Oregon State Bar Annual Award Recipients Award of Merit 1951 – Herbert C. Hardy 1952 – Leo Levenson 1953 – Kenneth O'Connell 1954 – Walter J. Cosgrave 1955 – Gunther F. Krause 1957 – Roy F. Shields 1961 – Thomas H. Tongue 1962 – Donald A. Dole 1963 – Alfred A. Hampson 1964 – James C. Dezendorf 1968 – Alexander G. Brown 1970 – Stanton W. Allison, Harold C. Hart 1975 – Robert W. McMenamin 1978 – Paul O'Hollaren 1980 – Roy Kilpatrick, Dan O'Leary 1981 – John F. Kilkenny 1982 – George Hibbard, Manley Strayer, Bruce Spaulding 1984 – John Schwabe, Moe M. Tonkon 1985 – John Holman, Orlando John Hollis 1986 – Herbert Schwab 1987 – Betty Roberts, John Warden 1989 – Wendell Gronso 1990 – Edwin J. Peterson 1991 – Elden Rosenthal 1992 – Fredric Merrill, Posthumously 1993 – Arno H. Denecke 1994 – Edward L. Clark, Jr. 1995 – Noreen Kelly Saltveit 1996 – Stuart H. Compton, Robert H. Fraser 1997 – None given 1998 – None given 1999 – Carl M. Brophy, George Manley Joseph, Grace Williams 2000 – Mercedes Diez, Bernard Jolles, William F. Schroeder 2001 – Vernon Gleaves 2002 – Ed Harnden 2003 – Joseph D. Robertson 2004 – Katherine O’Neill, Hon. Larry Cole 2005 – Henry Hewitt 2006 – Paul J. Lipscomb 2007 – Kate Brown 2008 – Hardy Myers 2009 – Dave Frohnmayer 2010 – Gerry Gaydos 2011 – Theodore Kulongoski 2012 – David S. Barrows 2013 – David Thornburg 2014 – Ira Zarov 2015 – William A. Barton 2016 – Sandra A. Hansberger 2017 – Donald B. Bowerman 2018 – Andrew J. Morrow Jr. 2019 – Phylis Chadwell Myles 2020 – Cheryl F. Coon Wallace P. Carson Jr. Award for Judicial Excellence 2006 – Hon. Wallace P. Carson, Jr. 2007 – Hon. Richard L. Barron 2008 – Hon. Elizabeth L. Perris 2009 – Hon. Ann Aiken 2010 – Hon. Daniel L. Harris 2011 – Hon. Janice R. Wilson 2012 – Hon. Marco Hernandez 2013 – Hon. Paul J. De Muniz 2014 – Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin, Hon. Nan G. Waller 2015 – Hon. Katherine E. Tennyson 2016 – Hon. John A. Wittmayer 2017 – Hon. Sid Brockley, Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain 2018 – Hon. Patricia Crain, Hon. Youlee Yim You 2019 – Hon. Paula Brownhill, Hon. Janelle Factora Wipper 2020 – Hon. Martha L. Walters Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award (The Oregon Bench & Bar Commission on Professionalism’s) 2005 – Wayne Annala 2006 – Don H. Marmaduke 2007 – Edwin Harnden 2008 – Jeff Sapiro 2009 – Hon. Ellen Rosenblum 2010 – Albert Menashe 2011 – John Gartland 2012 – Sarah J. Crooks 2013 – Hon. David Brewer 2014 – John M. Haroldson 2015 – Alycia N. Sykora 2016 – David F. Bartz Jr. 2017 – Julia M. Hagan 2018 – Stephanie L. Striffler 2019 – Hon. Rives Kistler 2020 – Román D. Hernández President’s Special Award of Appreciation (OSB BOG President’s choice) 1999 – Linda Clingan 2001 – Stephen S. Walters 2006 – David B. Markowitz & Peter C. Richter 2007 – Doug Houser & Eric Larson 2008 – Jane Paulson, Brian Dretke, Bill Gaylord, Don Jacobs, David Sugerman 2009 – Sandra Hansberger, Bette Worcester 2010 – Ann Fisher, Chris Kent, Mitzi Naucler 2011 – John D. Ryan 2012 – Gregory J. Miner 2013 – Gerry Gaydos, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum 2014 – George L. Anderson, William E. Taylor, Jr. 2015 – Sen. Peter M.C. Courtney, Sen. Floyd F. Prozanski, Rep. Tobias Read, Rep. Jennifer A. Williamson 2016 – None given 2017 – Hon. Christopher L. Garrett, John E. Grant 2018 – Ryan W. Collier, Stephanie M. Palmblad 2019 – W. Michael Gillette, Elisa Dozono, Taylor David Richman, Steven Wilker, Megan K. Houlihan President's Diversity & Inclusion Award 1991 – Edward J. Reeves 1992 – Mercedes F. Diez 1993 – Ernest E. Estes 1994 – Roosevelt Washington 1995 – Edwin J. Peterson 1996 – Madelyn F. Wessel 1997 – Aaron Brown 1998 – None Awarded 1999 – David R. Bartz, Jr., Barrie Herbold, Janice Wilson 2000 – None given 2001 – Thomas Kranovich, Hon. Cynthia Carlson 2002 – Hon. George M. Joseph, Mark Wada, Lisa LeSage, Douglas Van Dyk 2003 – No one listed 2004 – Melvin Oden–Orr 2005 – Anastasia Yu Meisner 2006 – Richard J. Brownstein 2007 – Hon. David Schuman 2008 – Hon. Darleen Ortega, Trung Tu, Hon. Janice R. Wilson 2009 – Dennis Karnopp, J.B. Kim 2010 – Linda Meng 2011 – Hon. Thomas J. Rastetter 2012 – Emilie Edling, Akira Heshiki 2013 – Hon. Angel Lopez 2014 – Liani JH Reeves, Kim Sugawa-Fujinaga 2015 – Hon. John V. Acosta, Hon. Adrienne C. Nelson 2016 – Derily Bechthold, Megan I. Livermore 2017 – Rima I. Ghandour, Iván Resendiz Gutierrez, Diane S. Sykes 2018 – Stella K. Manabe, Jonathan A. Patterson 2019 – Julia E. Markley, Román David Hernandez 2020 – Chad E. Paulson President's Membership Service Award 1988 – Donald Ashmanskas, Michael Haglund, Gretchen Morris 1989 – Christopher Cournoyer, Robert Joseph, Elizabeth L. Perris, Robert Peters, Valerie Vollmar 1990 – Charles D. Burt, Katherine Huff O'Neil, Noreen K. Saltveit 1991 – Sidney A. Brockley, John E. Jaqua, Peter R. Jarvis, Laird C. Kirkpatrick, William F. Schroeder 1992 – Stuart E. Foster, Janice Krem, Andrew J. Morrow, Jr., Thomas Healy Tongue 1993 – Sidney A. Galton, Kathryn M. Ricciardelli, Richard L. Unis 1994 – Candace A. Haines, Stephen E. Kantor, David B. Markowitz 1995 – Jas Adams, Robert S. Ball, David P. Miller, Carolyn Wilson Miller, Dennis F. Rawlinson 1996 – Nancy E. Brown, Cynthia Cumfer, Robert P. Jones, Larry Sokol, Tom Sponsler, Brent G. Summers 1997 – Cynthia L. Barrett, Elizabeth S. Harchenko, Ron D. Bailey, Richard A. Lane, Russell Lipetzky, Richard A. Slotee, Lyle L. Velure, Carol G. Westendorf 1998 – Deanne Darling, Albert Menashe 1999 – M. Elizabeth Duncan, William D. Cramer, Jan Marie Dielschneider, Donald L. Krahmer, Jr., Steven M. Lippold, Judy Uherbelau 2000 – Robert C. Art, Sandra A. Hansberger, James A. Nass, Theresa L. Wright 2001 – Janice Krem, Claudette McWilliams, Diana Stuart, Jeffrey Johnson, John Richardson, Kelly Hagan 2002 – Jere Webb, James M. Kennedy, Joseph Wetzel 2003 – Tom Kranovich, Mark Morrell, David Seulean, David Culpepper 2004 – Paul Saucy, John Clinton Geil, Carl Kiss 2005 – Valerie Vollmar, Hon. Janice R. Wilson, Michael Zusman 2006 – Jeffrey M. Batchelor, William B. Crow, Wesley D. Fitzwater, David W. Hittle 2007 – Stephen Janik, Harvey Rogers, Bradley Tellam 2008 – Evohl Malagon, Elizabeth Schwartz 2009 – Gertrude Allen, Christopher Cline 2010 – Mark Comstock 2011 – Hon. Jill A. Tanner, John W. “Jack” Lundeen 2012 – Ben Eder, David Eder, Andrew Schpak 2013 – David Heynderickx, Gina Johnnie 2014 – Edward J. Harri, Renee E. Rothauge 2015 – Judith A. Parker, Simon Whang 2016 – Hon. Stacie Beckerman, Hon. Valeri L. Love 2017 – Erin N. Dawson, M. Christopher Hall, Bruce L. Schafer 2018 – Hon. Beth A. Allen 2019 – Susan T. Alterman 2020 – Hon Karrie K. McIntyre President’s Sustainability Award 2010 – Richard (Dick) E. Roy 2011 – James M. Kennedy 2012 – Diane Henkels 2013 – Max M. Miller, Jr. 2014 – Steven R. Schell 2015 – Heather A. Brinton, S. Ward Greene, Kimberlee A. Stafford 2016 – None given 2017 – William H. Sherlock, Christopher G. Winter 2018 – None given 2019 – Melissa Powers 2020 – Robb Shecter President's Public Service Award 1988 – Edward Branchfield, Harold Hart 1989 – Judith Bauman, Wesley D. Fitzwater, Kenneth H. Fox, David Morrison Keith R. Raines 1990 – Steve Lowenstein, Alice Plymell, James E. Redman 1991 – David V. Brewer Joint: Leonard A. Girard, Pamela L. Jacklin Kenneth Lewis Joint: Lawrence B. Rew, Jay Waldron 1992 – Janay Haas, Karla Knieps, George D. Rives, Paul Speck, Molly Ann Weinstein 1993 – Christopher Ray Hardman, Sidney I. Lezak, Charles H. Sparks, Stephen C. Thompson 1994 – John R. Bachofner, R. Ray Heysell, Allen Reel 1995 – Kathryn Sue Chase, Daniel L. Harris, Gregory R. Mowe, Robert J. Neuberger, Billy M. Sime 1996 – Judith F. Stiegler, OSB New Lawyers Division, MBA Young Lawyers Section 1997 – Paula M. Bechtold, Manville Heisel, Charles F. Hinkle, Dianne L. Middle, David Jonathan Ross, John W. Whitty, Ira Zarov 1998 – Roland “Jerry” Banks, Mark B. Comstock, Willard Cushing, Henry Hewitt, Terry Ann Rogers, Grace Williams 1999 – Brian G. Booth, Alex Byler 2000 – Jack A. Billings, Roger W. Gould, Maureen McKnight, Ronald G. Talney, William E. Van Atta 2001 – Hon. Ellen Rosenblum 2002 – None given 2003 – Roderick Boutin 2004 – Debra Kay Zuhlke Vogt, Timothy Volpert, Agnes Sowle, Laura D. Cooper 2005 – John Van Landingham IV 2006 – Robert C. Joondeph, Lisa A. Kaner, Robert D. Newell, Hon. Frank J. Yraguen 2007 – Lisa LeSage, Hon. Adrienne Nelson, Mark Wada 2008 – Greg Macpherson, Steve Todd 2009 – Bruce Rubin, Hon. Nan Waller 2010 – Jesse Wm. Barton 2011 – Carl Neil, Brent Renison 2012 – Michele Grable, Hon. Michael J. McShane 2013 – Eugene L. Grant 2014 – Hong Kim Thi Dao, Stephen L. Griffith, Lake James H. Perriguey 2015 – Barnes H. Ellis, Elizabeth C. Knight, Chanpone P. Sinlapasai 2016 – Brent Barton, Edwin A. Harnden, Hon. Douglas L. Tookey 2017 – Sheryl Balthrop, David C. Glenn, Theressa Hollis 2018 – Laura M. Kerr, Lorena M. Reynolds 2019 – Linda Jean Gast, Erick J. Haynie, Joshua D. Zantello 2020 – Tonia L. Moro President’s Public Leadership Award 2008 – Dr. Phyllis Lee, Marilyn Cover 2009 – Tualatin Valley Community TV 2010 – None given 2011 – Judson Randall 2012 – Suzanne Rowe 2013 – None given 2014 – None given 2015 – Linda Tomassi 2016 – Jennifer Dalglish 2017 – Steven P. Bjerke 2018 – Elise Bouneff, Randy Compton, Kristen Connor, Laura Shipley 2019 – none given 2020 – Cassondra Sumrall President’s Technology & Innovation Award 2018 – Hon. Ann Aiken 2019 – Amanda Caffall 2020 – Michael Zhang, RecordSponge Oregon .