LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2014
Sawyer is considered the father of GAS Check, the propane industry’s safety inspection program launched in 1985 to help reduce residential accidents.
Working closely with Bill Denny from Petrolane, who created GAS Check, Sawyer developed the name, tested many of the steps in the program in his own company and led marketer delegations that met with appliance manufacturers and the Consumer Product Safety Commission staff and commissioners that negotiated the terms of the program. Sawyer was also a member of the industry’s National Committee on Propane Allocation and Price Regulations during the control period of the 1970s.
He was an articulate spokesman for the small marketer at a difficult time and could command the respect of all industry segments as well as government officials. Sawyer is a former president of NPGA’s board of directors and a winner of its Distinguished Service Award and Bill Hill Award.
The 77-year-old Sawyer resides in Jacksonville, Fla.