This award may be given annually to honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in science education over a long and distinguished career in Wisconsin.  This is the WSST’s most prestigious award. Those eligible would include elementary, secondary, or college teachers and any other active support of science education.  The award is a plaque to be presented at the WSST spring conference, dinner for themselves and 1 guest, and a lifetime membership in WSST.

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Past Recipients:

2011

• Steve Bower (Waunakee School District)
  

2010

• Pat Marinac (UW Stevens Point)
  

2009

• Larry Scheckel(Tomah School District)

2008

• Dana Krejcarek(Kohler School District)

2007

• Don Vincent (Madison Metropolitan School District)

2006

• Rachel Egan (Madison Metropolitan School District)

2005

• Wayne LeMahieu (Sheboygan Falls Middle School)

2004

• Bruce Smith (Appleton North High School)

2003

• Thomas L. Eddy (Green Lake School District)

2002

• Merlin Kardin (South Middle School, Eau Claire)

2001

• Al Stawicki (Morse Middle School, Milwaukee)

2000

• John Whitsett (Goodrich HS, Fond du Lac)

1999

• Sharon Nelson (Waunakee HS)

1998

• Dr. John Tonnis (UW-LaCrosse)

1997

• Gari Walz (Dodgeville-retired)

1996

• Floyd R. Henschel (Beaver Dam-retired)

1995

• Al Hovey (Madison)

1994

• H. Edward Dexler (Pius XI High School)

1993

• James Stewart (UW-Madison)

1992

• Frank Zuerner (Madison Memorial High School)

1991

• Jim Jagler (Sheboygan South High School)

1990

• Ben Thompson (UW-Eau Claire)

1989

• Bill Cary (Madison Memorial High School)

1988

• Alan Stenmark (Oak Creek)

1987

• David Braunshweig (Madison West High School)

1986

• Hal Liebherr (Nicolet High School)

1985

• Ken Dowling (Department of Public Instruction)

1984

• John Rusch (UW-Superior)

1983

• George O'Hearn (UW-Green Bay)

1982

• Bassam Shakhashiri (UW-Madison)

1981

• LeRoy Lee (Wisconsin Academy)

1980

• Archie Nicolette (Lakeland High School)

1979

• Ed Mueller (Neenah)

1978

• Don Dailey (UW-Superior)

1977

• Jon Harkness (Wausau High School)