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