Chapter Awards
ASID NJ CHAPTER DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS COMPETITION
Every other year ASID NJ Chapter invites its designers to enter into a competition to design residential and commercial interiors according to strict guidelines and criteria. The competition is used to acknowledge and promote the achievements of ASID NJ Chapter’s designers by presenting the winners with Gold, Silver and Bronze awards in specific categories.
2012 will be the next competition! Start thinking about the projects you’d like to submit.
Entry forms with instructions will be available during November-December 2011.
RENE BARON HENNESSEY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ALLIED MEMBER
This special award in honor of Rene Baron Hennessey was established to recognize the outstanding service of an Allied Member. The Award was instituted by the Chapter in 1998 and is voted on and presented by past recipients.
The Rene Baron Hennessey Award for Outstanding Allied Member is given to an Allied Member whose professional conduct follows the ASID Code of Ethics and whose dedication to ASID is shown through involvement in chapter committees and events. Candidates for the award must have been an active member of the chapter for 5+ years with service on a committee, or on the Board, or on both. Most importantly, they need to have made a beneficial impact through their volunteer work in the chapter.
Rene Baron Hennessey, Allied Member of ASID, was one of the brightest stars in the ASID NJ Chapter. She was very proud of her ASID membership and was very active as a volunteer, serving on many committees as well as attending many general membership meetings.
Renee realized the importance of ASID and the responsibility it gave to our designers for affecting the health, safety and welfare of the public. She was a sensitive beacon to her ASID friends and clients with her professional advice, knowledge and support.
After her death in 1997, the ASID NJ Chapter created this special award in order to keep Rene’s memory alive by honoring an Allied Member whose dedication to the Chapter reflects Rene’s commitment.
Award winners:
1998 – Karla Trincanello, Allied Member ASID
1999 – Norma Pofsky, Allied Member ASID
2000 – Loretta De Santis, Allied Member ASID
2001 – Diane Durocher, ASID
2002 – Jean Neri, Allied Member ASID
2003 – Carrie Oesmann, ASID
2004 – Tracey Taylor, Allied Member ASID
2005 – Karen Alessi, Allied Member ASID
2008 – Maureen Mc Mahon, Allied Member ASID
2009 – Marlene Wangenheim, Allied Member ASID
2010 – Anna Maria Mannarino, Allied Member ASID
Chapter Medalists
1982 – Byrde Gersch, ASID
1983 – Peggy Kerns, ASID
1984 – Jack Ruthazer, ASID
1985 – Abbot Steinberg, ASID
1987 – Stephen Greenberger, ASID
1988 – Arthur Simon, ASID
1989 – Lou Schiavone, Jr., ASID
1990 – Joan Lerner, ASID
1992 – Diane Gote’, ASID
1993 – Diane Boyer, ASID
1994 – Rona Spiegel, ASID
1995 – Camille Waldron, ASID
2000 – Suzan Globus, FASID
2001 – Pat Montalbano, ASID
2002 – Tere Bresin, ASID
2004 – Judy Fosshage, ASID
2005 – Ria E. Gulian, ASID
2008 – Steven M. Levy, ASID
2009 – Gale Youngworth, ASID
Honorary Medalist
2001 – Shari Weiner, Esquire
2006 – DeAnna Schwarz, Administrator
Fellows of the American Society of Interior Designers
Dorothy Jorgensen, FASID (Deceased)
1992 – Stephen Greenberger, FASID
1998 – Jack Ruthazer, FASID
2000 – Diane Gote, FASID
2004 – Suzan Globus, FASID
2009 – Judy Fosshage, FASID
Life Members
Jack Rubinfeld, ASID
2003 – Joan Lerner, ASID
Industry Partner Merit Award
2000 – Greg Csaki, Galaxy Glass
2001 – Nancy Koyanik, Benjamin Moore
2002 – Jay Slack, (posthumously), Major Mills
2003 – Kathleen Carlisle, LEC
2004 – J. R. Hermey, J. Herbro Corp.
2009 – Gary Reinhardt, CMI Interiors, Inc.
2010 – Diana Rattazzi, Benjamin Moore & Company