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R&LHS Railroad History Award Winners
The awards program was inaugurated in 1982 under the society's presidency of William Withuhn. This list was compiled to the year 2000 by Tom Taber in the course of his indexing of the R&LHS Newsletter, and then continued to the current year by Adrian Ettlinger. Award winners were announced in Railroad History and in most issues of the R&LHS Newsletter.
Book
Award
1982 Richard Overton
1983 Thomas T. Taber and Thomas T. Taber III
1984 Stuart Leuthner
1985 H. Roger Grant
1986 John Stiloge
1987 Maurey Klein
1988 Donovan Hofsommer
1089 Maury Klein
1990 Keith L. Bryant, Jr.
1991 George W. Hilton
1992 Allen Trelease
1993 Daniel Cupper
1994 John Dilts
1995 Carlos A. Schwantes
1996 John K. Brown
1997 Christopher Baer, Wm. Coxey & Paul W.
Schopp
1998 Richard S. Simons & F. H. Packer
1999 H. Roger Grant
2000 Fred W. Frailey
2001 David Haward Bain
2002 Richard Saunders, Jr.
2003 Steven W. Usselman
2004 Herbert H. Harwood, Jr.
2005 Richard Steinheimer and Jeff Brouws
Article
Award
1982 David Morgan
1983 John Horachek
1984 Theodore Benson
1985 Bert Pennypacker
1986 James A. Boyd
1987 Bruce Seely
1988 Robert Aldag
1989 Michael Spoor and Hol Wagner
1990 Preston Cook
1991 John H. White & Wm. Edson
1992 Hans Houshower
1993 James A. Ward
1994 Ralph Podas
1995 Mark Reuter
1996 Staff of Trains for 55th Anniversary
issue
1997 Mark Reuter
1998 Keith L. Bryant
1999 Wm. D. Burt
2000 Robert C. Post
2001 James L. Larson
2002 Michael Zega
2003 Donald Duke
2004 Scott R. Fletcher
2005 Ric Morgan
Photography
Award
1982 Gerald Best
1983 Richard Steinheimer
1984 Richard Kindig
1985 Philip R. Hastings
1986
O. Winston Link
1987 Don Ball, Jr (deceased)
1988 Jim Shawhnessy
1989 David Plowden
1990 Jackson Thode
1991 J. Paul Lamb
1992 Richard J. Cook
1993 Charles T. Felstead
1994 John E. Gruber
1995 John Humiston
1996 Stan Kistler
1998 Theodore Benson
2000 James P. Gallagher
2002 Donald Wood
2003 Wallace W. Abbey & William M. Moedinger, Jr.
2004 Jim Boyd
2005 Greg McDonnell and James P. Shuman
Senior
Achievement Award .
1982 John H. White
1983 John J. Stover
1984 William Middleton
1985 William Edson
1986 Lewis K. Sillcox
1987 Omer Lavallee
1988 George Hilton
1989 Robert Richardson
1990 George Krambles
1991 Gilbert Reid
1992 Herbert Harwood
1993 Benjamin Kline (deceased)
1994
Robert LeMassena
1995 Donovan Hofsommer
1997 Steven Lee & Doyle McCormack
1999 William Warrick
2001 James A. Bistline
2004 Arthur Dubin
2005 H. Roger Grant