Category: Awards

The Wilt Award is for outstanding Workshop Demonstration at an American Scientific Glassblowers Society Symposium. Presenter is awarded a commemorative plaque and $200 United State Savings Bond. The Wilt award is provided by Wilt Industries in honor of its founder. The first of these awards was presented at the 45th Symposium at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada June 2000. 2000 Gregar, Joseph S. 2001 Bankrof, Scott 2002 Korfhage, Jack 2003 Dobos, Gary 2004 Gregar, Joseph S. 2005 Drier, Tracy 2006 Ponton, Richard 2007 Korfhage, Jack 2008 Briening, Dennis 2009 DeFlorio, Patrick 2010 Ford, Kiva 2011 Rom, Arial 2012 Daenzer, David 2013 Gregar, Joseph 2014 Peter Scheifel 2015 Christopher Bock 2016 James Hodgson 2017 Tatsushi Iguchi 2018 Jack Korfhage 2019 Kiva Ford 2022 Corina Guerra 2023 Erich Moraine

The Wale Award, presented by Wale Apparatus Company, for outstanding technical poster presentation at an American Scientific Glassblowers Society Symposium. Presenter is awarded a commemorative plaque and $200 United State Savings Bond. The first of these awards was presented at the 34th Symposium in Milwaukee in June 1989. 1989 Amling, Charles 1990 Walas, Joseph 1991 Leslie, Frederick L. 1992 West, Joseph 1993 Duncanson, Ian 1994 Ponton, Robert 1995 Hatz, Doni 1996 Hatz, Doni 1997 Archer, Waine, Logsdon, Richard 1998 Dobos, Gary 1999 Hodgson, James 2000 Kopp, Georges 2001 Hatz, Doni 2002 Noyes, Jeff 2003 Anderson, Steve 2004 Beaubien, David 2005 Anderson, Steve 2006 Legge, Philip 2007 Anderson, Steve 2008 Ron Bihler 2009 Drier, Tracy 2010 Bankroff, Scott 2011 Drier, Tracy 2012 Coyne, Gary 2013 Drier, Tracy 2014 Korfhage, Jack 2015 Belanger, Sabrina 2016 Lori Neu 2017 Tracy O. Drier 2018 Steven M. Anderson, Kent D. Carlson Ph.D. & M. Dan Dragomir Daescu, Ph.D 2019 Steve Anderson, Claire Eggleston, Tyler King, Victoria Lundine, Gustavo Oderich, M.D., Jill Colglazier, M.D., Karen Bjellum, Raymond Shields M.D. 2022 Tracy Drier, Shane Foye, and  Christelle Due’dot, 2023 Elijah Aller

This award is sponsored by GM Associates in honor of their former employee John J. Hauer. The first of these awards will be presented at the 2015 symposium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This award was first named the Kermit Fischer Award, sponsored by Lab-Crest Scientific Division of the Fischer & Porter Company in honor of its founder. The first of these awards was presented at the 21st Symposium in Chicago, Illinois, June 1976. The award was then sponsored by the Andrews Glass Company as the Andrews Glass Award. The name was then changed to the Dennis Courtney Award in honor of Andrews Glass Company’s founder. The John J. Hauer Award is for outstanding technical paper presentation at an American Scientific Glassblowers Society Symposium. The presenter is awarded a commemorative plaque and a check for $200. 1976 Dolenga, Arthur 1977 Brady, Donald 1978 Doody, Thomas J. 1979 Leslie Frederick L. 1980 Kay, Peter L. 1981 Carew, Raymond L. 1982 Stuart, Alex 1983 Luisi, Joseph 1984 Hovey, David 1985 Coyne, Gary S. 1986 Hostetter, Anne T. 1987 Merritt, James 1988 Baker, Daniel 1989 Daenzner, David 1990 Harmon, Larry 1991 Hovey, David 1992 Carter, Royce 1993 Gregar, Joseph S. 1994 Vandenhoff, Michael 1995 Vandenhoff, Michael 1996 Wheeler, Michael 1997 Boussert, Christian 1998 Souza, Michael 1999 Rohner, Hans 2000 Henthorne, Timothy L. 2001 Ponton, Robert 2002 Dobos, Gary 2003 Kopp, Georges 2004 Kopp, Georges 2005 Sprague, Chris 2006 Sprague, Chris 2007 Farlow, Gary 2008 Michael Souza 2009 Arturo Ramirez 2010 Georges Kopp 2011 Joseph Gregar 2012 Joseph Gregar 2013 Georges Kopp 2014 Souza, Michael 2015 Joshua Greenfield 2016 Joseph Gregar 2017 Richard J. Ponton 2018 James Hodgson 2019 Dr. Jesse Kohl 2022 Jill Korgemagi-Clarke 2023 Aaron Kirchhoff

The Southeastern Section of the ASGS is proud to offer an award to assist a Junior/Student Member who is pursuing a career in scientific glassblowing to attend the National Symposium. The recipient will be reimbursed for travel, lodging, and registration expenses associated with the 2012 National Symposium up to $1000. All applicants must be Junior or Student Members in good standing with the ASGS and must attend the two-day Junior Member Workshop. 2012 Kathleen Severance 2013 Stephanie Hitchcock 2014 David Andrews 2015 Stefanie Elayne Ashley 2016 Andrew Gibbs 2017 Chandra Babbitt 2018 Jill Korgemagi 2019 Tifa Tossman 

This award is given to deserving ASGS Members for their many contributions to the Midwest Section of the ASGS. The candidates can be from the Midwest or from any other sections. we also include Associate Members for award consideration. Candidates are recommended by Midwest Section members and voted on by the Midwest Section Executive. 1976 John Glover & John Griffin 1977 James Hagedorn & Paul Boyd 1978 James Morris & Sam Gutilla 1979 William Schlze & Oscar Grauer 1980 Guy Squeo & Theodore W. Bolan 1981 David Blessing & Thomas Doody 1982 Joseph Gregar 1983 George Jahn 1984 James Hagedorn 1985 William Sales 1986 Sigfried Griener 1987 William & Daniel Wilt 1988 Chester Swopes 1989 Ian Duncanson 1990 Dieter Damrow 1991 Edwin Powell 1992 Robert Ponton 1993 Gordon Smith 1994 Beverly Panczer 1995 Victor Mathews 1996 Daniel Edwards 1997 no recipient 1998 William Curtis 1999 George Sites 2000 Keith Krumnow 2001 Lyle Winkler 2002 Brian Schwandt 2003 James Hodgson 2004 Robert Goffredi 2005 Mike Morris 2006 Ken Owens 2007 Tracy Drier 2008 no recipient 2009 Steven M. Anderson 2010 Art Ramirez 2011 Bob Singer & Kyle Meyers 2012 Jack Korfhage 2013 Mike Souza 2014 Gary Coyne 2015 Benjamin Revis 2016 Erich Moraine 2017 Andy Gibbs 2018 David and Philip Surdam 2019 Marylin Brown

The best article published during the year in the ASGS’s quarterly journal, FUSION. 1962 Randiph H. Searle 1962 Edward J. Deery 1963 Walter A. Schaefer 1963 William E. Barr 1964 William A. Gilhooley 1965 William A. Gilhooley 1966 Henry L. Christie 1967 Henry L. Christie, 1968 Arthur Dolenga 1969 Arthur Dolenga 1970 Arthur Dolenga 1971 Karl H. Walther 1972 Vincent C. DeMaria 1974 Coe Gotoh 1975 Dolores I. Sites 1976 Ada & J. Allen Alexander 1977 Ada & J. Allen Alexander 1978 Robert G. Campbell 1979 Robert G. Campbell 1980 Robert G. Campbell 1981 Helmut Drechsel 1982 Bill Ryan 1984 Bill Wilt 1999 Jerry Weido 2000 Jack Fuller 2001 Marvin Moldown 2002 Gary Farlow 2003 Patrick DeFlorio 2004 Allan Brown 2005 Ron Bihler 2006 Scott Bankroff 2007 Gene Nelson 2008 ? 2009 ? 2010 Jack Korfhage 2011 Jack Korfhage 2012 Tracy Drier 2013 James Hodgson 2014 Tracy Drier 2015 Gary Coyne 2016 Tom Adams & George Chittenden 2017 Tracy Drier 2018 Ronald Bihler 2019 Michael J. Souza 

The Exhibitors of the ASGS sponsor a Junior Member’s attendance at the National Symposium. The qualifications for this award involve submitting a resume, being a scientific glass student or Junior member working in the field and must be an actively contributing member of ASGS. 2007 Ariel Rom 2008 Charlie Amling 2009 Kaite Jones 2010 Adam Kennedy 2011 No applicants 2012 No applicants 2013 Sabrina Belanger 2014 Stephanie Hitchcock 2015 No applicants 2016 Christopher Sajdak 2017 Jill Korgemagi 2018 Stefanie Elayne Ashley 2019 Award changed to every other year

The Delaware Valley Section of the ASGS sponsors a Junior Member’s attendance at the National Symposium. Junior Members from the Delaware Valley section place their names in a box for each section meeting attended. At the end of the year, a candidate is picked from the names in the box. 1979 George A. Sites 1982 Frank Reese 1983 James Kontes & Nontas Kontes 2003 Dan Seme 2004 Katherine Cheetham 2005 Mindy Atkinson 2006 Kyle Clark 2007 Jason Craig 2008 Patrick Bennett 2009 Jesse Yager 2010 Kathryn Jones 2011 Jordan Smith 2012 No qualified applicants 2013 Michael Schiaffino 2014 Steven Meyer 2015 William Zorn 2016 Corina Guerra 2017 Christopher Zuhlke 2018 Nicolas X. Salame 2019 Ashleyann Kaschmidt

This award is presented each year by the Southeastern Section of the ASGS for the best Lamp Shop Hint published during the year in the ASGS’s quarterly journal, FUSION. 1981 David Blessing 1982 Robert Lorimer 1983 Michael Olsen 1984 Walter Boger 1985 Bob Ponton 1986 Michael Olsen 1987 Alf Lundberg 1988 John Cabot 1989 Bob Ponton 1990 Linda Kellc 1991 Ian Pearson 1992 Bob Ponton 1993 Joseph Gregor 1994 Gary Coyne 1995 Richard Smith 1996 Alan Brown 1997 Waine Archer 1998 Dougall Meloney 1999 Robert Ketch 2000 Alan Brown 2001 Tim Henthorne 2002 Bob Ponton 2003 Gary Dobos 2004 Joseph Gregor 2005 Peter Hatch 2006 Gary Dobos 2007 Jim Hodgson 2008 ? 2009 ? 2010 Tim Henthorne 2011 James Hodgson 2012 Bob Ponton 2013 Earl Morris 2014 Richard Ponton 2015 Erich Moraine & James Hodgson 2016 Richard Smith 2017 Tracy Drier & Erich Moraine 2018 James Hodgson 2019 Tim Henthorn

The Arthur Dolenga Award is given by the Great Lakes Section of the ASGS for administrative, technical, or fraternal contributions worthy of society recognition. There are many contributors who are deserving recognition that might go uncelebrated by our fellows and numerous candidates abound at the highest levels. This is intended to be offered for recognition on virtually any level and doesn’t require that you even be a member. There is that especially important “fraternal” component which in great measure dictates to me the glue that binds the ASGS together and is inherent in partnership with most of whatever we do. Main requirement: integrity 2012 James Hodgson 2013 Frank Meints 2014 Scott Bankroff 2015 Kevin Teaford 2016 Ron Legge 2017 Dave Daenzer 2018 Jim Cornell 2019 Tracy Drier