Earl M. Collier Award

The Earl M. Collier Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Texas Hospital Association and was established in 1965. The award was presented first to Earl M. Collier, LL.D., FACHE, a past THA president who served as chief executive officer of Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene for 41 years.

Collier is considered the dean of hospital administration in Texas. He was respected for his philosophy of improving patient care, the driving force behind his administrative acts and decisions. And because of Collier’s dedication to his profession, the award has come to symbolize excellence in health care administration. 

THA has honored the following recipients of the Collier Award, who distinguished themselves through their contributions to the health care industry and their profession.

1965 Earl M. Collier
1966 Tol Terrell
1967 Bolton Boone, D.D.
1968 Ted Bowen
1969 Boone Powell
1970 Horace Cardwell
1971 T. H. Morrison Jr.
1972 George B. Pearson
1973 David H. Hitt
1974 W. Wilson Turner
1975 Guy H. Dalrymple
1976 W. P. Earngey Jr.
1977 C. Jack Price
1978 Arthur L. McElmurry
1979 George M. Brewer
1980 Richard L. Epperson
1981 Roderic M. Bell
1982 Gordon W. Epperson
1983 Alton Pearson
1984 Wendell O. Barber
1985 Sister Mary Eustace Farrell
1986 George M. Fleming, ED.D.
1987 James J. Farnsworth
1988 Gordon H. Russell
1989 Ronald L. Smith
1990 F. S. Walters Jr.
1991 Larry L. Mathis
1992 Ron J. Anderson, M.D.
1993 Bob L. Bybee
1994 Douglas D. Hawthorne
1995 Michael C. Waters
1996 Boone Powell Jr.
1997 Dan S. Wilford
1998 Kenneth Poteete
1999 John A. Guest
2000 Donald L. Stewart
2001 Jim B. Smith
2002 Don Richey
2003 Michael Jhin
2004 J. Lindsey Bradley
2005  Mark Wallace
2006 Elmer Ellis
2007 Tucker Bonner
2008 Joel Allison