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JEA Awards

Administrator of the Year
Aspiring Young Journalist Award
Carl Towley Award
Cornerstone Award
Diversity Award
First Amendment Press Freedom Award
Friend of Scholastic Journalism
Future Teachers Scholarships
Impact Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
Medal of Merit
Other JEA Awards
Rising Star Award
Ryan White Award
Teacher Inspiration Award
Journalist of the Year
Yearbook Adviser of the Year
 

Awards & Contests

Awards Booklet
Awards Committee
 
Write-Off Contest

Medal of Merit

Medals of Merit are given to JEA members who have made significant contributions to scholastic journalism. JEA members are encouraged to nominate deserving individuals. Several awards may be presented each year.

CLICK HERE to nominate someone by the July 1 deadline.

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2007

1967
Katherine Cooper
Mattie G Crump
Helen Morganti
John A Munski
Lorraine Norman
GO Watso
Anne White
Virginia Woodring*
top

1968
Regis Boyle
Sarah Campbell*
Eleanor Davis
Sarah Greer
Mays Boswell Hunter
Kathleen Jorgenson*
Kay Keefe*
Maxine Wiseman
top

1969
Ernest Anderson
Christina Beeson
Harold Cantor*
Margaret Cash
Alice Gill
Newell Huckaby
Elizabeth Hurley
Kathleen Keilman
Viola Leh
Forrest Martin*
Roberta Fry Smith
Joanna Zander
top

1970
Mary A Bailey
Mary Benedict
Edna H Fisher
Jane Hall Gable
Marjorie Lazarus
Richard Petrie
Sophia Purcell
Alyce R Sheetz
Ted Tajima
Laurence Wendt
Jessie Wright
top

1971
Dorothy Crain
Dorothy MacDonald
Roberta Mace
Minnie McGee
Charles Savedge*
top

1972
John Donnelly
Wallace Gray
Ella Hoffman
Willird Mohn
James Ray
Mary Youngdahl
top

1973
Fran Bock
Gil Chesterton
Dorothy McPhillips*
Bruce Minteer
Don Powell
Ray Schoenfield
top

1974
Emily Disen
Neil Guyette
Richard Johns
top

1975
Marj Donoghue
Sam Feldman
Homer Hall
Sharon Murphy
top

1976
Nancy Green
Sharon Hallberg
Ferne Hoeft
Ruth Slade
top

1977
Wayne Field
Ron Hayes
Margaret Johnston
James Matthews
top

1978
Marge Bue
Carol Hallenbeck
Larry Lain
Linda S Puntney
top

1979
John Butler
Gary Daloyan
Lois Elda Larson
Dick Lloyd
Tom Rolnicki
Paula Schumacher
Mike Wiener
top

1980
Erin Alexander
Dorothy Hallaian
Susan Hathaway
Betty Stanley
Hilda Walker
Marjorie Wilson
top

1981
John Bowen
Barbara Mantooth*
Rod Vahl*
top

1982
Bill Fletchner
Andrea Cano
Pam Langley
top

1983
Howard Spanogle
top

1984
Opal Heatherly*
Jack Wilson
top

1985
Lunelle Flannery
Candy Perkins
Bruce Watterson
John Wheeler
top

1986
Howard Emerson
David Weisenburger
Nancy Hall
top

1987
Jack Dvorak
Ed Galdrikian
Sister Rita Jeanne, FSPA*
Marilyn Weaver
top

1988
Gloria Olman
Steve O'Donoghue
top

1989
Mike Brown
V LaVerne Forest*
Linda Mook
top

1990
Jim Jordan
Wayna Polk
Fern Valentine
top

1991
Mary Arnold
Carol Lange
Rob Melton
top

1992
Kathy Craghead
Julie Dodd
Michael J Fox
top

1993
Judy Babb
Barbara Hines
Cheryl Pell
Lorraine Reuther
top

1994
Sharon Gentry
Pat Graff
Susan Massy
Sarah Ortman
Darla Jones Tresner
top

1995
Nick Ferentinos
Betty Morton
Marie Myers
Jim Shuman
top

1996
Sylvia Daughtry
Carla Harris
Susan Komandosky
Andrea Newcomer-Henderson
Bradley Wilson
top

1997
Kay Phillips
top

1998
Diane Honda
top

1999
Jane Blystone
Arnetta Garcin
Mary Noble
Patti Shannon
top

2000
Kathy Daly
Tony Gomez
Ellen Kersey
top

2001
Michael Dunlap
Barbara Flanagan
top

2002
Bobby Hawthorne
Mark Murray
Ann Visser
top

2003
Cathie Parks
Alyce Stanwood
Norma Kneese
Jack Kennedy
top

2004
John Cutsinger
Robert Greenman
Gary Lundgren
Dave Massy
Walt Snover
Mike Taylor
top

2005
Bob Bair
Steve Gardiner
Steve Matson
Randy Swikle
James Tidwell

top

2006
Susan Nellson Baird
Deb Buttleman Malcolm
Leslie Nicholas
Tom Winski
Kathleen Zwiebel

2007
Linda Drake
Sandra Jacoby
Kristi Rathbun
Kathy Schrier
Tracy A. Sena
Becky Sipos

* deceased

 
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