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Lorenz Award scrapbook and list

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Pages from a scrapbook that documented the people and their achievements that merited a Lorenz Award from 1999 to 2009. The pages are loose but covered in plastic covers. Each page is different, some have photos, newspaper clippings, or handwritten/printed notes. Winners of the award also are recognized on a plaque in the History Center vestibule. Lorenz award winners/year Jeffery Wilcox 1997 Robert D. Johnson 1998 James Schmiechen and Arlene Sherman 1999 Ken Carls 2000 Kit Lane and Ted Reyda 2001 Joan J. Phillips 2002 William Manifold 2003 Ron Hirsch 2004 Dorothea Lyon 2005 Jack Sheridan 2006 Jane Underwood 2007 Dick Haight 2008 Chris Yoder 2009 Judy Hillman 2010 Bill Hess 2011 Harold Thieda 2012 Sally Winthers 2013 Marsha Kontio 2014 Judi Vanderbeck 2015 Fred Schmidt 2016 Vic Bella 2017 Ken Kutzel 2018 Mary Voss 2019 Michael Sweeney 2020 Julie Bizzis and Randy DiRosa 2021 Steve Hutchins 2022 Chuck Gustafson 2023 Peg Sanford 2024
Sample pages from the scrapbook
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2023.06.18

The Charles J. Lorenz Award of Achievement is given to acknowledge distinguished leadership in service to the Society toward fulfilling the spirit and mission of the Society, namely, "to provide leadership, enabling the community to understand its past, and use its history to shape its future and preserve its quality of life". Award nomination form 2011 The Lorenz Award was established in 1997 to honor the memory of Charles “Chuck” Lorenz, who gave generously of his time, talent, money and energy in researching the early history of Saugatuck and Singapore, as well as the formation and development of this organization. Winners are selected each year by a special History Center committee, recognizing distinguished leadership in fulfilling the Center's mission to "help the community understand its past and use its history to shape its future and preserve its quality of life". SDHC press release 18 Sept. 2020

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Wilcox, Jeff 1946-2024Johnson, Robert Dexter 1929-2008Schmiechen, James A.Sherman, ArleneCarls, KenLane, Kit 1939-2024Reyda, TedPhillips, JoanManifold, William "Bill"Hirsch, RonLyon, DottieSheridan, John "Jack" O. 1938-Underwood, Jane Durham (current)Haight, DickYoder, ChrisHillman, JudyHess, William "Bill" Weaver 1946-2024Thieda, HaroldKontio, MarshaVanderbeck, JudiSchmidt, FredKutzel, KenVoss, MarySweeney, Michael Sampson 1947-2020Bizzis, JulieDiRosa, RandyHutchins, SteveGustafson, ChuckSanford, Peg 1944-

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