange County Community College District. She has been active in NAPM at the local, district and national levels. In 1993 she received the NAPM President’s Award for her special contributions to the purchasing profession.

This award is presented annually to a committee chair in good standing who exhibits leadership development skills in management and direction of that committee. The candidate must currently hold a chair position or have been a chair in the previous two fiscal years. The person must have been a member of NAPM-Orange County for a minimum of three (3) years to be eligible for this award.

Year	Name
1991	Deborah A. Medina, C.P.M.
1992	Lorelei Alkire, C.P.M., CPIM
1993	Pat D. McLaughlin, C.P.M.
1994	Merle W. Roberts, C.P.M.
1995	Ron Yaffee, C.P.M.
1996	Carol S. Sigler, C.P.M.
1997	George Nagy, C.P.M.
1998	Art Harwood
1999	Beatrice Wiest, C.P.M.
2000	Jill Alvarez, C.P.M.
2001	Alta Cardiff, C.P.M.

Roy How Scholarship Award

This award was established in 1983 to honor Roy How, who was a past president of NAPM-Orange County and who worked for the City of Huntington Beach as its Purchasing Director. He had a keen interest in developing young people into positive contributors as purchasing professionals.

This award is presented to a student enrolled in an accredited educational institution. The student must have completed six (6) units of a Purchasing/Supply Management curriculum, and maintained a 2.5 grade point average, and declared his or her intent to complete the purchasing program.