Lifetime Achievement Award

The Honors Committee recognizes outstanding, long-time members who have made extraordinary contributions to higher education risk management during their career. To honor these individuals, URMIA will award a Larry V. Stephens Lifetime Achievement Award to select institutional members.

  • Granting of these awards will be in extraordinary circumstances.

  • Nominations may be submitted by any URMIA member at any time.

  • The Honors Committee chair(s), in conjunction with the Executive Committee, will consider individual nominations as they arise.

  • Awards will be granted on an as-appropriate basis and presented during annual conferences.

   

 

Purpose

The purpose of the Larry V. Stephens Lifetime Achievement Award is to honor Institutional members who have significantly contributed to higher education risk management and to URMIA.

Named to honor our first recipient in perpetuity, this award recognizes a lifetime of extraordinary achievement in higher education risk management, notable contributions to URMIA, and valued contributions to the risk management and insurance industry as a whole.

Selection Criteria

This award is meant for an institutional member who has made career-long contributions during a career of not less than 20 years in which service to higher education risk management and to URMIA are notable.

Such service should include:

  • Leadership roles within URMIA

  • Participation as a speaker in annual and regional URMIA conferences, and other strategic and educational partner conferences

  • Publication of articles and papers in support of professional development

  • Advocacy for relevant higher education issues

  • Evidence of mentorship of newer risk managers, service provider staff, and/or other industry professionals

Other attributes to consider:

  • Demonstration of positive attitude and good character

  • Respected by colleagues, employees, managers, and others in all levels of the organization

  • Enthusiasm for higher education risk management

  • Motivation of others


Recipients

Gary Langsdale, 2022 recipient of URMIA's Lifetime Achievement Award

2022 - Gary Langsdale, ARM, DRM

 

Larry V. Stephens, winner of URMIA's first Lifetime Achievement Award

2019 - Larry V. Stephens, AIC, ARM, CPCU, AAM, DRM

 

About Larry V. Stephens

Larry Stephens was the driving force behind establishing and transforming URMIA’s National Office. In 2005, he provided a home for it on the Indiana University campus. Larry had been maintaining shadow copies of all useful data, including member demographics, and he was able to keep the National Office running until the organization hired its first executive director.

In addition to his work to establish a National Office for the organization, Stephens served as URMIA’s president from 1999-2000 and again from 2001-2002 in addition to a number of other roles he filled for the association. In large part to his tireless efforts and numerous contributions over the years, URMIA is a successful organization today.

In 2019, the Lifetime Achievement Award was renamed to the Larry Stephens Lifetime Achievement Award to honor Stephens’ commitment to URMIA and the profession of higher education risk management.



Larry Stephens

 

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