Highest honor by the American Numismatic Association
The Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award (formerly the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award and ANA Distinguished Service Award [ 1] ) is the highest honor conferred by the American Numismatic Association .[ 2] The award was formerly named after Farran Zerbe , a one-time president of the American Numismatic Association. It is given in recognition of numerous years of outstanding, dedicated service to numismatics. The criteria for the nominee should be that the individual is considered someone who has rendered numerous years of outstanding service to the ANA as well as the field of numismatics.[ 2]
An additional qualification is that the nominee should be a former Medal of Merit and Glenn Smedley Memorial Award recipient. The award is limited only to members of the ANA.[ 2]
In 2021, the ANA Board of Governors voted to change its name to the ANA Distinguished Service Award, following an investigation that uncovered accusations of fraudulent behavior on Zerbe's part.[ 3] In May 2022, the award was re-named in honor of Chester L. Krause , the founder of Krause Publications .[ 4]
Winners
1950s
1951 – M. Vernon Sheldon
1952 – June T. Pond
1953 – Col. Joseph Moss
1954 – Lewis M. Reagan
1955 – Dr. J Hewitt Judd
1956 – Richard S. Yeoman
1957 – No Award Given
1958 – Burton H. Saxton
1959 – Louis S. Werner
1960s
1960 – Glenn B. Smedley
1961 – Dr. John F. Lhotka, Jr.
1962 – Lee F. Hewitt
1963 – Elston G. Bradfield
1964 – Jack W. Ogilvie
1965 – Lionel C. Panosh
1966 – J. Douglas Ferguson
1967 – Dr. John S. Davenport
1968 – Oscar H. Dodson
1969 – Eric P. Newman
1970s
1970 – Charles M. Johnson
1971 – Don Sherer
1972 – Abe Kosoff
1973 – Matt H. Rothert
1974 – Herbert Berge
1975 – Margo Russell
1976 – Fred C. Bowman and Maurice M. Gould
1977 – Chester L. Krause
1978 – William C. Henderson
1979 – John J. Gabarron
1980s
1980 – John Jay Pittman
1981 – Virgil Hancock
1982 – George D. Hatie
1983 – Clyde Hubbard
1984 – Charles L. Krause and Clifford Mishler
1985 – Adna G. Wilde, Jr.
1986 – Charles H. Wolfe
1987 – Virginia Culver and Edward C. Rochette
1988 – Adeline and Aubrey E. Bebee
1989 – Harry X. Boosel
1990s
2000s
2000 – Arthur M. Kagin
2001 – Harry J. Forman
2002 – Anthony J. Swiatek
2003 – Lighthouse Family and Charles J. Ricard
2004 – Gene R. and Patricia Hynds
2005 – Joseph E. Boling
2006 – Larry J. Gentile, Sr.
2007 – Nancy Opitz Wilson and John Wilson
2008 – Gene Hessler
2009 – John Eshbach
2010s
2010 – Beth Deisher
2011 – Anthony Terranova[ 5]
2012 – Arthur M. Fitts III and Prudence Fitts
2013 – David Schenkman
2014 – Neil Shafer
2015 – Donn Pearlman[ 6]
2016 – Mark Lighterman and Myrna Lighterman[ 7]
2017 – Brian Fanton[ 8]
2018 – Cindy Wibker[ 9]
2019 – Thomas Hallenbeck[ 10]
2020s
2020 – Walt Ostromecki[ 11]
2021 – Kerry Wetterstrom[ 12]
2022 - Thomas J. Uram[ 13]
2023 - Mike Fuljenz[ 14]
2024 - Dwight N. Manley
References
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^ "New Name for ANA Accolade" (Press release). American Numismatic Association . September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021 .
^ "Thomas Uram to Receive American Numismatic Association's Highest Honor" . coinweek.com . CoinWeek, LLC. May 27, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022 .
^ "Microsoft Word – 2006 Award Winner List.doc" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2007 .
^ "Pearlman to receive Farran Zerbe Memorial Award" . Money.org . American Numismatic Association. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
^ "Mark and Myrna Lighterman Awarded ANA'S 2016 Farran Zerbe Memorial Award" (PDF) . Money.org . American Numismatic Association. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
^ "Iowa dealer Brian Fanton to receive 2017 Farran Zerbe Memorial Award tonight" . CanadianCoinNews.com . Trajan Publishing Corporation. August 4, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
^ "ANA Highest Honor Awards Given to Numismatists Making a Difference" . CoinsWeekly.com . MünzenWoche GmbH. August 14, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
^ "ANA Awards Given to Numismatists Making a Difference" . CoinWeek.com . CoinWeek, LLC. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019 .
^ Crawford, Olivia (August 2020). "Where There's a Walt, There's a Way". The Numismatist . Vol. 133, no. 8. American Numismatic Association.
^ Crawford, Olivia (August 2021). "Keep Calm and Kerry On". The Numismatist . Vol. 134, no. 8. American Numismatic Association.
^ "Thomas Uram to Receive American Numismatic Association's Highest Honor" . coinweek.com . CoinWeek, LLC. May 27, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022 .
^ McCommons, Olivia (August 2023). "Setting the Gold Standard". The Numismatist . 136 (8): 38– 45.