AWARDS

In 1978, the North Central Section initiated an awards program to recognize the best paper and best presentation
given at the annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference.  In 1983, another award for the best poster paper at 
the Midwest was added.  The NCS established a new Professional Award of Merit in 1984.  The  Award of Merit is 
bestowed upon society members residing within the NCS in recognition of outstanding professional accomplishments
in wildlife conservation.

      BEST PRESENTATION						  BEST PAPER							
1978  William M. Heally & Richard O. Kimmel			  Erica Nol & Ronald J. Brooks						
1979  Randall S. Arndt & Thomas W. Townsend			  Vernon G. Thomas							
1980  Mark R. Ryan						  Robert M. Jackson							
1981  William Eddleman						  William Eddleman	
1982  Rex R. Johnson & James J. Dinsmore			  Robert B. Frederick, William R. Clark, & Erwin E. Klass		
1983  Robert M. Jackson						  Mickey E. Heitmeyer						
1984  John H. Hart, Henry Campa III,& Jonathan B. Haufler	  John H. Hart, Henry Campa III,& Jonathan B. Hauffler		
1985  Larry Vangilder						  David Westmoreland & Louis B. Best							
1986  David Urich, John Graham, Robert Miller, & Edward Gaskins	  Eric Kurzejeski & Larry Vangilder						
1987  Tonie E. Rocke, Thomas M. Yuill, & Beth Fritz		  Scott Craven							
1988  Frank R. Thompson, III					  Susan M. Haig, Jonathon D. Ballou, & Scott Derrickson		
1989  Frederic A. Reid, Mark S. Kaiser, & Leigh H. Fredrickson	  Loren W. Burger, David P Hones, Mark R. Ryan & Alice Wywialowski	
1990  Cynthia J. Wong & R. Ben Peyten				  William H. Lane & Thomas Nicholls					
     

      BEST PRESENTATION	CONTINUED					  
1991  Brenda S. Clark, David M. Leslie,Jr.& Tracy S. Carter	  
1992  Guy A. Baldassarre & Chris Dwyer				  
1993  David L. Urich & Robert J. Robel			  	   
1994  Loren W. Burger,Jr., Thomas V. Dailey, Eric W. Kurzejeski	  
1995  Therese M. Donovan, Douglas A. Clark, Robert W. Howe,& B.J. Danielson
1996  Tim A. Nigh
1997  Douglas Siegel-Causey
1998  Not Judged

      BEST POSTER
1983  John T. Brady
1984  Theresa W. Shuman & James W. Bennett
1985  Stephen M. Schmitt, Thomas M. Cooley, Robert Strong, & George Burgoyne, Jr.
      and (tie) Glenn Y. Belyea, Harold Prince, & Pete Squibb
1986  Charles Dieter & Thomas McCabe
1987  James D. Garner, Joyce E. Hoffman, & Elizabeth A. Cook

1991  Kimberly K. Kessler & Ron J. Johnson
1992  M. Isabell Bellocq & S.M. Smith
1993  Nicholas A. Stathis
1994  Jo Salyers, Catherine Kolkmeier, Karen Tyrell, and Virgil Brack, Jr.
1995  George F. Hubert, Jr., David J. Case, Robert D. Bluett, and Mark D. Duda
1996  No Award
1997  No Award
1998  Not Judged

      BEST STUDENT PRESENTATION
1991  Brenda S. Clark, David M. Leslie, Jr.& Tracy S. Carter
1992  Matthew J. Lovallo & Eric Anderson
1993  David S. Klute & David E. Anderson
1994  Jamie Lafferty & John O. Whitaker, Jr.
1995  Meg Clark, Delia Raymer, Allison Gormley, Scott R. Winterstien, & Henry Campa, III
1996  D. Todd Farand, Alan Woolf, & Richard S. Halbrook
1997  David Unger, Eric Anderson, & Bruce Kohn
1998  Laura M. Myers, N.E. Mathews, & J.M. Kozma
1999  Brent E. Jamison

      BEST STUDENT POSTER
1999  Lori Corteville

      BEST STUDENT PAPER
1990  Cynthia J. Wong & R. Ben Peyten

      PROFESSIONAL AWARD OF MERIT RECIPIENTS
1985  Thomas S. Baskett
1986  Glen C. Sanderson
1987  Harvey K. Nelson
1988  L. David Mech
1989  Louis J. Verme
1990  Gordon W. Gullion
1991  Leigh H. Fredrickson
1992  George V. Burger
1993  Tony J. Peterle
1994  Edward Langenau, Jr.
1995  Ted Bookhout
1996  John Roseberry
1997  Not Awarded
1998  Not Awarded
1999  Charles M. Nixon
2000  Al Berner
2001  David J. Case
	

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