Each time the Great Lakes Division has a convention, we
take time to recognize those among us who represent amateur radio in some
significant way, either over the past year or two, or throughout their time as
hams.We are pleased to announce those who will be honored this year as award winners. They are:
Gary Johnston, KI4LA, winner of the George S. Wilson III, W4OYI, Lifetime Achievement Award;
Steve Smith, N8AR, and Larry Gauthier, K8UT, joint winners of the Technical Achievement Award;
John Papay, K8YSE, winner of the DX Achievement Award;
And “The Radiogram” the monthly newsletter of the Portage County Amateur Radio Service, as the winner of the Joseph J. Phillips, K8QOE, Newsletter Award.
This year we are also giving a special “Director’s Award” for outstanding service to the amateur radio community to: John Loughmiller, KB9AT, for his design work on a database for the new Volunteer Monitoring program established at Headquarters.
Formal recognition of these people will take place at the Convention Banquet this coming Saturday evening in Perrysburg, Ohio. Our thanks to the many people who made nominations for these and other awards. The quantity and quality of the nominations was excellent this year. Our thanks also to the committee members who had the difficult task of choosing the winners from the many nominations received.
We hope to see you all at the Division Convention this weekend.
Dale Williams, WA8EFK, Director
Tom Delaney, W8WTD, Vice Director
