EJ Walsh Award Winners

E.J. Walsh Award

The E.J. Walsh Award is the highest honor FEF currently bestows on the person who has given outstanding service over the years to the goals and ideals of FEF. It was established in 1981 to honor Edward J. Walsh for his 33 years of service as FEF's second Executive Director.

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Edward Walsh 1981
John Miller 1983
Professor Robert Wolf 1984
Walter E. Brown 1985
Walter O. Larson 1986
James P. Keating 1987
Tony Dorfmueller 1988
Bob Nevins 1989
Bill Parana 1990
Jack Miske 1991
George Booth 1992
Charlie Marshall 1993
Ray Witt 1994
Hugh Sims 1995
R. Bruce McClelland 1996
Ron Claussen 1997
Burleigh Jacobs 1998
Douglas Warner 1999
Paul Carey 2000
Jack Bodine 2001
Carl Loper 2002
Paul Barker 2003
Dwight Barnhard 2004
Conner Warren 2005
Paul Mikkola 2006
Bob Smillie 2007
Phil Duke 2008
Chuck Fowler 2009
Richard Poirier 2010
Bob Mortenson 2011
Rob Steele
2012
Tom Cobett 2013
John (Chip) Keough 2014
Bill Sorensen 2015
Rick James 2016
Gary Gigante 2017
Wil Tinker
2018
Kathy Hayrynen 2019
Jerry Clancey 2021
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