Texas REALTORS® presents the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of a member’s career service to the real estate industry and the community.

Review the Distinguished Service Award guidelines here.

Past Recipients

  • 2024 — Robert Wright, Austin
  • 2023 — Pat Farrell, San Antonio
  • 2023 — Jay Gohil, Austin
  • 2022 — Kay Sutton, Permian Basin
  • 2021 — Hanne Sagalowsky, MetroTex
  • 2021 — Kay Spiva, Abiliene
  • 2020 — Pat Strong, Tarpley
  • 2019 — Judy Jones, Dallas
  • 2019 — Howard Smith, Amarillo
  • 2018 — Martha Dent, Arlington
  • 2018 — J. C. Posey, Plano
  • 2017 — Mary Ann Jeffers, San Antonio
  • 2017 — Lawrence Young, Corpus Christi
  • 2016 — Greg Glenn, Amarillo
  • 2015 — no recipient
  • 2014 — Rob Orr, Fort Worth
  • 2014 — Leslie Rouda Smith, Plano
  • 2013 — no recipient
  • 2012 — Rob Rayner, Denton
  • 2012 — Virgil Trower, Odessa
  • 2011 — Bob Baker, Collin County
  • 2011 — Eloise Eriksson Martin, Dallas
  • 2010 — Jackie Arnette, San Antonio
  • 2010 — Norman Dierschke, San Angelo
  • 2009 — Sandy Bednar, Austin
  • 2009 — Ronda Needham, Dallas
  • 2008 — Hazel Lewis-Wiltz, Arlington
  • 2007 — Sarah Norman, Bryan College Station
  • 2006 — Adrian Arriaga, McAllen
  • 2005 — Doug Hamilton, El Paso
  • 2005 — Ruben Pena, San Antonio
  • 2004 — Joan Deal, Colleyville
  • 2004 — D’Ann Harper, San Antonio
  • 2003 — Mary Jo Berryman, Fort Worth
  • 2002 — Jacob Casanova, Bandera County
  • 2002 — Kay LePage, San Antonio
  • 2001 — John M. Stone, North Texas Commercial
  • 2000 — Joanne Justice, Arlington
  • 2000 — Mary Starr, Bay Area
  • 1999 — Rob Hovious, El Paso
  • 1998 — no recipient
  • 1997 — no recipient
  • 1996 — Frank Nadolney, Houston
  • 1995 — no recipient
  • 1994 — John Dallas Eckstrum, Montgomery County
  • 1993 — Don Osborne, Lubbock
  • 1992 — Emmadean Berry, Grand Prairie
  • 1991 — Barbara McCarver, Houston
  • 1990 — Mary Claude Gay, Denton