Copy of Past Award Recipients
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Recognizing Educators in Lutheran Ministries
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Recognizing Educators in Lutheran Ministries
Christus Magister
- 1965 Dorothy Bangert
- 1966 Melvin Kieschnick
- 1967 William Bertram
- 1968 Hertha Holste
- 1969 Aldo Schnack
- 1970 Albert Hennig
- 1971 Miles Gerberding
- 1971 Beverly Schlecht
- 1972 Herbert Gross
- 1973 Norman Brinkman
- 1973 Martha Maehr
- 1974 Norman Hopfer
- 1975 Armin Gutekunst
- 1976 Paul Lange
- 1977 Arthur Amt
- 1978 Al Senske
- 1979 Arthur Ahlscwede
- 1979 Walter Bleke
- 1980 Edna Grotelueschen
- 1981 Walter Hartkopf
- 1982 Dernard Eggers
- 1983 Luther Mueller
- 1984 Arthur Linnemann
- 1985 Martin Maehr
- 1985 Lily Wuerdemann
- 1986 John Brazeal
- 1987 Lester Bayer
- 1988 Earl Gaulke
- 1989 Eugene Burger
- 1990 Merle Radke
- 1991 Delores Mie
- 1991 Karl Schmidt
- 1992 Harold Gersmehl
- 1992 Norm Reimer
- 1993 Ronald Harman
- 1994 Perry Bresemann
- 1995 Leah Serck
- 1996 Gary Meyer
- 1996 Loma Meyer
- 1997 Keith Looman
- 1998 Dean Dammann
- 1999 Norman Young
- 2000 Terry Schmidt
- 2001 Carl Moser
- 2002 Marilyn Beccue
- 2003 Eugene Brunow
- 2004 Dick Blatt
- 2005 William Karpenko
- 2006 William Ameiss
- 2007 David Ebeling
- 2008 Neil Sandfort
- 2009 John Brandt
- 2010 Judith Christian
- 2011 Steven Arnold
- 2012 Jeffrey Burkart
- 2013 William Cochran
- 2014 Ross Stueber
- 2015 Cletus Pfeiffer
- 2016 Mark Muehl
- 2017 William Backmann
- 2018 Rachel Klitzing
- 2019 Stacy Hoeft
- 2020 Charles Winterstein
Distinguished International Teacher
- 2006 Alice Smith
- 2007 Sue Van Luchene
- 2009 Louise Weber
- 2009 Michael Weber
Distinguished Lutheran Early Childhood Administrator
- 2003 Deborah McDonald
- 2004 Judy Williams
- 2005 Diane Tinker
- 2006 Julian Petzold
- 2007 Catherine Niemeyer
- 2007 Elizabeth Schultz
- 2008 Esther Jow
- 2010 Julie Klopke
- 2011 Rachel Bausch
- 2012 Lisa O'Brien
- 2013 Lee Wagner
- 2014 Laura Weber
- 2015 Rebecca Bimler
- 2016 Sue Hord
- 2018 Cheryl Haun
- 2019 Laurel Schneider
- 2020 Roy Stuckwisch
Distinguished Lutheran Early Childhood Teacher
- 2004 Kirk Bolt
- 2005 Donna Koehneke
- 2006 Drew Gerdes
- 2007 Corey Nelson
- 2008 Carol Koenig
- 2009 Amy Neumann
- 2010 Rebecca Hohenstein
- 2011 Stacey Long
- 2012 Julie Faulkner
- 2013 Kathleen Unverfehrt
- 2014 Cheryl Geyer
- 2015 Karen Gibbon
- 2016 Gloria Lawrence
- 2017 Shelley Dartmann
- 2018 Leslee Johnson
- 2019 Dauna Werner
- 2020 Dian Schlichtmann
Distinguished Lutheran Elementary Administrator
- 1990 Roger Laesch
- 1991 Raymond Fricke
- 1992 David Janiska
- 1993 Richard Wenz
- 1994 Reed Sander
- 1995 Charles Winterstein
- 1996 Charles Jedele
- 1997 Melba Hanssen
- 1998 Perry Bresemann
- 1999 Dennis Vierk
- 2000 Gordon Stuckert
- 2001 Gaylord Flicker
- 2002 Stuart Tietz
- 2003 Robert Fowls
- 2004 Dennis Gehrke
- 2005 Cletus Pfeiffer
- 2006 Robert Ziegler
- 2007 Spencer Peregoy
- 2008 Janet Leet
- 2009 Gail Holzer
- 2010 Charles Schiller
- 2011 Kenneth Boerger
- 2011 Steven Wentzel
- 2012 Glenn Steinbrenner
- 2013 Robert Cooksey
- 2014 Michael OldenburgÂ
- 2015 William Unverfehrt
- 2016 Albert Amling
- 2017 Christy Wood
- 2018 Kevin Creutz
- 2019 Brian Betts
- 2020 Nathan Domsch
Distinguished Lutheran Elementary Teacher
- 2004 Kristin Drake
- 2004 Carl Schiefer
- 2005 Barbara McComas
- 2006 Tim Ernst
- 2007 Henry Wischmeier
- 2008 James Van Dellen
- 2010 Alvina Becker
- 2011 Amy Moeller
- 2012 Scott Huster
- 2013 Mark Koschmann
- 2014 Rebecca Hansen
- 2015 Terry Umphenour
- 2016 Penny Suydam
- 2017 Christin Senechal
- 2018 Kelly David
- 2019 Sara Maxon
- 2020 Amanda Graham
Distinguished Lutheran Middle School Teacher
- 2016 Susan Winkelman
- 2017 Judy Stock
- 2018 Rachel Duchac
- 2019 Jonathan Bolt
- 2020 Paula Myers
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Distinguished Lutheran Secondary Educator
- 2014 Eric SmithÂ
- 2015 Amy Cooper
- 2015 Benjamin Cooper
- 2017 Barbara Doyle
- 2018 Jane Klammer
- 2018 Joel Klammer
- 2020 David Bahr
Distinguished Retired Lutheran Educator
- 2013 Ron Royuk
- 2014 Larry Sohn
- 2015 Roger Laesch
- 2016 Eva Fronk
- 2017 George Locke
Esther Award
- 2006 Sue Schiller, Gordon Schamber, Gene Menzel
- 2011 Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb
- 2012 Jeremy Schamber, Jason Glaskey, Rev. Gregory Mech
- 2013 Tim Hetzner and Lutheran Church Charities
- 2020 Gene Ladendorf
Leader in Outreach
- 2006 Roger Mailand
- 2009 Terry Schmidt
- 2011 Carol Ebeling
- 2012 Allan Schmidt
- 2014 Mary Stafford
- 2019 Helga Hambrock
Master DCE
- 2003 James Bradshaw
- 2005 Lyle Heggemeier
- 2006 Bill Cullen
- 2006 Dave Rahberg
- 2007 Dave Weidner
- 2008 Dari Hartmann
- 2009 Jill Hasstedt
Master DCO
- 2006 Phillip Johnson
- 2007 Jim Halsted
Outstanding New Lutheran DCE
- 2005 KerriAnn Schmid
- 2006 Lauren Bates
- 2008 Alaina Kleinbeck
- 2009 Sandi Grupe
Outstanding New Lutheran Early Childhood Teacher
- 2005 Gayle Gerth
- 2009 Leah Schmidt
- 2011 Jenna Hicks
- 2012 Melanie Heggemeier
- 2016 Kayla Konow
- 2017 Taylor Haese
- 2018 Madelyn Fish
Outstanding New Lutheran Elementary Teacher
- 2005 Rachel Hosmon
- 2006 Kurt Younghouse
- 2007 Kayla Marty
- 2009 Katrina Kloess
- 2010 Julie Lemke
- 2014 Rachael Hartmann
- 2017 Hillary Czernicki
- 2019 Esther Dunlop
Outstanding New Lutheran Middle School Teacher
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2017 Verne Schultz
Outstanding New Lutheran Secondary Educator
- 2005 Christopher Jung
- 2007 Mitzi Loughmiller
- 2010 Matt McClintock
- 2016 Rebecca Eifert