Recipients of the Illinois Geographical Society’s Distinguished Geographer Award
1970 - present
Year Recipient Affiliation
1970 Herbert Gross Concordia Teachers College
1971 Robert E. Gabler Western Illinois University
1972 Mary M. Colby University of Illinois, Chicago
1973 Alden Cutshall University of Illinois, Chicago
1974 Mildred I. Finney University of Illinois, Chicago
1975 Reece A. Jones Western Illinois University
1976 Dalias A. Price Eastern Illinois University
1977 Evelynne M. Berg Morton College
1978 Martin Reinemann Northern Illinois University
1979 B. Ross Guest Northern Illinois University
1980 Ronald E. Nelson Western Illinois University
1981 Annemarie Krause Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
1982 Elizabeth Eiselen Oak Park, IL
1983 Richard Houk DePaul University
1984 James W. Vining Western Illinois University
1985 Joan Longmire Elgin School District U-46
1986 Fred Lampe Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1987 James E. Patterson Illinois State University
1988 Norman C. Bettis Illinois State University
1989 Michael D. Sublett Illinois State University
1990 Albert J. Larson University of Illinois, Chicago
1991 Arlin Fentem Western Illinois University
1992 Fred H. Walk Normal Community High School
1993 A. Richard Longwell Western Illinois University
1994 Edward B. Espenshade, Jr. Northwestern University
1995 R. Lynn Bradley Belleville Area College
1996 Charles E. Womack Lake Land College
1997 Jill Freund Thomas Illinois State University
1998 Leonard L. Hodgman Joliet Junior College
1999 Roger J. Liska Amos Alonso Stagg High School
2000 Robert M. Ashley Red Bud High School
2001 Fred Willman Kennedy Junior High School
2002 Glen Weatherwax Sterling Schools
2002 Linda Weatherwax Sterling Schools
2003 Judy Bock Palombi Middle School
2004 Norman T. Moline Augustana College
2005 Mary Ann Hanlin Elmwood Elementary School
2006 Terry Harshbarger Parkland College
2007 David L. Schein Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008 Noel Stirrat College of Lake County
2009 Keith Sculle Illinois State Historic Preservation Agency
2010 James F. Marran New Trier High School
2011 Michael W. Cornebise Eastern Illinois University
2012 Christopher J. Sutton Western Illinois University
2013 Leonard Ealey Pekin Public Schools
2014 Ani Thompson Smith Elgin School District U-46
2015 Susan Holderread New Trier High School
2016 Joseph Kubal
2017 Donald Tolen
2018 Larry Resutko
2019 Ty Liles College of Lake County
2020 Carmen Maso’ US Environmental Protection Agency
2021 Irving Cutler
2022 Nick Goodwin American Water
2023 Stacey Brown Amilian Southern Illinois University -Edwardsville