Historical Society Award Recipients
Below are the recipients of Nevada County Historical Society awards in previous years.
Year | Recipient | Award Category |
2022 | Gage McKinney | Citizen of the Year |
2022 | Mark Selversen | Distinguished Service |
2022 | Tanis Thorne | Distinguished Service |
2022 | Christopher Ward | Distinguished Service |
2021 | Bernard Zimmerman | Citizen of the Year |
2021 | James Ketcham | Distinguished Service |
2021 | Brita Rozynski | Lifetime Achievement |
2021 | Orlo K. Steele | Lifetime Achievement |
2020 | None Awarded due to COVID19 | |
2019 | Steve Cottrell | Distinguished Service |
2019 | Robin Galvan Davies | Distinguished Service |
2019 | Brian Geiger for California Digital Newspaper Collection | Distinguished Service |
2019 | Rolf Laessig | Lifetime Achievement |
2018 | Linda Jack | Citizen of the Year |
2018 | David Comstock | Distinguished Service |
2018 | Brian Blair | Lifetime Achievement |
2018 | Jerry Brady | Lifetime Achievement |
2018 | Arlene Siprelle | Lifetime Achievement |
2018 | Ken Siprelle | Lifetime Achievement |
2017 | Chris Ens | Citizen of the Year |
2017 | Malakoff Diggins State Park French Connection Program | Distinguished Service |
2017 | Bill Wetherall | Distinguished Service, Posthumously |
2017 | John Christensen | Lifetime Achievement |
2016 | Wayne Teague | Citizen of the Year |
2016 | William “Bill” Falconi | Distinguished Service |
2016 | Railbus Project: Nevada County Narrow Gague Railroad & Transportation Museum | Distinguished Service |
2015 | Daniel Ketcham | Citizen of the Year |
2015 | Patricia Chesnut | Distinguished Service |
2015 | Brita Rozynski | Distinguished Service |
2014 | John Hart | Citizen of the Year |
2014 | The Grass Valley Union 150th Anniversary | Citizen of the Year |
2014 | Maria Brower | Lifetime Achievement |
2014 | Al Dittmann | Lifetime Achievement |
2014 | Marilyn Dittmann | Lifetime Achievement |
2014 | Wally Hagaman | Lifetime Achievement |
2013 | Robert Shoemaker | Director Emeritus |
2012 | David Comstock | Lifetime Achievement |
2011 | None Awarded | |
2010 | Glenn Jones | Director Emeritus |
2009 | Mike Nevius | Citizen of the Year |
2008 | Grass Valley Historical Commission | Citizen of the Year |
2007 | Gary Plunkett | Citizen of the Year |
2007 | Verne Taylor | Citizen of the Year |
2006 | Maria Brower | Citizen of the Year |
2005 | Al Dittmann | Citizen of the Year |
2005 | Marilyn Dittmann | Citizen of the Year |
2004 | Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum | Citizen of the Year |
2003 | Elmabel Rohrman | Citizen of the Year |
2003 | Nick Rohrman | Citizen of the Year |
2002 | Beryl Robinson | Citizen of the Year |
2002 | Cathy Wilcox Barnes | Citizen of the Year |
2001 | Patricia Chesnut | Citizen of the Year |
2000 | Cal Palmer | Citizen of the Year |
1999 | Bedford Lampkin | Citizen of the Year |
1998 | Priscilla van der Pas | Citizen of the Year |
1997 | Firehouse No. 1 | Fiftieth Anniversary |
1996 | Jerry Brady | Citizen of the Year |
1996 | Tom, family of Brady | Citizen of the Year |
1995 | Jack Clark | Citizen of the Year |
1995 | Lowell Robinson | Citizen of the Year |
1994 | Nevada County Historical Society | Fiftieth Anniversary |
1993 | City of Grass Valley | Citizen of the Year |
1992 | David Comstock | Citizen of the Year |
1992 | Glenn Jones | Citizen of the Year |
1991 | Arthur Karnesky | Citizen of the Year |
1991 | Ronald Sturgell | Citizen of the Year |
1990 | City of Nevada City | Citizen of the Year |
1989 | Madelyn Helling | Citizen of the Year |
1988 | Edwin L. Tyson | Citizen of the Year |
1987 | John Christensen | Citizen of the Year |
1986 | Charles Graydon | Citizen of the Year |
1985 | None Awarded | |
1984 | Juanita Browne | Citizen of the Year |
1984 | Matian Foote Conway | Citizen of the Year |
1984 | Pat Jones | Citizen of the Year |
1984 | Brita Rozynski | Citizen of the Year |
1984 | Margaret Trivelpiece | Citizen of the Year |
1984 | Peter van der Pas | Citizen of the Year |
1983 | Grass Valley City Council | Citizen of the Year |
1983 | Grass Valley Rotary | Citizen of the Year |
1983 | Mining Museum Supporters | Citizen of the Year |
1983 | Hartley Oats | Citizen of the Year |
1983 | Babe Skibinski | Citizen of the Year |
1983 | Bill Wilbur | Citizen of the Year |
1982 | William H. Lambert | Citizen of the Year |
1981 | Grass Valley Union | Citizen of the Year |
1980 | Hjalmer Berg | Citizen of the Year |
1980 | Rebecca Miller | Citizen of the Year |
1979 | Pat Grieb | Citizen of the Year |
1979 | Florence Hosbein | Citizen of the Year |
1979 | Glenn Jones | Citizen of the Year |
1978 | Alvin Dilts | Citizen of the Year |
1978 | Roman Rozynski | Citizen of the Year |
1977 | Robert Gates | Citizen of the Year |
1977 | Sally Lewis | Citizen of the Year |
1977 | Lyle White | Citizen of the Year |
1976 | Kurt Buckholtz | Citizen of the Year |
1976 | Arlie Hansen | Citizen of the Year |
1975 | E. Clampus Vitus | Citizen of the Year |
1974 | Edward Fellerson | Citizen of the Year |
1974 | Doris Foley | Citizen of the Year |
1974 | Robert Paine | Citizen of the Year |
1974 | Alonzo Delano | In Memorium |
1973 | Esther Hartung | Citizen of the Year |
1973 | Isabel Hefelfinger | Citizen of the Year |
1973 | Glenn Jones | Citizen of the Year |
1973 | Dr. Naffziger | In Memorium |
1972 | Marian Ghidotti | Citizen of the Year |
1971 | Arletta Douglas | Citizen of the Year |
1970 | Edward Tinloy | Citizen of the Year |
1969 | Phil Personeni | Citizen of the Year |
1968 | Retha Downey | Citizen of the Year |
1967 | Malcolm Hammill | Citizen of the Year |
1966 | Richard Nickless | Citizen of the Year |
1965 | Harold George | Citizen of the Year |
1964 | Isabel Hefelfinger | Citizen of the Year |
1963 | Elmer Stevens | Citizen of the Year |
1962 | Marian Libby | Citizen of the Year |
1961 | Juliet Cox | Citizen of the Year |
1960 | Nevada City Volunteer Fire Department | Citizen of the Year |
1959 | None Awarded | |
1958 | None Awarded | |
1957 | Henry Argall | Citizen of the Year |
1956 | Bernice Glasson | Citizen of the Year |
1955 | Eliza J. Kilroy | Citizen of the Year |
1955 | Edward Uren | Citizen of the Year |
1954 | None Awarded | |
1953 | Philip Scadden | Citizen of the Year |
1952 | Edmond Kinyon | Citizen of the Year |
1951 | George Calanan | Citizen of the Year |
1951 | Elizabeth Watson | Citizen of the Year |
1950 | None Awarded | |
1949 | None Awarded | |
1949 | None Awarded | |
1948 | Dr. W.C. Chapman | Citizen of the Year |
Some photos from previous Awards Luncheon:
Carolyn Jones-Rogers presented
the Citizen of the Year Award (2017) to author Chris Enss.
Maria Brower presented
a Lifetime Achievement Award (2017) to John Christensen.
Linda Jack presented a Distinguished Service Award (2017) to three of the key people that organized The 2017 French Connection event at Malakoff Diggins. Receiving the award from Linda were, Syd Brown of the Friends of Malakoff Diggins; archeologist and researcher, Mark Selverston and California-French historian author, Dr. Claudine Chalmers.