HOME ABOUT TEAM PORTFOLIO CONTACT US Beasley Awards Beasley Awards Background The Beasley Award is given each year to an outstanding manager of one or more of the companies with which Wingate is involved. The award is given in honor of Howard Beasley, who was an Advisory Board Director for Wingate and who died of Lymphoma in 1990. The individual recipients of this award are chosen based on criteria which Howard himself looked for in his managers during a twenty-year career as head of two major corporations: Demonstrated leadership Tenacity in dealing with challenging issues Creativity in solving “impossible” problems Courage in confronting challenges Integrity and tough-mindedness Ability to focus on long-term objectives Recipients have included a range of positions: Regional Sales Manager Customer Service Manager Chief Financial Officer Director of Purchasing Manager of Safety Plant Manager Each recipient of the Beasley Award is recognized at the Wingate Annual Meeting, and the General Partners of Wingate make a donation to the school or charity of the recipient’s choice. The General Partners have made donations of almost $300,000 in honor of the Beasley Award recipients. About William Howard Beasley III William Howard Beasley III, formerly chairman and chief executive officer of Lone Star Technologies, Inc., was born on October 1, 1946, in Dallas, Texas. After graduating from Highland Park High School in 1964, he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and english from Duke University in 1968 and continued his education at The University of Texas at Austin, receiving a master’s in accounting and a doctorate in finance and law. Upon graduation from the University of Texas at Austin with a Ph.D. in 1971, Dr. Beasley served as assistant to U.S. Treasury Secretaries John Connally, George Shultz, and William Simon and to Deputy Treasury Secretary Charls Walker. In 1973, while serving as special assistant to Tresury Secretary Shultz, he led a blue-ribbon panel that directed the resolution of the Penn Central Railroad and Lockheed financial crises. Dr. Beasley also served for two years as director of the Republican staff for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Dr. Beasley left the government sector in 1975 to become special assistant to Ben Heineman, head of Chicago based Northwest Industries, a $2.5 billion diversified manufacturing and service company. Three years later, he became vice-chairman of Velsicol Chemical Corporation, one of Northwest’s major operating subsidiaries. In 1980, Dr. Beasely was named president and chief operating officer. The following year, Dr. Beasley led a spin-off of Lone Star Steel (LSS) from Northwest Industries, and became chairman and chief executive officer of LSS’s parent, Lone Star Technologies, Inc., a post he held until illness forced his retirement in 1989. A trustee of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and a member of the board of trustees for Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Beasley was also a director of Wingate Partners, Centel Corporation, The Acorn Fund, and Aon Corporation. Additionally, he was chairman of the advisory board for the Center of Corporate Economics and Strategy at Duke University and served on the advisory council for the College and Graduate School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. In 1984, The University of Texas at Austin presented Dr. Beasley with two awards: Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award and, from the College of Business Administration, the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Beasley was featured in Business Week in 1985 as a business leader whose achievements had a significant impact on the economy and conduct of American business. The 1985 Register of America’s New Leadership Class, published by Esquire, also featured him as one of the top seventeen leaders in business and industry. William Howard Beasley III died of lymphoma-related pneumonia on November 1, 1990. His legacy includes a life that demonstrated the highest standards of personal integrity, academic accomplishment, and public service. Recipients Year Company Name 2017 MPI David Crisp 2016 Dunn Paper MPI Preferred Compounding Brent Earnshaw Jim Hann Ken Bloom 2015 Dunn Paper Preferred Compounding Wade Kemnitz Jody Taylor 2014 Dunn Paper Preferred Compounding Greg Howe Scott Lieberman 2013 Sunrise Oilfield Supply Nekoosa Holdings Mike Campbell Timothy Reimer 2012 Preferred Compounding Western Marketing Joseph Hudson David St. Jean 2011 Dunn Paper Industrial Container Services Rick Voss Calvin Lee 2010 Industrial Container Services Sunrise Oilfield Michelle Witherspoon Jeffrey Bloomer 2009 Corrpro Companies Cal Pacific Specialty Foods S&N Communications Robert Mayer Brenda Tsuda Debbie Scott 2008 S&N Communications Industrial Container Services Corrpro Companies Premier Retail Interiors National Print Group Dennis Allred Dan Bartley Todd Brabson Karen Kentrell Tim Nevels 2007 S&N Communications Corrpro Companies Industrial Container Services National Print Group Sidney Tolley Ronald Ginther Abeer Haddad Mike Anderson 2006 Industrial Container Services Corrpro Companies Adalberto Viramontes Spencer Turpin 2005 ENSR Corrpro Companies Kathleen Anderson Randy Galisky 2004 AmerCable ENSR David Fox Robert Sanz 2003 National Spirit Group ENSR AmerCable S&N Communications Jeanne Rene O’Neill Michael Chan Rudy Bright Terry Strickland 2002 National Spirit Group Pro Parts Xpress Clinton Neil Anstaett Victor Perez 2001 Loomis, Fargo & Co. Pro Parts Xpress ENSR The Associates of Loomis, Fargo & Co. Michael Miller Robert Kelleher 2000 Kevco National Spirit Group Loomis, Fargo & Co. United Stationers William Mitchell Michael Russell Gary DeShazer Randall Larrimore 1999 United Stationers Loomis, Fargo & Co. Ergin Uskup Sandra Strong 1998 United StationersUnited Stationers Loomis, Fargo & Co. Heafner Kathleen DvorakMark Dangremond Brent Morris Thomas Gibson 1997 United Stationers ITCO Tire United Stationers Century Products Loomis, Fargo & Co. Ronald Berg William Thomas Bradshaw Frank Engels, III Gregory Pinto Shirley Jeffries 1996 Loomis Armored Century Products Tommy Eugene Harden Patricia Jordan 1995 Loomis Armored United Stationers Redman Building Products Curtis Balko Rudy Mayo W. 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