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Distinguished Service Awards
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THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
is awarded in recognition of outstanding service to The American Iris Society at the national level. Service is judged on the basis of amount and quality of work done in such capacities as Board members, national officer, judges' training activity that is national in scope, writing for the national publication and other less tangible but vital acts of national service.
2029-2020
| 2029 | ||||||
| 2028 | ||||||
| 2027 | ||||||
| 2026 | ||||||
| 2025 | Wayne Messer | Riley Probst | ||||
| 2024 | ||||||
| 2023 | ||||||
| 2022 | Lois Rose | Janet Smith | ||||
| 2021 | Cheryl Deaton | Bonnie Nichols | Jody Nolin | Andi Rivarola | Claire Schneider | |
| 2020 | No Award | |||||
2019-2010
| 2019 | Robert Hollingworth | ||
| 2018 | Betsy Higgins | Terry Laurin | Gary White |
| 2017 | Debra Strauss | Nick Stewart | |
| 2016 | No Award | ||
| 2015 | Jim Morris | ||
| 2014 | Gerry Snyder | Michelle Snyder | |
| 2013 | John Jones | John Ludi | Robert Pries |
| 2012 | Jill Bonino | Judy Keisling | |
| 2011 | Paul Gossett | ||
| 2010 | Rita Gormley |
2009-2000
| 2009 | Perry Dyer | ||
| 2008 | No Award | ||
| 2007 | Jeanne Clay Plank | ||
| 2006 | Jim Copeland | Jay Hudson | |
| 2005 | Terry Aitken | Nancy and Irv Pocklington | Shirley Pope |
| 2004 | Anne Lowe | Clarence Mahan | |
| 2003 | Mike Lowe | Jean Morris | Melody Wilhoit |
| 2002 | Sara Marley | Keith McNames | |
| 2001 | Robert R. Plank | ||
| 2000 | Glenn Corlew | Lewis and Adele Lawyer | Marilyn Harlow |
1999-1990
| 1999 | No Award | ||
| 1998 | O. David Niswonger | Olive Rice Waters | |
| 1997 | Emma Hobbs | ||
| 1996 | Claire Barr | Lillian Gristwood | Phillips A. Williams |
| 1995 | |||
| 1994 | Hilda Crick | ||
| 1993 | Charles Lack | ||
| 1992 | Jeane Stayer | Catherine Long Gates | |
| 1991 | Francesca Thoolen | James Rasmussen | |
| 1990 |
1989-1980
| 1989 | James Burch | Kay Nelson | |||
| 1988 | No Award | ||||
| 1987 | Ellene Rockwell | ||||
| 1986 | Ronald Mullin | ||||
| 1985 | Ben Hager | ||||
| 1984 | Adolph Vogt | ||||
| 1983 | Marie Caillet | Allan Ensminger | Dorothy Howard | Carol Ramsey | Dr. Harold L. Stahly |
| 1982 | Jean Witt | ||||
| 1981 | Kenneth M. Waite | Archie Owen | Dr. John Harvey | ||
| 1980 | Keith R. Keppel | Leon Wolford |
1979-1970
1969-1960
1959-1950
| 1959 | Marion R. Walker | Carl O.Schirmer | |
| 1958 | William J. Moffat | ||
| 1957 | Mrs. George D. Robinson | ||
| 1956 | Geddes Douglas | ||
| 1955 | Howard W. Knowlton | Harry J. Randall | |
| 1954 | |||
| 1953 | Barbara Walther | ||
| 1952 | Fred W. Cassebeer | Guy Rogers | |
| 1951 | Lowell Fitz Randolph | ||
| 1950 | Caroline Dorman | E. Greig Lapham | |
1949-1941
| 1949 | Dr. Franklin P. Cook | Junius P. Fishburn | |
| 1948 | |||
| 1947 | Jesse E. Wills | Howard R. Watkins | |
| 1946 | Louise Blake | ||
| 1945 | J. Marion Shull | ||
| 1944 | Charles F. Gersdorff | Clarence P. Connell | |
| 1943 | William J. McKee | ||
| 1942 | |||
| 1941 | Dr. Harry H. Everett | Benjamin Y. Morrison | Robert S. Sturtevant |
Photo from the January 1942 AIS Bulletin of the newly created Distinguished Service to the Society Medal.
-- BobPries - 2010-12-07
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