Tim Jackson is presented the Hugh Prather Award from the 2013 recipient Mike Mishler with Mishler Builders
Custom builder Tim Jackson, CGB, GMB, CGP, of Tim Jackson Custom Homes, was honored with the prestigious 2014 Hugh Prather Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Dallas Builders Association. The award has been presented annually for the past 64 years to a builder, remodeler or developer who has done the most for the betterment of the North Texas region. The 2014 presentation was made during the Association’s Sept. 30 Board of Directors meeting.
This award was named for the Association’s first president, Hugh Prather, in hopes that his principles would serve as a guide for future generations of builders. It is not meant to be simply a “Builder of the Year,” but something more that reflects credit to the building industry. Past recipients include homebuilding icons such as Dave Fox, W.W. Caruth Jr., Bob Folsom, Fred Roach, Kent Conine, Hershel Pierce, Kenny Marchant, Tommy Ford, N.D. Hopkins and Harold Pollman, among others.
2013 Prather recipient Mike Mishler of Mishler Builders presented the award to Jackson, noting that he is “very active at the local, state and national association levels, working to address issues facing the housing industry that affect homebuilders and consumers alike.”
Earlier this summer Tim Jackson, working with the Dallas BA’s charity of choice Operation Finally Home, completed building a mortgage-free home in Little Elm for U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Jackel. Sgt. Jackel served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. His long list of service awards includes a Purple Heart, an ARCOM-4 Award for Valor and an Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two Bronze Stars, among others. In August 20122, while performing convoy duties in Afghanistan, an IED exploded under the vehicle he occupied with his team. After the blast, Sgt. Jackel saved the lives of his team members by helping get them out of the vehicle and physically put out a fire inside the vehicle with his own leg. He sustained injuries resulting in required bilateral leg amputations as well as a traumatic brain injury. Mishler stated that Tim Jackson not only built a beautiful new home for Sgt. Jackel, but made sure it was furnished and the pantry was stocked before turning over the keys. “It was an honor to provide a home for this brave young man,” said Jackson. “It means so much to be able to give something back to this local hero in appreciation for his service and sacrifice to our country.”
Jackson is a currently the vice president/secretary of the Texas Association of Builders. He served as the president of the Dallas Builders Association in 2009 and is a life director of the National Association of Home Builders. He has served on the Texas Association of Builders board of directors since 2006 and served as TAB area vice president in 2012-2013. He has served as president of the Dallas BA’s North Dallas/Collin County Division, its Membership Committee, the Parade of Homes Committee and the Government Relations Committee. He chaired the Dallas Division’s golf tournament and led the construction of two homes for Habitat For Humanity. He has been honored with the Dallas BA’s APEX Award, which recognizes a builder’s professionalism in doing business with associate members, and twice as ARC Custom Builder of the Year.
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