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Gene Wilhoite Innovations in Transmission Line
Engineering Award

The Award:
The award was approved in 1990 to honor Gene M. Wilhoite for his commitments to the electrical transmission industry, his efforts to further the design of transmission line structures, and his exemplary ethical and professional standards. The award was funded by friends and associates of Gene.

The award is given to an individual for significant contribution to the advancement of the arts and science of transmission line engineering.

The award consists of a plaque presented at the annual SEI Structures Congress.

Criteria:

The award is made annually to a member of the Society who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of the arts and science of transmission line engineering. The individual shall also be an active participant in the various levels of the committee responsibilities, including national technical activities.
The nomination for the award is made by the SEI Technical Activities Division (TAD) Electrical Transmission Structures Subcommittee on the Gene Wilhoite Award, which recommends the recipient, if any, to the SEI TAD Awards Committee for approval. The SEI TAD Awards Committee forwards the nomination to the SEI TAD Executive Committee for final action.

Nomination Timing:
Six copies of each nomination should reach the SEI Reston Office by November 1.

Past Winners:
Previous Recipients of the Gene Wilhoite Innovations in Transmission Line Engineering Award:

1991 Gene Wilhoite
1992 Edwin Gaylord
1993 Anthony DiGioia
1994 Jacob M. Kramer
1995 Richard Kravitz
1997 Alain Peyrot
1999 Clayton Clem
2001 Leon Kempner, Jr.
2003 H. Brian White
2004 C. Jerry Wong
2005 Dan E. Jackman
2006 Fred H. Kulhawy
2007 Robert E. Nickerson
2008 Ronald Randle
2009 John D. Mozer
2010 Wesley J. Oliphant