The Robert M. Shelton Award for Sustained Chapter Excellence
The Robert M. Shelton Award for Sustained Chapter Excellence is presented each year to the chapter judged as displaying exemplary service to members over a sustained period of the immediate past five years. The award, unveiled in 1979 in honor of Robert Shelton’s long-standing contributions to the Association, was presented for the first time in 1980.
Purpose
The purpose of this award is to recognize those chapters that demonstrate sustained excellence, over a five-year period, in the provision of services to members as established by HFMA’s strategic plan.
Eligibility
Eligibility criteria is being reviewed. This award will not be awarded until 2024, after criteria is updated.
Limits
There are no limits to the number of chapters that may win this award.
Judging
The Chair of the HFMA Board of Directors shall appoint a five-member committee of judges to determine award winners. This committee shall include at least three former HFMA Board Chairs and two members representing currently ineligible winners.
Award announcement
The winning chapter is announced and recognized at the Annual Conference in June.
Shelton award recipients
| Year | Chapter |
| 2019 | South Texas Chapter |
| 2018 | Iowa Chapter |
| 2017 | Arkansas Chapter |
| 2016 | Rochester Regional Chapter |
| 2015 | Nebraska Chapter |
| 2014 | Oregon Chapter |
| 2013 | Florida Chapter Maryland Chapter |
| 2012 | Colorado Chapter |
| 2011 | New Jersey Chapter |
| 2010 | Nebraska Chapter |
| 2009 | Hudson Valley NY Chapter |
| 2008 | Sunflower (Kansas) Chapter |
| 2007 | North Carolina Chapter |
| 2006 | Oklahoma Chapter |
| 2005 | Tennessee Chapter |
| 2004 | Iowa Chapter |
| 2003 | Eastern Michigan Chapter |
| 2002 | Maine Chapter |
| 2001 | Appalachian Chapter of Central Pennsylvania |
| 2000 | Georgia Chapter Rochester Regional Chapter |
| 1999 | Alabama Chapter |
| 1998 | Mississippi Chapter North Carolina Chapter |
| 1997 | South Carolina Chapter |
| 1996 | Southern Illinois Chapter |
| 1995 | Georgia Chapter |
| 1994 | Alabama Chapter |
| 1993 | Northern California Chapter |
| 1992 | Georgia Chapter |
| 1991 | South Dakota Chapter |
| 1990 | Eastern Michigan Chapter |
| 1989 | Oregon Chapter |
| 1988 | South Carolina Chapter |
| 1987 | Georgia Chapter |
| 1986 | South Dakota Chapter |
| 1985 | Oregon Chapter |
| 1984 | South Carolina Chapter |
| 1983 | Tennessee Chapter |
| 1982 | Eastern Michigan Chapter |
| 1981 | Hawaii Chapter |
| 1980 | Massachusetts Chapter |
