Article by H. Keith Hellems, M.D.’62 [email protected]
A previous eDelt highlighted a list of awards given over the years. Today, we give you a complete list of the Brothers who received the Annual Awards for Pledge of the Year, Dork of the Year, Luminary of the Year, Wedge of the Year, Best Joke of the Year, Athlete of the Year, Guiding Light of the Year, P.W. Award of the Year, and Donald Morris Lackey PAM Award (Piss & Moan) Award of the Year. I collated these during the fundraising years. Additions, corrections, etc. let me know.
| DATE | PLEDGE OF THE YEAR | DORK OF THE YEAR | LUMINARY OF THE YEAR | WEDGE OF THE YEAR | JOKE OF THE YEAR | ATHLETE OF THE YEAR | GUIDING LIGHT OF THE YEAR | P. W. AWARD | Donald Morris Leckey P&M AWARD (piss & moan) |
| 5/22/1955 | William L. Pugh | ||||||||
| 1956 | Harry F. Donald | ||||||||
| 5/21/1956 | John b. Angood | ?? Art Angood | Fred Jackson | ||||||
| 5/20/1957 | Duncan Hudson | John Jenkins | Paul Menard | ||||||
| 5/19/1958 | Barry Wood | Henry F. Donald | Norman F. Krecke | ||||||
| 4/27/1959 | Agris Aunins | John Angood | R. Michael McGuire | ||||||
| 5/16/1960 | Greg Kaiser | Howard Wiarda | John Bostater | Keith Hellems | Barry Wood | Lane Kendig | |||
| 5/22/1961 | Robert Todd | Keith Hellems | Bill Simmonds | Keith Hellems | Barry Wood | Lane Kendig | |||
| 5/21/1962 | Roger L. Premo | David Siglin | Robert E. Cole | Keith Hellems | Lane Kendig | Lane Kendig | |||
| 5/13/1963 | Mark Voight | Charles B. McGuire | Howard Travis | Howard Gandelot | Robert Sielski | Robert R. Scharp | James G. Aldinger | ||
| 4/27/1964 | Carl Rohrbach | Howard Gandelot | Howard Gandelot | John D. Ambrose | Ed Worth | Al Knaus | John Mahr | ||
| 4/5/1965 | Michael J. Ganas | George Payne | Elliott Lum | John D. Ambrose | Barry McGuire | David O. Gerisch | Carl Rohrbach | Established 4/11/66 | |
| 4/11/1966 | Nike Novak | Dale Bjorklund | Alan Knaus | Lymon R. Flook, III | Mike Maas | John M. Brown | Lymon R. Flook | Philip T. Holt | Established 10/3/66 |
| 4/3/1967 | Michael J. Simon | Ken Field | John Brown | Lymon R. Flook, III | John Brown | Carl Rohrbach | Charles Esler | Philip T. Holt | |
| 4/1/1968 | Paul Fassbender | Stanley Dobry | Charles Esler | Lymon R. Flook, III | Stan Dobry | John Hasse | Bruce Martin | Paul Allen Waryas | John Eggertsen |
| 6/11/1969 | Steven E. Civiletto | Bruce Martin | Steve Peebles | Craig Heyl | Alex Kalymon | Dave Pawlik | John Mardinly | Stan Dobry | Alec Pridgeon |
| 4/13/1970 | George Stalk | Ken Brier | Jerry Newport | John Levinson | Alex Kalymon | Joe Matt | Alec Pridgeon | Don Leckey | |
| 4/12/1971 | Don Vacarri | Ken Brier | Creig Heyl | John Levinson | John Mardinly | Joe Mat, George Esler, Dick Crane, Craig Heyl, Tom Murdock, John Levinson | Craig Heyl | Ken Brier | Ken Brier |
| 4/17/1972 | James L. Jenkins | George Stalk | George P. Esler | John Levinson | Donald L. Vaccari | Richard Crane & Donald Vaccari | George Stalk | George Stalk | John T. Levinson |
| 4/23/1973 | Mark E. DeLange | Bob Pliska | George Stalk | Robert Pliska | Donald L. Vaccari | Dave Levinson | John Levinson | Donald M. Leckey | John Russell (cook) – to be held by Jay Jenkins |
| 4/15/1974 | Michael Sieracki | Buck Crouthamel | Gabriel Machynia | Buck Crouthamel | Buck Crouthamel | Peter Armstrong | Robert Vonderhaar | Robert Vonderhaar | |
| 4/22/1975 | Norm Anshuetz | John Stinson | Greg Candy | Mark Bertrand | Mark Bertrand | Robert Vonderhaar | |||
| 4/11/1977 | Ron Scafe | Lane Bertrand | Jeff Elias | Steve Hinderer | Bruce Koebele | ||||
| 4/17/1978 | Dan Springer | Brian Barrie | Ernie Lueder | Steve Hook | Brian’s Mustache | Mark Nehmer | Jeff Elias | ||
| 4/16/1979 | Ken Baisch | Steve Hook | Dave Nehmer | Nelson Orozco | Bill James | *****Joe Matt, George Esler, Dick Crane, Creig Heyl, Tom Murdock, John Levinson | Brian Durham | Brian Durham | |
| 4/21/1980 | Scott Walls | Nelson Orozco | Mark Nehmer | Nelson Orozco & Stuart Popp | Bobbi (our cook) | Greg Roda | Paul Hess & Stuart Popp | ||
| Missing minutes from Jan. to Sept 1981 | |||||||||
| 3/29/1982 | Mark S. Dunning | Scott Walls | |||||||
| 3/28/1983 | Fred Harper | David Mazzotta | Tim Kelly | ||||||
| 4/22/1985 | William McGarry | John Heathfield | Mark Messura | George Holton | John Kerrigan | ||||
| 4/5/1993 | Jason Ritchie | ||||||||
| 9/26/1994 | Don Ensing | ||||||||
| 3/10/1997 | Peter Hammer | ||||||||
| 4/18/2005 | Matthew S. Williams | Matt Flynn | |||||||
| 4/18/2006 | Daniel L. Oele | ||||||||
