CDS Award Recipients
Distinguished Service Award
1984Marie Arnot Fisher
Lee J. Cary
Duane L. Gibson
1985Ronald C. Powers
Almeda L. Ritter
Richard M. Thomas (posthumous)
1986Delwyn A. Dyer
Glen C. Pulver
1987Thomas N. Hobgood, Jr.
Curtis E. Gear, Jr.
1988John D. Rohrer
1989Edward J. Blakely
John Quinn
1990Jane Janey
Bruce Sorter
1991Harold Baker
Donald Littrell
1992Gary W. King
1993Nan Booth
1994Kristin Kauth
1995Rex LaMore
Duane Gibson Distinguished Service Award
1996Margaret Hickman
1997Jane Leonard
Monieca West
1999William “Bill” Kimball
2000George Nickolaus
2001John Gulick
2002Jerry W. Robinson, Jr.
2003Linda Sunde
2005Jerry Wade
2006Jack Timmons
2007Kenneth Pigg
Community Development Achievement Award
1984Otto G. Hoiberg
Dwight Pace
Thomas Parsons
1985Mark E. Settle
Bruce Sorter
1987Jerry W. Robinson, Jr.
Donna Sweeny
1988Vernon D. Ryan
Richard W. Poston
1989John Kuester
1990Clair Hein
Daniel Schler
1991David H. Hammond
Daryl Heasley
1992Mary Simon Leuci
Vicki Braglio Luther
1993Paul Denise
1994Robert Chambers
1995Gwen Grayson
1996Alf Bramblett
1997Albert Boss
Nette Nelson
1998Gene Speichinger
1999Mary Emery
2000Timothy Katers
2001Carol Rock
2004A.E. Luloff
2005Johanna Reed Adams
2006Stephen Jeanetta
2006Janet Ayres
2007John Gruidl
Friend of Community Development
1984Paul J. Comer, Jr.
1988William D. Lontz
Charles F. Koval
1989C. Brice Ratchford
1991Lorraine and Dick Marais
1993Bob Havener
1995Harry Martin
1997F.W. Fanning (posthumous)
1998John “Jake” P. Mascotte
1999Sue Rickards
2002Gary Craig
2003David Allee (posthumous)
Paul Eberts
2004Shu Kexin
2005Dr. Karl Stauber
Student Recognition Award
1985Tom Hirsch
1987Rafiqul Khan
Lela Vandenberg
1989Timothy Borich
1990Larry Desham
1991Karl DeMarce
1992Timothy T. Conner
1994Patricia Fisher
1995Deanne Hackman
1996Anne Stelling
2004Shawn Kaskie
2005Christina Vasquez Case
Innovative Program
1992Rural Partners: The Illinois Coalition for Rural Community Development
1993Crossett Adapt-A-School Program
Superior Days (Wisconsin)
1992Saskatchewan Rural Futures
Project LAND
1995Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Community & Rural Development
1997Kentucky Certified Community Partnership
1998How to Get the Help Your Town Needs: HeartlandCenter for Leadership Development
1999CommunityDevelopmentAcademy, University of Missouri
Learning Communities, Regional Sustainability and the Learning Society International Symposium-Community Development Workshop (Australia)
2000University of Georgia CommunityEconomic Development Program
2001Access Minnesota Main Street
Partners for the 21st Century (Arkansas)
2002Progress Western Australia
Peace Corps Fellows Program of WesternIllinoisUniversity
2004Hometown Competitiveness Program (Nebraska)
2006Community Progress Initiative, Connie Loden (Wisconsin)
2007West Cork Leader Cooperative Society, Ltd., Ian Dempsey
New Professional
1992Susan Maher
1998 Margaret D. Griffith
2003Judith Bush
2004Brent Hales
Outstanding Research
2001Ronald Shaffer
2002Edward J. Blakely
2005Cornelia Butler Flora
2006Norman Walzer
Outstanding Program
2004Vision 2010 Partnership Program (Arkansas)
2005Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs’ MAPPING The Future of Your Community
2006 Linking Child Care and Economic Development Project, Mildred Warner
2007University of Missouri Community Emergency Management Program
Special Board/Presidential Awards
1992Carol Kauth
2001Drew Hyman
2002Linda Sunde
2003Sandra Scholl
2007Ronald Hustedde
2007Norman Walzer
2007 Marilu Carter