The Arthur E. Lowell Award is the highest honor given by KC/IABC. Named for the late Arthur E. Lowell, the first honorary lifetime member of the chapter, the award recognizes business communicators in the Kansas City area who have qualities of excellence, achievement and civic involvement. Candidates do not have to be an IABC member, but must meet the following criteria:

• demonstrated expertise in organizational communication
• given sustained support to organizational communication in the Kansas City area
• helped foster an environment conducive to the professional growth of those involved in organizational communication
• demonstrated Arthur E. Lowell’s high level of personal ethics and service to the community and the profession

2012 Recipient Mike Goff
KC/IABC recently named Mike Goff as the recipient of the Arthur E. Lowell Award, the highest honor given by the chapter. The late Arthur Lowell was the first honorary lifetime member of KC/IABC. Goff will be honored on Thursday, May 3 at the KC/IABC Bronze Quill Awards.

Goff is an accomplished communicator who was most recently vice president of corporate marketing for Sprint where some of his duties included overseeing brand, digital and retail communications. While at Sprint, Mike was named “One of the 100 Most Powerful People in Sports” by The Sporting News for orchestrating Sprint’s sports sponsorship program including being instrumental in crafting the naming rights agreement for the Sprint Center. Mike works with several non-profit organizations including the Ronald McDonald House, the Kansas City Area Development Council and Starlight Theatre. Mike is a graduate of the University of Kansas. He is married with two children and a brand-new granddaughter.

The Arthur E. Lowell Award recipients:

• 2012 – Mike Goff
• 2011 – Anne Canfield
• 2010 – Tom Murphy
• 2009 – Eric Morgenstern, APR, Fellow PRSA
• 2008 – Gary Godbout
• 2007 – Randy Williams, ABC
• 2006 – Jeff Xouris
• 2005 – Barb Schulte
• 2004 – Lori Joseph
• 2003 – Julie Bartels Smith, ABC
• 2002 - Larry Wheeler
• 2001 – Deb Turpin
• 2000 – Chris Watkins
• 1999 – Phyllis Tilden
• 1998 – Weslynn Martin
• 1997 – Mike Swenson
• 1996 – Richard Barger, ABC, APR
• 1995 – Larry Pfautsch
• 1993 – Donald Forsythe
• 1992 – Turner White
• 1991 – Lavonne Seifert, ABC
• 1990 – Marian Thomas, ABC
• 1989 – Anne Baber, ABC
• 1988 – David Seifert, ABC
• 1986 – Gene Jacobs
• 1985 – Elizabeth Solberg
• 1984 – Floyd A. Walker, ABC
• 1983 – Steve Doyal
• 1982 – E. David Carlson