Stemmons Service Award

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Stemmons Service Award!

Congratulations to the 2024 Stemmons Service Award recipient, Steve Trese, and the Young Citizen Award recipient, Benjamin Hines!

Founded in 1976, the Stemmons Service Award is a peer-nominated and peer-voted honor presented to the NTCAR member who best exemplifies the highest professional standards of a commercial real estate broker. This award is conferred on the professional who has earned the respect of their peers and is an active and productive broker who successfully resolves the intricacies of bringing two parties together in a real estate transaction.

Award Cornerstones:

  • Reputation and integrity of character

  • Investment in and mentorship within the commercial real estate industry

  • Community involvement

  • Production level

This award is named for the Stemmons family in recognition of their outstanding leadership and many contributions to the growth of Dallas, their long-standing dedication to and support of NTCAR.

In addition, the Young Citizen Award recognizes a young professional who has distinguished themselves through industry involvement and community service as a rising leader in the brokerage industry.

Past Recipients

 

  • 1976 Jeff Y. Smith, SIOR (1945-2013)

    1977 Terry Darrow, SIOR (1948 - 2024)

    1978 Thomas E. Clarke, SIOR

    1979 J. Carrell (Buz) Franklin

    1980 M. Alan Hildreth, SIOR

    1981 Gary V. Lindsey, SIOR (1949-2023)

    1982 David Little, SIOR

    1983 David Gleeson, CRE, CCIM (1943-2023)

    1984 Jerry D. Fults, SIOR, CCIM (1937-2004)

    1985 Dan Arnold, SIOR, CCIM

    1986 Ken Wood, SIOR

    1987 Robert T. Edge, SIOR (1933-2015)

    1988 Jay W. Lorch, SIOR

    1989 Russell M. Chaney*

    *deceased

  • 1990 Chris G. Teesdale, SIOR

    1991 Eddie Liebman, CCIM

    1992 John H. Aldrich, SIOR

    1993 Thomas O. Pearson, SIOR

    1994 Kenneth M. Shulman

    1995 Jay R. Lucas, CCIM

    1996 Eric Langford, SIOR

    1997 Nick Nicholas, CRE, CCIM, MAI

    1998 Robert Grunnah, CCIM (deceased 2024)

    1999 Michael McAuley (1938-2006)

    2000 Susan Gwin Burks

    2001 Carey Cox, SIOR (1940-2002)

    2002 Brian O’Boyle

    2003 Jack Fraker, SIOR

    2004 Carl Ewert, SIOR, CRE

    2005 Michael Wyatt, SIOR (1962-2023)

    2006 Mike Friedman

    2007 Bill McClung, SIOR

    2008 Phil Baker, SIOR

    2009 Steve Lieberman

    2010 Darrell Hurmis

  • 2011 Manny Ybarra, CCIM

    2012 Susan Arledge, SIOR

    2013 Allen Gump, SIOR, CCIM

    2014 Kim Butler

    2015 Jack Gosnell

    2016 Steve Berger, SIOR

    2017 Bill Cox, SIOR

    2018 Scott Morse, SIOR, CCIM

    2019 Kathy Permenter

    2021 Mike Geisler

    2022 Greg Cannon

    2023 Lynn Dowdle

    2024 Steve Trese