OTIS L. FOWLER AWARD
This award is given to those who by regular engagement in their business, profession, or calling have made a marked contribution to the progress and welfare of the Denton community. The Otis L. Fowler Award is the highest and most prestigious honor presented annually by the Denton Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Fowler was the first paid executive to serve the Denton Chamber—a position he held for nearly 30 years.
Previous Award Recipients
2020-2029
2024 - Michele Barber
2023 - Pat Smith
2022 - Jim Fykes
2021 - Glenn Carlton
2020 - Carine M. Feyten, Ph.D.
2010-2019
2019 - Sandra & Randy Robinson
2018 - Philip A. Baker
2017 - Marty Rivers
2016 - Mark Burroughs
2015 - Charles W. Carpenter
2014 - Hank Dickenson
2013 - Bettye B. Myers
2012 - Carl R. Anderson
2011 - Dr. Perry R. McNeill
2010 - Dr. Gretchen Bataille
2000-2009
2009 - Mike Trimble
2008 - Ken Burdick
2007 - Carol Short
2006 - Pat Gobble
2005 - Brave Combo
2004 - Rick Villareal
2003 - Euline & Horace Brock
2002 - Priscilla Sanders
2001 - Fred Pole
2000 - George Hopkins
1990-1999
1999 - Jack D. Miller
1998 - Bill Thomas
1997 - Troy H. LaGrone
1996 - B. Lamar Ball, Jr.
1995 - Bennie G. Snider
1994 - Dr. Shirley S. Chater
1993 - Dr. Derrell W. Bulls
1992 - H. S. Osborne
1991 - Donna Trammell
1990 - Maureen & J.B. Floyd
1980-1989
1989 - Dr. Imogene Dickey Mohat
1988 - Milton M. Hill
1987 - Bill Brady
1986 - Dr. Alfred F. Hurley
1985 - Mabel & Jake Craven
1984 - Frank N. Martino
1983 - Ben C. Ivey
1982 - Fred Patterson
1981 - Leon Breeden
1980 - Dr. Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey
1970-1979
1979 - Bill E. Utter, Sr.
1978 - Ed. W. Morrison, Jr.
1977 - Mary Claude Gay
1976 - Fred Minor
1975 - Homer Bly
1974 - Hayden Fry
1973 - Dr. L.L. Armstrong
1972 - Marvin Ramey
1971 - Roy Appleton, Jr.
1970 - Riley Cross
1960-1969
1969 - Chester O. Strickland
1968 - Rowe B. Newman
1967 - J. Holford Russell
1966 - Ben C. Ivey, Sr.
1965 - W.C. Orr, Jr.
1964 - Dr. Pauline Berry Mack
1963 - Tom Harpool, Jr.
1962 - J. Newton Rayzor
1961 - John A. Guinn
1960 - Hugh D. Clark
1959
1959 - Joe Skiles