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Founders Award
The Founders Award is awarded to members who have contributed three or more years of service to the 46er organization in some approved capacity. These are presented at the Fall Meeting each year. [Note: The Fall Meeting of September 2011 was cancelled following hurricane Irene, consequently no awards were presented for the year. Awards were not presented in 2017, and 2018 due to there was not a founders award committee.]
2019, 8 Founders Award Recipients
| Dan Kane #7532 | Director/Historian Office |
| Hank Sondheimer #1626 | Director |
| Laurie Rankin #5525W | Director/TSP Committee |
| Pete Hickey #3202 | Trailmaster/Director |
| Doug Varney #6468W | Director/Trailmaster |
| Dan Stec #7348 | Director/Grace Peak Committee |
| John Barron #4945 | Recording Secretary |
| Fran Shumway #7097 | Director/TSP Committee |
2016, 8 Recipients
| Sally Hoy | Past President |
| Don McMullen | Outdoor Skills Workshop |
| Nancy Buckley | Correspondent |
| Bob Ciecierega | Correspondent |
| Marta Bolton Quilliam | Correspondent |
| Gail Sanders | Correspondent |
| Dean Giuliano | Director |
| Chris Sekellik | Director |
2015, 9 Recipients
| Joe Ryan | Director/Correspondent |
| Brian Sutherland | Director |
| Tom Wheeler | President |
| Doug Arnold | Grace Peak Committee |
| Phil Corell | Treasurer/President |
| Tom Faulkner | Correspondent |
| Mike Gebhard | Correspondent |
| Millie Gittinger | Correspondent |
| Ben Tennyson | Correspondent |
2014, 10 Recipients
| Siobhan Carney-Nesbitt #5930W | Siobhan recently completed a term as Director, was a herdpath adopter for Tabletop, a correspondent for many years and currently co-chairs the Office of the Historian |
| Marilee Urbanczyk #3530 | Marilee has prepared the 46er climbing certificates since 1990. |
| Mike Becker #1889W | Mike has prepared the annual statistical summary of the finishers (“PEEKS Sketches”) for PEEKS magazine for the last 20 years. He also prepared the club roster for the last 46er book. |
| Joe Busch #3814 | Joe has been a volunteer in the Office of the Historian for 20 years doing a variety of porojects including creating the first database of recorded finishers. |
| Joe Bogardus #3342 | Joe recently completed a term as Director, donated hundreds of hours of voluntary trail work and has served as a Trailmaster since 2010. |
| Gary Koch #1137W | Gary has served as a correspondent since 2003 and has donated hundreds of hours to trailwork each year. |
| Tony Solomon #3626W | Tony helped Grace run the Historian’s Office and then took over her responsibilities as Head Historian in 2000. He continued in that capacity (with a little help from his friends) until his retirement in 2013. |
| Ken Ryba #1661W | Ken served as a Director and has been on the staff of the Outdoor Skills Workshop for almost 30 years. For the past several years he has co-chaired the OSW. |
| Sharp Swan #566W | Sharp served as a Director and has been on the staff of the Outdoor Skills Workshop for over 30 years. He contributed chapters in the previous two 46er books. |
| Christine Bourjade #4967W | Christine served as a correspondent since 2001 and wrote the Boulder Report for several years. She contributed a chapter in the last 46er book, designed the 46er webpage, and has donated many hours of trail work. |
2013, 9 Recipients
| Jim Barnshaw #2156W | Jim was Club President from 2006 to 2009 and helped develop the Founder’s Award Program. |
| Chuck Bennett #1934 | Chuck served as a Director and an assistant to Grace in the Historian’s Office. He helped Ed Ketchledge with the reseeding and earned his Conservation Service Award. Chuck developed and produced 46er promotional items including the 46er Board Game and the “Then and Now” DVD. |
| Herb Clark #1 | Herb was a guide for the Marshall Brothers. All three of them finished June 10, 1925 |
| Marilyn Corson #2686 | Marilyn has been involved with the 46ers for over 25 years, from initially maintaining and changing out the summit log books to becoming a correspondent after the removal of the summit canisters. |
| Mindy Jatulis #2383 | Mindy has been directly involved with the Historian’s Office since 1995 and continues that work today. He has also been a correspondent since 1998 and has written over 3500 letters. |
| Fred Johnson #1788 | Fred was a Director and received the 46 Hour Conservation Serv ice Award. Fred was known as the 46er’s “Ideas Man” and designed the club’s t-shirts, hat, and belt buckle. He also worked assisting Grace in the Historian’s Office. |
| Walter Johnson #4101 | Walt has received his 1046 Hour Conservation Service Award and continues to be a constant trail volunteer. |
| Curt Snyder #4608W | Curt has been a Director and is fast approaching his 346 hour Conservation Service Award. |
| Barbara Traver #2241 | Barbara has been a Director and has served as a correspondent since 1997. She also acts as the Vesper Service Coordinator. |
2012, 10 Recipients
| Matt Clark #4373W | Matt served as a Director and has performed over 146 hours of trail work. |
| Jim Coyne #3815 | Jim served as a Director and was a Trail Master from 2006 to 2012 and has over 746 hours of trail work. |
| Pam Keida #3533 and Sherri Martin #3534 | This sister tag team have been Directors, and both have over 546 hours of trail work. They also are involved with the annual Outdoors Skills Workshop and Spring Banquets. – OSW |
| Don Kinnear #3019 | Don has been a Spring Banquet Volunteer, a Director and has over 1,046 hours of trail work. |
| Mike McLean #3869W | Mike has been a Director and has been the Winter Correspondent since 2002. |
| Jane Nye #4142 | Jane has been a Director and been involved with the Historian’s Office for numerous years and is the Archivist for the club. |
| Alan Ratcliff #1129 | Alan was responsible for the initial Development of the 46er Web Site and maintained the site for several years. |
| John Rutledge #3553W | John served as a Director and had over 46 hours of trail service. Sadly John passed away before the award could be presented. His family attended the Fall Meeting to accept the award in his behalf. |
| S. Garen Szablewski #5376 | Garen has helped the Historian’s Office in many ways for several years. |
2010, 2 Recipients
| Len Grubbs | Years of Service -Trailmaster/Director CSA (Conversation Service Award) 1046 hours |
| Mary Lou Recor | Past President/Director/Secretary CSA 346 hours |
2009, 2 Recipients
| Pat Desbiens | Director/DEC Camps Coordinator CSA 146 hours |
| Peggy MacKellar | Former Director, Winter Banquet Coordinator CSA 46 hours |
2008, 6 Recipients
| Pete Fish | Director/OSW staff CSA 46 hours |
| Ron Konowitz | Director/OSW staff CSA 46 hours |
| Bill Lasher #1277 | |
| Patsy Meyers | Director |
| Helen Menz | Director/Did it all! |
| Connie Morrison | Director/Trails CSA 746 hours |
2007, 13 Recipients
| Nancy Allen | President CSA 346 hours |
| Chris G. Behr | Trailmaster CSA 1046 hours |
| Chris M. Behr | Trailmaster CSA 1046 hours |
| June Behr | Director/Trailmaster/President CSA 1046 hours |
| Jules Comeau | President/OSW Coordinator CSA 46 hours |
| Don Hoffman | President CSA 46 hours |
| David Lance | PEEKS Editor CSA 346 hours |
| Suzanne Lance | PEEKS Editor/Book Editor CSA 546 hours |
| Martha Precheur | Director/WFA Program Coordinato CSA 46 hours |
| George Sloan | President CSA 346 hours |
| Tim Tefft | President/OSW Coordinator/Book Editor CSA 546 hours |
| Joe Turon | PEEKS Editor |
| LJ Van Norden | Director |
2006, 13 Recipients
| Werner Bachli | President |
| Jim Bailey | President/OSW |
| William Frenette | President |
| Henry Germond | President |
| Jim Goodwin | Director/First Trailmaster CSA + |
| Barb Harris | President/Director CSA 146 hours |
| Wally Herrod | President CSA 46 hours |
| Bill Johnson | Director/Trailmaster CSA 1046 hours |
| Ed Ketchledge | Director/President/Summit Seeding CSA+ |
| Winifred Lamb | President |
| Carol Reese | Director |
| F.L. Peter Stone | President |
| Joe Urbanczyk | President/Trailmaster CSA 1046 hours |