Former King County Assessor Scott Noble (left); IAAO President Guy Griscom (right)
International Association of Assessing Officers Announces King County, WA Assessor Scott Noble Receives of 2008 Donehoo Essay Award
The International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) has announced that King County Assessor Scott Noble has been named the recipient of the 2008 Donehoo Essay Award. The award is named in honor of the first President of the IAAO, John C. Donehoo, and is presented to the author of the best essay on assessment, property tax administration, or policy. The submitted essay must be on a technical topic, written in a style and of a length suitable for publication in the Journal of Property Tax Assessment & Administration.
Mr. Noble was honored with the award for his paper entitled "Keepers of the Faith" (.PDF, 733KB) as published in the June 2007 edition of Fair & Equitable magazine. The article itself originated from a speech that Mr. Noble gave to the International Association of Assessing Officers in May of 2007. Mr. Noble was presented with his award at the IAAO annual international conference that was held in Reno, Nevada in September of 2008.
