For those who haven’t seen, Frank Hecker’s tireless behind-the-scenes work for browser and website accessibility has earned him the Harry J. Murphy Catalyst Award for 2009.

Frank has had industry-wide impact by funding and supporting open source projects to advance accessibility and drive down future costs to people with disabilities. His efforts have both energized the field and grown the number of people with accessibility skills, from students to private corporate developers.

An award which is very appropriately named, and utterly deserved.