Lorenz Award scrapbook and list

Archive

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Sample pages from the scrapbook

Sample pages from the scrapbook

Name/Title

Lorenz Award scrapbook and list

Entry/Object ID

2023.06.18

Scope and Content

Pages from a scrapbook that documented the people and their achievements that merited a Lorenz Award from 1999 to 2009. The pages are loose but covered in plastic covers. Each page is different, some have photos, newspaper clippings, or handwritten/printed notes. Winners of the award also are recognized on a plaque in the History Center vestibule. Lorenz award winners/year Jeffery Wilcox 1997 Robert D. Johnson 1998 James Schmiechen and Arlene Sherman 1999 Ken Carls 2000 Kit Lane and Ted Reyda 2001 Joan J. Phillips 2002 William Manifold 2003 Ron Hirsch 2004 Dorothea Lyon 2005 Jack Sheridan 2006 Jane Underwood 2007 Dick Haight 2008 Chris Yoder 2009 Judy Hillman 2010 Bill Hess 2011 Harold Thieda 2012 Sally Winthers 2013 Marsha Kontio 2014 Judi Vanderbeck 2015 Fred Schmidt 2016 Vic Bella 2017 Ken Kutzel 2018 Mary Voss 2019 Michael Sweeney 2020 Julie Bizzis and Randy DiRosa 2021 Steve Hutchins 2022 Chuck Gustafson 2023 Peg Sanford 2024 (certificate received in May 2025)

Context

The Charles J. Lorenz Award of Achievement is given to acknowledge distinguished leadership in service to the Society toward fulfilling the spirit and mission of the Society, namely, "to provide leadership, enabling the community to understand its past, and use its history to shape its future and preserve its quality of life". Award nomination form 2011 The Lorenz Award was established in 1997 to honor the memory of Charles “Chuck” Lorenz, who gave generously of his time, talent, money and energy in researching the early history of Saugatuck and Singapore, as well as the formation and development of this organization. Winners are selected each year by a special History Center committee, recognizing distinguished leadership in fulfilling the Center's mission to "help the community understand its past and use its history to shape its future and preserve its quality of life". SDHC press release 18 Sept. 2020

Collection

SDHS/SDHC general

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.06

Source or Donor

Found in the SDHS/SDHC collection

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Dimensions

Height

12 in

Width

12 in

Location

Box

180 Awards

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wilcox, Jeff 1946-2024, Johnson, Robert Dexter 1929-2008, Schmiechen, James A., Sherman, Arlene Birkholz, Carls, Ken, Lane, Kit 1939-2024, Reyda, Ted, Phillips, Joan, Manifold, William "Bill", Hirsch, Ron, Lyon, Dottie ?-2019, Sheridan, John "Jack" O. 1938-, Underwood, Jane Durham (current), Haight, Dick, Yoder, Chris, Hillman, Judy, Hess, William "Bill" Weaver 1946-2024, Thieda, Harold, Kontio, Marsha, Vanderbeck, Judi, Schmidt, Fred, Kutzel, Ken, Voss, Mary, Sweeney, Michael Sampson 1947-2020, Bizzis, Julie, DiRosa, Randy, Hutchins, Steve, Gustafson, Chuck, Sanford, Peg 1944-

Create Date

May 9, 2023

Update Date

May 23, 2025