Previous AER Award Recipients

 

Mary K. Bauman Award:
In recognition of outstanding contributions to the education of children who are blind or visually impaired.

2022 Susan A. Osterhaus
2020 Michael J. Bina
2018 Cay Holbrook
2016    Dr. Tuck Tinsley
2014    Sharon Sacks
2012    Kay A. Ferrell
2010    Sandra Lewis
2008    Diane P. Wormsley
2006    Anne Corn
2004    Kathleen M. Huebner
2002    Susan Jay Spungin
2000    Philip H. Hatlen
1998    Mary Nelle McLennan
1996    Jane N. Erin
1994    William H. English
1992    John Ed Chiles
1990    J. Max Woolly
1988    Georgie Lee Able
1986    Elinor Long
1984    Josephine Taylor
1982   Mary K. Bauman

 

Ambrose M. Shotwell Award:
In recognition of outstanding contributions to the rehabilitation of adults who are blind or visually impaired.

2022 Dr. Pris Rogers
2020 Rodney J. Kossick
2018 Carl R. Augusto
2016    Gale Watson
2014    Karen E. Wolffe
2012    Chuck Huss
2010    Michael Bina
2010 Special Recognition:  Steven Barrett
2008    Kathleen Mary Huebner
2006    Kenneth Rosenthal
2004    William Wiener
2002    Dr. Euclid J. Herie
2000    William Ferrell
1998    Stanley Suterko
1996    Richard Welsh
1994    Russell C. Williams
1992    William F. Gallagher
1990    Warren Bledsoe
1988    Dr. Alfred Rosenbloom
1986    Irvine Schloss
1984    Natalie Barraga
1983    Louis Vieceli
1982    Harold Richterman
1981    Donald Blasch
1979    Ross C. Purse
1977    Douglas C. MacFarland
1975    Roy Kumpe
1973    Robert S. Bray
1971    Arthur McGill
1969    Louis J. Rives
1968    George Werntz
1967    Jansen Noyes
1966    Henry A. Wood
1965    Berthold Lowenfeld
1964    George Keane
1963    Judge Sam Cathey
1962    Lon E. Alsup
1961    Francis J. Cummings
1960    Philip Harrison
1959    Lee S. Johnston
1958    Francis Iberardi
1957    J. Robert Atkinson
1956    Maurice I. Tynan
1955    Peter J. Salmon
1954    Stetson K. Ryan
1953    L. L. Watts
1952    Col. E. A. Baker
1951    Helen Keller
1950    Mary Dranga Campbell
1949    Joseph Clunk
1948    Dr. Newell Perry
1947    Florence Bichard
1945    Dr. Edward E. Allen
1943    Cobrun L. Broun
1941    M. C. Migel
1939 Charles W. Holmes & H.R. Latimer



Alfred Allen Award: 
In recognition of a career in providing direct service to people with visual impairments.

2022 Jennifer Coy
2020 Frances Kelley
2018 Margaret Cleary
2016    Linda Lyle
2014    Ed Mullen
2012    Patricia Leader
2008    Charla Rose Houston
2006    Jim Allan
2004    Eugene A. Bourquin
2002    B. J. LeJeune
2000    Donna Iszler
1998    Judy Hurst
1996    David Loux
1994    Juliet Bindt Esterly
1992    Cay Holbrook
1990    Robert Brasher
1988    David Manzer
1986    Nancy Akeson
1984    Lowell Legge
1983    Stanley Suterko
1982    Lila Lampkin
1981    Louise Cowan
1979    John Linville
1975    C. Warren Bledsoe
1973    J. Kenneth Cozier
1971    O. F. Wise
1969    Sidney E. Pollack
1968    Elizabeth Rusk
1967    Jenny Beck
1966    Howard Liechty
1965    Sophy Forward
1964    Howard T. Jones
1963    Victoria Hackett
1962    Annie B. Johnson
1961    Mary Helen Erker
1960    Eleanor M. Ingram
1958  Marian Held



Warren Bledsoe Award
In recognition of significant contributions to literature in the field of blindness and visual impairment.

2022 Rachel Rosenbaum
2020 Tiffany Wild
2018 Deborah Hatton
2016   Dr. Lauren Lieberman, Paul Ponchillia, & Susan Ponchillia
2014    Kay A. Ferrell
2012    Elizabeth Dennison
2010    Natalie Hilzen
2008    Christine Roman-Lantzy
  Special Recognition Award:  Mary Nelle McLennan
2006    Journal of Vision Impairment and Blindness
2004    Marianne Riggio
2002    Dr. M. Cay Holbrook & Alan Koenig
2000    Millie Smith, Nancy Levack, Diane P. Wormsley & Frances Mary D’Andrea
1998    Susan & Paul Ponchillia
1996    Kathleen Huebner, Jeanne Glidden Prickett, Theresa Rafalowski Welch, & Elga Joffee
1994    Dona Sauerburger
  Special Recognition Award:  Mary Ellen Mulholland
1992    Dean Tuttle
  Special Recognition Award:  Berthold Lowenfeld
1990    William Graves & Michael Orlansky
1988    Michael Bina & Geraldine Scholl
1986    David Warren
1984    Randall Jose
1983    William Silverman
1982    Joseph Lash & George Mallinson
1981    Bruce Blasch & Richard Welsh
1979  Richard Kinney

 

 

Douglas C. MacFarland Award: 
For providing leadership in the field of blindness and visual impairment and contributions to the education and rehabilitation of people who are visually impaired.

2022 Mary Nelle McLennan
2020 Brian Charlson
2018 Barbary McCarthy
2016    Cliff Olstrom
2012    Vernon Metcalf
2010    Eileen Siffermann
2008    Gala S. Brooks
2006   Robert J. Winn

 

 

John H. McAulay Award: 
For outstanding achievement leading to the placement of people with visual impairments into employment.

2022 Dr. Ian Shadrick
2020 Michele McDonnall
2018 Timothy Hindman
2016   Dr. John Mascia
2014    Margaret E. Cleary
2012    Kathleen Gallagher
2008    Adele L. Crudden
2006    Anthony Candela
2004    Chuck Young
2002    Karen Wolffe
2000    Gil Johnson
1998    Robert Hanye
1996    James Kesteloot
1994    John Maxson
1992    Gerald Miller
1990    George Sippi
1988    NIB-GCWB (Special)
1986    Mary Ann Roscoe
1984    Judy Lloyd
1983    Dan Hernandez
1982    Carl McCoy
1981    Hugh Russell
1979    Donald Blasch
1977    Robert J. Prause
1975    Thomas Dickey
1973    Nicholas Williams
1971    Harold Richterman
1969    Louis Vieceli
1967    Arthur Vorhees
1966    George Magers
1962    Griffin H. Eastin
1961    Octave J. Bourgeois
1960    John B. Raithed
1959  Fred Gissoni

Richard L. Welsh Chapter Leadership Award:

For its outstanding efforts in AER chapter leadership.

2022 Vincent M. McVeigh
2018 Tiffany Wild
2016 Joseph P. Helm

AER Outstanding Chapter Award: 
For its outstanding efforts in providing services to its members.

2022 Dakotas Chapter
2020 Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter
2018 Wisconsin Chapter
2016    Nebraska Chapter
2014    Pacific Northwest Chapter
2012    Virginia Chapter
2010    Pennsylvania/Delaware, Ohio, Illinois Chapters
2008    Northeast Chapter
2006    Ontario Chapter
2000    Kentucky Chapter
1996    Illinois Chapter
1994    Arkansas Chapter
1992    Northeast Chapter
1990    Mississippi Chapter
1986    Texas Chapter
1984    Northern California Chapter
1982    Alabama and New York Chapters
1981    Ohio Chapter
1979    North Carolina Chapter
1977    Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter
1975    Texas Chapter
1973  Oklahoma Chapter