Orin C. Hutchcraft Quality Service Award

Sue Shippert wins Orin C. Hutchcraft Quality Service Award

Sue Shippert, Shippert's Moving & Storage, Dixon, Illinois, has received the 2010 Orin C. Hutchcraft Quality Service Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Illinois Movers’ and Warehousemen’s Association.  The Award was presented during the Association’s annual convention in Peoria, Illinois.

Among her many volunteer contributions to the industry, Sue Shippert has served as member of the board of directors and executive committee, member of the Illinois Movers’ and Warehousemen’s Risk Management Group board of trustees (workers’ comp program), and founding member of the IMAWA Scholarship Committee. As a member of the Board of Directors since 1993, Ms. Shippert has attended 33 board meetings and 17 conventions, missing only one meeting in all that time.

Orin C. Hutchcraft

orinAbout the Award: As a charter member of IMAWA, member of the Board of Directors for many years, president, and untiring volunteer, Orin C. Hutchcraft made more contributions to the Association and Tariff Bureau than can ever be counted. To perpetuate the values in which he believed and to recognize his many contributions to IMAWA and to the moving industry, the Association named this distinguished award as a tribute to him.

Eligibility: Nominee must be an employee of a current IMAWA member (or retired from IMAWA member). Members include both mover members and associate members. Any member employee may qualify for nomination (consideration is not limited to management personnel).

Criteria: Among other things, the committee shall consider the nominee's individual tenure (length of employment) and reputation in the moving and storage industry, the nominee's individual community and charitable activities, and the nominee's personal active participation in the Illinois Movers' and Warehousemen's Association. Quality service toward a member's own customers is ordinary and expected. Of particular importance for this award are activities "above and beyond the call of duty" that have contributed to the positive public perception of the moving and storage business and the improvement of the industry as a whole. The award is presented annually at the IMAWA convention.

For more information about how to nominate a candidate for next year's award, e-mail IMAWA.
Past winners of this award:

  • 1992: Orin C. Hutchcraft, Partner and co-founder, Hutchcraft Van Service, Urbana, IL
  • 1993: Joseph McAleer, V.P. Sales, Pickens-Kane Moving & Storage, Chicago, IL
  • 1994: Char Damery, Office Manager, Federal/Johnson Moving & Storage, Decatur, IL
  • 1995: Harry R. Swift, Hillier Storage & Moving, Springfield, IL
  • 1996: Patricia Smith (now McLaughlin), Executive Director, Illinois Movers’ and Warehousemen’s Association
  • 1997: Kenneth Barling, Founding Owner, Kenney’s Delivery Service, Bloomington, IL
  • 1998: John A. Sorenson, Partner and co-founder, Suburban Moving & Storage, Inc., Lisle, Illinois.
  • 1999: Ted Boyer, Boyer-Rosene Moving & Storage, Arlington Heights, IL (retired)
  • 2000: Donald H. Maaks, Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co., Bloomington, IL (retired)
  • 2001: Charles Puscheck, Prager Storage & Moving, Naperville, IL
  • 2002: Bruce Anthony, TransAdvantage, Batavia and St. Louis
  • 2003: Thomas F. Paisley, President, Underfanger Moving & Storage, Springfield, IL
  • 2004: Jerry Clifton, President, Clifton Moving & Storage, Decatur, IL
  • 2005: Bill and Jack Hallett, Hallett & Sons Expert Movers, Summit, IL
  • 2006:  (award was not presented)
  • 2007: Carl G. Carlson (retired), Berryman Transfer, Joliet, IL
  • 2008: Mike O'Mara, O'Mara Moving & Storage, Freeport, IL and Madison Wisconsin