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History of ARS Awards to MAC Members

Pioneer Award
1981 Joseph Gable

Gold Medal Award
1953 Joseph Gable
1954 Fred P. Lee
1965 Henry T. Skinner
1965 David G. Leach
1973 Thomas F Wheeldon
1983 Fred Galle
2002 Austin Kennell

Silver Medal Award
1988 Sandra McDonald
2002 Don Hyatt
2004 Harry Wise

ARS Awards to Members of Middle Atlantic Chapter

Compiled December 2011 by William F. Bedwell

Award

Year

Recipient

Location

Chapter

Location of Published Citation

Status

Pioneer

1982

Joseph Benson Gable

Pennsylvania

Various; Honorary Member of Middle Atlantic in 1954

JARS, Vol 36, #3, p. 111-113, July 1982

Deceased

Gold

1953

Joseph B. Gable

Pennsylvania

Various; Honorary member  Middle Atlantic in 1954

ARS Bulletin, Vol 7, #2, p. 76, April 1953

Deceased

Gold

1964

Frederic Padodoc Lee

Maryland

Middle Atlantic

ARS Bulletin, Vol 18, #3, p. 152, July 1964

Deceased

Gold

1965

David Goheen Leach

Pennsylvania, later Ohio

Middle Atlantic and other chapters

ARS Bulletin, Vol 19, # 3, July 1965

Deceased

Gold

1965

Dr. Henry Thomas Skinner

Maryland

Middle Atlantic

ARS Bulletin, Vol. 19, #3, p. 133, July 1965

Deceased

Gold

1973

Thomas F. Wheeldon, M.D.

Virginia

Middle Atlantic

ARS Bulletin, Vol 73, #3, p. 157-158, July 1973

Deceased

Gold

1983

Fred C. Galle

Georgia

Middle Atlantic, primary chapter

JARS, Vol 37, #3, p. 125, July 1983

Deceased

Gold

2002

Austin C. Kennell

Virginia

Middle Atlantic

JARS, Vol. 56, #3, p. 145, Summer 2002

Deceased

Gold

2006

Sandra F. McDonald. Ph.D.

Virginia

Middle Atlantic

JARS, Summer 2006, p. 146,

Living

Silver

1988

Sandra F. McDonald, Ph.D.

Virginia

Middle Atlantic

JARS, Vol. 42, #3, p. 146, July 1988

Living

Silver

2002

Donald W. Hyatt

Virginia

Potomac Valley and Middle Atlantic

JARS, Vol 56, #3, p. 145, Summer 2002

Living

Silver

2004

Harry L. Wise

West Virginia

Middle Atlantic

JARS, Summer 2004, p. 151

Deceased

Silver

2007

George Keen McLellan

Virginia

Middle Atlantic

JARS, Vol. 61 #3, p.144, Summer 2007

Living


Bronze Medal Award
1974 Mary Morris Clemmer
1975 D. D. Withers
1976 Harry Nash
1978 Albert J. Shoosmith
1978 Dr. Robert C. Lambe
1980 Gladys J. Wheeldon
1980 Warren T. Cloud
1981 Austin C. Kennell
1981 Sandra & Ken McDonald
1982 John C. Withers
1984 Harry L. Wise
1984 Ken McDonald
1984 Sandra McDonald
1985 William F. Bedwell
1985 Terry Sheuchenko
1986 George W. Harding
1986 Peter Sheuchenko
1988 Barbara Hall
1988 David Lay
1990 Dorothy Robinson
1990 John Buschmann
1991 Elmer Lapsley
1992 Paul James
1992 Bob Porter
1993 George Keen McLellan
1994 Rosalie M. Nachman
1995 Deborah D. Sauer
1995 David F. Sauer
1996 Ronald R. Brown
1998 Sybil C. & Walter A. Przypek
1998 Douglas K. Jolley
1998 C. Ray Doggett
2000 Sharon R. Collins
2000 Theresa Brents
2001 William Stepka
2001 F. Raymond Brush
2001 Alton S. Hall
2002 Kendon Stubbs

MAC Certificates of Appreciation
1989 George Keen McLellan
1989 Alton Hall
1989 Gloria Sanders
1990 Sybil Przypek
1991 Bob Porter
1991 Page Calisch
1993/4 Betty Kennell
1993/4 Betty Wise
1994 Walter Przypek
1995/6 Theresa & Ronnie Brents
1997 Rosa Carter
2001 James S. Brant
2002 UVA Library

Honorary Members
1954 Joseph Gable
1973 Ignatius Logis

Life Members
Barbara P. Bell
Walter C. Bell, Jr.
Michael A. Breiding
Fred & Charlotte Duis
Paul James
David Lay
Ray & Eleanor Longley
Sandra McDonald
David & Debbie Sauer


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