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