The Home Builders Association of Maryland honored its best of this year and installed its officers for the new year at its 75th annual banquet in downtown Baltimore last night.
Gary Blucher of Manchester-based Masonry Contractors Inc. took builder of the year honors. The 25-year industry veteran, who was the association's president in 1993, builds both single-family homes and town houses.
Associate of the year is Bill Burk, of Monumental Millwork Inc. in Westminster.
The association's departing president, Clark Turner, was recognized for his achievements during his term, including the launch of the Dream Homes '94 event this summer in Owings Mills and a yearlong study of the building industry's impact on Central Maryland's economy. The study will be released in January.
The 520 who attended last night's event, held at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor, were also introduced to the Home Builders' 1995 officers:
* President: Dwight Griffith, Griffith-Brilhart Builders Inc.
* First vice president: Douglas Moore, A & R Development Corp.
* Vice president/treasurer: John Martonick, of Multi-Properties Inc.
* Vice president/secretary: John Bowers Jr., Nottingham Properties Inc.
* Vice president/associate: Gene Harvey, John E. Harms Jr. & Associates.
Chapter presidents for 1995 are Rocco Pigneri, Annapolis; Chris May, Anne Arundel County; Jim Ginsburg, Baltimore; John Clark, Baltimore County; Jim Piet, Carroll County; Ron Bunner, Cecil County; Don Sample, Harford County; and Howard Saslow, Howard County.
Council presidents for next year are Carroll Brown, Commercial Builders Council; Steve Koren, Land Development Council; and Fritzi Hallock, Sales and Marketing Council.