The Distinguished Service Award, the oldest civic award in Madison, honors members of the community who have shown outstanding leadership, achievement and service for more than 60 years.
If you know someone you would like to nominate for the DSA based their leadership and outstanding service to the community for the previous year, please fill out the nomination form by 9/21/22.
This year’s awards banquet will be held:
Thursday October 6th, 2022
Cocktails: 6pm
Dinner / Awards: 7pm
Location: Café Allegra
Cost is $60 per person
Reservations are required by 9/28.
For more information or to submit a nomination form, please contact DSA@madisonjc.com
Past Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award:
1956 Richard Gould
1957 Charles Nilson
1958 William Christensen
1959 J. Sanford Davis, Ph.D.
1960 Donald LaChance, O.D.
1961 Philip Costello
1962 Sheldon Inkster
1963 William Randall
1964 Eric Wills
1965 Martin Loughlin
1966 Rev. Charles Gelbach
1967 Gerald Walton, Ph.D.
1968 Melvyn Smith
1969 Daniel Mulvey
1970 John Embersits
1971 Stuart Carlisle
1972 George Egan
1973 Frank Adley
1974 Fred Ewing
1975 George Blair, Jr.
1976 Robert Green
1977 Rev. Franklin Bower
1978 Robert Hale
1979 John W. G. Phillips
1980 Janet Cotrell
1981 Richard Goddard
1982 Michael Salafia
1983 Harriet Hofrichter
1984 John Stoddard
1985 Al Halliwell, Sr.
1986 Charlotte Evarts
1987 Robert Snow
1988 Moe Frankel
1989 Robert MacDonald
1990 Deborah Bunnell
1991 Erwin Bauer
1992 Dave Longobucco
1993 John Herman
1994 Rick Gedney
1995 Chip Frey
1996 Robert Cerosky
1997 Stewart MacMillan
1998 Gunnar Johnson
1999 Ruth DeSarbo
2000 Eileen Speed
2001 Sue Zaccagnino
2002 Bernd Becker
2003 Helen Burland
* 2003 Norman “Dutch” Heliman
2004 Tom Banisch
2005 Pam McKinnon
2006 Nola Battipaglia
2007 Steven Perrelli
* 2007 Warner Lord
2008 Dick Borner
2009 Louis Tresselt
2010 Bill Clorite
2011 Laurie Heflin
2012 Barry Miller
*2012 Eileen Johnson
2013 Edward Pellegrino
2014 Scott Murphy
2015 Donald Rankin
2016 David Allen
2019 Edward Riley
*Lifetime Achievement Award