MRCA Announces McCawley Award Winner

April 20, 2018 at 6:38 a.m.

In recognition of the devotion given in his life to the industry, MRCA established the James Q. McCawley Award, which was first presented in 1969.

On October 17th , Randy Adams of R. Adams Roofing in Indianapolis, Indiana presented the most distinguished award MRCA bestows: The McCawley Award. This award has been presented each year to an individual in recognition for outstanding service to the roofing industry.

This year’s recipient was John M. Daly of Kaw Roofing & Sheet Metal in Kansas City, KS. John’s Grandfather, Tom Daly, started the company in 1923 in Kansas City where John started working in the warehouse when he was about 13 years of age. John worked on roofs throughout high school and college and in 1979 started working full-time in the business as an estimator. John’s father, Pat, passed away in 1987 leaving his two brothers and himself to run the family business. John has since been a past president of his local CSI Chapter (Construction Specifications Institute), a long-time member of ASTM and the MRCA T&R Committee and was President of MRCA in 2009. His Grandfather received the McCawley Award in 1981 and his son, Chris Daly, is currently serving on the MRCA Board of Directors.