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Gold Medal

HELEN FIELD FISCHER GOLD MEDAL

2007 Honoree - Kay Day Pricola, California

Established in 1950, this is the Society's highest honor and is the official recognition for distinguished and meritorious service rendered the AHS by a member on the national level. It is named for the founder of the American Hemerocallis Society. In general this award should honor only one person annually, but two awards have been given on occasion. A dual award to two members of the same family will count as one. Nominations may be submitted by any AHS member to the AHS Awards & Honors Chairman by mail or email. Nominations are due by September 1st for the upcoming year. The AHS Board votes by secret ballot at the annual fall board meeting, and the award is presented at the following AHS National Convention.

Previous honorees:

1950 Helen Field Fischer Iowa
1951 M. Frederick Stuntz New York
1952 Viola Richards Indiana
1953 Gretchen Harshbarger Iowa
1954 Bess Ross Iowa
1955 George E. Lenington Missouri
1956 F. Edgar Rice Oklahoma
1957 Hugh M. Russell Texas
1958 Elmer A. Claar Illinois
1959 Wilmer B. Flory Indiana
1960 Mrs. Carl Marcue Iowa
1961 D. R. McKeithan Oklahoma
1962 Frances Lamb Kentucky
1963 Ophelia Taylor Florida
1964 Hubert A. Fischer Illinois
1965 Olive Hindman Florida
1966 Lula Mae Purnell Texas
1967 Ben Parry Tennessee
1968 William E. Monroe Louisiana
1969 George M. Darrow Maryland
1970 Bertie Ferris Texas
1970 Hyta Mederer Georgia
1971 Walter C. Hava Mississippi
1972 Molly Wheeler Illinois
1973 Ethel Smith Mississippi
1974 George T. Pettus Missouri
1975 Willard Gardner North Carolina
1975 Louise Simon Louisiana
1976 Edna Lankart Texas
1977 Ruth Mannoni Kansas
1978 Betty Barnes Mississippi
1979 Luther J. Cooper, Jr. North Carolina
1980 Martha B. Hadley Missouri
1980 Shirley Gene Wild Missouri
1981 Daisy L. Ferrick Kansas
1982 Olive Langdon Alabama
1983 Mildred Schlumpf Texas
1984 Lucia Bjorkman Texas
1985 Luke Senior, Jr. Arkansas
1986 Sarah Sikes Alabama
1987 Ida Munson Florida
1988 Betty Woods Georgia
1989 Mavis G. Smith Missouri
1990 Virginia Peck Tennessee
1991 Selma Timmons Georgia
1991 R.W. Munson, Jr. Florida
1992 Clarence Crochet Louisiana
1993 Elly Launius Mississippi
1993 Frances Gatlin Missouri
1994 Dorothea Boldt Louisiana
1995 Bob Brooks California
1996 Bill & Mary Anne Ater Texas
1997 Annie Weinreich Texas
1998 Jack Harrison Alabama
1999 William C. Monroe Louisiana
2000 Peggy Estes Oklahoma
2000 Earlene Garber Louisiana
2001 David Kirchhoff Florida
2002 Nell Jessup Georgia
2003 Virginia Hensen Texas
2004 Hal Rice Michigan
2005 Ken Cobb North Carolina
2006 Wayne Johnson Florida
2007 Kay Day Pricola California
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