Awards from the 142nd National Encampment
The Meritorious Service Award:
Michael L. Lance, Dept of Texas
Kent Peterson, Dept of Wisconsin
Benjamin J. Frail, Dept of Rhode Island,
Michael Zafran, Dept of Illinois,
The Meritorious Service Award with Gold Star:
Roger Leturno, Dept of Chesapeake
The Doctor Mary Edwards Walker Award:
Allison Pollitt, National President, ASUVCW
Lynne Dolan, National President, DUVCW
Elizabeth Null, National President, LGAR
The Certificate of Recognition
Edward Manak, Dept of Florida
The Abraham Lincoln Commander-in-Chief’s Award – most outstanding Camp within the Order
Colonel Louis R. Francine Camp #7, Department of New Jersey
The Cornelius F. Whitehouse Award - most outstanding member within the Order
Robert Payne, Department of Michigan
James "Jim" Lyon, PDC Department of Illinois.
The David R. Medert Award (formerly The B.F. Stephenson Award)
John A. Mills, Dept of Kentucky
The Augustus P. Davis – Conrad Linder Award
Department of Chesapeake
The U.S. Grant Cup
Department of Iowa
The Under Forty Award
Department of Pennsylvania
The Marshall Hope Award For Best Newsletter
Department: The March, Department of Georgia and South Carolina
Camp: Harriet Lane, Camp #2, Department of Texas
The National Aide Award
Roderick Fraser, (6), Department of Massachusetts
Howard G. Black Jr., (5), Department of Maine
Bryan Sigmund (6), Dept of New Jersey
John A. Mills (7), Dept of Kentucky
The Horace Greeley Award - most outstanding website
Department: Department of Rhode Island
Camp: Curtenius Guard Camp #17, Lansing/Sunfield, Michigan
Elmer (Bud) Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award
Leo F. Kennedy, Department of Rhode Island
John A. Mills III, Dept of Kentucky
The John C. Clem Award for the most Outstanding Junior Member
William Trafford, Department of Rhode Island.
The Founder’s Award
Ms. Debbie Neece of the Bartlesville Area History Museum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
By the National Encampment – Honorary Past Commander-in-Chief
Robert J. Wolz, Department of Ohio