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Nomination Form |
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 |
(Awards presented at annual meeting for indicated year; typically in January/February)
JOHN L. FUNK AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
| 1974 Mr. John L. Funk | 1992 Mr. Otto F. Fajen |
| 1975 Mr. William H. Dieffenbach | 1993 Dr. Charles F. Rabeni |
| 1976 Mr. John A. Karel | 1994 Mr. Ronald J. Dent, Jr. |
| 1977 Dr. William L. Pflieger | 1995 Mr. Norman P. Stucky |
| 1978 Dr. Robert S. and Dorothy Campbell | 1996 Dr. John (Jack) Jones |
| 1979 Mr. Jerry M. Sugarman | 1997 Ms. Pamela Haverland |
| 1980 Mr. George G. Fleener | 1998 Mr. William Turner |
| 1981 Dr. James R. Whitley | 1999 Mr. Larry (Kim) Graham |
| 1982 Mr. Lee C. Redmond | 2000 Mr. Richard M. Duchrow |
| 1983 Dr. Richard 0. Anderson | 2001 Mr. Tom Russell |
| 1984 Mr. Joe G. Dillard | 2002 Mr. Al Buchanan |
| 1985 Mr. Charles A. Purkett, Jr. | 2003 Dr. David Galat |
| 1986 Dr. Richard A. Schoettger | 2004 Chris Vitello |
| 1987 Mr. David I. Foster | 2005 Gary Novinger |
| 1988 Mr. Larry R. Gale | 2006 Randy Crawford |
| 1989 Mr. Ernest J. Hamilton | 2007 Duane chapman |
| 1990 Mr. James P. Fry | 2008 Steve Eder |
| 1991 Mr. Philip J. Jeffries, Jr. |
A. STEPHEN WEITHMAN, JR. LEADERSHIP AWARD
| 2000 A. Stephen Weithman,Jr. | 2004 Brain Canaday |
| 2001 Ron Dent | 2005 Steven Fischer |
| 2002 Craig Gemming | 2006 NA |
| 2003 Norm Stucky | 2007 Robert DiStefano |
CITIZEN'S AWARD
| 1982 Ms. Martha R. Shirk | 1996 Dr. William Rolston |
| 1983 Mr. Robert M. Lindholm | 1997 Mr. Scott Dye |
| 1984 Mr. Ralph M. Steppe | 1998 Union Electric (Dan Jarvis, Charlie Kempf) |
| 1985 Citizen Committee for Soil, Water, and State Parks | 1999 Mr. Jim Tennyson |
| 1986 Operation Clean Stream | 2000 City of Piedmont and McKenzie Crk. Steering Team |
| 1987 Mr. Ronald D. Oesch | 2001 Mike Long |
| 1988 Mr. Leo Drey | 2002 Melody Torrey |
| 1989 Mr. James Jackson | 2003 Jim Davis |
| 1990 Mr. Gregory L. Thurman | 2004 Becky Denny |
| 1991 Mr. Doug Wiley | 2005 James Huckens |
| 1992 Mr. G. Andy Runge | 2006 NA |
| 1993 Mr. Dave Hamilton | 2007 NA |
| 1994 Mr. Kenneth Midkiff | 2008 Regina VanPatten |
| 1995 Mr. Darwin Hindman |
LETTER’S OF RECOGNITION
| 1980 Mr. William H. Dieffenbach | 1999 Mr. Gordon Farabee |
| 1981 Mr. William Bennett | 1999 Mr. Robert Montgomery |
| 1982 Mr. John L. Morris | 1999 Mr. William Anderson |
| 1983 Mr. Charles E. Hicks | 2000 McKenzie Creek Planning Team |
| 1984 Lake Taneycomo Management Committee | 2000 Mr. Travis Moore |
| 1985 Missouri Conservation Commissioners and Truman Lake Environmental Assessment Team | 2000 Mr. Donnie Wren |
| 1986 Chlordane Task Force | 2000 Mr. Mick Hawkins |
| 1987 Streambank Erosion Evaluation Team | 2001 Mr. John Fantz |
| 1987 Mrs. Susan E. Finger | 2001 Mr. Michael Deruntz |
| 1988 None presented | 2001 Mr. Bill Miller |
| 1989 Missouri Stream Team | 2001 Mr. Phillip A. Schroeder |
| 1989 Citizens Committee for Soil, Water, and State Parks | 2001 Mr. Charles C. Ragsdell II |
| 1990 Undercover Operation for Illegal Harvest of Paddlefish | 2002 Debbie Niederer |
| 1991 Dr. Serge I. Doroshov | 2002 Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District Board |
| 1992 Roubidoux Fly Fishers Stream Team | 2002 Jim Davis |
| 1992 East Central and Southeast Protection Regions for Efforts to Protect Mussel Resources | 2002 Tim Grace |
| 1993 Mr. Edwin H. Glaser | 2002 Chad Pregracke |
| 1994 Dr. Michael J. Roell | 2002 Greg Fritz |
| 1994 Cameron Knights of Columbus | 2002 Tabitha Madzura |
| 1995 Dr. David Galat | 2002 Chris Campbell |
| 1995 Mr. Rod Smith | 2003 Duane Chapman |
| 1996 Mr. William Anderson | 2003 Vicki Richman |
| 1996 Mr. Norman Stucky | 2003 Matt Matheney |
| 1996 Mr. Al Buchanan | 2003 Steve Gough |
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1996 Ms. Kathleen McGrath |
2003 Mark Zubrick |
| 1996 Ms. Donna Menown | 2003 Leslie Lihou |
| 1996 Mr. William Turner | 2003 Chad Smith |
| 1996 Mr. Christopher Vitello | 2004 Wappapello Lake Corps of Engineers |
| 1996 Mr. Kevin Sullivan | 2004 Michael Roell |
| 1996 Dr. Mark Wildhaber | 2004 Debra Mayers |
| 1996 Ms. Pamela Haverland | 2004 Debbie Neiderer |
| 1997 Dallas County NRCS Office (Robin Dibben, Paul Frey, Alan Garton, Debbie Henderson, Bob Wilkerson) | 2005 Larry O'Donnell |
| 1997 Mr. Joe G. Dillard | 2005 Protection Division, MDC |
| 1998 Dr. John Besser | 2006 Betty Cook rottmann |
| 1998 Mr. Frank Gordon | 2006 Darren Thornhill |
| 1998 Mr. Curtis Gooch | 2007 Bill Ambrose |
| 1998 Mr. Philip Pitts | 2007 Kirksville Middle School Staff Vince fitzgerald, James Hendier, Mike Bartig |
| 1998 Mr. Thomas Groshens | 2008 Terry Finger |
| 1998 Mr. Scott P. Sowa | 2008 Great Rivers Engineering |
| 1999 Ms. Angie Bucklew | |
| 1999 Bass Pro Shops and Tracker Marine | |
| 1999 Forsyth Bass Club |
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