Previous Award Winners

F.M. Torrence Award

• Dr. S.C. Ellis 1951
• Ray Higgins 1952
• Fred W. Lang 1953
• Margaret Helvenston 1954
• Dr. Austin M. Patterson 1955
• Forrest E. Hill 1956
• Ray Cox 1957
• M. George Huit 1958
• Rodney J. Warner 1959
• Purl E. Cox 1960
• James D. Adair 1961
• J.A. Chew 1962
• Clement M. Harner 1963
• Dr. W.A. Hammond 1964
• Charles W. Adair 1965
• A.G. Fath, Jr. 1966
• William L. Eichman, Sr. 1967
• Jack D. Jordan 1968
• Carl H. Benner 1969
• Merle D. Porter 1970
• H. Paul “Perry” McVay 1971
• Harold L. Kinzig 1972
• Richard A. Falls, M.D. 1973
• D. Richard Thomas 1974
• Elwood Smith 1975
• Robert M. Kyvik 1976
• Robert T. Montgomery 1977
• Warren A. Powers 1978
• Clement G. Austria, M.D. 1979
• Walter G. Sellers 1980
• George H. Zellner 1981
• Harry G. Johns 1982
• Col. S.L. Stephan 1983
• Tony McIlvaine 1984
• Gary L. Allen 1985
• Richard W. Bennett 1986
• Catherine J. LeSourd 1987
• Herman M. Martin 1988
• James E. Laughlin 1989
• Virgil M. Brantley 1990
• John A Finlay 1991
• Russell L. Remick 1992
• Herman Menapace 1993
• Richard H. LeSourd, Jr. 1994
• Helen Brantley 1995
• Jack R. Kennedy 1996
• John C. Williamson 1997
• Mildred J. Henderson 1998
• John C. Balmer 1999
• David G. Mathias 2000
• Elizabeth Studebaker 2001
• Richard Loveless 2002
• R. David Warner, M.D. 2003
• Carole Holmes 2004
• Kevin Sonnycalb 2005
• Peter D. Stephan 2006
• Brian G. Liming 2007
• Thomas J. Zajbel 2008
• George J. Whyde 2009
• James A. Smith 2010
• James Kennedy 2011
• Dow D. Reichley 2012
• Rick Williamson 2013
• Bradley T. Montgomery 2014
• Robert N. Geyer 2015
• William Spahr 2016
• Robert P. Dillaplain, M.D. 2017
• Dow “Perk” Reichley 2018
• Gregg E. Hebrank 2019
• Elaine Hughes 2020
• Sheriff Gene Fischer 2022

Dodds Monument - Industrial Award

• Bob Evans Farms 1998
• Phillips Companies 1999
• EIS-Barco 2000
• Twist Inc. 2001
• Dodds Monuments 2002
• File Sharpening 2003
• Super Valu Warehouse 2004
• Superion, Inc. 2005
• SAS Automation, Ltd. 2006
• Xenia Foundry & Machine Co. 2007
• Bob Evans 2008
• No award given 2009
• TJAR Innovations 2010
• Dodds Monuments 2011
• Cornerstone Research 2012
• Twist Inc. 2013
• TDL Tool 2014
• SAS Automation 2015
• Frontier Technology 2016
• CIL Isotope Seperations Inc. 2018
• TREALITY® Simulation Visual Systems 2019
• Reptiles By Mack 2021

Russ Remick Retail-Service Industries Award

• Russ Remick, Krakoffs 1985
• Alan Liming, Fine Print Books 1986
• Alan Liming, Fine Print Books 1987
• Jim Kennedy, Kennedy’s Grocery 1988
• John Cowen, Cowen’s Sporting Goods 1889
• Alan Besco, Besco Motors 1990
• John Cowen, Cowen’s Sporting Goods 1991
• Bob Swigart, Tiffany’s Jewelers 1992
• Tom & Barb Zajbel, Johnny’s Auto Parts 1993
• Eric Fogarty, Dodds Monuments 1994
• Jim Gabringer, Subby’s 1995
• Jane McCormick, Collett Propane 1996
• Dave Hidy, Hidy Honda 1997
• Peter Stephan, Home Site Title 1998
• Ludlow Cellular & Paging 1999
• Miller’s Hallmark 2000
• Montgomery Ins. 2001
• WBZI Radio 2002
• Key Chrysler, Jeep & Dodge, Inc. 2003
• Sky Bank 2004
• LPL Financial/Kevin Wichman 2005
• Geyer’s Office Supply 2006
• Xenia Shoe & Leather, Inc. 2007
• TCN Behavioral Health Services 2008
• 3F Coaching 2009
• IHS Pharmacy 2010
• Nick's Restaurant 2011
• Buckminn's D&D Harley Davidson 2012
• Brian Stephan, CFP, LPL Financial 2013
• WGC Golf Course 2014
• The Flower Stop 2015
• WBZI Radio 2016
• Greene County Public Library 2017
• Apple Country Farm Market 2018
• Anderson-Williamson Insurance Agency 2019
• Fisher's Shop 2021

S.L. Stephan Award

• Jan Sandifer 1986
• Kay Hagler 1987
• Daisy Babb 1988
• Neal Hastings 1989
• Lizz Studebaker 1990
• Joyce Laughlin 1991
• Dan Bullen 1992
• Eric Montgomery 1993
• Dennis Phillips 1994
• Barbara Zajbel 1995
• Tim Sease 1996
• Val Mash 1997
• Tom Zajbel 1998
• Brian Liming 1999
• Jack Bergin 2000
• James A Smith 2001
• John Finlay 2002
• Kim Sease 2003
• David Hidy 2004
• Rick Kolmin 2005
• Marilyn Hatcher 2006
• Jo Carman 2007
• Tracy Pamer 2008
• Brad Montgomery 2009
• Dr. Jeff Lewis 2010
• Jim Preston 2011
• Sarah Amend 2012
• Chrissy Roundtree 2013
• Denise Davis 2014
• Brian Stephan 2015
• Blair Davis 2016
• Matthew Bennett 2017
• Steve Brodsky 2018
• John Zeller 2019
• Christi Cox 2021

Robert G. Babb Award

• Brad Montgomery 1987
• Jenny Hastings 1988
• Rick Estes 1989
• John Grosmann 1989
• Dave Ruppert 1989
• Eric Fogarty 1990
• John Grosmann 1991
• Richard Chrysler 1992
• Randy Stout 1993
• Elizabeth Studebaker 1993
• Elizabeth Studebaker 1994
• Brian Liming 1995
• Herman Menapace 1996
• Dick Paoliello 1997
• Denise Leslie 1998
• Dave Ruppert 1999
• David Hidy 2000
• Dave Ruppert (posthumous) 2001
• Dr. James A. Smith 2002
• Ingrid Stephan 2003
• John Balmer 2004
• Jim Mescher 2005
• Sandy Feix 2006
• David Wedderburn 2007
• Connie Wilcox 2008
• Tim Sontag 2009
• Denise Davis 2010
• Tara Hosta 2011
• Ron Bolender 2012
• Eric Holtvogt 2013
• Diane Dixon 2014
• Peter Stephan 2015
• Christy Fielding 2016
• Todd McManus 2017
• Kraig Hagler 2018
• Linda Johannes 2019
• Matthew Bennett 2020
• Alan Stock 2021

Barbara Zajbel Ambassador Award

• Claude "Bud" Schindler, Jr. 2013
• 4Paws for Ability 2014
• Marsha Bayless 2015
• Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Leaming 2016
• Jane Newton 2017
• Elaine Hughes 2018
• Tim Roop 2019
• Joe Mullins 2021

Sheriff Gene Fischer HERO Award