Warren Pike Award

The PTDA Warren Pike Award recognizes lifetime achievement in the power transmission/motion control industry. Named for PTDA’s first president and co-founder, the award honors individuals who have demonstrated outstanding, continuous, long-term support of the Association and the industry. The award was established in 1984 and is only presented when an individual’s achievements merit this prestigious recognition.
 

Bill Childers Named the 29th Warren Pike Award Recipient

 

Bill spent 25 years of his career as VP of sales for Emerson Power
Transmission before moving on to other roles within the industry including president of NSK Canada in 2002 and president of North American sales for Rexnord in 2008 before joining Affiliated Distributors in 2015 where he served as vice president and managing director, overseeing the launch of AD’s power transmission division.
 
During his career, Bill also devoted his time volunteering for various PTDA committees including serving as Manufacturer Council Chair in 2006 and PTDA Foundation president in 2010. He also served on the PTDA Board of Directors in 2013.

Read the article published in Transmissions where Bill talks about the award, the industry and his volunteer work in an interview with PTDA Executive Vice President/CEO Ann Arnott.

Watch Bill's acceptance speech:

Year	Recipient
2018	Ken Miko
2017	Andy Nations
2016	Keith Nowak
2015	John Masek
2014	Kevin McCloskey
2012	Barbara J. Ross
2011	Carlos O. Ingram
2010	W. Penny Omnès
2009	Alan Haveson
2008	Douglas Savage
2007	James T. Moore II
2006	Roger A. Pennycook
2005	Girard G. “Jerry” Etheridge, Jr.
2004	Bob Callahan
2003	David J. Witwer
2001	Ralph Rivera
1999	James A. Minton
1998	Gene Addington
1997	Robert M. Oberholzer
1996	Gary Dulmes
1995	Gary C. Martin
1994	George E. Flolo
1993	Byron E. Griffin
1991	E.C. (Chuck) Roamer
1990	Paul Fuller
1988	Irving Patron
1987	James A. Creech (posthumously)
1984	Warren Pike