Pacific Northwest Region
of the
National Model Railroad Association

PNR Presidents' Award

The Presidents’ Award is presented annually to honor a member of the PNR who has, through service to the hobby of model railroading, made the most significant contribution to the benefit and betterment of PNR for at least the twelve (12) months prior to close of nominations.

The PNR Presidents' Award Recipients

Year Name Division
  • 1960 Ed Albrecht 2
  • 1961 Howard Durfy 4
  • 1962 P.H.”Spike" Brown 7
  • 1963 Dr. W.A. Doe 7
  • 1964 Jack Johnson 2
  • 1965 Ken Davis 7
  • 1966 Eric W. Johnson 6
  • 1967 Paul Shimada PCR
  • 1968 Gus S Swanburg 4
  • 1969 Ross Heriot 7
  • 1970 Steve Shoe 4
  • 1971 Norm Szun
  • 1972 Bill & Betty Wilt 5
  • 1973 Frank McKinney 7
  • 1974 Ted Z Zehrun 1
  • 1975 Douglas Y. Stevenson 7
  • 1976 Duane Damgaard 4
  • 1977 Al & Elaine Jones 2
  • 1978 James Whaley 2
  • 1979 Jeff Tague 5
  • 1980 Laurence Unwim 6
  • 1981 Robert Hadlow 6
  • 1982 Bob Smith 4
  • 1983 Tom Beaton 7
  • 1984 Harland Clark 1
  • 1985 Hank Menkveld 7
  • 1986 John Decker 5
  • 1987 Douglas Auburg 2
  • 1988 Greg Madsen 7
  • 1989 William D. Bain 1
  • 1990 Carol O’Dell 7
  • 1991 Ian Sloan 7
  • 1992 Roger H. Ferris 4
  • 1993 Scott Calvert 7
  • 1994 Bill Bell MMR 5
  • 1995 Bob Chapman 4
  • 1996 Gail Norton 2
  • 1997 Al Carter 4
  • 1998 Dick Gemeinhart 2
  • 1999 Phil Maggs 2
  • 2000 Richard Sutcliffe 7
  • 2001 John Decker 5
  • 2002 Dale Sproule 6
  • 2003 Chuck Kuranko 4
  • 2004 Di Voss 4
  • 2005 Not awarded
  • 2006 Hugh MacKenzie 5
  • 2007 Forrest Beattie 2
  • 2008 Frank Dekker 4
  • 2009 Mark Johnson 6
  • 2010 Ed & Gay Liesse 4
  • 2011 Not awarded
  • 2012 Bruce McCosh 3
  • 2013 Gene Swanson
  • 2014 Gary Hazel 7
  • 2015 Not awarded
  • 2016 Not awarded?
  • 2017 Larry Sebelley 7
  • 2018 Edward Schaenzer MMR 1
  • 2018 Doug Wingfield MMR 6
  • 2019 Shirley Sample 5
  • 2019 Ed Molenkamp 6
  • 2020 Dan Wise 5
  • 2021 Jack Hamilton MMR 4
  • 2022 Lori Sebelley 7
  • 2023 Greg Kujawa
  • 2024 David Holden 2
  • 2025
  • 2026


Most recent update: October 28, 2024.
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