Service Awards
Chris Wooldridge Award
Chris Wooldridge was very active in the IOUG for many years, having held a number of volunteer positions, including Director of Conferences on the IOUG Board of Directors.
Chris was well known and liked in the industry, and well-connected in Oracle Corporation as a former employee. He worked for Oracle for many years and was on the team responsible
for delivery of Oracle on the IBM mainframe. His employee number (less than 20) speaks to his having been on board close to the beginning of the success story we all know as Oracle
Corporation. He was a warm human being, an avid skier/snowboarder, an accomplished pilot, with credentials allowing him cockpit jump-seat privileges on commercial jets in the United
States. When he passed away as the result of a mountain biking accident, the IOUG spoke with his family and founded the Chris Wooldridge Award which was first given out at the IOUG
Live! conference in Dallas in 1997.
The Chris Wooldridge Award winner is announced each year at the annual conference for outstanding service to the user group community from a volunteer. In order to be
nominated for the Chris Wooldridge Award, an individual must be a current volunteer for the IOUG who has been involved in the organization for at least two years. The award is intended
to recognize an individual who has donated a significant amount of time, energy and/or ideas to move the IOUG forward.
Winners:
2007:
Arun Kumar
2006: Peter Smith
2005: Ian Abramson
2004: Stan Yellot
2003: Tony Jedlinski
2002: Kelly Cox
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SELECT Journal Editor's Choice Award
The SELECT Journal Editor's Choice Award is given to a SELECT Journal editor each year at the annual conference for their excellence in a technical article in IOUG's
SELECT Journal.
Winners:
2007:
Jonathan Lewis
2006: John Kanagaraj
2005: Kirtikumar Deshpande
2004: Jeff Maresh
2003: Edward Kosciuszko
2002: Daniel Liu
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Ken Jacobs Award (previously the Oracle Contribution Award)
An Oracle Corporation employee is recognized each year at the conference for their outstanding dedication and service to the user group community on behalf of Oracle. In order
to be nominated for the Oracle Contribution Award, an individual must be a current Oracle employee. The award is intended to recognize a person who has positively affected the success of
the IOUG through their support of the organization.
Winners:
2007:
Shyam Varan Nath
2006: Mary Lou Dopart
2005: James Hobbs
2004: Ken Jacobs
2003: Mary Ann Zirelli
2002: Kate Kerner
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