NAMA Awards
Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology
NAMA's Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology is given annually to recognize a person who has contributed extraordinarily to the advancement of amateur mycology. Its recipients have often extensively conducted workshops, led forays, written or lectured widely about mushrooms and identifying mushrooms, all on a national or international level. Selection is made by a committee consisting of past award winners, and the award includes a plaque and lifetime membership in NAMA.
Nominations for the award should be sent No Later Than April 1 of the year in which the award is to be given to:
Nominations for this award should include a description of the accomplishments the nominee has made in the field of amateur mycology. Previous nominees who were not selected to receive the award are still eligible for re-nomination.
Recipients of the Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology
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2006 - Dr, Michael Beug 2005 - Dr. Thomas Volk 2004 - Marti & Ken Cochran 2003 - no award given 2002 - Ben Woo 2001 - Dr. Walt Sundberg 2000 - William Roody 1999 - Maria Maravigna 1998 - Sondra Sheine 1997 - Dr. Richard L. Homola 1996 - Raymond Fatto 1995 - Edward Bosman 1994 - Obe Schrader 1993 - Dr. Moselio Schaechter 1992 - Dr. Alan Bessette 1991 - Leeds & Marie Bailey 1990 - Maggie Rogers 1989 - Walt Sturgeon 1988 - Charles Barrows 1987 - Dr. Harry Thiers 1986 - Gary Lincoff 1985 - Dr. Kent McKnight 1984 - Donald & Crystel Goetz 1983 - Ingrid Bartelli |
1982 - Ellen Trueblood 1981 - Dr. Orson K. Miller, Jr. 1980 - Dr. Clark Rogerson 1979 - Margaret Lewis 1978 - Dr. Sam Ristich 1977 - Dr. Daniel Stuntz 1976 - Kit Scates-Barnhart 1975 - Dr. D.H. Mitchel 1974 - Dr. C.W. Ellett 1973 - Dorothy Brown 1972 - no award given 1971 - Herbert Tweedie 1970 - Dr. R.L. Shaffer 1969 - Dr. Rene Pomerleau 1968 - Dr. Leo Tanghe 1967 - Dr. A.H. Smith 1966 - Stanley Smith 1965 - Harry & Elsie Knighton 1964 - John Cage 1963 - Margaret McKinney 1962 - John Stevenson 1961 - Guy Nearing |
The Harry and Elsie Knighton Service Award
The Harry and Elsie Knighton Service Award was established by the NAMA Board of Trustees to recognize and encourage persons who have distinguished themselves in service to their local clubs. It is named for the Knightons, whose efforts began the North American Mycological Association in 1967.
The annual award consists of a framed certificate; publicity for the winner and club in The Mycophile; a one-year membership in the organization; and registration, housing and foray fees for the next NAMA Foray. Each year's recipient is selected by the three most recent recipients of the Award.
Every NAMA-affiliated mycological club may nominate one candidate whom it feels has performed meritorious service during the current or preceding year. Normally, the President of the NAMA-affiliated club makes the nomination for the club, unless of course the President is the nominee. Candidates need not be NAMA members. Four copies of the nomination and supporting material must be sent by April 1 of the year in which the award is to be given to:
c/o NAMA Executive Secretary
Recipients of The Harry and Elsie Knighton Service Award
2006 - Richard Dougall
2005 - Richard Bishop
2004 - no award given
2003 - John Plischke III
2002 - Ron Meyers
2001 - Vello Soots
2000 - Marilyn Shaw
1999 - Dr. Paul R. Harding
1998 - Lee K. Yamada
1997 - Athalie Barzee
1996 - Dr. William B. & Mrs. Louise Freedman
1995 - Laurence M. Stickney
1994 - Anna Gerenday
1993 - Sylvia Stein
1992 - John R. Parkin
1991 - Obe J. Schrader
1990 - Elsie Coulter
1989 - Frances V. Davis
President's Outstanding Service Award
Don Huffman instituted the President's Outstanding Service Award during his tenure as President of NAMA to honor persons who have been of outstanding service to NAMA. The award represents the President's personal selection.
Recipients of the President's Outstanding Service Award
2006 – Ann Bornstein
2005 - Walt Sundburg
2004 - Allein Stanle
2003 - no award given
2002 - no award given
2001 - no award given
2000 - Louise Freedman
1999 - Dean Abel
1998 - Betty Guttman
1997 - Robert Shaffer & Marilyn Shaw
1996 - Jill Carver
1995 - Mr. & Mrs. Harry Lubrecht
1994 - Ursula Pohl
1993 - John Trestrail
1992 - Pat Brannen
1991 - Jay Justice
1990 - Carlene Skeffington & Maggie Rogers
1989 - Allein Stanley & Steve Trudell
1988 - Ann Bornstein & Peter Hart
1987 - Marti & Kenneth Cochran
NAMA Memorial Fellowship
The NAMA Memorial Fellowship was established to commemorate an amateur or professional mycologist designated annually by the NAMA Board of Trustees. The award consists of a $2,000 grant to a graduate student in mycology on the basis of scholastic merit, research ability, and promise shown as a mycologist. The student is selected and the award is administered by the Mycological Society of America. The requirements are the same as those for the MSA Graduate Fellowships, with the additional stipulation that the Fellow provides an article for McIlvainea.
NAMA Memorial Fellows
2000 - Steven Trudell, Univ. of Washington-Seattle (in honor of Chuck Barrows)
1999 - Cameron Currie (in honor of Helen V. Smith)
1998 - John Paul Schmitt (in honor of Harry Lubrecht)
1997 - Daniel L. Czerderpiltz, Univ. of Wisconsin (in honor of Dr. Rolf Singer)
1996 - James E. Johnson, Univ. of Tennessee (in honor of Ellen Trueblood)
1995 - Greg Saenz, Univ. of California-Berkeley (in honor of Dr. D.H. Sam Mitchel)