Past ACA Award Winners

May 2, 2005

Presented since 1958

Each year, the American Counseling Association recognizes and celebrates achievements of professional counselors who have distinguished themselves professionally, as well as through service to others, through the National Awards program. Awards have been given for many years in a number of different categories.

ACA Professional Development Award
2004 Bradley T. Erford
2003 William Glasser
2002 Jeffrey A. Kottler
2001 Lawrence K. Jones, Derald Wing Sue
2000 Esther Pincus
1999 Bea Wehrly
1998 Lawrence Brammer
1997 Judith A. Lewis
1996 Don C. Locke
1995 Sunny Hansen
1994 Richard L. Hayes
1993 Jon Carlson
AACD Professional Development Award
1992 Allen E. Ivey
1991 No award presented
1990 Edwin L. Herr
1989 William Purkey, Joe Wittmer
1988 Albert Ellis
1987 Hans Z. Hoxter
1986 Don Dinkmeyer
1985 Richard W. Evans
1983 Aaron B. Stills
APGA Professional Development Award
1982 Dean L. Hummel
1981 Jane E. Myers, Larry Loesch, James J. Messina
1980 John M. Whiteley
1979 John A. Bailey, Jack L. Daniels, William Mullett
1978 Louis Zinn
1977 Merle M. Ohlsen
1976 Manford A. Sonstegard
1974 Robert L. Williams

ACA Research Award
2005 Bryan S. K. Kim, Brenda Y. Cartwright, Penelope A. Asay, and Michael J. D'Andrea
2004 Dr. Catherine Chang, Dr. Jane E. Myers
2003 Darcy Haag Granello
2002 Rose Marie Hoffman, L. DiAnne Borders
2001 Madonna G. Constantine, Robert M. Davison Avil? Arnold R. Spokane
2000 no award presented
1999 Roger Herring
1998 Claire H. Usher Miner, W. Larry Osborne
1997 William E. Sedlacek
1996 Jo-Ida Hansen, Sharon Sackett
1995 Esther E. Diamond, Michael J. Leahy, Donald C. Linkowski, Edna Mora Szymanski, Richard W. Thoreson
1994 Patricia B. Elmore, Ruth B. Ekstrom, Esther E. Diamond
1993 Marita Danek, Edna Szymanski

AACD Research Award
1992 Fong Chan, Andrew J. Rosen, Daniel W. Wong, Steven Kaplan
1991 Thomas W. Hosie, James A. Mackey, John D. West
1990 Jo-Ida Hansen, Edna Szymanski, Randall Parker
1989 Ann D. Lasalle, Arnold Spokane
1988 Sherry B. Borgers, Arthur H. Thomas
1987 Bill K. Richardson, Loretta J. Bradley
1986 Norman L. Berven
1985 Stanford E. Rubin, Ralph E. Matkin, Joseph Ashley, Virgil May
1984 no award presented
1983 Gary R. Hanson

APGA Research Award
1982 Jane E. Myers, Larry C. Loesch
1981 John M. Whiteley
1980 Anna L. Miller-Tiedman
1979 William W. O'Toole
1978 John L. Romano, William A. Cabianca
1977 Robert E. Lindberg, Sherrie Bartell
1976 Sarah Brabant, Albeno P. Garbin
1975 V. Erikson
1974 Dale J. Prediger, John D. Roth, Richard J. Noeth, J. Brooks, M. Whiteman, E. Peisach, M. Deutsch, D.J. Fox, V. B. Jordan
1973 no award presented
1972 Rosalind Barnett, George J. Allen, David W. Johnson
1971 Kenneth R. Mitchell, Susan O'Leary, Thomas J. Wolff, Ted L. Rosenthal, Jay Mann
1970 Thelma J. Vriend, Martin J. Higgins, N. Sidney Archer, James C. Hansen, Thomas M. Niland, Leonard P. Zani
1969 William W. Cooley, Carl R. Rogers, Eugene T. Gendlin, Donald J. Kiesler, Charles B. Truax, David P. Campbell
1968 John D. Krumboltz, Carl E. Thoresen
1967 Ellen Betz, David J. Weiss, Rene V. Dawis, Lloyd H. Lofquist, George W. England
1966 John D. Krumboltz, Antoinette T. Ryan, Carl E. Thoresen, Barbara B. Varenhorst, John O. Crites, Anne Roe, Marvin Siegelman, Theodore C. Volsky, Thomas M. Magoon, Warren T. Norman, Donald P. Hoyt
1965 Alexander W. Astin, George Gonyea, Dorothy M. Knoell. Leland L. Medesker, Mary Crowley Mulvey
1964 Frank Barron, Robert E. Herriott, Kenneth Heller, Roger A. Myers, Linda Vikan Kline, Charles D. Spielberger, Henry Weitz, J. Peter Denny
1963 Kenneth E. Clark, E. Paul Torrance
1962 Carl R. Rogers, Henry Weitz, Carson McGuire, Edwin Hindsman, F.J. King, Earl Jennings, Leo Goldman
1961 Robert P.O'Hara, David V. Tiedeman, Donald Super, Phoebe L. Overstreet, J. Wayne Wrightstone, Feriha B. Bayer, Cecil H. Patterson, M. Brewster Smith, Ella M. Sanders, Roy B. Mefferd, Oliver H. Bown
1960 J. McV. Hunt, Thomas N. Ewing, Rolfe LaForge, William M. Gilbert, Robert L. Thorndike, ELizabeth Hagen, S. Roy Heath, Fred E. Fiedler, Edwin B. Hutchins, Joan S. Dodge, Alfred L. Brophy, Robert C. Pace, George G. Stern, John L. Holland
1959 John D. Krumboltz, William W. Farquhar, J.W. Getzels, J.J. Walsh, Randolph S. Thrush, Sidney A. Fine, Carl A. Heinz
1958 Nevitt Sanford, Roaslind Cartwright, Goodwin Watson, Willa F. Grunes, Stuart Adams, Donald W. Fiske
1956 Dr. Carl R. Rogers, Dr. Rosalind Dymond, John M. Butler, Desmond S. Cartwright,Thomas Gordon, Donald L. Grummon, Gerald V. Haigh, Eve S. John, Esselyn C. Rudikoff, Julius Seeman, Rolland R. Tougas, Manuel J. Vargas

Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian & Caring Person
2005 Mark Kiselica
2004 Dr. Nicholas Vacc (posthumous)
2003 Doris Rea Coy
2002 Judy A. Daniels
2001 Lois C. Wedl, O.S.B.
2000 no award presented
1999 Mary Smith Arnold, Linda Roy
1998 Mary Thomas Burke
1997 Gary DuVall
1996 Annette Zavareei
1995 L. (Pete) Warren
1994 Robert L. Dingman
1993 Jane E. Myers
1992 Eldon E. Ruff
1991 Judith G. Miranti
1990 Fannie Richardson Cooley
1989 Stephen Lenton, Donnie Conner
1988 Garry Landreth
1987 Robert H. Shaffer
1986 Louise B, Forsyth
1985 Daisy E. Takacs
1984 no award presented
1983 Garry R. Walz
1982 Thelma T. Daley
1981 Lauralee K. Rockwell
1980 Mary Finn Maples
1979 John F. Curran
1978 Marguerite M. Chiles
1977 Evelyn Gertrude Rimel
1976 John P. Eddy

National Graduate Student Glen E. Hubele Award
2004 Michael Chaney
2003 Kristy L. McNulty
2002 Wendy B. Charkow
2001 J. Matthew EnglarCarlson
2000 no award presented
1999 Tania Israel
1998 Kailas de Voux
1997 Vaughn S. Miller
1996 David M. Coe
1995 Y. Barry Chung
1994 no award presented
1993 John F. Kosciulek
1992 Christopher T. Allers
1991 Fred J. Hanna
1990 Waiping Alice Lo
1989 no award presented
1988 Barbara J. Palombi
1987 Becky J. Liddle
1986 Paul D. Snider

Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award
2005 Thomas H. Hohenshil
2004 Drs Jeanne Bleuer, Garry Walz
2003 Michael K. Altekruse, Michael D'Andrea
2002 Dorothy Jean Scrivner Blum
2001 A. Robert Iverson
2000 Janine Bernard
1999 Thomas Clawson, Lorin Letendre
1998 A. Scott McGowan
1997 Nathan Deen
1996 Mark E. (Gene) Meadows
1995 no award presented
1994 Kenneth B. Hoyt
1993 Carl McDaniels
1992 no award presented
1991 Joseph R. Kandor
1990 George N. Wright
1989 Willis E. Dugan
1988 Jane E. Myers
1987 George H. Gazda
1986 Bruce Shertzer
1985 no award presented
1984 Marguerite R. Carroll
1983 Thomas J. Sweeney
1982 Norman C. Gysbers
1981 Ray E. Hosford
1980 Douglas R. Gross
1979 Edwin L. Herr, Lloyd A. Stone
1978 Robert O. Stripling, Dugold S. Arbuckle
1977 Esther E. Diamond, William Truax
1976 James J. Muro
1975 Walter W. Durost

ACA National Legislative Service Award
2003 Sen. Paul Wellstone (posthumous award)
2002 Rep. Marge Roukema
2001 Rep. Walter B. Jones
2000 Senator Tom Harkin
1999 no award presented
1998 no award presented
1997 Senator Pete Domenici and Senator Paul Wellstone
1996 no award presented
1995 no award presented
1994 Rep. Mike Kopetski
1993 no award presented

AACD National Legislative Service Award
1992 no award presented
1991 no award presented
1990 Rep. Carl D. Pursell
1989 Michael Dukakis
1988 Sen. Lowell P. Weiker, Rep. Augustus Hawkins
1985 Clemmie Solomon
1983 M.C. "Jack" Beyerl

APGA National Legislative Service Award
1982 Rep. William T. Goodling, Donald R. Schmitz
1981 Bonnie C. Pierson, Sen. Robert S. Stafford
1980 Nancy M. Pinson
1979 Jeanette Brown, John Cook, Richard Warner
1978 Carl D. Swanson, Gov. Pierre DuPont
1977 Donald R. Kerr, Sen. Kenneth H. McKay
1976 Billie P. Jackson
1975 William Erpenbach

ACA/Carl D. Perkins Government Relations Award
2005 Jayme Moore Sullivan
2004 Sharon Cheston
2003 Tim Hofmann
2002 Dennis W. Engels, Bradley T. Erford
2001 Lynn Linde, Patricia Ferris McGinn, John E. Thorson
2000 Gary Price
1999 Braden Goetz
1998 Howard B. Smith
1997 Ronald D. Bingham
1996 Karole Kelly Ohme
1995 James J. Bergin
1994 Jerry Tuchscherer
1993 M. Charlene Wallace

AACD Carl D. Perkins Government Relations Award
1992 Beverly J. O'Bryant
1991 Lawrence H. Gerstein
1989 David K. Brooks
1988 Patricia Schwallie-Giddis
1987 Harold J. Hebl
1986 Thomas J. Sweeney

Kitty Cole Human Rights Award
2004 Harriet Gardin Fields, Joseph L. Norton
2003 Kathryn L. Norsworthy
2002 Bernal C. Baca, Muhyiddin A. Shakoor
2001 Mark Pope
2000 John Paul Eddy
1999 Lawrence Gerstein
1998 no award presented
1997 Benjamin Mierzejewski
1996 Stuart G. Itzkowitz
1995 Patricia Arredondo
1994 A. Michael Hutchins
1993 Sister Immaculate Paisant
1992 Jack A. Harris
1991 Queen Dunlap Fowler
1989 Robert H. Rencken

ACA Extended Research Award
2005 Jane Myers
2004 Spencer G. Niles
2003 Edwin L. Herr
2002 Gargi RoysircarSodowsky
2001 no award presented
2000 no award presented
1999 James Sampson, Robert Reardon
1998 Bryan E. Robinson
1997 Joseph William Hollis
1996 Ruth Burt Ekstrom
1995 John Holland
1994 Albert B. Hood
1993 Rex Stockton

AACD Extended Research Award
1992 Alexander A. Astin, Eugene Oetting
1991 Don Zytowski
1988 Richard W. Bradley

ACA Ralph F. Berdie Memorial Research Award
2005 Julia Y. Porter
2003 Gerald A. Juhnke
2002 Charlene M. Kampfe, Leslie C. McAllan, Susan F. Moore, Amos P. Sales, S. Mae Smith
2001 no award presented
2000 no award presented
1999 no award presented
1998 no award presented
1997 Cheri Smith Fitzhugh
1996 Robert C. Reardon, James P. Sampson
1995 no award presented
1994 no award presented
1993 Jim Whitledge

AACD Ralph F. Berdie Memorial Research Award
1992 William E. Sedlacek
1991 Nadya A. Fouad
1986 Frederick Leong
1985 Tom Dary Erwin
1983 Gary R. Hanson

APGA Ralph F. Berdie Memorial Research Award
1982 Karen S. Kitchener
1979 Margaret A. Garcia
1978 William Purkey
1977 C. Carney Strange
1976 Linda S. Moxley

AACD Distinguished Professional Service Award
1992 Larry C. Loesch, Nicholas A. Vacc
1991 Don Linkowski
1986 Bruce Shertzer
1985 Marguerite R. Carroll
1983 Thomas J. Sweeney

APGA Distinguished Professional Service Award
1982 Norman C. Gysbers
1981 Ray E. Hosford
1980 Douglas R. Gross
1979 Edwin L. Herr, Lloyd A. Stone
1978 Robert O. Stripling, Dugald S. Arbuckle
1977 Esther E. Diamond, William Truax
1976 James J. Muro
1975 Walter W. Durost

AACD Nancy C. Wimmer Award
1967 Rose R. Gamso, Dr. Paul Fitzgerald
1966 William F. Brown
1965 Dr. Esther McDonald Lloyd-Jones, C. Harold McCully
1964 Dr. Harry W. Smallenburg
1963 C. Gilbert Wrenn
1962 Daniel W. Fullmer
1961 E.G. Williamson
1960 Dr. Edward Landy
1958 Clarence C. Dunsmoor, Frances M. Wilson

AACD Government Relations Awards
1987 Charlene Wallace, Gary Donovan, Sonya Vassos, Eloise Brown, Eileen West, Donald V. Forrest, Joan Rebich, Marianne Mitchell, James Saum, Marvalene Styles-Hughes, Wyatt Kirk, Gloria Smith, Sheila Ronkin, Larry Shyers, Pamela Finnerty-Fried, Judith Miranti, Douglas P. Green, Jane Lawther, Branda Fortenberry, Marion Jackson, Duane Brown, Pat Schwallie-Giddis, Stella M. Jones, Kay Monks
1986 Nancy Scott, Joe Rotter

ACA Local, State Branch, and Regional Award
2002 Connecticut Counseling Association, 75 years
2000 no award presented
1999 Illinois Counseling Association
1998 Oregon Counseling Association
1997 no award presented
1996 Arkansas Counseling Association, Iowa Counseling Association
1995 no award presented
1994 no award presented
1993 no award presented

AACD Local, State Branch, and Regional Award
1992 Ohio Association for Counseling and Development, Minnesota Association for Counseling and Development, New York Association for Counseling and Development, Alabama Association for Counseling and Development, California Association for Counseling and Development
1987 Colorado Association for Counseling and Development
1986 Nevada Counseling and Guidance Personal Association, Washington State Association for Counseling and Development
1985 South Dakota Association for Counseling and Development

APGA Local, State Branch, and Regional Award
1982 National Capitol Personnel and Guidance Association
1981 Illinois Personnel and Guidance Association
1980 Wisconsin, Kentucky
1979 Nebraska Personnel and Guidance Association, New Jersey Personnel and Guidance Association, Virginia Personnel and Guidance Association, Greater Boston
1978 Metropolitan Detroit Personnel and Guidance Association

ACA Foundation David K. Brooks Distinguished Mentor Award
2005 Quincy L. Moore
2004 Mary Smith Arnold (posthumous)
2003 Spencer G. Niles
2002 Diana Hulse-Killacky, Nicholas A. Vacc
2001 Anita P. Jackson
2000 Brooke Collison
1999 George M. Gazda

Presidential Mission Award
1998 Rachel Robinson

Don Dinkmeyer Social Interest Award
2005 William Jenkins
2004 Jon Carlson
2003 Jane Rosen-Grandon
2002 Diane Sollee

Courtland C. Lee Multicultural Excellence Scholarship Award
2005 P. Clay Rowell
2004 Kyla Marie Sawyer
2003 Victoria A. Sardi
2002 Shawn L. Spurgeon

ACA Presidential Award
2003 Arnold Lazarus

Fellows Awards
2005 Jon Carlson, Mary Bradford Ivey, Thomas W. Clawson, Larry C. Loesch, Thomas J. Sweeney, Sunny S. Hansen, Doris Rhea Coy, Patricia B. Elmore, Jane E. Myers, Thomas F. Harrington, David Kaplan
2004 Gerald Corey, Ed.D, Diana Hulse-Killacky, Rex Stockton, Dr. Edwin Herr

Best Practices Award
2005 Melinda Miller Gibbons

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