Nevada County Historical Society

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.