Maxine Van Hoy Service Award
In 1968, the Council created the Maxine Van Hoy Service Award was created and named for its first recipient, who was a driving force in the creation of the Council.
The award is presented in recognition of service to the Council and is the highest award the Council can bestow. The committee shall be the last three recipients of the Van Hoy award, with the most recent acting as chairman.
A petition may be submitted to the committee nominating an individual for the award. This petition must be signed by three or more. The committee may also initiate a nominee. These petitions are to be submitted prior to the first of July.
Qualifications of a nominee should be listed in the petition and should include:
a. A minimum of five years of service to the Council
b. Services which promoted the aims of the Council
Finial decision by the committee must be unanimous. If there are no nominations for the current year, no award will be made. This award shall be presented at the Convention banquet by the previous year's recipient. A permanent record plaque of these recipients will be held by the recipient until passed on the next recipient. A small stand-up medal shall be given each year to the recipient for the recipient to keep.
Updated rules as of January 1994.
Recipients of this award have been:
1968.............. Maxine Van Hoy
1969.............. Harvey Thurwell
1970.............. Darrell Best
1971.............. Francis McElroy & Charles Getzendaner
1972.............. Ted Peterson
1973.............. Ben D. Andrews
1974.............. A. L. Thompson
1975.............. Glenn Barber
1976.............. Robert R. Clark
1977.............. Russell Morgan
1978.............. Doris Talbot
1979.............. Ray McGuire
1980.............. None awarded
1981.............. Lucille Delattre
1982.............. Dorothy Thornton, APSA
1983.............. Emil Barr
1984.............. Irene Darling
1985.............. George Siegel
1986.............. Benton Dailey
1987.............. Edwin Larson
1988.............. Hal Ennor
1989.............. Ruth Bishop
1990.............. M. Craig Carver, APSA
1991.............. Susie V. Rydquist
1992.............. Bernie Torrey
1993.............. James Baker
1994.............. William Burke, APSA
1995.............. Alora Johnson-Self & Gary Fields
1996.............. Barbara Watson & Roland Smith
1997.............. Ed Gervais
1998.............. Dan Heidel, FPSA
1999.............. Winnie Erickson, APSA
2000.............. Wilma Roberts
2001.............. Karen Sharinghousen
2002.............. George Self
2003.............. Gordon Battaile
2004.............. Tony Mason
2005.............. Pat Starr
2006.............. Mary Furness
2007.............. Bruce Bittle
2008.............. Tye Watts
2009.............. Lori Montgomery
2010.............. Drinda Battaile
2011.............. Art Burkhalter
2012.............. Irene Fields
2013.............. Neal Thompson
2014.............. Lisa Nathan
2017.............. Linda Johnson
2018 ............. Michael Anderson
2019 ............. John Craig
2022 .............Gordon Battaile