Burt Marsh, "Mr. ITE," was one of 18 founding members of ITE and its second president. Throughout his life, he was a leader both in ITE and in the profession. He was the first recipient of the Burton W. Marsh Distinguished Service Award, which was established in 1970. Each year, the award is presented to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of ITE throughout a period of several years.
1970 Burton W. Marsh
1971 Edward E. Wetzel
1972 Guy Kelcey
1973 Fred W. Hurd
1974 Carlton C. Robinson
1975 Robert S. Holmes
1976 Donald M. McNeil
1977 Roy E. Jorgensen
1978 David M. Baldwin
1979 John C. (Jake) Landen
1980 William R. McGrath
1981 Laurence Dondanville
1982 Wilbur S. Smith
1983 Daniel J. Hanson Sr.
1984 Harold L. Michael
1985 David W. Gwynn
1986 Alan T. Gonseth
1987 Paul C. Box
1988 Thomas W. Brahms
1989 Martin M. Blachman
1990 Ross T. Shoaf
1991 John D. Edwards Jr.
1992 Walter H. Kraft
1993 James L. Pline
1994 Harvey B. Boutwell
1995 E. Nels Burns
1996 John E. Baerwald
1997 Eugene M. Wilson
1998 Richard F. Beaubien
1999 Brian S. Bochner
2000 Weston S. Pringle Jr.
2001 Nazir Lalani
2002 Wolfgang S. Homburger
2003 Marsha Anderson Bomar
2004 Leon Goodman
2005 Steven B. Gayle
2006 Peter W. Frentz
2007 H. Allen Swanson
2008 Mark R. Norman
2009 Kevin G. Hooper
2010 Donald M. Henderson
2011 W. Hibbett Neel, Jr.
2012 Richard T. Romer
2013 Steven D. Hofener
2014 Kay Fitzpatrick
2015 John A. Davis
2016 Philip J. Caruso
2017 John J. Kennedy
2018 Kenneth H. Voigt
2019 Robert C. Wunderlich
2020 Jenny L. Grote
2021 Peter J. Yauch