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Special Service Award

 

The Special Service Award is given from time to time for unusual and distinguished service to the Association.

For additional information, contact the Executive Office.


Award Recipients

2008
Jill Lewis

2007
Hoyte Snow

2006
Penny Hirschman

2005
Maryann M. Manning

2004
William Hammond

2003
James A. Wilhide

2002
Betty H. Yarborough

2001
Dave Wallace

2000
—Not Given—

1999
Pehr-Olof Rönnholm

1998
Yancey Lee Watkins

1997
M. Jerry Weiss

1996
Jerome C. Harste

1995
J. Estill Alexander

1994
Jack Cassidy

1993
Roach Van Allen

1992
Walter B. Barbe

1991
Patricia S. Koppman

1990
Peggy E. Ransom

1989
Jack Humphrey

1988
Bobbye Goldstein

1987
Sam Weintraub

1986
Henry A. Bamman

1985
Bob W. Jerrolds

1984
Theodore L. Harris

1983
Ronald W. Mitchell

1982
—Not Given—

1981
Walter MacGinitie

1980
Amelia Melnik

1979
Thomas D. Horn

1978
Olive S. Niles

1977
John E. Merritt

1976
Roy A. Kress
Marjorie Seddon Johnson

1975
Althea Beery

1974
Mogens Jansen

1973
J. Allen Figurel

1972
Joyce M. Morris

1971
Edward Hallack

1970
Dorothy Kendall Bracken

1969
Ralph C. Staiger

1968
—Not Given—

1967
Edgar Bergen
George B. Schick
Russell G. Stauffer

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