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Metters Industries was recognized by the STRICOM Contracting Office
as a selected small business
supplier for the STRICOM Omnibus Contract (STOC) acquisitions.
NASA
UNITeS: Employee of the year.
STRICOM
Contracting Office (Kim Denver): Recognition as a selected small
business supplier for PEO STRI Omnibus Contract (STOC) acquisitions.
National
Quality Assurance, USA: ISO 9001-2000 Registration for Metters
Industries Quality Management System.
Sanford
Airport Authority, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting: Letter of
appreciation for volunteering Metters Industries employees giving
assistance to Seminole County Fire Training Group training equipment
projects.
Orange
County School Board: Recognition of Contribution to Orange County
Public Schools. this award recognizes the support we have provided
to a neighborhood elementary school in Orlando, Florida.
L-3 Communications, Supply Chain Manager provided
Metters with a congratulatory letter for
a perfect supplier score of 100% for all programs
from January to
June 2002.
Previously,
Metters was ranked for the fourth consecutive year (1990-1993) by
Inc. Magazine, as one of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies
in the United States. Our first year on the Inc. 500 List was
based on sales from $447,000 in 1985 to $10,072 million in 1989 -
a phenomenal growth rate of 2,150 percent.
Metters was also named in the Washington Technology Journal in 1992
and 1993 as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the Washington
DC area. This represents two consecutive years on the Fast 50 List.
Washington, DC Small Business Administration (Region #9)
Small Business of the Year Award.
Ernst
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Runners-up, for two (2) consecutive
years.
Listed
in Black Enterprise Magazine, eight (8) consecutive years as
one of the 100 largest minority-owned businesses.
Feature
story, Black Enterprise Magazine.
Feature story, U.S. Black Engineer of the Year:
Organ Evolution of a Successful Start-up.
U.S.
Black Engineer of the Year in the minority on business category.
U.S.
Air Force Macon, Georgia: Rapid Response Desert Storm Support.
SUN
Computer Training System for Outstanding and Courseware Development
Service.
Langley
Air Force Station, Design Development of Hand-Held
Stand-Alone Transmission Operation Management Systems (STOMPS).
U.S.
Naval Training Station, Develop Contracts Management Software,
Orlando, Florida.
Designed
and developed software foe analyzing Ozone depletion at the North
Pole or ST. 76 Space Flight.
NASA
Community Service Award for Co-founder of NASA Career Exploration
Day.
NASA
Public Service Award for serving two (2), two-year political
appointments on the NASA Advisory Council.
Dr. Metters
Awards and Recognition
Business and Engineering
Dr. Metters was selected as the SBA's "Entrepreneur of the Year" in
1990. He was a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in 1991 and
1992 in a national competition sponsored by Ernest & Young, Merrill
Lynch, Inc. Magazine, and Washington Business Journal.
Received Howard University’s recognition of ‘50 Most Important Black
Owned Companies in America.’
Recipient of an award for Excellence and Leadership at the Fifty
Influential Minorities in Business National Awards Gala (Minority
Business and Professionals Network, Inc.).
Profiled in Dr. Rhodes’ and Dr. Freedy’s book as one of four black
pioneers in national black businesses.
Former member of the selection committee for the annual US Black
Engineer award.
Former member of the George Mason University Engineering Advisory
Committee.
Former member of the Board of Directors of the University of
Kentucky School of Engineering Advisory Board.
NASA
Awarded the NASA Public Service Medal for his contribution to the
Nation’s Space Program.
Awarded the NASA Special Services Award for community services.
Received an appointment to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). Dr.
Metters served two consecutive two-year terms, upon the request of
the NASA Administrator.
Dr. Metters is the co-founder of the NASA Career Exploration Program
(NCEP), for Junior ROTC Future Astronauts.
Veterans Affairs
Received an appointment by the Honorable Hector V. Barreto,
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, to a four-year
term to the Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Business Affairs.
Appointed by the Governor of Virginia as a Member of the Virginia
Board of Veterans’ Services.
Academia
Dr. Metters was the recipient of the Distinguished Graduate Award
from his Alma Mater, Prairie View A&M University.
Past President of the Prairie View A&M University Alumni
Association.
Recipient of the Prairie View A&M University Alumni of the Year
award.
Recipient of the Prairie View A&M University commencement speaker
citation.
Recipient of the Prairie View A&M University Distinguished Professor
for a Day.
Recipient of the Prairie View A&M University Lifetime Achievement
Award.
Founder and President of the Prairie View A&M University National
Alumni Foundation.
Selected as the convocation speaker for the 50th annual Prairie View
A&M University honors convocation.
Inducted into the US Black College Hall of Fame in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Inducted into the State of Texas Athletic Hall of Fame.
Former member of the Board of Directors of the Granville Academy.
Community Service
Listed in Who's Who in America®, Who’s Who in the South and
Southwest®, and Who’s Who Among Black Americans©.
Recipient of the Northern Virginia Urban League’s highly prestigious
and coveted Community Service Award.
Co-founder of the Prairie View A&M University Annual Golf and Tennis
Classic fundraiser.
Former member of the Board of Directors of the Shiloh Baptist Church
Economic and Community Development Corporation (SECDC).
Member, Board of Trustees, of the Shiloh Baptist Church.
Recipient of the Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC)
Community Service Award in 1998 for his support of Historically
Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU’s) on a national level.
Recipient of the City of Lubbock, Texas Community Service Award (Sam
Metters Day).
Recipient of the City of El Paso, Texas Community Service Award
(Honorary Citizen).
Boy Scouts of America
Recipient of the Silver Beaver Award.
Nominated and selected as Class Honoree for the “2005 Class of
Silver Beaver’ Awardees of the Boy Scouts of America”.
Former President and CEO of the National Capital Area Council of the
Boy Scouts of America.
Awards,
Recognitions, and Citations
U.S Navy
(Patuxant River Small Business Advisory Council).
Profiled
in "Pie of the Pie" by Fetty
Distinguished Alumni Graduate Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&m
University System (TAMUS)
Designation of Samuel Metters Day, Elpaso Texas by Mayor
Designation of Samuel Metters Day, Lubbock Texas by City Council.
Howard
University Small Business of the Year
Howard University Communications Industry Award.
Appointed a member of The National Veterans Business Development
Corporation through 2012 by President George W. Bush.
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