MMUUS AWARD RECIPIENTS

Following is a list of May Memorial award winners from 1955-2014. Awardees prior to 1955 were not well documented.

Earlier awardees were honored with busts, plaques, stained glass windows, or other means and are not shown in this document.

Annual Mary-Lib Whitney religious education awardees are depicted on a plaque outside the DRE office.

Annual Award Recipients

1955 Alice Jordan

1956 Elizabeth Lewis and Dr. Marion Dooley

1957 Dr. & Mrs. Reginald Manwell and Dr. William Yerington

1958 Helen Hackton and Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Vincent

1959 Mrs. James Tracy, Ernest Bowden, and Mary Slagle

1960 Mrs. Clarence Bull

1961 Mrs. Lawrence Gould and Frank Macomber

1962 Helen Eager and William & Doris McLennan

1963 Elizabeth Siegfried, Judith Viets, and Brainard &Natalie Fancher

1964 Dr. & Mrs. Warren Walsh

1965 Carlyle & Dorothy Ashley

1966 Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Kharas

1967 Robert & Vera Beadel and Helen MacKnight

1968 Dr. Larry Gould and Mr. & Mrs. John Chamberlin

1969 The May Memorial Choir and Mr. & Mrs. Richard Johnson

1970 Mary Cooper

1971 Prof. & Mrs. Montague Charma

1972 Robert & Mary Burdick

1973 Mrs. Albert Wertheimer and Charles White

1974 Betty Moore

1975 Mary Margaret Kuhlen

1976 Joyce Ball

1977 Mr. & Mrs. Carl Aronson

1978 Gerald & Kathryn Lanier

1979 Beverly & Malcolm Clark

1980 Helen Obrist

1981 Ann & Richard Pearson

1982 Jean Hoefer

1983 Pauline Murray

1984 Eleanor Rosebrugh

1985 Ernie Sibert

1986 Anne & Mel Shelly

1987 Bob & Norma Coye

1988 Dick & Greta Dershimer

1989 Pat & Ray Corson

1990 Doug & Geri Aird and Mildred Capozzi

1991 Janet Hiemstra

1992 Phil Klein

1993 Charles & Dorothy Jorgensen

1994 Henry Manwell

1995 Rev. Nicholas C. Cardell, Jr.

1996 Nan & Howard Gartner

1997 Don MacKay

1998 Peter McClure

1999 Joyce & Gary Droege

2000 Karen West

2001 Alice Chico

2002 Julie Daniel & Kevin King

2003 Diane Hainsworth

2004 Barbara Mihalas

2005 Mariah Dillon

2006 Janet & Roger Hiemstra

2007 Alexa Carter

2008 Fred Fiske

2009 Harsey Leonard

2010 Jennifer Newman

2011 Joyce Leonard

2012 Rob Neimeier

2013 Mary Fulton

2014 Stephanie Cross

Samuel Joseph May Citations for Community Action Award Recipients

(Not Awarded Every Year)

1967 Eleanor Rosebrugh

1969 Don & Barbara Rumsey

1970 George Michaels

1973 Daniel Ellsberg

1974 Sarah K. Auchincloss

1983 Charlotte & Sam Mallov

1985 Elaine Learch

1986 Ann Tiffany

1987 Lillian Reiner

1988 Dick Cressey

1989 Beth Broadway

1990 Syracuse Planned Parenthood and the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights

1992 Pat Rector

1993 Deborah Pillsbury

1994 Richard & Sarah Lucas

1996 Hospice of Central New York

1997 Ed Kinane

1998 School of the Americas Affinity Group: Nick Cardell, Jr., Dan & Doris Sage, Megan Rice, & Ann Herman

1999 Linda Belletier

2000 Mary Zimmer

2001 Dick Weiskopf

2002 Karen Mihalyi

2007 Samaritan Center of Syracuse

2008 Julie Daniels and Linda Wobus

2009 MMUUS’s Green Sanctuary Committee

2010 Vicky Schipper

2012 Women Transcending Boundaries

Evelyn White Unsung Hero Award Recipients

1978 Alfred Obrist

1979 Harriette Robinson

1980 Betsy Fuller

1981 Hildegarde VanderSluis

1982 Robin Sibert

1983 John Capozzi

1984 Cathy Cardell

1985 Joanne Ashley

1986 Mary-Lib Whitney

1987 Carol Lanier

1988 Don MacKay

1989 Jane McArthur

1990 Chris Shultz

1991 Bill & Lyn Coyle

1992 Jack Osborne

1993 Muriel Kirkpatrick

1994 Charles White

1995 Alice Chico

1996 Duane Hardy

1997 Linda Wobus

1998 Peter Colman

1999 David Ashley

2000 Jeff Lamicela

2001 Ginny Jones

2002 Peggy Ryfun

2003 Nancy Pease

2004 Ellen Fuller

2005 Peter McClure

2006 Bev & Malcolm Clark

2007 Harsey Leonard

2008 Robert Schulz

2009 Vicky Schipper

2010 Peter Colman, Bruce MacBeth, & Erwin Reiner

2011 Gary Carter

2012 Carol Bickart

2013 Adele Toney

2014 Joyce Leonard

Mary-Lib Whitney Award for Special Contributions to Religious Education

Established 1991 - 1992 by the Religious Education Council

1991 – 1992 Mary Lib Whitney and Kathy Haendle

1992 – 1993 Elberta Gardner, Lisa Obrist, and Ken Pease

1993 – 1994 Pete Haendle and Ellyn Lentz

1994 – 1995 Julie Daniel

1995 – 1996 Linda Wobus

1996 – 1997 B. J. Newsome Rubel

1997 – 1998 Kevin King

1998 – 1999 Bill Kates

1999 – 2000 Theresa Brigandi

2000 – 2001 Lee Ann McKinney

2001 – 2002 Joy Casey

2002 – 2003 Annegret Schubert and Evan Longo

2003 – 2004 Jackie Clarke and Melissa Cohen

2004 – 2005 Stephanie Cross and Jessica Bellini

2005 – 2006 Julianna Hosmer and Rachel Woods

2006 – 2007 Lillian Ackerman

2007 – 2008 Vicky Schipper

2008 – 2009 Rob Neimeier and Taylor Longo

2009 – 2010 Jerry Ackerman, Lillian Ackerman, Stephanie Cross, Therese Hogle, Brian Leonard, and Joan Weiser

2010 – 2011 Chuck Davenport, Kate Kearney, Brian Leonard, and Mark Longo

2011 – 2012 Joan Weiser

2012 – 2013 Ardena Harvey

2013 – 2014 Stacy Sceiford and Nate Sceiford