Awards of Distinction

Fruit Growers


1941 Elijah Rogers and Henry C.C. Miles

1942 Henry B. Buell

1943 Sherman P/ Hollister

1945 John Lyman, Sr.

1946 Ernest M. Stoddard

1947 Philip Garman

1949 Howard A. Rollins

1950 Harold M. Rogers and S. Leonard Root

1951 George L. Warncke

1952 Charles B. Young

1953 Mark Bishop

1954 Alex B. Smith

1955 Brainerd T. Peck

1956 Joseph G. Pero

1957 Henry F. Joy and Orrin P. Kilbourn

1958 James P. Barnes and Norman H. Barnes, Sr.

1959 William H. Darrow, Sr.; Albert B. Cole, and Carlyle H. Gowdy

1960 Roy E. Norcross, Leroy M. Chapman, and Raymond P. Atherton

1964 Arthur F. Bishop and Charles R. Bishop

1965 Norbert Kneur Jr.

1966 Arthur C. Bobb and Wilfred B. Young

1967 Wilbur H. Marshman

1968 Julius Billings Lewis

1969 William D. Ravenscroft, Sr. and Harold B. Young

1970 Robert Josephy

1972 Charles L. Bussa

1973 Kenneth M. Platt and Norman Platt

1974 Nelson Cooke

1975 Frank Rogers

1976 James H. Barnes and Norman H. Barnes, Jr.

1977 John Lyman, Jr.

1978 George Merrell

1979 Woodrow Scott

1980 David S. Henry

1981 John Mark Bishop

1982 Henry P. Joy

1983 Matthew March

1984 Franklin Hurlbut

1985 Charles B. Young, Jr.

1986 Mario Accornero

1987 Lewis Hurlbut

1988 Linus Buell

1989 Albert Bishop

1990 Donald Preli Sr.  and Harold Holmberg

1991 Charles Eugene Bishop

1992 Stewart Ramsay

1993 Orrin Sandness

1994 Joseph Slady

1995 Reno Ferrando

1996 Donald Norton

1997 Harold Bishop

1998 Louis Bussa

1999 Timothy Shashok

2000 William Hindinger

2001 Richard Crooke

2004 Richard Holmberg

2006 David A. Henry

2007 Louis C. Bussa, Jr.

2008 John Lyman III

2009 Jeff Sandness

2010 Donald Preli Jr. and Michael Preli

2011 Irv SIlverman

2012 Doug Young

2014 Tom and Karen Scott

2015 Brian Kelliher

2016 Eric Henry

2019 Erica Teveris

2022 Doug Bussa

2023 Irv Silverman 


Merit Award

Industry & University Members

1958 Charles A. Byron, Connecticut Light & Power Company

         Frank E. Atwood, Travelers Broadcasting Service

1959 George W. Bragdon, The Hartford Times

         Harold W. Street, The Hartford Courant

1960 Violet S. Buck, University of Connecticut

1964 Joseph N. Gill, Connecticut Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources

1968 William G. Clark, Connecticut State Employment Service

1970 Dr. James G. Horsfall, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

1974 Don Tuttle, Connecticut Board of Agriculture

1975 Archie Holdridge, The Hartford Courant

1977 Patrick Miller, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

1978 Arthur T. Williams

1979 Marvin Peck, New England Apple Council

1981 Dr. Paul Waggoner, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

1983 Merwin F. Bailey, Connecticut Department of Agriculture

1987 Dr. Milton Savos, University of Connecticut

1990 Tom Moriarty, Secretary Treasurer

1992 Rollin Hickcox

1993 Dr. John F. Ahrens, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

1995 Robert Homans

1996 Pat Bussa

1997 David Kollas, University of Connecticut

1998 Norman French, OESCO

2001 James P. Griffin

2004 Dr. John Anderson, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

2005 Lorraine Los

2006 John Rogers, Rogers Orchards

2007 Rick Macsuga

2008 Tom Monahan

2009 Richard Cole

2011 Russell French

2012 Richard Cole

2015 Mary Concklin, University of Connecticut

2016 Dr. Richard Cowles, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

2019 Howard Boyden , OESCO

2022 Colleen Kisselburgh, Arthur Carroll Insurance Company

2023 Trevor Hardy, Brookdale Fruit Farm, Inc