Category: Awards

This Award has been named in honor of deceased members on the Memorial Scroll of Honor in order to commemorate those individuals whose contributions to the advancement of both the science and the art of glassblowing and the ASGS were of outstanding importance. The award is presented to a junior member who shows early interest in participating in ASGS activities. The purpose is to stimulate and encourage active and continued participation in the field of Scientific Glassblowing by outstanding Junior Members. The Award recipient will receive and Award Certificate Plaque at the Awards Banquet and an expense paid trip to the ASGS annual Symposium. 1987  Ian B. Duncanson 1988  NONE 1989  Donald Woodyard 1990  Colin Chandler 1991  Laura Thacker 1992  Steve M. Anderson 1993  Lisa Malchow 1994  Anastacio Bonilla 1995  Michael Campbell 1996  Daniel Vogt 1997  James R. Hodgson 1998  Tracy Drier 1999  Kenneth E. Owens 2000  Richard J. Ponton 2001  Jeff Noyes 2002  Charles D. Christman 2003  Chris Marshall 2004  Kellie Wannett 2005  Philip Legge 2006  Joe Flunker 2007  Kevin Moeller 2008  Jason Craig 2009  Arial Rom 2010  Dan Coyle 2011  Kathryn Jones 2012  Adam Kennedy 2013  Matthew McDonald 2014  Benjamin Revis 2015  Sabrina Belanger 2016  Erin Mayberry 2017  Andrew Gibbs 2018  Corina Guerra 2019  Jill Korgemagi 2020/2022 Michael D’Acquisto 2023 Eamon King

Presented to a member for recognition of their tireless efforts promoting and promulgating the ASGS and the field of Scientific Glassblowing. The award recipient receives a plaque and $200 cash/check. 1973 Charles Litton Sr. 1974 Randolph H Searle 1975 William A. Wilt Sr. 1976 NONE 1977 NONE 1978 Alfred H. Walrod 1979 Delores I. Sites, George H. Sites 1980 J.H. Old 1981 George E. Jahn 1982 NONE 1983 NONE 1984 James C. Kontes, Nontas Kontes, William Kontes 1985 Morris James, Robert B. Tobin 1986 Gordon Good 1987 Guy Squeo 1988 Raymond Steiner 1989 Joseph S. Gregar 1990 Robert J. Ponton 1991 Arthur Dolenga 1992 Gordon Smith 1993 Richard Ryan 1994 Frank Meints 1995 John L.A. French 1996 Scott Bankroff 1997 Ian B. Duncanson 1998 David Smart 1999 Daniel Edwards 2000 Michael J. Souza 2001 Wilbur C. Mayteka 2002 Sally Prasch 2003 Daniel Wilt 2004 Chris Sprague, Gene A. Nelson 2005 Gary S. Coyne 2006 Robert Singer 2007 Michael Palme 2008 Don Lillie 2009 Michael S. Morris 2010 Wayne Martin 2011 Katherine Cheetham 2012 Tracy Owen Drier 2013 Georges Kopp 2014 James Hodgson 2015 Ronald A. Bihler 2016  Kevin Teaford 2017  Richard P. Gerhart 2018  Erich Moraine 2019  Klaus Paris 2020/2022 Fred Leslie 2023 Benjamin Revis

J. Allen Alexander Award Named in honor of the founder of the ASGS J. Allen Alexander. Presented each year for recognition of a member with outstanding contributions in furthering the aims and ideals of the ASGS. The award recipient receives a plaque and $300 cash/check. 1972     Henry L. Christie 1973     Wolfgang R. Eberhart 1974     George A. Sites 1975     William E. Barr 1976     Arthur Dolenga 1977     John A. Glover 1978     M. Howe Smith 1979     Karl H. Walther 1980     William A. Gilhooley 1981     William A. Schulze 1982     Theodore W. Bolan 1983     Robert G. Campbell 1984     Helmut E. Drechsel 1985     William A. Wilt Sr. 1986     David S. Blessing 1987     Wilbur C. Mateyka 1988     Peter Severn 1989     Jerry A. Cloninger 1990     Fred Kennedy 1991     Randolph H. Searle 1992     David Chandler 1993     Joseph Gregar 1994     Owen J. Kingsbury Jr. 1995     James K. Merritt 1996     Donald E. Lillie 1997     Robert J. Ponton 1998     Gary S. Coyne 1999     Ottmar Safferling 2000     Allan B. Brown, 2001     David Smart 2002     David G. Daenzer 2003     Doni Jessica Hatz 2004     Barry W. Lafler 2005     Edwin A. Powell 2006     Daniel Wilt 2007     Scott Bankroff 2008     Rick Smith 2009     James R. Hodgson 2010     Frank Meints 2011     Michael S. Morris 2012     Robert Singer 2013     Jack Korfhage 2014     Joseph S. Gregar 2015     Michael J. Souza 2016     Michael Palme 2017     David G. Daenzer 2018     Ronald Bihler 2019     Doug Navalinsky 2020/    Kevin Teaford 2022      2023     Erich Moraine