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Awards Description

John L. Funk Award of Excellence. Originally named the Award of Excellence, it was renamed to honor Slim Funk the founder of the Missouri Chapter. Receiving this award means that your professional peers recognize, appreciate, and respect your long-term contributions to the aquatic resources of Missouri.

The Citizen's Award is given to persons not directly employed in the aquatic field who make a substantial contribution to Missouri's aquatic resource.

The A. Stephen Weithman, Jr. Leadership Award was created to honor A. Stephen Weithman, Jr. for his long-term and outstanding leadership to the Missouri Chapter and Missouri’s aquatic resources. The recipient of this award is recognized for their leadership qualities which continue the leadership standards Steve established.

The Letter of Recognition that is given to either a fisheries professional or to a citizen to acknowledge one-time or short term contributions that may not be covered by the other two awards.

To make it easy, there is a form you can complete for your nomination. Click Here

 


Past Award Winners

Award of Excellence Citizen Award Letter of Recognition

A. Steven Weithman Jr.  Leadership Award

(Awards presented at annual meeting for indicated year; typically in January/February)

JOHN L. FUNK AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

1974 Mr. John L. Funk 1993 Dr. Charles F. Rabeni
1975 Mr. William H. Dieffenbach 1994 Mr. Ronald J. Dent, Jr.
1976 Mr. John A. Karel 1995 Mr. Norman P. Stucky
1977 Dr. William L. Pflieger 1996 Dr. John (Jack) Jones
1978 Dr. Robert S. and Dorothy Campbell 1997 Ms. Pamela Haverland
1979 Mr. Jerry M. Sugarman 1998 Mr. William Turner
1980 Mr. George G. Fleener 1999 Mr. Larry (Kim) Graham
1981 Dr. James R. Whitley 2000 Mr. Richard M. Duchrow
1982 Mr. Lee C. Redmond 2001 Mr. Tom Russell
1983 Dr. Richard 0. Anderson 2002 Mr. Al Buchanan
1984 Mr. Joe G. Dillard 2003 Dr. David Galat
1985 Mr. Charles A. Purkett, Jr. 2004 Mr. Chris Vitello
1986 Dr. Richard A. Schoettger 2005 Mr. Gary Novinger
1987 Mr. David I. Foster 2006 Mr. Randy Crawford
1988 Mr. Larry R. Gale 2007 Mr. Duane chapman
1989 Mr. Ernest J. Hamilton 2008 Mr. Steve Eder
1990 Mr. James P. Fry 2009  Mr. Paul Michaletz
1991 Mr. Philip J. Jeffries, Jr. 2010 Mr. Gary Heidrich
1992 Mr. Otto F. Fajen 2011  Mr. John Fantz

 


A. STEPHEN WEITHMAN, JR. LEADERSHIP AWARD

2000  A. Stephen Weithman,Jr. 2005 Mr. Steven Fischer
2001 Mr. Ron Dent 2006  NA
2002 Mr. Craig Gemming 2007 Mr. Robert DiStefano
2003 Mr. Norm Stucky 2009 Mr. Vince Travnichek
2004 Mr. Brian Canaday 2010 Ms. Trish Yasger
2011 Mrs. Jennifer Girondo  

 


CITIZEN'S AWARD

1982 Ms. Martha R. Shirk  1997 Mr. Scott Dye
1983 Mr. Robert M. Lindholm  1998 Union Electric (Dan Jarvis, Charlie Kempf)

1984 Mr. Ralph M. Steppe

 1999 Mr. Jim Tennyson
1985 Citizen Committee for Soil, Water, and State Parks  2000 City of Piedmont and  McKenzie Crk. Steering Team
1986 Operation Clean Stream  2001 Mr. Mike Long
1987 Mr. Ronald D. Oesch  2002 Ms. Melody Torrey
1988 Mr. Leo Drey  2003 Mr. Jim Davis
1989 Mr. James Jackson  2004 Ms. Becky Denny
1990 Mr. Gregory L. Thurman  2005 Mr. James Huckens
1991 Mr. Doug Wiley 2006 NA
1992 Mr. G. Andy Runge 2007  NA
 1993 Mr. Dave Hamilton 2008  Mrs. Regina VanPatten
 1994 Mr. Kenneth Midkiff 2009  Mr. Dave Murphy
1995 Mr. Darwin Hindman 2011 Mr. Joe Brown
 1996 Dr. William Rolston  

 


LETTER’S OF RECOGNITION

1980 Mr. William H. Dieffenbach 1999 Mr. Robert Montgomery
1981 Mr. William Bennett 1999 Mr. William Anderson
1982 Mr. John L. Morris 2000 McKenzie Creek Planning Team
1983 Mr. Charles E. Hicks 2000 Mr. Travis Moore
1984 Lake Taneycomo Management Committee 2000 Mr. Donnie Wren
1985 Missouri Conservation Commissioners and Truman Lake Environmental Assessment Team 2000 Mr. Mick Hawkins
1986 Chlordane Task Force 2001 Mr. John Fantz
1987 Streambank Erosion Evaluation Team 2001 Mr. Michael Deruntz
1987 Mrs. Susan E. Finger 2001 Mr. Bill Miller
1988 None presented 2001 Mr. Phillip A. Schroeder
1989 Missouri Stream Team 2001 Mr. Charles C. Ragsdell II
1989 Citizens Committee for Soil, Water, and State Parks 2002 Ms. Debbie Niederer
1990 Undercover Operation for Illegal Harvest of Paddlefish 2002 Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District Board
1991 Dr. Serge I. Doroshov 2002 Mr. Jim Davis
1992 Roubidoux Fly Fishers Stream Team 2002 Mr. Tim Grace
1992 East Central and Southeast Protection Regions for Efforts to Protect Mussel Resources 2002 Mr. Chad Pregracke
1993 Mr. Edwin H. Glaser 2002 Mr. Greg Fritz
1994 Dr. Michael J. Roell 2002 Ms. Tabitha Madzura
1994 Cameron Knights of Columbus 2002 Mr. Chris Campbell
1995 Dr. David Galat 2003 Mr. Duane Chapman
1995 Mr. Rod Smith 2003 Ms. Vicki Richman
1996 Mr. William Anderson 2003 Mr. Matt Matheney
1996 Mr. Norman Stucky 2003 Mr. Steve Gough
1996 Mr. Al Buchanan 2003 Mr. Mark Zubrick

1996 Ms. Kathleen McGrath

2003 Ms. Leslie Lihou
1996 Ms. Donna Menown 2003 Mr. Chad Smith
1996 Mr. William Turner 2004 Wappapello Lake Corps of Engineers
1996 Mr. Christopher Vitello 2004 Mr. Michael Roell
1996 Mr. Kevin Sullivan 2004 Ms. Debra Mayers
1996 Dr. Mark Wildhaber 2004 Ms. Debbie Neiderer
1996 Ms. Pamela Haverland 2005 Mr. Larry O'Donnell
1997 Dallas County NRCS Office (Robin Dibben, Paul Frey, Alan Garton, Debbie Henderson, Bob Wilkerson) 2005 Protection Division, MDC
1997 Mr. Joe G. Dillard 2006 Mrs. Betty Cook Rottmann
1998 Dr. John Besser 2006 Mr. Darren Thornhill
1998 Mr. Frank Gordon 2007 Dr. Bill Ambrose
1998 Mr. Curtis Gooch 2007 Kirksville Middle School Staff Vince fitzgerald, James Hendier, Mike Bartig
1998 Mr. Philip Pitts  2008 Mr. Terry Finger
1998 Mr. Thomas Groshens 2008 Great Rivers Engineering
1998 Mr. Scott P. Sowa 2009 John Kielczewski, Denise Otto, Multiagency Big River Assessment Team
1999 Ms. Angie Bucklew 2010 Mr. Phil Pitts
1999 Bass Pro Shops and Tracker Marine 2010 MO.  Natural Resource Conference Steering Committee
1999 Forsyth Bass Club 2011 Robert and Barbara Kipfer
1999 Mr. Gordon Farabee

 


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