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2009 Robert L. Hall, University of Illinois Chicago Honorary Lifetime Membership
Jon Muller, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Honorary Lifetime Membership
James A. Brown, Northwestern University The Illinois Archaeology Career Achievement Award
Rochelle Lurie, Midwest Archaeological Research Services, Inc. The Charles J. Bareis Distinguished Service Award
John Walthall, Illinois Department of Transportation The Charles J. Bareis Distinguished Service Award
Michael Wiant, Illinois State Museum The Charles J. Bareis Distinguished Service Award
Joe MacFarland (staff writer for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources magazine Outdoor Illinois) The Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Rich Bradley (News Director for WUIS, Springfield) The Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Bill Wheeler (Retired State Historic Preservation Officer, IHPA) The Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Scott Fowler (Division Supervisor of the Land Reclamation Division) and Dean Spindler, (Lands Unsuitable for Mining Program) for their support and help with the Illinois State Site File GIS database. The Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Bob Nale and Earl Fey for their work on the IAAA Permanent Fund and their other manifold contributions to Illinois archaeology. The Leonard Blake Distinguished Amateur Award
Elizabeth Conzelman (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) for her winning paper: "Analysis of Status Based on Faunal Remains from the 2008 East Palisade Excavations at Cahokia". Jeanette E. Stephens Student Paper Award
2008 Chris Kirkpatrick (Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation) and David and Patricia Casper for their work in preserving the Aiken Mound Group, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Lori Belknap (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) for her winning paper: "Hammering out the Facts: An Analysis of Copper at Mound 34, Cahokia". Jeanette E. Stephens Student Paper Award
2007 Barbara Thoelke for her work as the Chair of the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society Land Acquisition Committee. Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Robert Swenson, ASA School of Architecture, SIU Carbondale for his work in historic preservation in Southern Illinois. Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Corene McDaniels (African American Museum of Southern Illinois), Ron Duncan (VP Shawnee Community College), Jody Johnson (U of I Extension), and Paul McNight (U of I Extension) for their continued support of archaeology at Miller Grove and Camp I, Too, Am America. Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Lacey Heflin(Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) for her winning paper: "Faunal Analysis of the 2005 Stephenson House Excavations in Madison County, Illinois: The Analysis of Socioeconomic Status in the Upland South Cultural Tradition". Jeanette E. Stephens Student Paper Award
2006 Alan Harn (Illinois State Museum-Dickson Mounds) Illinois Archaeological Survey Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Melvin Fowler (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Career Achievevent Awards
Dr. Jon Mueller (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) Career Achievevent Awards
Hal Hassen (IDNR), Harry Drucker (formerly INPR), Angella Moorehouse (IDNR), and Don McFall (INPR) for the nomination of the John Chapman Site (11JD12) to the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
The Gramercy Park Foundation, Friends of Albany Mounds, and Friends of the Indian Mounds Pool and Park Committee for work to preserve and/or improve prehistoric Native mound Groups Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Valerie L. Starr (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) for her winning paper: "Archaeology in the Age of Technology: A Virtual Rebuilding of a Late Woodland Keyhole Structure" Jeanette E. Stephens Student Paper Award
2005 Richard Kuenekke for producing SIU-TV's Artifacts and Heavy Timbers: the Reconstruction of Fort Massac Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Richard Townsend of the Art Institute of Chicago for his leadership in the creation of the show and book Hero, Hawk and Open Hand Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Kelly Arnold (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) for her winning paper: “Southern Illinois Ceramic Figurines: A Temporal Investigation". Jeanette E. Stephens Student Paper Award
2004 John Henry for his lifetime of work in western Illinois. Leonard W. Blake Distinguished Amateur Award
Robert and Doreen Stelton for their work with UMVARF. Leonard W. Blake Distinguished Amateur Award
Karen Poulson for her leadership and coordination of Illinois Archaeology Month and the creation of its website. Illinois Archaology Public Service Award
2003 Mark Mayer for work in Southern Illinois, providing access to his collections and data on Cantonment Wilkinson. Leonard W. Blake Distinguished Amateur Award
Alice Berkson, Duane Esarey and Kelvin Sampson for their work for Illinois Antiquity. Illinois Archaology Public Service Award
Leslie and Juanita Parsons, for providing access to and protecting important rock art on their property. Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Jack Liu for his work on radiometric dating and assistance to archaeologist Charles E. Bareis Distinguished Service Award
James Porter for his many years of service to the archaeology of the state of Illinois and to the IAS> IAS Memorial Service Award
2000 Gregory Perino Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Bowles, Hoffman, Holbrook Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Charles A. Swedlund Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Wayne and Myrta Smith Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Robert Grimm and Raymond Bieri Leonard W. Blake Distinguished Amateur Award
1999 Paul and Mary Chucalo Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Melvin Allscheid and Brian Luhr Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Mary Gilman Illinois Archaeology Public Service Award
Lucille and Howard Davis Leonard W. Blake Distinguished Amateur Award

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