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This is a brief history of the annual National 4-H Presidential Awards
Winners - the top girl and top boy in the Achievement, Citizenship and
Leadership programs. These six winners comprised the most prestigious
honors bestowed upon awards recipients at the National 4-H Congress in
Chicago for nearly 70 years. As Presidential winners, each of the winners
received an engraved silver tray given in the name of The President of the
United States.
Prior to the annual presentation of the Presidential tray winners, the
top boy and top girl in these three areas were honored in their separate
program categories with leadership starting in 1924, achievement in 1928
and citizenship in 1948. And, in the later years of the program, there were
12 Presidential winners annually and they represented national winners from
all awards program areas.
The Moses Trophy - Top Leadership Winners
The top winners in the 4-H Leadership awards program at National 4-H Congress
traditionally received the prestigious Moses Leadership trophy, presented in
the name of Horace A. Moses.
Mr. Moses was an early friend of 4-H Club Work.
A member of the National Committee on Boys and
Girls Club Work from 1925-1945, he also funded
the Horace A. Moses Building at the Eastern
States Exposition and sponsored the
International 4-H Leader Training School in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
Horace A. Moses
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President of the Strathmore Paper Company,
Horace Moses was a paper industry pioneer,
world-renowned industrialist; his interests in
industry and agriculture made him the impetus
of what would become the Eastern States
Exposition. His sweeping studies of history
and commerce, combined with his legendary
charitable work, make Moses one of the most
fascinating and profound men in American history of that period.
Moses' personal interests included raising steers, breeding
hunting dogs, and growing award-winning apples, donating to
charity, and the betterment of youth across the nation and
around the world. In addition to 4-H, Horace Moses was the
founder of Junior Achievement. Moses has been honored with his
image on a U.S. postage stamp and the Horace A. Moses Foundation
continues to exist in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The first three to win the Moses 4-H Leadership Trophy contest. Right to left: Ford
Mercer and Frances Smith of Oklahoma and Kenneth Hinshaw of Washington. Ford and
Frances later became Mr. and Mrs. Mercer. In 1935 Ken Hinshaw wrote the book "
4-H: A Story"
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Beginning in the late 1930s, in addition to receiving the Moses silver
trophy, the top boy and girl in Leadership also received a $300 scholarship
personally funded by Edward Foss Wilson, of Chicago, the son of Thomas E.
Wilson, and president of Wilson & Company, major meat-packers in America.
In 1942 the scholarship amount for the two top recipients of the award by
Edward Foss Wilson was dropped to $200 each, however $100 scholarships were
also awarded to the first boy and girl alternates.
The annual Awards Handbook for 1941, for the first time, describes the
Moses Trophy as being awarded annually by the International 4-H Training
School, which was sponsored by Horace A. Moses. In 1949 The Annual Awards
Handbook lists the donor of the trophies as the H. A. Moses Foundation,
Springfield, Massachusetts.
According to Alvin Davis, a 1948 Moses Trophy winner, the historic
Moses trophies were held annually by the two top recipients as a form of
"traveling trophy" and then returned to be presented the following year to
the new top Leadership winners.
In 1947, in addition to the scholarships for the top winners, Edward
Foss Wilson also began providing county medals for winners, two gold wrist
watches (one for a boy and one for a girl) as state awards, and eight trips
to National 4-H Congress, for the National 4-H Leadership Awards Program.
1949 was the last year that the Moses Trophies were given. Beginning in
1950 silver trays from the International 4-H Training School and Horace A.
Moses Foundation were given to the top boy and top girl winners while
scholarships were awarded by Edward Foss Wilson. This combination continued
for five years... through 1954. Beginning in 1955 the silver trays and
scholarships were both presented in behalf of Edward Foss Wilson.
In 1961 The Sears-Roebuck Foundation became the donor of the National
4-H Leadership Awards Program, replacing Edward Foss Wilson who had
personally provided funding for the program for 23 years. The Sears
donorship provided county medals, trips to National 4-H Congress for state
winners and 12 scholarships of $400 each for national winners. 1961 was
also the first year that the Awards Handbook listed the silver trays
awarded to the top boy and top girl in Leadership as presented by the
President of the United States, joining the two top Achievement winners
with this prestigious recognition.
The Sears-Roebuck Foundation continued their sponsorship of the
program until 1971. In later years the Leadership Awards Program was
sponsored by Reader's Digest, and beginning in 1986 by the Firestone Trust
Fund and the Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund. The Presidential Awards
component of the program (top boy and top girl) was transferred to the
Presidential Awards Program with all of the national winners in the
Leadership Program automatically being considered for the Presidential
Awards competition. National 4-H Awards Programs were discontinued through
National 4-H Council in 1994.
Leadership Awards Recipients
Winners of the Moses 4-H Leadership trophy... and, later part of the
Presidential tray winners sextet representing leadership:
During the first three years there was a single recipient. Starting in
1927 the top boy and the top girl in the leadership awards program were
each honored with the Moses trophy.
| Year | Winning Boy | Winning Girl |
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| 1924 | Ford Mercer, Oklahoma |
| | 1925 | | Frances Smith, Oklahoma |
| | 1926 | Kenneth Hinshaw, Washington |
| | 1927 | Alex Cruickshank, Oregon | Carolyn Eyring, Arizona |
| | 1928 | Edgar Grimes, Oregon | Frances Reed, Indiana |
| | 1929 | Theodore R. Lorenz, Oklahoma | Lois Bailey, Oregon |
| | 1930 | Carroll Brannon, South Carolina | Florence Melgihert, Kansas |
| | 1931 | Roscoe Owens, New York | Marion Dolan, Wisconsin |
| | 1932 | Vernon LeRoy Baldwin, Minnesota | Maurine Knouse, Kansas |
| | 1933 | Hugo Graumann, Oklahoma | Doris Esther Clark, Wisconsin |
| | 1934 | Floyd S. Amsler, Indiana | Nellie Lucile Appling, Georgia |
| | 1935 | Viley Johnson, Oklahoma | Betty Brown, Kansas |
| | 1936 | H. Clayton Fox, Oregon | Cora Mae Briggs, Nebraska |
| | 1937 | Clifford Breeden, Indiana | Helen M. Michael, Oregon |
| | 1938 | Oliver Larson, Minnesota | Bonnie Phillips, Oklahoma |
| | 1939 | Willie L. Ulich, Texas | Dorothy Arvidson, Indiana |
| | 1940 | Wayne L. Good, Kansas | Geraldine deLancey, Oregon |
| | 1941 | Wayne Thorndyke, Oklahoma | Margery Habluetzel, Missouri |
| | 1942 | Alfred Dalrymple, New York | Eula Lenora Wood, Georgia |
| | 1943 | Robert R. Mayer, Kansas | Emily McHattie, Minnesota |
| | 1944 | Donald F. Sullivan, New York | Mildred E. Reed, Connecticut |
| | 1945 | Donald McKnight, Maryland | Mary Arlene Nelson, Kansas |
| | 1946 | Lewis Topliff, Kansas | Estelle Ruth Stewart, Missouri |
| | 1947 | LeRoy Donnay, Minnesota | Pat Wall, Georgia |
| | 1948 | Alvin G. Davis, Texas | Alice Ruth Gilliaum, Arkansas |
| | 1949 | Don Bowman, Tennessee | Rose Antonich, Montana |
| | 1950 | Donald Sherman Brozovich, Colorado | Phyllis V. Bowe, Minnesota |
| | 1951 | Gordon Dowell, Oklahoma | Lottye Betts Rye, Mississippi |
| | 1952 | William A. Davis, Jr., Georgia | Coralie N. Mullins, New Mexico |
| | 1953 | John A. Murray, Jr., Colorado | Janet Kuska, Nebraska |
| | 1954 | Ralph E. Lamar III, New York | Grace M. Stannard, New York |
| | 1955 | Eldon Rebhorn, Illinois | Ann Guindon, South Dakota |
| | 1956 | Earl Davis, North Carolina | Linda Schermerhorn, Indiana |
| | 1957 | Charles Pickering, Mississippi | Clyde Templeton, North Carolina |
| | 1958 | Jim McNern, California | Joan Lee, West Virginia |
| | 1959 | Charles Youngclaus, California | Carolyn Bradley, New Mexico |
| | 1960 | Keith E. Axtell, California | Frances McQueen, Missouri |
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From 1961 on, the top boy and top girl in the Leadership Awards
program were part of the Presidential Awards, until 1985 when national
winners in all programs were eligible for Presidential Awards.
Sir Thomas Lipton's Awards - Top Achievement Winners
As the story is told in Franklin Reck's book, "The 4-H Story," one
fall day in 1928, Sir Thomas Lipton heard about club work and indicated
that he would like to present cups for health winners. Guy Noble, managing
director of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, feeling
that a health contest would not be acceptable, consulted with George E.
Farrell, of the federal staff. These two evolved the idea of recognition
for "general achievement." This was the inception of what was to become the
National Achievement 4-H Awards Program. So, like leadership, beginning in
1928 a top 4-H boy and a top 4-H girl were selected as overall high honors
in 4-H Achievement.
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Sir Thomas Lipton, a Scotsman who was
knighted by Queen Victoria in 1898, had
become a multimillionaire tea merchant,
emigrating to America and establishing
his business in New Jersey. He died in
1931 at the age of 81, however Lipton
Tea was to be the tea trade's largest
worldwide success throughout the course
of the twentieth century.
After the death of Sir Thomas Lipton in 1931, the award for the top
boy and top girl in the National Achievement Awards Program became
recipients of the President's Trophy. The 1932 Annual Report of the
National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work announces the change in name
from Lipton Trophy to President's Trophy: "The 4-H clubs received special
recognition from the chief executive of the Nation this year. This
recognition comes in the form of two trophies awarded in the name of The
President of the United States, one for the boy winner and one for the girl
winner of the National 4-H Achievement Contest."
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Sir Thomas Lipton, c. 1909
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In addition to the President's Trophy, the top boy and girl winners in
Achievement each received a scholarship of $300 awarded by the National
Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work.
In the beginning, the trophy was often referred to as the Roosevelt
Trophy, however by the 1940s, the trophy was simply termed the President's
Trophy.
In 1949, Presidential trophies were replaced by silverware being
awarded to the top boy and girl in Achievement, given in the name of The
President of the United States. Also, beginning in 1949, in addition to the
scholarships for the top Achievement winners, the National Committee on
Boys and Girls Club Work made Achievement a full awards program by offering
county medals, two achievement statues per state for state winners and
eight trips to National 4-H Congress.
1951 top Achievement winners - Joy Alexander, Oklahoma and Wayne
Schultz, Wisconsin - pose with silverware awarded in the name of The
President of the United States
In 1952 the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, became the
national donor of the 4-H Achievment Awards Program. The program was
expanded to include four gold-filled medals of honor for county winners,
small statues for the two top state winners, sixteen trips to National 4-H
Congress for sectional winners and 12 Henry Ford II college scholarships of
$300 each. The top boy and top girl winner in Achievement continued to be
recognized with awards in the name of The President of the United States.
By 1956 trips to National 4-H Congress were being offered for every state.
The Presidential winners - the top boy and top girl in Achievement - began
receiving silver trays along with their honor in 1962, the year the program
donor became the Ford Motor Company Fund, instead of the silverware.
In later years, while the Achievement Awards Program continued to be
sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund, the Presidential Awards component
was transferred to the Presidential Awards Program with all of the national
winners in Achievement automatically being considered for the top
Presidential Awards competition. National 4-H Awards Programs were
discontinued by National 4-H Council in 1994.
Achievement Awards Recipients
The top boy and top girl honored in the 4-H Achievement awards program
each year were honored beginning in 1928 with awards presented by Sir
Thomas Lipton. In later years these two annual top achevement winners
became part of the annual 4-H Presidential Awards winners, given in the
name of The President of the United States.
| Year | Winning Boy | Winning Girl |
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| 1928 | John Jackson, Louisiana | Sybil Herring, Illinois |
| 1929 | John C. Patrick, South Carolina | Helen Haldiman, Wisconsin |
| 1930 | J. Willard Colebank, Tennessee | Ruby Richardson, Indiana |
| 1931 | Charles Brown, Indiana | Mary Teresa Rico, Minnesota |
| 1932 | Donald N. McDowell, Wisconsin | Frances Mae Good, Wisconsin |
| 1933 | Marcus Teeter, Jr., Minnesota | Lillian Murphy, Indiana |
| 1934 | William Kiesel, Jr., Oklahoma | Mary E. Wien, Indiana |
| 1935 | William E. Hamilton, Illinois | Romayne Tate, Arkansas |
| 1936 | Frederick Reichart, Indiana | Florence E. Erickson, Minnesota |
| 1937 | Bob Morford, Oklahoma | Viola Niedfeldt, Wisconsin |
| 1938 | Lloyd Hawkins, Oklahoma | Katherine Sire, Montana |
| 1939 | Robert Summers, Illinois | Dorothy L. Lippert, Minnesota |
| 1940 | Francis A. Boyle, Illinois | Newatha Krebs, Oklahoma |
| 1941 | Orlo E. Ruppert, Illinois | Beth Gill, Mississippi |
| 1942 | Robert Lee Nash, Oklahoma | Margaret Heddrich, Indiana |
| 1943 | Billie Sol Estes, Texas | Geneva G. Duhm, Wisconsin |
| 1944 | Donald F. Mowery, Indiana | Mary Jo Morgan, Mississippi |
| 1945 | Ora Vernal Callahan, Indiana | Eldora Janzen, Oklahoma |
| 1946 | Laverne F. Hall, Wisconsin | Maurine V. Steyer, Nebraska |
| 1947 | Donald Stoten, Jr., Indiana | Lavona Thorndyke, Oklahoma |
| 1948 | Dick T. Brown, Colorado | Ruth Ann Clinton, Indiana |
| 1949 | Gilbert Blankenship, Illinois | Dorothea McCue, Missouri |
| 1950 | Porter Lee, Jr., Oklahoma | Carolyn Durham Smith, North Carolina |
| 1951 | Wayne F. Schultz, Wisconsin | Joy A. Alexander, Oklahoma |
| 1952 | Rollin Shoemaker, Colorado | Carolyn Crumm, Oklahoma |
| 1953 | Kenyon Giese, Wisconsin | Ann Wade, Georgia |
| 1954 | Elden Holsapple, Indiana | Coleta Lou McAllister, Oklahoma |
| 1955 | Franklin McKay, New Mexico | Angela Heine, North Dakota |
| 1956 | Daniel Davis, Tennessee | Annie Gutierrez, California |
| 1957 | Doran Bollman, Iowa | Karyl Ann Benson, Middleboro, Massachusetts |
| 1958 | Roger Hunsley, South Dakota | LInda Lou Gould, Indiana |
| 1959 | Larry Watson, Oklahoma | Barbara Totten, California |
| 1960 | Robert S. Barr, Pennsylvania | Rebecca Anne Parker, North Carolina |
From 1961 on, the two top Achievement Awards winners (one boy and one
girl) are part of the Presidential Awards Program, until 1985 when national
winners in all programs were eligible for Presidential Awards.
National Citizenship Awards Program
Citizenship became a National 4-H Awards Program for the first time in
1948, funded through a trust fund established by business friends of Thomas
E. Wilson and named "In Honor of Mr. Thomas E. Wilson." Thomas E. Wilson,
president of the meat packing firm, Wilson & Co., was a long time president
of the board of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, a major
donor and supporter of 4-H for nearly 40 years.
The Citizenship program consisted of two scholarships of $300 each,
presented to the top boy and top girl in the Citizenship Awards Program.
The 1957 winners are the first that seem to show up being photographed with
silver trays as part of their top award, in addition to the scholarships.
In 1961 the two top winners in the Citizenship Awards Program are
referred to as Presidential winners for the first time, with their awarded
silver trays being given in the name of The President of the United States.
This completes the team of six - top boy and top girl in Achievement,
Citizenship and Leadership - being termed the Presidential Awards winners.
In later years the Citizenship Awards Program was sponsored by The
Coca-Cola Foundation, however the Presidential winners component was
transferred to the Presidential Awards Program and all of the national
Citizenship winners were eligible in the Presidential Awards competition.
National 4-H Awards Programs were discontinued by National 4-H Council in
1994.
Citizenship Awards Recipients
Citizenship awards were made available for the first time in 1948
through a trust fund established by business friends of Thomas E. Wilson
and consisting of two scholarship awards for the top boy and top girl in
Citizenship. In later years these two top awards became part of the annual
Presidential awards winners with the prize being a silver tray given in the
name of The President of the United States.
| Year | Winning Boy | Winning Girl |
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| 1948 | Burton O. Bosch, Montana | Beverly Runnels, Texas |
| 1949 | Dwight F. Nelson, Iowa | DiAnne Mathre, Illinois |
| 1950 | Jack McDowell, Jr., Minnesota | Mary Jenet Elder, Indiana |
| 1951 | Esther Jean McNeal, Louisiana | Bill Carmichael, Oklahoma |
| 1952 | William Francis Pressly, North Carolina | Edna Adrian Short, Georgia |
| 1953 | Bobby L. Newton, North Carolina | Nancy E. Mason, North Carolina |
| 1954 | Cephas Williamson, Georgia | Sara Traughber, Tennessee |
| 1955 | William C. Thiesenhusen, Wisconsin | Nellie McClure, Tennessee |
| 1956 | Billy O'Brien, Tennessee | Patricia Venable, Georgia |
| 1957 | Wendell Crites, Michigan | Wilda Story, Georgia |
| 1958 | Dwight Walker, New Mexico | Melanie Matthews, Mississippi |
| 1959 | Loren Youngclaus, California | Jo Ann Thompson, Iowa |
| 1960 | Parker Ray Blevins, Kentucky | Linda Lou Lukens, Indiana |
From 1961 on, the top two Citizenship Award winners (one boy and one
girl) are part of the Presidential Awards program, until 1985 when national
winners in all programs were eligible for Presidential awards.
Presidential Award Winners
1961 was the first year that the top boy and top girl in the three
programs - Achievement, Citizenship and Leadership - all received silver
trays in the name of The President of the United States, and were
considered a team of the six top awards honors representing these three
program areas.
The Presidential Award was the highest and most prestigious award
given in the 4-H program and became a separate awards program sponsored by
the Reader's Digest Foundation and later the Reader's Digest Association,
Inc. in 1986. As described in the 1989 Summary of Programs and Services to
4-H, each year 12 4-H members received the award in the name of the
President of the United States at National 4-H Congress. Presidential award
recipients were selected during the Congress. Candidates competing for the
award include: nine national winners in the Achievement Program, nine
national winners in the Leadership Program; nine national winners in the
Citizenship Program; and candidates nominated by their state. Each state
had the opportunity to nominate one national awards program winner from any
program area to be considered for the National 4-H Presidential Award. The
12 Presidential winners each received a $1,000 scholarship from the
Reader's Digest Foundation and a silver tray in the name of The President
of the United States.
Presidential Awards Recipients
The Presidential Award Recipents - the two top winners in Achievement,
Citizenship and Leadership - were first officially recognized as a "team of
six" in 1961 and remained this way until 1986 when the National
Presidential Awards Program became a program unto itself. In 1986, the
number of Presidential Awards recipients expanded to 12 winners each year.
In addition to Leadership, Citizenship and Achevement, winners of the
Presidential Awards could represent other Awards Program national winners
in the competition, as well, and it no longer was equally divided between
three boys and three girls.
| Year | Winners |
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| 1961 |
Gene McGaha, Achievement, North Carolina
Linda Ann Markins, Achievement, Indiana
Donald Johnson, Citizenship, Georgia
Barbara Hagberg, Citizenship, Iowa
Robert Wayne Buck, Leadership, Indiana
Marjorie Lee Whaley, Leadership, Georgia
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| 1962 |
Gary Patterson, Achievement, California
Emily Jean Thomas, Achievement, Virginia
Larry Pressler, Citizenship, South Dakota
Patricia Hrncir, Citizenship, Texas
Jacky Strickland, Leadership, Florida
Deanna Chiesa, Leadership, California
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| 1963 |
John Hancock, Achievement, Oklahoma
Martha Johnson, Achievement, Mississippi
Jeff Smoller, Citizenship, Wisconsin
Heidi Keir, Citizenship, Iowa
Clement Lucas, Jr., Leadership, North Carolina
Phyllis Tanna, Leadership, Hawaii
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| 1964 |
Joe Boylan, Achievement, Colorado
Marjorie Hutchinson, Achievement, Nebraska
David Quisenberry, Citizenship, Oklahoma
Ina Huffman, Citizenship, Virginia
Robert Thompson, Leadership, New York
Mary Raye Denton, Leadership, Oklahoma
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| 1965 |
Dwight Smith, Achievement, Maryland
Janet Erickson, Achievement, Utah
Jerry Patton, Citizenship, Mississippi
Faye Perry, Citizenship, Tennessee
Philip Brechbill, Leadership, Indiana
Mary Jo Smith, Leadership, Georgia
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| 1966 |
Stevan Pearce, Achievement, New Mexico
Dianne Potter, Achievement, North Dakota
Glen Reiner, Citizenship, South Dakota
Alida Johnson, Citizenship, Tennessee
James D. Fielder, Jr., Leadership, Maryland
Ann Williams, Leadership, Colorado
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| 1967 |
Charles Nash, Achievement, Georgia
Sue Gunkel, Achievement, Oklahoma
Dwayne Whitehurst, Citizenship, Mississippi
Carol Whitaker, Citizenship, Connecticut
Warren Neyenhuis, Leadership, Montana
Judy Kaestner, Leadership, Indiana
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| 1968 |
Gary Mogge, Achievement, Kansas
Theresa Whalen, Achievement, Montana
Michael Bullock, Citizenship, Virginia
Carol Anne Smayda, Citizenship, New Jersey
Jaems W. Findling, Jr., Leadership, Indiana
Cynthia Brechbill, Leadership, Indiana
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| 1969 |
Tom S. Spohr, Achievement, Indiana
Dixie Shaw, Achievement, Oklahoma
Lawrence Bruckner, Citizenship, Illinois
Elizabeth Humber, Citizenship, Alabama
Oscar Johnson, Jr., Leadership, Illinois
Elaine Mattingly, Leadership, Indiana
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| 1970 |
Richard Kundel, Achievement, Iowa
Georgia Mae Schwabe, Achievement, Colorado
Larry Shockey, Citizenship, Oklahoma
Latriece Baker, Citizenship, Oklahoma
Clayton Taylor, Leadership, Oklahoma
Annette Mehurg, Leadership, Alabama
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| 1971 |
Neal Nygard, Achievement, North Dakota
Rachel Koontz, Achievement, Indiana
Willie Johnson, Citizenship, Illinois
Deborah Bell, Citizenship, Georgia
Leland D. Jordan, Jr., Leadership, Tennessee
Linda Miller, Leadership, Oklahoma
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| 1972 |
Tommy Joe Davis, Achievement, Kentucky
Carol Ann Fisher, Achievement, Virginia
Clinton De Hart, Citizenship, Louisiana
Luann Myers, Citizenship, California
Morris Strom, Leadership, Oklahoma
Cora LeGrand, Leadership, Oklahoma
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| 1973 |
Doug Most, Achievement, Colorado
Kathy Machowski, Achievement, Michigan
Fred Gurley, Citizenship, Georgia
Marlene Most, Citizenship, Colorado
Charles Rivara, Leadership, California
Carol Byrd, Leadership, Florida
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| 1974 |
Gregg Hartman, Achievement, Colorado
Carol Myers, Achievement, North Carolina
William H. Schwabe, Citizenship, Colorado
Ann Wise, Citizenship, Louisiana
Dave Lee, Leadership, Georgia
Ruth Gregg, Leadership, Alabama
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| 1975 |
John M. Silva, Achievement, California
Laurie J. Wittstruck, Achievement, Nebraska
J. Holliman, Citizenship, Georgia
Sally Betts, Citizenship, Colorado
Larry Hageman, Leadership, Illinois
Beverly C. Johnson, Leadership, New Jersey
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| 1976 |
Tom Field, Achievement, Colorado
Shirley A. Goodnight, Achievment, North Carolina
Robert J. Molloy, Jr., Citizenship, Colorado
Kathryn A. Bettenhausen, Citizenship, Illinois
William C. Dodson, Jr., Leadership, Virginia
Denise E. Harjes, Leadership, Minnesota
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| 1977 |
Jeffrey Craig, Achievement, Pennsylvania
Denise Sprengeler, Achievement, Minnesota
John E. McCullers IV, Citizenship, Florida
Cynthia Crouch, Citizenship, Louisiana
Carter Pierce, Leadership, California
Laurie Strong, Leadership, California
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| 1978 |
William Brad Frye, Achievement, Colorado
Kelly Jean Roach, Achievement, New Jersey
David Wayne Hood, Citizenship, Arkansas
Melanie Jayn Mason, Citizenship, Alaska
Kem David Ahlers, Leadership, Nebraska
Cheryl Fleming, Leadership, West Virginia
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| 1979 |
Mary Goodloe, Achievement, Tennessee
Sheryl L. Hyden, Achievement, West Virginia
Cathy Stier, Citizenship, Michigan
Misty Stieglitz, Citizenship, Georgia
Ken Guin, Leadership, Alabama
Tracy Lewis, Leadership, Iowa
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| 1980 |
Thomas E. Hook, Achievement, Minnesota
Lori E. Spohr, Achievement, Indiana
Jeffrey N. Draine, Citiznship, Virginia
Margaret R. Silver, Citizenship, Indiana
Jean Kruger, Leadership, Illinois
Leah L. Roach, Leadership, Iowa
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| 1981 |
Beket Lang, Achievement, Massachusetts
Pat Field, Achievement, Colorado
Greg Ott, Citizenship, Florida
Susan Kay Riddle, Citizenship, California
Faye Pandora Hall, Leadership, Alabama
Carla Kaye Jones, Leadership, Oklahoma
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| 1982 |
Jenny Reuvers, Achievement, Minnesota
Nancy McGinness, Achievement, New York
Bryan Brock, Citizenship, New Mexico
Denise Simpson, Citizenship, Pennsylvania
Tricia Bloemker, Leadership, Nebraska
Beth Pickerill, Leadership, Illinois
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| 1983 |
Benjamin Davis, Achievement, New Hampshire
Antoinette Marsh, Achievement, California
Deborah Owen, Citizenship, California
Stephanie Pardoe, Citizenship, Maryland
Lori Butler, Leadership, Illinois
Heidee Wilson, Leadership, Utah
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| 1984 |
Patrick Kolba, Achievement, Wisconsin
AliceBeth MacMillen, Achievement, New York
Angela King, Citizenship, Georgia
Johce Nichols, Citizenship, Tennessee
Rodger Kerr, Leadership, Oklahoma
Charlotte R. Youree, Leadership, Tennessee
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| 1985 |
Rosemary Barnekow, Leadership, Wisconsin
David Burbank, Leadership, California
Duncan Murrell, Photography, Maryland
Jim Eischens, Health, Minnesota
James Rose, Leadership, Kentucky
Philip Bentz, Dog Care, Kansas
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| 1986 |
Michelle Gillette, Fashion Revue, Utah
Katherine Meadows, Horse, North Carolina
Charles Detamore II, Citizenship, West Virginia
Natalie James, Leadership, Oklahoma
Rebecca Brown, Dairy, New York
Brian Richert, Swine, Minnesota
Joel Pals, Safety, Idaho
Matthew Ohland, Achievement, New York
Janeen Peters, Citizenship, Oklahoma
Scott Pruitt, Entomology, Indiana
David Jones, Achievement, Georgia
Jill Faldmo, Leadership, Utah
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| 1987 |
Mitch Mason, Leadership, Alabama
Vanessa Hunnibell, Food-Nutrition, Massachusetts
Anne McDonald, Leadership, Minnesota
Kristi Petry, Citizenship, Minnesota
Shavonne Hooker, Bread, Montana
Tawny Killham, Achievement, Montana
Jerry Kiefer, Achievement, Oklahoma
Karla Byrd, Citizenship, Tennessee
Mark Powell, Sheep, Tennessee
Clay Cowdrey, Beef, Texas
Garnet Reed, Food Preservation, Washington
Jay Buckley, Safety, Wyoming
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| 1988 |
Chris Tompkins, Citizenship, Florida
Hope Dutton, Leadership, Georgia
Nikki Clifton, Public Speaking, Georgia
Ann Gedrites, Clothing, Massachusetts
Heather Easterday, Citizenship, Kansas
Bobbi Jo Hunt, Safety, Iowa
Greta Keller, Achievement, California
Rodney Roberts, Leadership, Utah
Michael Shaw, Petroleum Power, Florida
Kevin Stone, Achievement, Georgia
Patrick Harrold, Entomology, North Dakota
Jonathan Olson, Public Speaking, Minnesota
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| 1989 |
Chantel Marable, Food Preservation, Georgia
Laura Underwood, Citizenship, Alabama
Joy Allena Moore, Leadership, Georgia
Joy Darlene Park, Leadership, Utah
Michael Howell, Sheep, Maryland
Elizabth Anne Mapes Johnson, Achievement, Illinois
Johanna Nesseth, Public Speaking, Minnesota
Brandi Linhart, Achievement, Montana
Lori Melichar, Bread, Oklahoma
Ronald Mayberry, Citizenship, Tennessee
Alan Jefferson Winfree, Sheep, Tennesse
Ann Marie Hanson, Public Spaking, Wisconsin
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| 1990 |
Bonnie Rae Crispin, Citizenship, Maryland
Jan Nichols, Citizenship, Arkansas
Shawn Hooker, Achievement, Montana
Jeffrey Weness, Photography, Minnesota
Betsy Adkins, Safety, Nebraska
Peggy Sue Lorang, Consumer Education, Montana
Shanda Ostle, Achievement, California
Heather Loraine Saum, Clothing, Mississippi
James Miller, Leadership, Idaho
Jason West, Leadership, Missouri
Andrew Edward Conser, Dog Care, Kansas
Drew Horman, Conservation, Maryland
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| 1991 |
Monica Hansen, Achievement, Utah
Angela M. Jenkins, Achievement, Georgia
Cassandra a. Fuller, Citizenship, South Carolina
Jennifer Thacher, Citizenship, California
Melissa L. Dudley, Leadership, Mississippi
Gerald Martin, Leadership, Tennessee
Stacey D. Ludwig, Horse, Colorado
Marilyn Roig, Health, Puerto Rico
Jennifer B. Stone, Dog Care, Oklahoma
Carey J. Sonnenberg, Conservation, Ohio
Ricky Perez, Petroleum Power, Texas
Shameki L. Duncan, Public Speaking, Tennessee
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| 1992 |
Amy Hodges, Achievement, California
Brian Hudson, Achievement, Tennessee
Jade Riley, Citizenship, Idaho
Julie Stansfield, Citizenship, Utah
Timothy Edwards, Leadership, Georgia
Stacey Barger, Leadership, Nebraska
Meredith-Leigh Craig, Health, North Carolina
Heather Hull, Photography, Maryland
Nathan Horn, Public Speaking, Illinois
Jarvis Jernigan, Public Speaking, Mississippi
Kary Ritchie, Sheep, Arkansas
Kurt Strueh, Wood Science, Indiana
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| 1993 |
Nicole Renee Coleman, Achievement, California
Jeanne Dawn Gardner, Achievement, Oklahoma
Ginger Gayle Hull, Citizenship, Maryland
Andrew Paul Vanecek, Citizenship, Minnesota
Deric Shawn McClard, Leadership, Tennessee
Christopher Jason Parris, Leadership, Georgia
Autumn Elisabeth Stevenson, Conservation, Georgia
Bridgett Lamar Wiley, Conservation, North Carolina
Laurie Anne Myers, Fashion Revue, Louisiana
Jason Mark Schleich, Fashion Revue, Florida
Vance Travis Vesey, Horse, North Dakota
David Jonathan Rivera, Photography, Puerto Rico |
Anyone with additional information on the history of the National 4-H Presidential program... or, its predecessor awards, are encourated to contact the National 4-H History Preservation Program at: info@4-HHistoryPreservation.com
50th Reunion at National 4-H Congress
In 1986, Clayton Fox of Oregon, Cora Mae Briggs, Nebraska, Florence
Erickson Ries, Minnesota and Frederick Reichart, Indiana had a reunion at
the National 4-H Congress in Chicago. Fifty years earlier, in 1936, at
National 4-H Congress the foursome had been the top boy and top girl in the
Leadership and Achievement programs - winners of the Moses Trophies and the
President Roosevelt Trophies. Here is their story from the Fall 1986
National 4-H Council Quarterly.
"4-H Hall of Fame" Winners
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In the historical archives at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center
in Chevy Chase, Maryland there is a very large and heavy wooden plaque
displaying engraved name plates for all Leadership and Achievement
recipients of the Moses Trophy and the Presidential Trophy from their
beginning in the 1920s up through 1951.
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These early top winners in leadership and achievement were designated
National 4-H Hall of Fame winners. The Hall of Fame plaque originally hung
in the Boys and Girls Club Building at Chicago Union Stock Yards, site of
the International Live Stock Exposition.
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Hall of Fame plaque for national 4-H champions is shown being presented
by B. H. Heide, manager of the International Live Stock Exposition, for
hanging in the Boys and Girls Club Building. Accepting for the Clubs is
Miss Gertrude L. Warren of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Looking
on are Laura M. Bellin, Thiensville, Wisconsin and Harry Synar, Warner, Oklahoma.
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It is difficult to determine how long the Hall of Fame plaque has been
in storage, but undoubtedly for several decades, both with the National 4-H
Service Committee in Chicago and the National 4-H Council at the National
4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Alvin Davis, 1948 Moses Trophy winner, is shown next to the 4-H Hall
of Fame Plaque which bears his name, in October, 2010. The photo was taken
on the day Mr. Davis, from Lubbock, Texas, was inducted into the NAE4-HA's
Hall of Fame.
The insert photo shows Mr. Davis 62 years earlier, taken from
the Thos. E. Wilson Day program at the 1948 National 4-H Congress.
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Principal Author: Larry L. Krug
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