About the Award
Everett E. Hudiburg was a member of the Stillwater, Oklahoma, Fire Department from 1934 to 1954. He worked his way through the ranks of the department, serving as the fire chief from 1945 to 1954. He was a proud graduate of Stillwater High School and Oklahoma State University.
Beginning in 1952, Hudiburg served a three-year apprenticeship as associate editor of the International Fire Service Training Association. In that role, Hudiburg attended all of the annual IFSTA Validation Conferences. Having written parts of some of the earlier manuals and deeply involved in the editing and publication of others, he was quite familiar with all of the IFSTA publications and the publishing process. When Hudiburg took over as the IFSTA Editor in 1955, his leadership capability and significant past experience with IFSTA allowed him to effectively maintain the continuity of the program. He loved his work with IFSTA and was quite proud of his role in publishing fire service manuals that were used worldwide. Following his retirement, Hudiburg continued to edit manuals for the organization for quite some time.
2024 Award Recipient
Dr. Robert England was presented with the 2024 Everett E. Hudiburg Memorial Award during the Opening General Session of the 91st IFSTA Validation Conference held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 13, 2024. The Everett E. Hudiburg Memorial Award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to the training of firefighters.
Past Recipients
- 1972Henry D. Smith
- 1973Andy Miller
- 1974John W. Hoglund
- 1975Louis J. Amabili
- 1976Glenn A. Boughton
- 1977Richard Calhoun
- 1978Carl McCoy
- 1979Kenneth Stanton
- 1980Carrol Herring
- 1981Elmo Anderson
- 1982Keith Royer
- 1983Joseph L. Donovan
- 1984Martin Grimes
- 1985Alan Brunacini
- 1986Arlen D. Gross
- 1987Gerald E. Monigold
- 1988Marvin Austin
- 1989Howard Boyd
- 1990Catherine B. Lohr
- 1991Harold R. Mace
- 1994Max McRae
- 1995Dr. John Bryan
- 1996Paul H. Boecker
- 1997William Vandevort
- 1998Carl Holmes
- 1999J. Faherty Casey
- 2000Raymond C. Davidson
- 2002Gene P. Carlson
- 2003Hugh Pike
- 2004Steve Edwards
- 2005Dr. Denis Onieal
- 2007William Goldfeder
- 2008Michael Wieder
- 2009Meri K. Appy
- 2010Christopher Neal
- 2011Chuck Burkell
- 2012Ron Siarnicki
- 2013Dr. Anthony Brown
- 2015Kevin Roche
- 2016Ronny Coleman
- 2016William Troup
- 2018Russ Sanders
- 2019Ed Kirtley
- 2020Nancy Trench
- 2021Keith Bryant
- 2022Tonya Hoover
- 2023Dennis Compton
- 2023Dr. Daniel Madrzykowski
- 2024Robert England
