14 2026 Membership Directory, Buyers’ Guide & Annual Report AGC Houston AGC Houston Past Presidents Master Builder Award Recipients 1934 George F. Weisman 1935-1937 Edmond A. Fretz 1938-1939 Russell W. Nix 1940 Warren S. Bellows 1941-1942 Robert W. Collins 1943-1944 Edward A. Kruse 1945-1946 Otis VanDeMark 1947-1948 Leo Linbeck, Sr. 1949 Carl Schneider 1950 Howard T. Tellepsen, Sr. 1951-1952 Fred Fisher 1953-1954 Demmie H. Cox 1955-1956 Dunbar N. Chambers 1957-1958 Bob O’Rourke 1959-1960 C. A. Bullen 1961-1962 Louis A. Fisher 1963-1964 Joe Baxter 1965-1967 P.G. Bell, Jr. 1968-1969 Leo Linbeck, Jr. 1970 Ted Connor 1971-1972 Alvin Lott 1973-1974 Warren S. Bellows, Jr. 1975-1976 Gene Murphree 1977-1978 George Miner 1979-1980 George Bellows 1981-1982 Jerry W. Lowry 1983-1984 Walter D. Murphy 1985-1986 James Stephens 1987-1988 Al Jensen 1989-1990 Dave Gray 1991-1992 Don Jones 1993 Charles Nelson 1994 John Carson 1995 Howard Tellepsen, Jr. 1996 Robert R. Fretz, Jr. 1997 Paul E. Lawson 1998 David F. Chapman 1999 Steve Dishman 2000 Joe Vaughn 2001 Art Guerra 2002 David Marshall 2003 Tom Bellows 2004 Lynn Stoever 2005 William H. Scott, III 2006 Ken Humphries 2007 Jesse Gonzalez 2008 Steve Percival 2009 George A. Pontikes, Jr. 2010 Tom Vaughn 2011-2012 Jim Stevenson 2013-2014 Steve Mechler 2015-2016 William H. Scott, III 2017-2018 James Bryant 2019-2020 Tony Mansoorian 2020-2022 John Marshall 2022-2024 Tadd Tellepsen AGC Houston established the “Master Builder” Award, which is presented at the Chapter’s biennial Awards for Construction Excellence (APEX), in 1994. The honor recognizes an individual or organization for their contributions and commitment to advance the commercial-built environment in the greater Houston area. The term “Master Builder” comes from the early construction history. It was a title of the highest respect, reserved for individuals involved in the design and construction of structures that enhanced the community. 1994 S. I. Morris, FAIA, Morris Architects 1996 Walter P. Moore Jr., Ph.D., Walter P. Moore 1998 Robert C. Lanier, Houston Mayor 1992-1998 2000 Harris County Sports Authority 2002 Dr. Richard E. Wainerdi, Texas Medical Center 2004 Patrick J. Kiley, AGC Houston 2006 Archbishop Emeritus Joseph A. Fiorenza, Houston-Galveston Diocese 2008 Ed Wulfe, Wulfe & Co., Inc. 2012 William A. Daigneau, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 2014 Leo Linbeck Jr., Linbeck Group, LLC 2016 Paul G. Bell Jr., P. G. Bell Co. 2018 Peter R. Dawson, Texas Children’s Hospital 2020 John Kirksey, Kirksey Architecture 2022 Steve Dishman, Brookstone, LP 2024 Stan Marek, Marek Brothers Systems, LLC
