Honorary Life, Lifetime Achievement, + Appreciation Award Winners

Honorary Life Memberships and Lifetime Achievement Award

The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club honors those whose volunteer service to the club extends for a period. These are the people whom the club should remember as it moves to the future. Traditionally, the club designated these individuals with Honorary Life Memberships. In 2022, the club recognized that the Honorary Life Membership needed to be augmented by an award for those who are already life members or have passed on. Thus, the Lifetime Achievement Award was created.
 
Honorary Life Membership: This membership is awarded to volunteer members whose contribution to the club has been consistently outstanding over a period of several years.
 
Lifetime Achievement Award: This award recognizes those members who have significantly furthered the mission of the club, but who have either passed away or who are already Lifetime Members.

Honorary Life Membership Recipients

1950: Jean Stephenson

1954: William O. Douglas 

1960: Alvin Peterson, Roy Sexton

1961: Ruth Mersch

1970: Ruth Blackburn, Fred Blackburn, Egbert Walker, Dorothy Walker, Wallace Walker, Joe Winn, Joan Winn, Clarence Mersch

1972: Alice Matthews, Charles Pryor

1973: Dorothy Mason

1975: Philip Stone, John Oliphant, Grant Conway, Paul Bradt, Purnie Bishop

1977: Paula Strain

1978: Raymond Fadner

1979: Ethel Hoover

1980: Bert Vos, Elizabeth Vos

1982: Robert Humphrey

1984: Jim Denton, Molly Denton

1986: Edward Garvey, Thomas Floyd

1989: Samuel Moore, Warren Sharp

1991: Lyman Stucker, David Bates, Dorothy Bates

1992: Harry Thompson

1993: Jack Reeder

1995: Charles Graf, Charles Irvin

1997: Leonard H. Bolz

1998: Marjorie Dexter, Jean Golightly, Sandra Marra, Randall Minchew

1999: Marguerite Schneeberger, George Walters, James Hiltz

2000: Walter Wells, Phillip Barringer, William Ladd

2001: James Stauch, Charles Gieseking, Lillian Gieseking, Lois Mansfield

2002: Peter Gatje, John McCrea, Jon Rindt, Walter Smith

2003: Alden Rogers, David Pierce, Philip Paschall, Christopher Brunton

2004: Gerhard Salinger, Bernie Stalmann

2005: Park Anderson, Kerry Snow, Carol Niedzialek

2006: Karen Brown, Tom Johnson, Dave Appel

2007: George Schubert

2008: Fred "Hop" Long, Jane Thompson, Cliff Wiley

2009: Charles Hillon, Mel Merritt, Don White

2010: Steve Bair, Mary Jorgensen, Thomas Jorgensen

2011: Richard Dugan, Peter Brown

2012: Alvin Black, Jr., Alvin Dove, Mark Gatewood, Mark Nelson

2013: Lynn Cameron, Malcolm Cameron, Dan Dueweke

2014: Henry Horn, John Shannon 

2015: Joseph E. "Radar" Raynor

2016: Richard Canter, Karen and Mike Waterman

2017: Esther Aulthouse, Patrick Wilson

2018: Alan Gerber, Alex Sanders, Keith Tondrick

2019: Steve Barber, John Corwith, Chris Firme, David House

2020: Mel Ellis, Jeff Monroe, David Trone

2021: Robert Fina; Glen Tsaparas; Lee Manning; George, Curt, and Tawnya Finney

2022: Bruce Berberick, David Garman, Iva Gillet

2023: James Fye, Cindy Kelly, John Schell, Matthew Schroebel, Mark Walkup

2024: Michael Seth, John Hedrick, Nick and Vickie Erway, Charles Balch, Steve Huntley, Mark Ellis

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

2022: Pete Brown, Ruth Durloo, Steve McLaughlin, Jim Tomlin

2023: Robert Lee Laughlin, Robert M. Wise

2024: William Greenan, Larry Linebrink

Appreciation Awards

2024: Dick Wettstone, Eddie Bumbargh, Jane Cox, Ada Reed and Signey Jackson, Ryan Seltzer, Daikin Applied, Steven Printz, Gary Zbel