Established in 1951, the Citizen Legion of Honor Award is the region’s premier volunteer recognition honoring community servant leaders for their unselfish dedication to our area and its people.  Nominations come in each year from 3 sources:  Past award recipients, member service clubs and past Presidents of The Presidents Club of Dayton.  Criteria was established years ago to honor 1 individual or a family couple who demonstrate these traits and accomplishments:

 

The volunteer selection committee reviews nominations each year and selects a recipient to be honored at The Presidents Club of Dayton Annual Meeting in early October.

 

Thanks to the generous contribution by Richard Schiewetz and Winsupply, Inc. to honor his father Harry F. Schiewetz (3rd recipient in 1953), The Presidents Club of Dayton constructed a permanent “Community Wall of Honor” on the 3rd floor of the Dayton Convention Center to memorialize these volunteer community leaders who have served our region since the late 1940s and beyond.

 

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  Award Year Name Employer Organization Affiliation 2023 Dr. Cassie Barlow Strategic Ohio Council on Higher Education Strategic Ohio Council on Higher Education 2022 Willis Hoke "Bing" Davis EbonNia Gallery EbonNia Gallery 2021 Lt Gen (rtd) Richard V. Reynolds United States Air Force Air Camp, Inc. 2020 No Award Due to COVID     2019 Roy G. Chew, Ph.D. Kettering Health Network United Way of the Greater Dayton Area 2018 Jenell R. Ross Bob Ross Auto Group Norma J. Ross Foundation 2017 Robert W. Mills, Jr. Synergy & Mills Development Gala of Hope Foundation 2016 Phillip L. Parker, CAE, CCE Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce The Presidents Club of Dayton 2015 Clark E. Beck, Sr., Sc.D. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base American Red Cross 2014 MaryAnn and Clayton Mathile The Iams Company The Mathile Family Foundation 2013 Ronald F. Budzik The Mead Corporation Dayton Early College Academy 2012 Marvin Olinsky Five Rivers Metroparks 4-H Youth Development Program 2011 Judge Walter H. Rice United States District Court Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations 2010 Robert K. Siebenthaler The Siebenthaler Company Five Rivers Metroparks 2009 R. Daniel Sadlier Fifth Third Bank University of Dayton 2008 Franz J. Hoge PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Montgomery County 2007 Francisco J. Perez Kettering Health Network Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce 2006 Ned J. Sifferlen, Ed.D. Sinclair Community College Good Samaritan Hospital 2005 Benjamin & Marian Schuster Community Philanthropists The Schuster Performing Arts Center 2004 Oscar Boonshoft Community Philanthropist Boonshoft Museum of Discovery 2003 J. Bradford Tillson, Jr. Cox Ohio Publishing Inventing Flight 2002 Anne S. Greene Community Volunteer Victoria Theatre Association 2001 Bro. Raymond L. Fitz, S.M., Ph.D. University of Dayton Family and Children First Council 2000 John E. Moore, Sr. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base The Dayton Foundation 1999 Frederick C. Smith Huffy Corporation Dayton Rotary 1998 Thomas J. Miske Environmental Engineering Systems of Dayton Northridge Optimist 1997 David H. Ponitz, Ed.D. Sinclair Community College Dayton Rotary 1996 Michael D. Pratt Montgomery County Juvenile Court Dayton Sertoma 1995 Gerald M. Hauer Hauer Music Company Dayton Rotary 1994 David R. Holmes Reynolds & Reynolds Dayton Rotary 1993 Bonnie Z. Macaulay City of Dayton Dayton Soroptimist 1992 Burnell R. Roberts Mead Corporation Dayton Rotary 1991 Joyce C. Young Community Volunteer Junior League of Dayton 1990 Charity Edna Earley Community Volunteer American Red Cross 1989 Jerry L. Kirby Citizens Federal Savings Dayton Rotary 1988 Edythe M. & Lloyd E. Lewis, Jr. Miami Conservancy District/DP&L Dayton Soroptimist/Downtown Optimist 1987 Mariwyn D. Heath Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority Dayton Business & Professional Women 1986 Doris H. Ponitz Community Volunteer Kids Voting 1985 James W. McSwiney Mead Corporation Dayton Rotary 1984 Robert C. Barr Sinclair Community College Dayton Rotary 1983 Patrick Henry Irelan Hipple-Irelan Advertising Kettering Rotary 1982 Chester A. Roush Kettering Public Schools Kettering Rotary 1981 Loren F. Minnick Standard Register Dayton Kiwanis 1980 Victor J. Cassano, Sr. Cassano's Dayton Rotary 1979 Paul P. Brown Brown & Head Associates Riverdale Optimist 1978 Milton L. Sprowl Nolan, Sprowl & Foley Shiloh Optimist 1977 Jo & Hermene Schwarz Schwarz School of Dance Dayton Ballet Company 1976 Virginia W. Kettering Community Philanthropist Dayton Soroptimist 1975 Charles F. Horn Horn & Rife Kettering Rotary 1974 Walter A. Reiling, M.D. Physician Dayton Optimist 1973 Harold L. Boda, Ph.D. Dayton Public Schools Dayton Kiwanis 1972 Robert H. Meyer Reynolds & Reynolds Dayton Rotary 1971 Herschel K. Headley Frigidaire Division, General Motors Kettering Rotary 1970 Rev. Forrest R. Stoneburner, D.D. Lutheran Social Services Big Brothers 1969 Robert S. Margolis Metropolitan Clothing Dayton Kiwanis 1968 George E. Sheer McCall Corporation Dayton Rotary 1967 Alva Deen Cook, M.D. Physician Dayton Roundtable 1966 Herman F. Lehman Frigidaire Division, General Motors Dayton Rotary 1965 Robert E. Kline National Cash Register Dayton Kiwanis 1964 Louis F. Wozar Tait Manufacturing Company Dayton Rotary 1963 Robert C. Neff Neff Folding Box Dayton Rotary 1962 Harry P. Jeffrey Iddings, Jeffrey & Donnelly The Salvation Army 1961 Vincent M. Shields, Sr. Montgomery County Juvenile Court Dayton Junior Chamber of Commerce 1960 Frank F. Pfeiffer Reynolds & Reynolds Dayton Lions 1959 Carl A. Copp Frigidaire Division, General Motors Mercatore 1958 Milton H. Wagner Wagner-Smith Dayton Kiwanis 1957 David L. Rike Rike-Kumler Co. Dayton Rotary 1956 Edward L. Kohnle Monarch Marking Dayton Rotary 1955 Rev. Harvey C. Hahn Otterbein E.U.B. Church Dayton Sertoma 1954 Walter H. J. Behm Winters Bank Dayton Chamber of Commerce 1953 Harry F. Schiewetz United States Post Office Dayton Kiwanis 1952 Mason M. Roberts Frigidaire Division, General Motors Dayton Kiwanis 1951 Stanley C. Allyn National Cash Register Dayton Rotary