Lisa Heschong and Alan Lewis Receive Society’s Top Honors
NEW YORK, NY – The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) announced its 2023
Society Awards for Technical and Service Achievement during its annual conference.
This year, the IES’s most prestigious technical achievement, the IES Medal Award, has
been bestowed upon Lisa Heschong. The Medal Award recognizes meritorious technical
achievement that has conspicuously furthered the profession, art or knowledge of illuminating
engineering.
The esteemed Louis B. Marks Award, named in honor of the first President of the IES,
is presented to a member of the Society in recognition of exceptional service of a non-technical
nature. This year, the IES recognized Alan Laird Lewis with this honor.
The IES Distinguished Service Award is presented to individuals who have
significantly furthered the mission of the IES in non-technical areas, with at least 15 years of
dedicated service. The 2023 recipients of this honor include Dan Blitzer, Shirley Coyle, Bob
Henderson, Peter Hugh and Shelli Sedlak-Mejia.
The IES Fellow Designation awards members of the Society for their valuable
contributions to the technical activities of the Society; to the art or science of illumination; or to
the related scientific or engineering fields. The 2023 IES Fellows include: Dawn De Grazio,
Eunice Noell-Waggoner and Morgan Pattison.
Each year, the IES President recognizes member excellence with the IES Presidential
Award. IES President Frank Agraz, Jr. (2022-2023) recognized Liliana Gonzalez (Mexico City
Section), Mark Lien, and Dave Young.
Established in 1906, the Illuminating Engineering Society is the recognized technical and
educational authority on illumination. To learn more, visit: www.ies.org.
