Awards
CPA SOCIETY AWARDS
Making A Difference Award
This award is to recognize contributions made by a society member, in such areas as community service, education, or the CPA association. The award may recognize contributions in one or more of these three areas. More than one award may be presented in a given year. A recipients must be a CPA and a Society member. Nomination due by July 31.
Making a Difference Award Nomination
Award Recipients
2009 James G. Stewart
2011 Harris Widmer
2012 James Schmidt
2013 Rick Lee
2014 Gordy Smith
2017 Elise Siverson
2018 John Mongeon
2019 Michael Schmitz
2021 Clarence Sitter
2021 Michael Bakk
2022 Dianna Kindseth
2023 Tammy Gerszewski
Prior to 2009, three separate awards were available. Recipients are listed below:
Outstanding Educator
1990 Joan Houston
1991 Rod Medalen
1992 Dick King
1993 DuWayne Wacker
1995 Mary Loyland
1997 Carol Dobitz
1998 Mary Bader
1999 James Hansen
2000 Jay Wahlund
2001 Terry Knoepfle
2002 Boyd Binde
2005 Harold H. Wilde
2006 Art Hiltner
2007 George & Marlane Sanderson
1982 Charles E. Bailly
1983 Stan Hoistad
1984 Ludwik Kulas
1985 Shirley R. Martz
1987 Loyd Orser
1989 Harris Widmer
1991 Robert Spolum
1992 Lyle Johnson
1996 Frank Kadlec
1997 Wayne Bradley
1999 Stan Sandvik
2006 Mary Jo Richard
2003 Faye Miller
2004 Stan Sandvik
2005 Tom Ribb
2006 Nikki Schmaltz
2006 Dennis Fuhrman
2007 Rod Melby
2008 Terry Delaney
Lifetime Membership Award
This award recognizes long-standing Society participation. The recipient must be a CPA and retired (not employed full time, and 60 or older). Generally the award will be presented to a CPA who has been actively involved over a number of years. Nominations due May 15.
Lifetime Membership Award Nomination
Past Recipients
Gerald Conoboy, 1978
Harold Ikelman, 1978
RD Koppenhaver, 1979
Carl Person, 1979
Michael Zine, 1983
Oscar Hay, 1983
Rudoph Ludvigson, 1983
Erv Weber, 1985
Stan Hoistad, 1987
Baldwin Martz, 1988
Shirley Martz, 1988
Russell W. Anderson, 1988
Loyd Orser, 1989
Jim Blomquist, 1990
Dan Kratochvil, 1992
Paul Storsteen, 1992
Ben Hahn, 1993
Fred Mannes, 1993
Dale Boelz, 1995
Ludwick Kulas, 1995
Gordon Bartholomay, 1996
Robert J. Hoover, 1996
C. J. Whalen, 1999
Duane Loven, 2000
Chet Nelson, 2000
Rod Medalen, 2001
Rod Wilson, 2004
Lynn Wyum, 2004
Gary D. Hovdestad, 2005
Darold D. Rath, 2005
Don Bostrom, 2006
Terry McKenna, 2006
Jerry Olson, 2007
Robert Brostrom, 2009
Dominic St. Peter, 2009
Frank Kadlec, 2010
Gary L. Anderson, 2010
Paul Drees, 2011
Jim Stewart, 2011
Dave Riskey, 2012
Rod Melby, 2012
Warren Kitzan, 2012
Dennis Fuhrman, 2013
Tom Ribb, 2013
Jim M. Thompson, 2014
Jerry Strom, 2014
Lloyd Case, 2015
John Wall, 2015
Joan Houston, 2016
Gordy Smith, 2016
Nikki Schmaltz, 2017
Michael Bakk, 2018
Marvy Grueneich, 2019
Harold Wilde, 2019
Bill Weispfenning, 2020
Mary Jo Richard, 2021
Mike Bullinger, 2021
Terri Clark, 2022
Pete Hoistad, 2023
Harris Widmer, 2023
Rick Lee, 2024
Dianna Kindseth, 2024
Membership Milestones
The Society recognizes members at various membership milestones. Certificates are awarded for 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years of continuous membership.
CPA Exam Performance
These awards recognize strong results on the CPA Exam. The awards are to be presented to the 3 candidates with the highest composite Exam scores, provided they pass all four parts on their first attempt, within the 18 month conditioning period. To be eligible, an individual must be a North Dakota exam candidate, a graduate of a ND or border city college, and have completed the Exam during the last year prior to Convention (ending with the most recent April/May window).
