Bernard L. Barnard Outstanding Technical Essay Award
This award was named in honor of Dr. Bernard L. Barnard, past Director of Research for the IAAO, and is presented to the best article or essay on technical innovations in assessment or property tax administration. Unpublished essays or articles published in other periodicals or books may also be nominated.
| Year | Recipient | City |
| 2012 | Calvin A. Kent, PhD, AAS | Huntington, WV |
| 2011 | J. Wayne Moore, PhD and Joshua Myers | Springfield, OH |
| J. Wade Davis, PhD and Adam Gold | Columbia, MO | |
| 2010 | Morgan B. Gilreath, Jr. | Deland, FL |
| IAAO Research Committee | Kansas City, MO | |
| 2009 | William M. Wadsworth and J Wadsworth | Clearwater, FL |
| 2008 | Lema Kebede | Beverly Hills, CA |
| 2007 | J. Wayne Moore | Springfield, OH |
| 2006 | Kenneth Engel & Tim Wilmath | Tampa, FL |
| 2005 | Sheldon Bluestein | Boise, ID |
| Alan S. Dornfest, AAS; Alex Chizwesky, CAE; and Pete Davis | Boise, ID | |
| Mark P. Reynolds, Esq. | Papillion, NE | |
| 2004 | Larry J. Clark, CAE | Olathe, KS |
| Foy Mitchell, Jr. & Donna Harbers | Plano, TX | |
| 2003 | Patrick O’Connor | Plano, TX |
| Judy E. Ramos, CMS & Gary Beekman | Reno, NV | |
| 2002 | Nancy Tomberlin | Topeka, KS |
| 2001 | Gregg Hagopian | Milwaukee, WI |
| Leonel St. Amand & Robert J. Gloudemans | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 2000 | Richard Baker & Ke-Tsai Wu | Tallahassee, FL |
| 1999 | Keith Fournien, CMS | Toledo, OH |
| Joseph Eckman | Toledo, OH | |
| 1998 | Morgan B. Gilreath, Jr. | Deland, FL |
| 1997 | Larry J. Clark, CAE | Olathe, KS |
| Ronald J. Schultz | Inverness, FL | |
| 1996 | Wayne A. Tenenbaum | Kansas City, MO |
| 1995 | Alan S. Dornfest | Boise, ID |
| 1994 | Jack Eichenbaum | New York, NY |
| Francine Pearl | New York, NY | |
| 1993 | Julian K. Greenwood | Victoria, BC |
| Jennifer A. Whybrow | Victoria, BC | |
| 1992 | William Kinnard | Storrs, CT |
| Phillip Mitchell | ||
| Gail Beron | ||
| James Webb | Plano, TX | |
| 1991 | Jane H. Malme | Hingham, MA |
| 1990 | Morgan B. Gilreath, Jr. | Deland, FL |
| 1989 | Patrick O’Connor | New York, NY |
| Jack Eichenbaum | New York, NY | |
| 1988 | Richard Ward | St. Paul, MN |
| Lorraine Steiner | Wichita, KS | |
| 1987 | T. Alexander Majchowicz | Washington, DC |
| 1986 | John C. Crissey, Jr., CAE | Orlando, FL |
| 1985 | Jay T. Alexander, CAE | Orlando, FL |
| 1984 | Thomas K. Tegarden, CAE | Nashville, TN |
| 1983 | Michael V. Salmon, CAE | Richmond, VA |
| 1982 | Robert J. Gloudemans | Phoenix, AZ |
| 1981 | Kathleen Conroy | Ridgeway, NJ |
| 1980 | Robert X. Briden, CAE | Upper Marlboro, MD |
| 1979 | Morgan B. Gilreath, Jr. | Athens, GA |
| 1978 | Michael S. Skaff | Detroit, MI |
| 1977 | James L. Plourde | Madison, WI |
| Vincent J. Geraci | Austin, TX | |
| 1976 | Robert J. Flanagan, CAE | New London, CT |
| 1975 | Michael S. Skaff | Detroit, MI |
| 1974 | Jack M. Large | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 1973 | John B. Rackham | Washington, DC |
| 1972 | Kathleen Conroy | Ridgeway, NJ |
| 1971 | Irvin Johnson | Ventura, CA |
| 1970 | John B. Rackham | Washington, DC |
| 1969 | Hugh H. MacGlashen | Halifax, NS |
| 1968 | Robert H. Craig | Fredericton, NB |
| 1967 | Donald P. Fleming, CAE | Washington, DC |