De Gelleke Award Recipients

The DeGelleke Award is CISCA’s highest honor. Named for one of the founding members of the organization, Gerry DeGelleke, the award is given to that individual whose contribution to the industry and the association has been acknowledged as significant and noteworthy. The DeGelleke Award Committee each year consists of the current president and two most recent past presidents of CISCA.

 

1960 -- Wallace Waterfall*
1961 -- George P. Little*
1962 -- Robert L. Lindahl*
1963 -- George I. Smith*
1964 -- Harold E. Anning*
1965 -- Victor Jacobson*
1966 -- Edwin S. Grabill*
1967 -- William J. Haertel*
1968 -- Arno R. Myers*
1969 -- Joel Rachlin*
1970 -- Martin J. Brennan*
1971 -- Curtis O. Johnson*
1972 -- Herman L. Vriens*
1973 -- Walter M. Ericson*
1974 -- William A. Manson, Sr.*
1975 -- Michael Kodaras*
1976 -- Jack Gellin*
1977 -- Thad Collum*
1978 -- James L. Whittaker*
1982 -- David O. Johnson*
1983 -- Gilbert L. Phillips*
1987 -- R. Thomas Jones*
1988 -- Frank Burgen*
1990 -- Walter N. Patch*
1991 -- Rowland Denman*
1992 -- Donald E. Nicholas*
1993 -- Richard B. Brown
1994 -- George A. Irvine*
1995 -- H. F. (Corky) Falbaum *
1996 -- Henry St. Hilaire
1997 -- John D. Jacobson*
1998 -- Harold L. Wettlaufer, Jr.*

1999 -- Douglas P. Ayers
2000 -- James J. Gegare
2001 -- Thomas O. Valenti
2002 -- Claude S. Bagley
2003 -- Larry R. Edwards
2004 -- William L. Shannon
2005 -- David D. Nicholas
2006 -- Claude W. Amerson*
2007 -- Thomas A. Edens III
2008 -- Kent Vipond
2009 -- Rick Ziska
2010 -- Ron Bishop
2011 -- Wayne Chester
2012 -- Michael Coakley
2013 -- Daniel Degnan
2014 -- Connie Larson
2015 -- Tom Jacobson*
2016 -- Hank Reinke
2017 -- Brad Sampson*
2018 -- Scott Qualls
2019 -- Don Harris
2020 -- Jim Walaszek
2021 -- Eric Mau
2022 -- Paul Gallagher
2023 -- Pete Welly
2024 -- Mark Olson

*Deceased

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