Louise O’Sullivan Award of Excellence

The Louise O’Sullivan Award of Excellence recognizes a non-elected NAFEM volunteer who has donated their time and expertise for the betterment of the association. Formerly the NAFEM President’s Award, it was renamed in 2021, for NAFEM’s 1991 president and long-time volunteer Louise O’Sullivan, CFSP.

Buffy Levy

Director, Shows – Smithbucklin, 2023

Previous recipients of the President’s Award

2021 – Tom Campion, CFSP

2019 – Carol Wallace, CFSP, Cliff Baggott, CFSP

2017 – Steve Follett, CFSP

2015 – Paul Angrick, CFSP

2013 – David Ek, CFSP

2011 – Peter Nordell, CFSP

2009 – Denny Romer, CFSP

2007 – Rick Cartwright

2005 – David G. Hatch, CFSP

2003 – Larry Moon, CFSP

2001 – Michelle Wibel, CFSP, Michael G. Perez, CFSP

1999 – Tom Enyeart**

1997 – Jack Muzzio, Bruce Zimmerman*

1995 – Russell Bean, CFSP

1991 – Gregory Richards, CFSP

1988 – Leonard Cantor*

1987 – Verdis Norton, CFSP

1986 – Ira Stabiner*

1985 – Richard Conelius

1984 – Leonard Cantor*

1983 – Joseph Larson*

1982 – R. R. Campion*

1981 – Donald Follett

1980 – Vincent Guariello*

1979 – Ronald Kasperzak*

1978 – L. Frank Moore

1977 – William J. Quinn*

1976 – Richard Maslow

1975 – Melvin B. Lee

1972 – Robert L. George*

1970 – Sy Anoff*

1969 – Dean Rhoads, Lou Maslow

1968 – Robert Knight*, Joseph Corcoran

1967 – Chester Litman*

1966 – Bernard Levene*

1965 – Justin Canfield, Robert Parmacek*, CFSP, Gordon Oates, Sr.*

1964 – Edward Alexander*, Stanley F. Campion*, Roy Adams

1963 – John Bourke*, J. Harrison Holman*, Gale Blakeslee*

*deceased **awarded posthumously