The Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers recognized FCC Media Bureau Video Division Deputy Division Chief Hossein Hashemzadah with the 2018 E. Noel Luddy Award.

Hashemzadah accepted the award, which highlights “years of meritorious service to the telecommunications industry,” at the AFCCE’s Nov. 28 FCC Reception.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai also attended the event and described Hashemzadah’s 36-year tenure at the commission.

[Read a Q&A with Noel Luddy at 93, two years before his death in 2013.]

Hashemzadah joins recent Luddy Award recipients Rudy Bonacci, Julius Knapp, Alan Stillwell, Ann Gallagher and Norman Miller.

The first E. Noel Luddy Award was handed out in 2000 to John Reiser, according to the AFCCE. The award is named for Luddy, who had previously served on the AFCCE board of directors. His former employer, Dielectric, also funds a scholarship in his honor.

WASHINGTON—In recognition of his service to the telecommunications industry, the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineering Board of Directors presented Rodolfo Bonacci, the assistant division chief, engineering, in the audio division of the FCC’s Media Bureau, with the E. Noel Luddy Award.

John Reiser, Rodolfo, Bonacci and John Lyons.

The AFCCE has presented the E. Noel Luddy Award annually since 2000 usually—but not always—to an FCC employee who has provided “notable and exemplary service to the telecommunications industry,” the announcement read. The AFCCE is a membership organization made up of engineers and other professionals in the telecommunications engineering field.

Bonacci was introduced by his FCC colleague James Bradshaw, deputy division chief, engineering in the audio division of the Media Bureau. In his speech, Bonacci thanked the AFCCE and expressed his admiration for his peers.

Bonacci joins previous Luddy award winners that include John Reiser, Jules Cohen, Ann Gallagher and Julius Knapp.

The AFCCE presented the award to Bonacci on Nov. 30 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.