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Industry Service Awards
Each year, B.B.I.A. presents its Industry Service Award to one of the leading personalities in the billiard and bowling industry in recognition of his or her contribution to the promotion of these sports. Previous recipients have included great bowlers and billiard players, leaders of various organizations and show business personalities including Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman.

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BBIA Industry Services Award - History of Recipients

2011.............................................. Pat Ciniello (Sandestin, FL)
2010............................................... Jim Dressel (Carefree, AZ)
2009................................ Carmen Salvino (Myrtle Beach, SC)
2008................................................. Tom Clark (Cancun, MX)
2007.................................................. Jim Bennett (Tampa, FL)
2006................................... Allen Hopkins (Palm Springs, CA)
2005.................................. John Sommer (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
2004.................................. Hank Hayes (San Bernardino, CA)
2003................................................ Joyce Deitch (Naples, FL)
2002................................................ Jeanette Lee (Tucson, AZ)
2001....................................... Bob Gudorf (San Antonio, TX)
2000.................................... Don Shimel (Incline Village, NV)
1999....................... George Bradner (Hilton Head Island, SC)
1998.................................... Jorgen Sandman (Scottsdale, AZ)
1997.................................... Fred Borden (Longboat Key, FL)
1996.......................................... Mike Shamos (Monterey, CA)
1995.................................. Roger Tessman (New Orleans, LA)
1994........................... Robert Byrne (Hilton Head Island, SC)
1993...... Ewa Mataya & Sam Weinstein (Incline Village, NV)
1992.................. Frederick H. Krommes (Rancho Mirage, CA)
1991........................................ Chuck Milhem (St. Louis, MO)
1990................................................ Jack Reichert (Jupiter, FL)
1989................................. Robert Froeschle (Napa, California)
1988...................... Roger L. Zeller (St. Petersburg Beach, FL)
1987........................................ Paul Newman (San Diego, CA)
1986................................................ Dick Evans (Orlando, FL)
1985.............................. Robert F. Bensinger (Scottsdale, AZ)
1984.......... Raymond “Woody” Woodruff (San Antonio, TX)
1983....................... Steve Mizerak (St. Petersburg Beach, FL)
1982....................................... Mort Luby, Jr. (Las Vegas, NV)
1981....................................... Dick Weber (New Orleans, LA)
1980............................................ Roy Gandy (Savannah, GA)
1979................................................... Sam Levine (Reno, NV)
1978.................................... Paul Lucchesi, Sr. (Nashville, TN)
1977................................... Earl Anthony (San Francisco, CA)
1976........... “Whispering” Joe Wilson (Lake Buena Vista, FL)
1975..................................... Remo Picchietti (San Diego, CA)
1974........................................... Chris Schenkel (Atlanta, GA)
1973............ Milt Rudo & Michael Geiger (New Orleans, LA)
1972............................................. Dorothy Wise (Denver, CO)
1971.............................. Arville L. Ebersole (Bal Harbour, FL)
1970......... Rudolph Wanderone, Minn. Fats (Las Vegas, NV)
1969.......................... Jimmy Caras & Don Carter (Chiago, IL)
1968.............................................. Alberta Crowe (Dallas, TX)
1967.............................. Oscar H. Tweeten (Miami Beach, FL)
1966.............................. J. Edgar Hoover (San Francisco, CA)
1965........................................... Eddie Elias (New York, NY)
1964.................................... Howard Seehausen (Denver, CO)
1963...................................... Walt Ditzen (St. Petersburg, FL)
1962.................................. Willie Mosconi (New Orleans, LA)
1961............................ Jeanette Knepprath (Washington D.C.)
1960.............................................. John Canelli (Phoenix, AZ)
1959................................................. Joe Wilman (Chicago, IL)
1958.......................................... Frank Baker (New York, NY)
1957............................................. Milton Raymer(Detroit, MI)
1956................................................. Mort Luby (Buffalo, NY)
1955........................................... Peter DeMet (St. Louis, MO)
1954............................................ Jackie Gleason (Chicago, IL)