Honoring the Past
Stained Glass Association of America
Presidents, Award Recipients, School Directors
Past Presidents
1903-1906, Joseph E. Flanagan
1907-1908, Karl Steward
1909, E. W. Smith
1910, W. G. Speier
1911-1912, H. H. Jacoby
1913, Karl Steward
1914-1915, Charles Donaldson
1916, Frederick Lamb
1917-1918, Henry Hunt
1919, A. H. Rossbach
1920, A. J. Schuler
1921, D. H. Swinton
1922, W. E. Ford
1923, A. W. Klemme
1924-1925, George Mueller
1926, Henry Hunt
1927-1928, Fred Oppliger
1929-1930, Nicola D’Ascenzo
1931-1937, Charles J. Connick
1938-1941, Wilibur H. Burnham
1942-1943, Henry Lee Willet
1944- 1945, Harold W. Cummings
1946-1947, Harold Rambusch
1948-1949, Orin Skinner
1950-1951, Rupert Schmitt
1952-1953, George Hunt
1954-1955, Karl B. Lamb
1956-1957, Wilbur H. Burnham, Jr.
1958-1959, John D. Weaver, Sr.
1960-1961, George D. Spiers
1962-1963, John A.Riordan
1964-1965, E. Crosby Willet
1966-1967, Otto C. Winterich
1968-1969, Stephen Bridges
1970-1971, Harold L. Hollman
1972-1973, A. W. Klemme, Jr.
1974-1975, James Helf
1976-1977, Patrick White
1978-1979, Helen Hickman
1980-1981, John Kebrle
1982-1983, Bill Laws
1984-1985, Gerhard Hiemer
1986-1987, Elizabeth Perry
1988-1989, Walter Judson
1990, Florence Welborn
1991-1992, Paul Pickel
1993-1994, Truett George
1995-1996, Gary Helf
1997-1998, Kirk Weaver
1999-2000, James Whitney
2001-2002, Dennis Harmon
2003-2004, Karen Hendrix
2005-2006, Andrew Young
2007-2008, B. Gunar Gruenke
2009-2010, Jack Whitworth
Awards
Lifetime Achievement
1993 Robert Pinart
1994 Charles Z. Lawrence
1995 Melville Greenland
1996 Bernard O. Gruenke
1999 Nicholas Parrendo
2000 Albinas Elskus
2001 James Flanagan
2003 Peter A. Rohlf
2005 Jean-Jaques Duval
2007 Jack Sussman
2008 Bernard Gruenke, Jr.
2009 Everett Crosby Willet
Fellows
1957 Wilbur H. Burnham
Harold Rambusch
Orin P. Skinner
1959 Fred P. Oppliger
Henry Lee Willet
1963 Harold Cummings
1965 Emil Frei
Karl Barre Lamb
Edward W. Hiemer
1970 Harold Rams
1973 Frances O’Duggan
Bernard O. Gruenke
1974 Stephen Bridges
1976 Harold F. Hollman
1977 John D. Weaver
1980 James Helf
1982 Otto C. Winterich
1984 Michael Poremba
1985 Patrick J. White
1989 Gerhard Hiemer
1990 Conrad Pickel
1991 Richard T. Feller
1994 Bill R. Laws.
1999 Crosby Willet
2003 John Kebrle
2006 Truett George
Distinguished Service
1994 Jim Whitney
1995 Boyd Meadows
1996 Helene Weis
1997 Barbara Krueger
1998 Katei Gross
1999 William Wright
2001 Florence Welborn
Richard Gross
2003 Rick Hoover
2004 Truett George
2005 Katei Gross
President’s Award
1998 Kathy Murdock
1999 William Wright
2000 Truett George
Richard Gross
2003 Katei Gross
Richard Gross
Kirk D. Weaver
2004 Sue Shea
2006 Stained Glass in Sacred Places Committee
2008 Smith Stained Glass Museum
2009 William Blenko Jr.
Honorary Member
1939 Ralph Adams Cram
Charles D. Maginnis
1940 Otto W. Heinigke
James Sheldon
1956 Albert W. Klemme
1960 Harold E. Wagoner
1966 William H. Blenko
1980 Kenneth E. Urschel
1982 Robert R. Benes
1986 William R. Malone
Naomi Mundy
1987 Thomas Buechner
1988 Helen C. Hickman
William Davisson
1989 Hilda Sachs
Marguerite Gaudin
Peter Gibson
Cecil Wilson
1990 Frank Reusche
1991 Richard T. Feller
2001 Boyd Meadows
Life Members
1940 Ludwig von Gerichten
1941 Henry Hunt
1969 George Hunt
1970 George Spiers
1971 John Riordan
1974 Stanley Worden
1981 Wilbur Burnham, Jr.
1987 William H. Blenko
1999 Helene Weis
2006 Robert O. Jones
Meritorious Gold Award
2005 Bob Johnson, Conrad Schmitt Studios
Stained Glass School
School Directors
1978-1981 Michael Munley
1981 Susan van Heukolom-Dunn (Interim)
1982-1989 Florence Welborn
1990 Dorothy Maddy
1991-1994 Barbara Krueger
1995-1997 Spike Grosvenor
1998-1999 Paul Pickel
2000-2001 Truett George
2002-present Jerome Durr
Excellence in Education Award
1991 Helene Weis
1993 Richard Hoover
Jean Farnsworth
Kirk Weaver
1995 Richard Millard
1997 John Nussbaum
Florence Welborn
Peter Mollica
2004 Nicholas Parrendo
2008 Dan Fenton
Diane Eissinger
Honorary Teacher
Albinas Elskus
