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Centex Vice President to Receive Distinguished Service Award

Previous winners of the award include Pulte Homes, Lee Evans and Timberline Software.

In his job at Centex, Nellis visits schools and colleges around the country to tell young people about his company and careers in the building industry. He was recruited by Centex upon graduating from Michigan State University’s Construction Management program.

A member of the NAHB Student Chapters Advisory Board since 1992, Nellis helped to institutionalize the Residential Construction Competitions at the annual International Builders' Show (IBS).

As a member of the Home Builders Institute's (HBI) Board of Trustees, Nellis has worked tirelessly to promote the industry and the Student Chapters program. He most recently led efforts during NAHB’s fall board meeting in Boston to expand NAHB membership to HBI students enrolled in Job Corps.

Nellis will receive the award on Sunday, Jan. 18, at the NAHB Student Chapters Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas, HBI Board of Trustees Chairman Tom Mullen announced.

Also presented at that time will be the Outstanding Student Chapter Award, sponsored by the National Council of the Housing Industry — the Supplier 100 of NAHB, and the Outstanding Educator Awards, sponsored by Delmar Learning.

The ceremony will conclude with the announcement of the winners of the Residential Construction Competition on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 17 and 18, in which more than 50 teams from high schools, technical schools, colleges and universities will present their proposals for projects in the residential construction field.

Four-year schools entering the competition will be looking to topple three-time winner Brigham Young University in their designs for a 115 single-family, detached home project in Blaine, MN. The competition project for high school, vocational and two-year schools will involve drawings of an active-adult, single-family detached home to be built in Ocean City, NJ.

At another Student Chapter event at the International Builders’ Show, the Building Careers Job Fair, more than 20 NAHB-member companies will be meeting with qualified NAHB student members who are looking for contacts and jobs within the industry. The fair takes place on Monday, Jan. 19.

For information on NAHB Student Chapter activities at the IBS or on establishing a chapter, e-mail Page Browning.

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