Joe Onessimo received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Conference. Joe’s records experience includes 14 years as Registrar with Florence-Darlington Technical College, 8 years with the Community College of Allegheny County as Assistance Registrar and Director of Veterans Affairs, and  3 years with Duquesne University as the Associate Registrar. He currently serves as an adjunct instructor and records consultant. He joined SCPRA in 1996, and has served as a member of the board since 1997. As a member of the board Joe has served 2 years as SCPRA President and 3 years as Vice President. He also serves as Chairperson of the SCPRA Program Committee. Congratulations, Joe!

Andrew Bigony received the Lindy Smith Award at the 2012 Conference. Andrew is employed with Lexington County as the County’s Records Manager. Andrew has been with the county for 6 years. Prior to coming to work for Lexington, Andrew worked as a Records Manager for the University of South Carolina in the Registrar’s Office where he maintained the University’s Student Records at the Columbia campus and their eight satellite campuses for 21 years. Prior to coming to work for USC, Andrew worked at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History for 8 years first working in the warehouse, then to Local Records Microfilm and then to the Microfilm Lab department. Andrew has been a member of SCPRA for 5 years and has held the office of Administrator for the Midstate Region where he was recognized as the Member of the Year for 2008 as well as helping to lead his Region to become the Outstanding Region in 2008 also. Andrew is currently serving in two positions on the Board of Directors for SCPRA, President and Region Affairs Coordinator. Congratulations, Andrew!