Robert Rutherford Award
History and PurposeThe Robert Rutherford Service Award award recognizes those who give outstanding service to the Chapter or Lodge. It was established in 1953 to honor Robert Rutherford, our second Lodge Chief whose life was taken during World War II. RequirementsEach Chapter may nominate two Lodge members, at least one of whom must be under the age of 21. The Lodge Executive Committee may nominate four Lodge members at its October meeting, at least two of whom must be under 21 years of age. At the time of nomination, members must have their dues paid, have been a member for two years, be a Brotherhood member, and not have received the award before. |
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Recepients
| 1953 | ||
| R. Grimm | J. Kerekes | A. Roberts |
| G. Thomas | H. Vassel | |
| 1954 | ||
| W. Hollingsworth | R. Marshall | W. Sands |
| Ron Schwartz | W. Schwedler | R. Swartz |
| 1955 | ||
| A. Calmeyn | N. Cole | J. Detar |
| M. Marks | W. McGhee | G. Salo |
| P. Webb | ||
| 1956 | ||
| R. Baehr | L. Dittmar | A. Ford |
| T. Kosco | G. Pulk | |
| 1957 | ||
| W. Bales | G. Curry | R. Elliott |
| C. Klopshinske | E. Pulk | G. Steinhauer |
| 1958 | ||
| Ken Bourgon | Donnie Lee Bryant | Jack Larkins |
| Donald Luttrull | Petter Poppe | Harry Saunders |
| Robert Sturza | ||
| 1970 | ||
| John Sheffield | Eric L. Smith | |
| 1972 | ||
| Kirk Allison | Steve Campbell | Raymond Carroll |
| William Caudill | Mario Fonti | Roy Fortier |
| Roger Fraites | Chris Haggerty | Glenn Hay |
| Dan Lenggel | Dan O'Brien | Julius Pelletier |
| Cass Pikur | Thomas Rich | Mark Scofield |
| Richard "Rick" Sheffield | John Speer | H. W. Townsley |
| Harvey Waters | John A. Wiseley | Warren Zinn |
| 1973 | ||
| Gordon W. Draper | ||
| 1974 | ||
| Daniel Airo | Reginald Aumann | David Bedwell |
| Michael A Bidus | Marvin Fasbender | Gary Goodykoontz |
| David Hanschu | Gary M. Lechner | Neil McDonald |
| David R. Offerman | Donald Schaub | John Smagner |
| Gordon Stanley | Donald F. Watson | Michael Wheelock |
| Douglas R. Wilson | John Wyatt | |
| 1975 | ||
| Marvin L. Fasbender | ||
| 1976 | ||
| Ray Alexander Jr. | Ted Bouchè | Rodger Brown III |
| Byron Bullough | Martin A. Church | Pat Doyle |
| Charles Guideau | Tim Hayden | Mike Hoffman |
| Chris King | Dan Kohn | Ralph Lake |
| Jeff Lemoux | Chris Mee | Eugene Mozal |
| Richard Munyon | Richard Pauch | Fred Progacini |
| Anthony Racchi | William Scott | Gene Simons |
| Tom Tabor | Ted Tavenier | Mark Taylor |
| John Thiesen | David Wyatt | Dave Zalcski |
| 1977 | ||
| Peyton R. Randolph | ||
| 1978 | ||
| David H. Greenspan | Kendell K. Poulson | Douglas R. Wilson |
| 1979 | ||
| Steve Donohue | Howard G. Hammes | |
| 1980 | ||
| Michael C. Banhajer | Marion H. Sexton | |
| 1981 | ||
| Harold E. Hanna | Robert R. Stone, Sr. | |
| 1982 | ||
| Mark Bollman | ||
| 1984 | ||
| John R. Howey | Frank Seery, Sr | |
| 1985 | ||
| James Keller | ||
| 1987 | ||
| Jay M. Howse | George R. Wieske | |
| 1989 | ||
| Michael Bien | Christopher Noyes | Ken Scherer |
| 1990 | ||
| Jeffery B. Campbell | John J. Carrick, III | George T. Kennedy |
| Donald E. Prince | ||
| 1991 | ||
| K. Bull | R. Bull | John Carrick III |
| LaVerne M. Cleary | LaVerne Cleary, | Joel Clement |
| Joel E. Clement | Jack Cole | C. Herring |
| Scott Hickman | J. Knapp | K. Lakin |
| Jamie Morin | Dennis J. Schlemmer | William Seery |
| B. Smith | Chris Smith. | J. Trudell |
| 1993 | ||
| Grady A. Boatner | Harold L. McNeely, Sr | |
| 1994 | ||
| Dwight M Benner | Miles A. Church, Jr | |
| 1995 | ||
| Nicholas S. Polifroni | Mike J. Rochowiak | |
| 1996 | ||
| Milton C. Bell | ||
| 1998 | ||
| Thomas Lee | Victor Pitcel | Sam Stocker |
| 1999 | ||
| Simon W. Andzelewski III | Austin E. Ball | James A. Cormier |
| Shelia M. Dill | Randy Riggs | |
| 2000 | ||
| George T. Blackmore | Geoffrey S. Booth | David R. Booth, Jr |
| Anthony Calappi | Jeremy E. Doan | Jeff Lang |
| Albert Mickler | Nathan Petrusak | John Weipert |
| 2001 | ||
| Bradley Ryan Krzesiak | Ethan Rein | |
| 2002 | ||
| WIlliam "Tony" A. Adams | Brad A. Alderman | Simon “Sam” Andzelewski |
| Steven A. Bailey | Irene F. Church | William T. Marriott |
| Michael Ruszala | Jacques C. Sims | Craig Summers |
| Jamie White | ||
| 2003 | ||
| Ryan J. Brake | Kathryn Brzezinski | Mark Fanning |
| Jeffrey W. Geralds | Alex Leach | Mary D. League |
| Lane Lehman | William Licht | William C. Licht |
| Mike Ploucha | Zachary Polifroni | Jonathan L. Semetko |
| Chris Szybisty | Derek Tamsen | Sharon Teran |
| 2004 | ||
| Chris Corbin | Mark Elias | Matt Elias |
| Kevin J Fox | Kevin J. Fox | Ryan Lang |
| Will Matson | Bruce Maxim | Ricky Naida |
| Don Ray | John Paul Siracki | Dan Swan |
| John Teran | Matt Toenniges | Chris Wilson |
| 2005 | ||
| Aaron Ankiel | Eric Behrmann | Tyler Colman |
| Paul Kupser | Phillip Kurdunowicz | Gary Leach |
| Leo LeBron | Sandra LeBron | Wanda Meissner |
| Elliot Njus | Joe Retzbach | Mark Rosiek,Jr |
| Jason Smith | Jay Whitmer | |
| 2006 | ||
| Michael H. Ankiel | Johnathon Bartnik | Chuck Cheek |
| Gabriel A. Church | Nicholas R. Federonko | David J. Genevich |
| Jonathon Hunacek | Adam Jewell | Joseph J. Kulwicki |
| Hanson Lee | Jason Licht | William Mansfield |
| Jason N. Medina | Shannon N. Medina | Ethan A. Morlock |
| Robert A. Murphy | John D Suarez | Andrej Walilko |
| 2007 | ||
| Andrew Curtiss | Corey Curtiss | Corey F Curtiss |
| David Fry | William Gagnon | Pawel Jarosz |
| Ken McCormick | Joseph Roberts | Ronald Vilag |






