Order of the Girdle/Order of the Filament

The “Order of the Filament” award is a prestigious award given to those educators who are dedicated to furthering the goals of CTEA through service to the organization and dedicated teaching.

Order of the Girdle

• 1959-60 Chris Christianson
• 1960-61 Sherwin Powell
• 1961-62 William Landon
• 1962-63 Dr. William Forkner
• 1963-64 Wes Ketchum & Rodney Phillips
• 1964-65 Max Lubbers
• 1965-66 Dr. William R. Erwin Jr.
• 1966-67 Dr. Gail J. Phares
• 1967-68 Tom Manion
• 1968-69 Dr. Rodney E. Anderson
• 1969-70 Dr. Bernard Dutton
• 1970-71 Steve W. Mindock
• 1971-72 James E. Brown
• 1972-73 Dennis Morimoto

• 1973-74 Alan A. Aagard
• 1974-75 Dr. Les Litherland
• 1975-76 Sal A. Troisi
• 1976-77 Gary L. Ruthven
• 1977-78 Lawrence E. Denton
• 1978-79 James P. Garner
• 1979-80 Dr. James O. Parnell
• 1980-81 O.E. Friesen
• 1981-82 Warren L. Foss
• 1982 Dr. David Parker
• 1982-83 UNC Industrial Arts Department
• 1983-84 Dr. Lee Carter
• 1984-85 Charles Tedrow
• 1985-86 Bruce C. Emery
• 1986-87 Bill Lehman
• 1987-88 Bob Dando
• 1988-89 Doug Bennetts
• 1989-90 Michael Ribelin
• 1990-91 Dr. Charles R. Tutor

Order of the Filament

• 1991-92 Kurt Scheidt
• 1992-93 Jill Parker
• 1993-94 Dave Culver
• 1994-95 Ernest Delgado
• 1995-96 Donn Reid
• 1996-97 Gene Gloeckner
• 1997-98 Jerry Busick
• 1998-99 Joe Jakopic
• 1999-00 David McMullen
• 2000-01 Larry Grimes
• 2001-02 Pamela Wilkins
• 2002-03 Steve Jaouen
• 2003-04 Robert Steketee
• 2004-05 Anne Butterworth
• 2005-06 Colt Martinez
• 2006-07 Scott Aurand
• 2007-08 Dr. Nathan Balasubramanian
• 2008-09 Len Scrogan
• 2009-10 Casey Wood