On Friday, September 18, 2009, Don Scott became the recipient of the prestigious Ring of Honor from the National Tile Contractors Association at Total Solutions in San Antonio, Texas.
The Ring of Honor is a lifetime achievement award and was presented to Don who has served the association as 2nd Vice President, 1st Vice President, President, and Chairman of the Board as well as Chairman of the NTCA Technical Committee. Additionally, until his illness, he served as Chairman of the ASC A108 Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO TC-189 and as a member of the Tile Council of North America Handbook Committee.
Don’s career spans 40 years at David Allen Company. He started as a part-time estimator in 1969 on summer vacation from teaching school. He decided to stay and through the years has been a project manager, department manager, vice president of operations, and, in 1999, became the president of David Allen Company, the nation’s premier tile, marble, and terrazzo contractor.
Don was unable to travel to San Antonio for this year’s meeting, and the award ceremony was videotaped at the David Allen Company headquarters in Raleigh. In addition to the presentation by NTCA Executive Director Emeritus, Joe Tarver, Don received a watch bearing the David Allen Company logo from Robert Roberson, Chairman—CEO of David Allen Company.
The presentations were made on Thursday morning, September 10, in Raleigh. The employees of the Raleigh office were there to applaud and participate. As can be imagined, there was not a “dry eye” in the crowd as Mr. Roberson and Mr. Tarver talked about Don Scott, “the man,” and the leader we all love and cherish.
