VAD Awards

Distinguished Service Award:	1962 - Bernard W. Moore 1964 - Obie A. Nunn 1966 - T. Charlton Lewellyn 1968 - R. Aumon Bass 1971 - Reuben I. Altizer 1973 - Lera C. Moore 1975 - T. Vernon Cherry 1979 - Fred P. Yates 1981 - (no recipient) 1983 - Michael B. Marzolf 1985 - Lily P. Bess 1987 - Joseph D. Kolash 1989 - Frances Marzolf 1991 - Wayne D. Shook 1993 - W. Wayne Frick 1995 - Rachel Bavister 1997 - Gary L. Viall 1999 - Nancy B. Rarus 2001 - Cheryl Heppner 2003 - Gordon Landes 2005 - Stephen T. Williams 2007 - Jill Moebus
NAD Golden Hands Award:	1979 - Reuben I. Altizer 1981 - Obie A. Nunn 1983 - Bernard W. Moore 1985 - T. Vernon Cherry 1987 - Lera C. Moore 1989 - (no recipient) 1991 - Cheryl Heppner, Gerald Grizzle, & John Willard 1993 - Rachel Bavister, Helen Crews, Michael Wine, & Mardie Younglof 1995 - Robert L. Bates, Thomas Dowling, Ben Schowe, Jr., Ruby Sebrell, & Thomas Sebrell 1997 - Patricia Beech & Kenny Hynes 1999 - Race Drake, Becky Ebeling, Gordon Landes, & Bill Peterson 2001 - Janice Couch, Richard Goode, Montana Houchins, & Elaine Shaffer 2003 - Alice Frick & the Volunteers of Deaf History Museum at VSDB-Staunton 2005 - Allen Justice, LaDonna Larsen, & Lorine Peterson 2007 - Debbie Harris, Bennie Lacks, and Sally Thompson
Teacher of the Year Award:	2001 - Janice Couch 2003 - Rocco DeVito & Debbie Drohlshagen 2005 - Ann Hughes 2007 - none

Reuben I. Altizer Award:

1981 - Reuben I. Altizer
1982 - Gary L. Viall
1983 - Gordon Landes
1984 - TEDI Volunteers
1985 - Nathan Drown
1986 - (no recipient)
1987 - Joseph Alexander
1988 - Elaine Shaffer
1989 - Stephen T. Williams
1990 - Janice Nishimura
1991 - Joseph Kolash
1992 - Vinton & Segrid Cerf
1993 - Patricia G. Beech
1994 - Robert Bates
1995 - Joseph Duarte
1996 - Cheryl Heppner
1997 - Timothy W. Lavelle
1998 - Brenda G. Talley
1999 - Thomas Dowling
2000 - Evelyn Christian
2001 - Lesley Kravitz
2002 - Steven Chough
2003 - Karen Darner
2004 - Thomas Bull
2005 - Jeff & Melody Hotek
2006 - Nancy B. Rarus
2007 - Janet Bailey

Member of the Year:

1989 - G. Jane Harmon
1990 - Timothy W. Lavelle
1991 - Bill Morris
1992 - Jill Lensbower
1993 - Kenny Hynes
1994 - Thomas Dowling
1995 - Teresa Chiu
1996 - Lois Lenderman
1997 - Russell Almond III
1998 - Sally Newman
1999 - Gary L. Viall
2000 - Cindy Millard
2001 - Holly Meadows
2002 - Alicia Almond
2003 - Jill Moebus
2004 - Stephen T. Williams
2005 - Jeanne Lavelle
2006 - Dorothea Mortensen
2007 - Gregory C. Mortensen

Shinpaugh Award:	1985 - Joe Shinpaugh 1986 - Avis Wright 1987 - Jo Anthony 1989 - Connie Roe 1990 - C. Jackson Holt 1991 - Paul & Helen McLelland 1993 - Perry Geros 1994 - Nan Brown 1995 - Patricia Whitesell 1996 - A. R. "Pete" Giesen, Jr. 1997 - Charles Kiser 1998 - Sue Browning 2000 - Liz Caragliano Cook 2001 - Ann Belisle 2002 - Dede Norder 2003 - (no recipient) 2004 - Greg Dodge 2005 - Betty Hughes 2006 -
Fred P. Yates Service Award:	2005 - Fred P. Yates 2006 -

T. Vernon Cherry Award:	2002 - T. Vernon Cherry 2003 - Ray Evans 2004 - (no recipient) 2005 - (no recipient) 2006 - (no recipient) 2007 - (no recipient)
Leadership Award:	2002 - Walter Genther 2003 - (no recipient) 2004 - Ryland Thomas & Betty Evans 2005 - Bennie Lacks & Sally J. Thompson 2006 - Brenda Carper 2007 - (no recipient)
Appreciation Award:	2002 - General Scott 2003 - (no recipient) 2004 - Pauline Blevins & Bob Jessup 2005 - Brenda Carper 2006 - Craig Taylor & Polly Wortsell 2007 - Fred Evans & Jim Sears
Distinguished Service Award:	2002 - Sally Thompson 2003 - (no recipient) 2004 - (no recipient) 2005 - (no recipient) 2006 - Ben Harucki 2007 - (no recipient)
HRCVAD Member of the Year:	2005 - Pauline Blevins 2006 - Sally Thompson 2007 - Selma Wills & Gertrude Falato
Volunteer of the Year:	2002 - Jim Sears 2006 - Helen Evans 2007 - Candace Burton, Polly Wortsell, Mary Beth King, & Gertrude Fatalo
Longest-Standing Members:	2007 - Louise Cherry (60 years) & Pauline Blevins (60 years)