Norman G. Angus has been awarded the 1991 Dr. G. Homer Durham Award for distinguished public service as an appointed official by the Utah Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.
Angus, director of the state Department of Human Services, is responsible for a budget of $318 million and 3,900 employees. He has been director since 1983. Before that, he was deputy director and held several other positions in the department since he went to work there in 1968.Angus received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Utah State University and earned his master's degree in 1986 from the University of Utah. From 1962 to 1968 he was a staff administrator, contractor administrator and senior planner for Sperry Utah Co.
The society honored Frances Farley with the Senator Arthur V. Watkins Distinguished Service Award for an elected public official.
Farley was elected to the state Senate in 1977 and for 10 years worked mainly on health and social service issues.
As the only woman senator at that time, she gained the respect of her male colleagues for her "true grit" when it came to tough social issues.
A great deal of her work in the Legislature centered on programs for the elderly and underprivileged.
R. Thayne Robson received the 1991 Special Public Service Award from the group. As director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research and professor of management at the University of Utah, he has been an adviser to business and government leaders and is recognized as an authority on the economy of Utah and the Rocky Mountain region.
Robson got his education at Utah State University, Cornell and Harvard. He taught at Harvard and UCLA as well as at the U. He has extensive consulting experience with both business and government and serves as chairman of the board of trustees for the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau. He is also a member of the Utah Economic Coordinating Committee. He has written a number of books and articles.