Community Awards
The Troy Area Chamber of Commerce awards program recognizes and celebrates achievements of individuals who distinguish themselves through their work or personal involvement within the commuity. Nominations are accepted throughout the year, with deadlines for specific nominations listed.
The Awards Committee of the TACC seeks nominations and recommends candidates for community leadership awards, including: Young Man of the Year, Young Woman of the Year, Community Service Award, Outstanding Educator of the Year, and Distinguished Citizen.
Click on the links below for information on each award.
To submit a nomination, complete the online form or download the form and submit to the Troy Area Chamber of Commerce by the appropriate deadline.
Community Service Awards
his Award is given to recognize citizens living and/or working in the Troy area, who have made exceptional contributions to the Troy community over an extended period of time.
These individuals will be recognized at the Chamber's Community Awards Night in November.
Nominations will be accepted year round. Nominations accepted after September 30 each year will be held for the following year.
Use the online form for nomination or download the form HERE.
Past Recipients:
1976 Susan Pauly
1976 Dr. Harry Shilling
1977 Alice Flege
1977 William & Derry Hartley
1977 R. E. Rutherford
1978 G. Joseph Reardon
1978 Barbara Shepard
1979 Dean Matthews
1979 Herman Musman
1979 Dr. Stanley Vorpe
1980 S. Lois Davies
1980 George Gurklies Frederick & Virginia LeFevre
1981 Earl Good
1981 Jay Holcomb
1981 Paul Klein
1981 David Saidleman
1982 Martha Allen
1982 Ellis Kerr
1982 Charles Ross
1983 JPWard
1983 Lee Mitchell
1983 Lucille Wheat
1984 Martha M. Chipley
1984 Charles E. Gorrell
1984 Wilfred Reed Stephey
1985 Carl & Virginia Boese
1985 Adolph Brinkman
1985 Carel & Lois Cornelisse
1986 Omar Eyler
1986 Ernest Thokey
1986 Fred & Josephine West
1987 Mary Margaret Davis
1988 Keith Bader
1989 Allin Jackson
1989 Mary Beth Pierce
1990 Betty Kilpatrick
1991 Judith Logan
1992 Martin & Ida Buechter
1992 Velma Schlemmer
1993 Laura Noftle
1994 Eileen Katzenberger
1995 Fred Stang
1996 Olive Ryan
1997 Dale Vesper
1998 Susan L. Parker
1999 Wesley & Jackie McCoy
2000 Frosty & Connie Brown
2001 St. Patrick Soup Kitchen Volunteers
2002 William “Bill” and Mary Ann Cusac
2003 Oscar “Bus” Allen Group: Trinity Nearly New Exchange
2004 Ralph and Betty Gray Group: Health Partners of Miami County
2005 Mary Jane Moyer Group: Brukner Nature Center
2006 Jan and Rex Bigelow Group: First United Methodist Food Pantry
2007 Ralph Grilliot Group: Partners In Hope
2008 Mariet E. Headapohl Group: Hospice of Miami County
2009 Arthur & Gail Haddad Group: Family Connection of Miami Co. Inc.
2010 W. Bruce George Group: Operation Cloverleaf
2011 Lucy DiSalvo Group: Troy Auxiliary Police
2012 Terry & Karen Purke Group: Altrusa Mobile Meals
2013 James Taylor Group: UVMC Auxiliary
2014 Bill Christie Group: Miami County Dental Clinic
2015 Ted Mercer Group: Troy Main Street, Inc. (25th anniversary)
The award given annually since 1968, honors an individual living and/or working in the Troy area, who has distinguished themselves by making an outstanding contribution in business and/or in their personal lives that has benefited the Troy community.
The selected individual will be honored at the Chamber's Community Awards Night held in November.
Nominations will be accepted year round. Nominations accepted after September 30 each year will be held for the following year.
Download the nomination form HERE.
Past Recipients
1969 Clayton Brukner
1970 E. A. Hobart
1971 David A. Meeker
1972 Katherine Hennessey
1973 Perlema Sewell
1974 Thomas Wheeler
1975 Ivan Terrell
1976 J. Cameron Dungan
1977 Robert E. Hall
1978 Robert C. Russell
1979 John H. Lafferty
1980 Max A. Myers
1981 A. Robert Davies
1982 David B. Meeker
1983 Mark Knoop
1984 Robert & Lucia Bravo
1985 Frank E. Bazler
1986 William H. Hobart
1987 Richard C. Fesker
1988 Forrest A. Archer
1989 William J. McGraw III
1990 G. Joseph Reardon
1991 William M. Dixon
1992 Douglas A. Campbell
1993 Al Mayer
1994 Parker A. Behm
1995 Thom & Pat Robinson
1996 William E. Lukens
1997 Doris Ann Blackmore
1998 Joan C. Heidelberg
1999 Arthur D. Haddad
2000 Richard W. Klockner
2001 Ronald B. Scott
2002 Dr. Richard Adams
2003 Evelyn Sheafer
2004 Ruth and Peter E. Jenkins
2005 Robert and Ann Baird
2006 Richard J. Fraas
2007 Wanda Lukens
2008 Bill and Carla Lohrer
2009 Dr. Mark & Carol Hess
2010 Charles Cochran
2011 Dan & Carole Kerber
2012 Bob Koverman
2013 Robert Schlemmer
2014 Joel & Nancy Walker
2015 Robert J. Shook
This award recognizes professionally certified educators, residing and/or working in the Troy area, who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the field of education. An award of $1,000.00 is presented to the recipient from The Troy Foundation for $500 to be allocated to the school and $500 allocated to the teacher’s classroom.
Recipients are recognized at the Community Awards Night held in November.
Nominations will be accepted year round. Nominations accepted after September 30 each year will be held for the following year.
Use the online nomination form or download the form HERE.
Past Recipients:
1969 Robert Brown
1970 Delmar Preston
1971 Charles E. Long
1972 Frank H. Prouty
1973 Laura Powell
1974 Kathryn Epperson & Eugene Epperson
1975 Olive Ryan
1976 Esther Rasor
1977 Banna Smith
1978 Robert Fletcher
1979 John S. Rodgers
1980 Cardiff T. Hall
1981 Debra Keppel
1982 Dr. Robert Becker
1983 David Brewer
1984 Dale Vesper
1985 Frank Dunn
1985 Tom Dunn
1986 Clara Jones
1987 Charlotte Sharett
1988 Pat Morris
1989 Fonda Lou Eaton
1990 Susan Latta
1991 Kathy Curtis
1992 Kathy Wagner
1993 Matt Pierce
1994 Ronald Phillis
1995 Lorrie Kubaszewski
1996 Shirley Sheffer
1997 Ginny Dowd
1998 Chris Davis
1999 Rhonda Ball
2001 Darla York Kyle Elementary
2002 John Mauntler Troy High School
2003 Ty Welker Troy High School
2004 Cindy Clark Van Cleve Elementary
2005 Jason Scott Troy High School
2006 Tami Yahle Upper Valley JVS (39th)
2007 Paul Gibboney Director of Special Ed.
2008 Rita Hollenbacher Upper Valley JVS
2009 Margaret Carpenter Forest Elementary
2010 Keith Yunker Troy High School
2011 Ginny Beamish Upper Valley JVS
2012 Clark Shirgley Troy Junior High School
2013 Paul Delwiche Troy High School
2014 Chuck Karnehm Cookson Elementary
2015 Kathy McIntosh Troy High School
This award is traditionally given to recognize the achievements of a young man under the age of 40, living in the Troy area, who has distinguished himself through civic, work and community contributions.
Recipients are recognized at the Community Awards Night in November.
Nominations will be accepted year round. Nominations accepted after September 30 each year will be held for the following year.
Download the nomination form here.
Past Recipients:
1955 Frank J. Shrader
1956 Fred J. McConnell, Jr.
1957 Frank E. Bazler
1958 John J. Lafferty
1959 James F. Blackmore
1960 John G. Hanner
1961 Robert E. Roediger
1962 Peter E. Jenkins
1963 Arthur D. Haddad
1964 Townsend Foster, Jr.
1965 Charles R. Sharett
1966 Dr. Robert R. C. Buchan
1967 Louis Vlasho
1968 Dr. A. Robert Davies
1969 Malvern K. Timm
1970 David P. Matevia
1971 William E. Lukens
1972 John E. Kirkland, Jr.
1973 Jerry L. Brown
1974 J. Dennis Day
1975 Daniel M. Synan
1976 Robert G. Nason
1977 Stephen D. Hamilton
1978 Robert N. Schlemmer
1979 J. Joseph Wagner
1980 John B. Biggs, Jr.
1981 Steve M. Baker
1982 Larry L. Lavender
1983 William J. McGraw
1984 Jeffrey Welbaum
1985 Doug Swallow
1986 Dale D. Davy
1987 Thomas Mercer
1988 Mike Beamish
1989 Alan Kappers
1990 Douglas D. Trostle
1991 Paul (Jody) Davis
1992 John Miller
1993 John Carnes
1994 Ted Mercer
1995 Bill Whidden
1996 Mark Tremblay
1997 Richard Steineman
1998 Matt Pierce
2002 Stanley Kegley
2003 Stephen Lucas
2004 Ted Roller
2005 Aaron Johnson
2006 Jay Moeller
2007 Joe Dickerson
2008 Dr. Jason Johnston
2009 Doug Jackson
2010 Mark Puthoff
2011 Rob Davis
2012 Brock Heath
2013 Ed Westmeyer
2014 Shane Carter
2015 Michael Ham
The award given annually to a young female, under the age of 40, living and/or working in Troy Area, who made a significant contribution to the Troy community through civic, work and community contributions.
Recipients are recognized at the Community Awards Night in November.
Nominations will be accepted year round. Nominations accepted after September 30 each year will be held for the following year.
Download the nomination form here.
Past Recipients:
1973 Sara L. Duff
1974 Carol V. Hess
1975 Charlene A. Swob
1976 Judith L. Perry
1977 Catherine (McConnell) Knoop
1978 Jane Beth Hoover
1979 Prudence Schaefer
1980 Katherine M. Wells
1981 Valaria McCabe
1982 Sherri L. Scheuerman
1983 June Cordrey
1984 Loretta Phillips
1985 Bonnie Small
1986 Mary Ann Gerlach
1987 Janet Manning
1988 Dee Mahan
1989 Cindy Meeker
1990 Kathy Dixon
1991 Rosemary Frey
1992 Tamara Baird Ganley
1993 Kim Hopsecker
1994 Anne Garrison-Ross
1995 Susan Behm
1996 Julie Winner
1997 Deb Sarber Matthews
1998 Sharon Tecklenburg
2002 Teresa Bollinger
2003 Amita E. Snyder
2004 Nancy Hargrove
2005 Candice Anderson
2006 Dr. Leslie Culp
2007 Carol Hines Milota
2008 Chris Moeller
2009 Jessica Minesinger
2010 Susan Walker Hemm
2011 Tonya Dickerson
2012 Colleen Gilardi
2013 Kate Lins
2014 Heidi Scribner
2015 Mary Wolke
Chamber Award Recipient Contact Information Update Form
Recipients of awards given by the Troy Area Chamber of Commerce can update their contact information HERE.
For more information about Community Awards, contact:
Kathi Roetter
Executive Director
937-339-8769
kroetter@troyohiochamber.com