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The Award of Merit
Award of Merit medallion

Introduced at Acacia's Golden Anniversary celebrations in 1954, the Award of Merit is one of Acacia's highest honors. It is given to "brothers who have given of their time and substance unstintingly for the promotion and furtherance of Acacia, both nationally and locally, and brothers who have rendered outstanding service in their chosen fields, and have attained high position therein, thus exemplifying the motto of Acacia, human service, and the teachings of the fraternity, which constantly admonish our members to prepare themselves as educated men to take a more active part in their communities."

Recipients of the Award of Merit:
Unknown Year John O. Bronson Mississippi State Chapter

Vonus L. Ellis Miami of Ohio Chapter

Steven A. Gamble Georgia Chapter

Philip W. Cramer Ohio State Chapter



1954 Roscoe Pound Nebraska Chapter

Lloyd V. Berkner Minnesota Chapter

Pembroke H. Brown Illinois Chapter

Herschel L. Washington Kansas Chapter

Harry A. Finney Northwestern Chapter

Ned H. Dearborn Columbia Chapter

Robert C. Lewis Colorado Chapter

Walter W. Kolbe Northwestern Chapter

Roy C. Clark Northwestern Chapter

David A. Embury Columbia Chapter

Willard A. Knapp Purdue Chapter

Robert C. Bradley Cornell Chapter

George E. Nitzsche Franklin Chapter

Lloyd H. Ruppenthal Kansas Chapter



1958 Dr. Nathan D. Harwood Kansas State Chapter

Vernon D. Foltz Kansas State Chapter



1962 William E. Krieger Illinois Chapter

Charles A. Sink Michigan Chapter

Ernest R. Ringo Michigan Chapter

Harvey R. Amos Southern California Chapter

William S. Dye Penn State Chapter

John A. Lunsford Colorado Chapter

Edward B. Meriwether Chicago Chapter

Thomas E. Warring Indiana Chapter

Lester G. Ruch Indiana Chapter

Frank H. Reinsch UCLA Chapter

Walter R. Kolbe Iowa State Chapter

Paul A. Gilman New Hampshire Chapter

George E. Condra Nebraska Chapter

Francis H. Case Northwestern Chapter

Oliver N. Bruck Texas Chapter

Keller E. Beeson Purdue Chapter

Thomas M. Herman Michigan Chapter

Theodore H. Tapping Michigan Chapter

Norman C. Saatjian Long Beach Chapter

Marion H. Huber Cincinnati Chapter

Frank M. Holloway Texas Chapter

Marvin W. Logan Iowa Chapter

Delmer M. Goode Minnesota Chapter

George Elmer Ekblaw Illinois Chapter

C. Lenton Sartain, Jr. Louisiana State Chapter

Raymond E. Bivert Oklahoma State Chapter

George F. Patterson Cincinnati Chapter

Edwin J. Taylor Ohio Chapter

Lafayette W. (Pete) Knapp, Jr. Cornell Chapter



1964 Luther A. Smith Southern Mississippi Chapter

Harvey A. Miller Michigan Chapter

Wallace N. Jamie Southern California Chapter

William B. Dexter Washington Chapter

Ray C. Thomas Indiana Chapter

Nugent E. Fitzgerald Missouri Chapter

James E. Webb North Carolina Chapter

Judge Homer Thornberry Texas Chapter

Herbert P. Wagner Michigan Chapter



1966 Darrel S. Metcalfe Iowa State Chapter

William R. Hockenberry Franklin Chapter

Henry L. Stevens New Hampshire Chapter

Christopher K. Gabriel Oregon State Chapter

Harvey L. Logan Long Beach Chapter

Jesse B. Beaird, Jr. Oklahoma Chapter



1968 Frank H. Mendell Iowa State Chapter

George E. Frazer Wisconsin Chapter

William L. Walker Nebraska Chapter

Leonard E. Wood Kansas State Chapter

Bertram D. Thomas Washington Chapter



1969 Audrey A. Potter Kansas State Chapter



1970 Roy F. Miller Washington Chapter

G.K. Nelson Penn State Chapter

Irving M. Field Missouri Chapter

Henry L. Kibler Indiana Chapter

Fred B. Morris Cornell Chapter

James H. Ferguson Indiana Chapter



1972 Edwin P. Kohler Penn State Chapter

Ralph V. Hoffman Illinois Chapter

Calvin O. Hultman Iowa State Chapter

Thomas W. Ayton Wisconsin Chapter



1974 Herbert R. Alcorn Missouri School of Mines Chapter

Thomas E. Bolman Miami of Ohio Chapter

Joseph F. Reed Long Beach Chapter

Jacob P. Wegmuller Iowa Chapter

Evert F. Lindquist Iowa Chapter



1976 Lester N. Liebel Washington State Chapter

Richard T. Albagli Rensselaer Chapter

John W. Black Penn State Chapter

David B. Williams Illinois Wesleyan Chapter

Oliver T. Joy Nebraska Chapter



1978 Fred W. McPeake Tennessee Chapter

H. Keith Sawyers Iowa State Chapter

David J. Allen Indiana Chapter

George C. Crooks Vermont Chapter

Clarence R. Jacoby Shippensburg Chapter

Paul P. Ashley Washington Chapter

David J. Williams Washington Chapter



1980 W. Thomas Nelson, Jr. Purdue Chapter

John F. Hoffner Purdue Chapter

Dan A. Hildebrand Nebraska Chapter

Lawrence L. Wisdom Kansas State Chapter

James T. Hall Vermont Chapter

W.M. Wingren California Chapter

Dallas M. Gandy Central State Oklahoma Chapter



1981 John Robert Stevenson St. Cloud State Chapter

Jon S. Fuerstneau Minnesota Chapter

Larry B. Forsland Minnesota Chapter



1982 Donald W. Solanas, Jr. Louisiana State Chapter

Daniel V. Albano Illinois Chapter

Markham C. Wakefield Indiana Chapter

Arthur D Lautzenheiser Indiana Chapter

C. Thomas Lechner Penn State Chapter

Harold E. Edgerton Nebraska Chapter



1984 Marvin E. Rothhaar Ohio State Chapter

W.G. Pinnell Indiana Chapter



1986 Scott M. Valley Washington State Chapter

Jed W. Morris Washington State Chapter

Otto W.Schrader California Chapter

Wayne H. Holtzman Northwestern Chapter

Ray S. Erlandson Wisconsin Chapter

C.F.K. Cole Texas Chapter

Captain Duncan McPherson California Chapter



1987 Fredrick C. Garrott Illinois Chapter

Clive Follmer Illinois Chapter



1988 Stanley C. Acree Oklahoma State Chapter

Clifton K. Hillegass Nebraska Chapter



1990 Richard L. Heino Wyoming Chapter

John J. Zentgraf Shippensburg Chapter

James E. Bieber New Hampshire Chapter

Orval M. Conner Nebraska Chapter

L. Craig Fulmer Indiana Chapter

Darold W. Larson Washington State Chapter



1991 James C. Showacre Cornell Chapter



1992 Robert Keith Hampe Washington State Chapter

Ronald T. Hopkins Syracuse Chapter

John H. Nourse Ohio State Chapter

Robert L. Marshall Miami of Ohio Chapter

William A. Utic Cornell Chapter



1993 John R. Moser, Miami Miami of Ohio Chapter



1994 Robert E. Jepson Kansas State Chapter

Mark R. Guidry Louisiana State Chapter

James O. Richardson Indiana Chapter

Ronald E. Carter Indiana Chapter

David A. Luecke Miami of Ohio Chapter

Nolan G. Crawford Miami of Ohio Chapter

Daniel F. Bassill Illinois Wesleyan Chapter



1995 Jay H. Geshay Purdue Chapter

Max F. Spaulding Indiana Chapter

Richard E. Ford Indiana Chapter

Larry J. Kelly Indiana Chapter



1996 Dr. L. Dennis Smith Indiana Chapter

Brian C. Montgomery Miami of Ohio Chapter

George C. Woolsey California Chapter



1997 William J. Gammie Washington State Chapter

Joseph A. Lowe California Chapter



1998 Christ Drossos, Jr. Indiana Chapter

Michael P. Fillman Western Ontario Chapter

Gerald C. Cook Shippensburg Chapter

John B. Lane Vermont Chapter

Paul M. Vos Purdue Chapter



1999 Keith M. Bushey Indiana Chapter

J. Scott Cleland Ohio Chapter



2000 George A. Levesque Carleton Chapter

James L. Ernette Franklin Chapter

John W. Wedgwood Purdue Chapter

Roger A. Nealis Indiana Chapter

Larry E. Schroeder Georgia Chapter

Douglas F. Trumbower Penn State Chapter



2002 Dean R. Blanken Colorado Chapter

William J. Mollere Louisiana State Chapter

Dean A. Huprich Ohio Chapter

J. Dennis Bassett Kansas State Chapter

R. Daniel Wilkes Iowa Chapter



2003 William M. Riley Kansas State Chapter

Harry A. Spencer Nebraska Chapter

William C. Hasting Nebraska Chapter



2004 R. Earl Snapp Cincinnati Chapter

John Beering Purdue Chapter

Dewayne Ullsperger Nebraska Chapter

Jeffrey Jordan Ohio State Chapter

Christopher Carpentier Indiana Chapter

Craig Johnson Louisiana State Chapter

Steven L. Stein Cornell Chapter



2005 David Loren Day Ohio Chapter

Kevin R. Cheesebrough Penn State Chapter

Joseph John Lundy Penn State Chapter

Edward S. Knight Texas Chapter

Robert E. Roberson Illinois Wesleyan Chapter

Leonard W. Kearney Oregon State Chapter

Thomas J. DeRue, Jr. Indiana Chapter



2006 Samuel B. Unger Kansas State Chapter

Daniel D. Bayston Illinois Chapter

Maximilian J.B. Hopkins California Chapter

John B. Pugh Iowa State

Frank Douglas Staley, Jr. Indiana Chapter

Harold D. Zarr Iowa State Chapter



2007 James L. McFarland Wisconsin Chapter

Michael A. Blood Illinois Wesleyan Chapter

Phillip T. Wilson Illinois Wesleyan Chapter

Melvin W. Rapp Illinois Chapter



2008 Brian S. Downs Central Oklahoma Chapter

Thomas J. Balcerski Cornell Chapter

Arthur E. Mertes Illinois Chapter

David S. Baum Indiana Chapter

James N. Reichard Louisiana State Chapter

Corey S. Oakley Ohio Chapter

Martin T. McKnight Oregon State Chapter

Barry F. Baxter Texas Chapter

John H. Peper Texas Chapter



2009 Stewart L. Burger Cornell Chapter
 


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