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The Sales Brokers Most Ingenious Deal of the Year Award
This member contest was conceived in 1944 by William J. Brede, the Legislative Representative of REBNY's Sales Brokers Committee. Winners of the Most Ingenious Deal of the Year Award have historically demonstrated resourcefulness and originality in solving difficult problems in property negotiation; they prove that brokers are not intermediaries, but driving forces whose works shape the city.
In 1991 this award was renamed "The Henry Hart Rice Achievement Award" in honor of a four-time winner. A second-place award, "The Robert T. Lawrence Award", was created in 1983 in memory of a member. Finally, "The Edward S. Gordon Award", named for a respected leader of the commercial brokerage community, was established in 2005 as the third-place award.
Each commercial discipline (Sales, Financing and Leasing) can submit an entry. Each discipline must have a minimum of three competing deals for recognition in their respective discipline. It is presented at the Sales Brokers Committee's Annual Cocktail Party.
PAST AWARDEES (listed alphabetically by year)
2017: Richard Bernstein, Kenneth J. Meyerson, Geoffrey M. Newman, Jonathan Serko, Mary Ann Tighe, Mark S. Weiss2016: David M. Carlos, Michael G. Geoghegan, Michael R. Laginestra, Kathleen McSharry, Ira Schuman, Scott A. Singer
2015: Lauren Crowley, Justin DiMare, Alan D. Goodkin, Howard J. Kesseler, Jr., Gregory A. Tosko, Mark S. Weiss, Sacha M Zarba
2014: David M. Carlos, Howard S. Fiddle, Bradley P. Gerla, Paul Leibowitz, Ira Schuman, William Shanahan, Darcy A. Stacom
2013: David A. Green, Caroline McLain, Mark Myers Mermel, Mary Ann Tighe, Gregory A. Tosko
2012: Romel Canete, Barry M. Gosin, Helen Hwang, Jeffrey C. Moroch, Nathaniel C. Rockett, Scott A. Singer, Brian S. Waterman
2011: Paul A. Gillen, Michael M. Rotchford, William Shanahan, Tara I. Stacom, Darcy A. Stacom, Mary Ann Tighe, Gregory A. Tosko
2010: Ephraim Robert Eisenberg, Barry M. Gosin, David L. Noonan, Jennifer Schwartzman, William Shanahan, Darcy A. Stacom, Mark S. Weiss
2009: Eric G. Deutsch, Daniel O. Horowitz, Kenneth J. Meyerson, Michael M. Rotchford, Ira Schuman
2008: Paul N. Glickman, Mitchell Konsker, Shawn Rosenthal, William Shanahan, Darcy A. Stacom
2007: Kathleen McSharry, David L. Noonan, Andrew J. Singer, Moshe M Sukenik, Mary Ann Tighe, Gregory A. Tosko
2006: Clinton W. Blume, Jr., Woody Heller, Kathleen McSharry, Howard K Nottingham, Andrew J. Singer
2005: Mitchell Arkin, Brian Gell, John S. Gray, Patrick C Hanlon, Gershon Kamenetsky, Moshe M Sukenik, Mark S. Weiss, Simon Ziff
2004: Adam H. Foster, Richard Karson, Kathleen McSharry, Joan Meixner, James A. Robbins, Stephen B. Siegel, Andrew J. Singer, Harly D Stevens
2003: Woody Heller, Robert A Knakal, Stephen B. Siegel
2002: Mark P. Boisi, Dan Gronich, Nicola M. Heryet, Neil A. Lipinski, Robert D. Yaffa
2001: Timothy J. Dempsey, Robert A Knakal, Mark J. Massey, Mary Ann Tighe, Gregory A. Tosko
2000: Robert Baraf, Eric S. Engelhardt, Howard S. Fiddle, Jason L. Gorman, Beth Mercante, John F. Powers, Gregory A. Tosko, Lynette Tulkoff, Martin Turchin
1999: Lawrence D. Ackman, John S. Gray, Amy McBride, John W. Moxley, Gordon Ogden, Stuart I. Romanoff, Robert Taylor, Joseph Thanhauser, III, Peter Van Duyne, Simon Ziff
1998: Joseph A. Cabrera, Barry M. Gosin, Bruce Elliot Mosler, Joseph J. Simone, Brian S. Waterman
1997: Leonard Di Micelli, Howard S. Fiddle, Jeffrey A. Lichtenberg, Edward E. Midgley, Carol Nelson, Mary Ann Tighe, Joel Israel Wechsler, Phillip R. Weiss
1996: David W. Levinson, Carol Nelson, Joseph Thanhauser, III, Mary Ann Tighe, Gregory A. Tosko, Bruce N. Weinberg
1995: Leonard Di Micelli, I. Keith Ellis, Michael R. Laginestra, Lewis Miller, Martin Turchin
1994: Scott L. Gottlieb, Joseph A. Grotto Sr., Joseph A. Grotto, Jr., Michael R. Laginestra, Martin Turchin
1993: Brian Ezratty, G. Tyson Maroon, Frank J. Steinegger
1992: Peter R. Friedman, Edward Goldman, Jeffrey A. Lichtenberg, Maria Morris, Carol Nelson, Mary Ann Tighe
1991: Brian R. Corcoran, Alan R. Goldberg, Dan Gronich, Joseph P. McCluskey Jr., James P. Stuckey
1990: John L. Dowling, Miriam Halpert, Jonathan S. Miller, Arthur L. Nelkin, Henry Hart Rice, Joseph Thanhauser, III, Martin Turley
1989: Miriam Halpert, Jonathan S. Miller, Peter E. Pattison, Joseph Thanhauser, III
1988: Michael Dailey, John L. Dowling, Peter E. Pattison, Joseph Thanhauser, III, Edward J. Weiss
1987: Henry Hart Rice, Marin Turchin
1986: Garrett R. Bowden, Dudley S. Nostrand, Richard W. Seeler, Robert I Shapiro
1985: S. Donald Friedman, Peter E. Pattison, Vincent J. Peters, Marvin Rosenberg, Joseph Thanhauser, III
1984: Robert M. Kligerman, Jeffrey Rosenblatt, Mitchell S. Steir, Joseph Thanhauser, III
1983: Clinton W. Blume, Jr., Robert L. Freedman, A. Denny Gardiner, Jamie Rakoff
1982: William M. Lese
1981: Steven M. Levy, Richard W. Rosenthal, Louis Smadbeck
1980: S. Donald Friedman, Joseph E. O'Gara
1979: Henry A. Gallin, Edward S. Gordon, Henry Hart Rice, Arthur Rosenbloom
1978: Edward S. Gordon, Arthur Rosenbloom, Jack E. Sonnenblick, William H. Stern
1977: Jerry Lee Marcus, Edward J. Minskoff
1976: Barry M. Gosin, Harvey L. Richer
1975: Augustus A. DiRenzo, Lynn B. Goddess, Vincent J. Peters, Rchard W. Seeler
1974: Robert F. R. Ballard
1973: John L. Dowling
1972: Joseph A. Grotto, Stephen J. Riker
1971: Charles R. Borrok, Ian G.M. Brownlie, Jerry L. Cohen
1970: Ian G.M. Brownlie, Jerry L. Cohen, Richard W. Rosenthal, null null
1969: Henry Hart Rice
1968: Alan H. Polkes, Sidney Rosenthal
1967: James H. Biggart, Alan H. Polkes, Sidney Rosenthal
1966: David M. Baldwin
1965: Leon Casper
1964: Michael J. Hirshman
1963: Matthew J. Stacom
1962: Matthew J. Stacom
1961: Mandel E. Cohen, Peter Grimm
1960: Joseph F. Bernstein
1959: Anthony J. Peters
1958: Leon Pearce
1957: Henry Hart Rice
1956: Herbert F. Finney, Charles B. Silverman
1955: Cecil C. Simmons, Herbert Slepoy
1954: Leone J. Peters, Anthony Peters, Durand Taylor
1953: Herman Ackman, Peter Grimm, William M. Lese
1952: Arthur Collins, William M. Lese, Wylie F.L. Tuttle
1951: Alfred S. Friedman, H.B. Kavelin, Durand Taylor
1950: Herman Ackman
1949: S. Dudley Nostrand
1948: Charles F. Noyes
1947: H. Stanley Hillyer
1946: John A. Dunbar, H.Thornley Martin
1945: Samuel R. Firestone
1944: Gustave Ross