Members | Member Recognition | Testimonies

Member Recognition There are many success stories in the Kirkland Chamber. The Charles O. Morgan Business Excellence Award was created in 2001 to recognize business citizenship, broad community involvement over time, proven leadership, accomplishments in their industry, community and quality of life.

The winners are:
 Shinstrom & Norman (2000) – www.shinstromnorman.com
 Modular Electric (2001)
 Sur La Table (2002) – www.surlatable.com
 The Woodmark Hotel on Lake Washington (2003) – www.thewoodmark.com
 The Seattle Seahawks (2004) – www.seahawks.com
 Hallmark Realty Corporation (2005) – www.hallmarkrealty.com
 The Kirkland Performance Center (2006) – www.kpcenter.org
 InPrint (2007)

Awards

The Anne J. Owen Community Service Award is named in honor of a past Board member and outstanding community member. Anne was a tireless organizer and resolute worker for Custom Industries. She served on the Board of the Kirkland Arts Center for 10 years overseeing the preservation and maintenance of the building that has become a local landmark and home of the Kirkland Arts Center, the Peter Kirk Building. She was also synonymous with the Parkplace Festival. The award honors a Chamber member, who like its namesake, performs special community service over an extended period of time.

Past winners are:

Sants Contreras	Dr. Claude DeShazo
Chuck Morgan	Sue Contreras
Bob Lightfeldt	Lee Johnson
Ron Richardson	Penny Sweet
Rod Graham	Raelissa Smith
Bill Woods	David and Patty Tucker
Larry Springer	Jeff Clark
Jim Lauinger	Bob Burke
Bill Petter	Joanne Primavera
Dick and Sandy Ekins	Mary Alyce Burleigh
Steve Brown

The Duane Lund Chamber Member of the Year Award is named in honor of a highly regarded local attorney who served as President of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Duane epitomized Chamber involvement and commitment to his community. He served on the Board of Directors and was Board President in 1993 and it is said that the older he got the more he realized he could give to the community.

Past winners include:

Evie Florian	Myron Lewis
Bob Myres	GG Getz
Bill Woods	Linda Holman
Sandy McAdams	Teddy Overleese
Charlie Wittenberg	Cordell Almond
Ed Weise	Scott Becker
Bill Leaverett	Shelly Valentine
Anne Owen	Ben Lindekugel
Donovan Tracy	Brenda Kauffman
Craig Ortloff	Chris Martin
Mark Shinstrom	Patti Smith
Dick Beazell	Mike Nelson

The Charles O. Morgan Business Excellence Award is named after one of Kirkland’s patriarchs, having served as the Chamber’s Board Chair both in 1953 and 1965. Chuck’s professional background was in journalism. He was the long-time publisher of what is now the King County Journal, the first newspaper on the Eastside. There is very little about the Eastside that Chuck has not played a significant role in.

The Lee Johnson Student Community Service Award is named in honor of Lee Johnson, community leader and is given to a high school student whose accomplishments embody community service. The Lee Johnson Family makes a donation to the Lake Washington Schools Foundation in honor of the winner. The 2007 award was given to Chris Higgins, a senior at Lake Washington High School.

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