Connecticut Audbon Society

The Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award

The Connecticut Audubon Society’s Volunteer Benchmark Award was established in 1993, and is given annually by our Board of Directors to one or more people whose volunteer activity has significantly enhanced our mission.  Each year, at our Annual Meeting, recipients are presented with a  plaque commemorating their dedication to conservation.

In 2007, the award was renamed the Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award.  Dave Engelman was a member of the Board of Directors, who lost a courageous battle with cancer on March 9, 2007.  He epitomized the characteristics of an extraordinary volunteer by helping Connecticut Audubon  grow both in spirit and as an organization.  He was a longtime member, donor, Board member, and for a time interim president managing day-to-day operations.  He truly made a lasting impression on all of us at Connecticut Audubon.

Recipients of the Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award
1993:Paul van der Stricht
Robert Braun
Uli Hellman
1994:Gloria Barnes
1995:John Tierney
1996:W. Bradley Morehouse
1997:Ann G. Wasmer
Fred Sibley
1998:Katherine DeWitt
Richard King
1999:Wright Montgomery
2000:Hugh Smith
2001:Marilyn Duda (Connecticut Audubon Society staff)
2002:Leslie Carothers
2003:Karla Strickland
2004:Dave Engelman
2005:George C. Cartwright
2006:Mrs. Lucie Warren
Milan Bull (Connecticut Audubon Society staff)
2007:Peter and Carleen Kunkel
Duffy Schade
2008:Lorne Wilson
Judy Harper (Connecticut Audubon  Society staff)
2009:Wendell & Alison Davis
Judith F. Richardson
Carl Trichka
2010:Benjamin Williams
2011Ross and Barbara Strickland
2012Fred Schroeder
Carrie Shelton
2013Philip W. Stein
James G. Denham
2014

Phil Donahue

2015

Toshia Barnett

Diana Atwood Johnson

2016

Walter “Sandy” Sanstrom
Jerid O’Connell
Kathleen Hart
George Dewey
Lawrence J. Lunden

 2017Louise Crocco (Connecticut Audubon  Society staff)
Richard Telford
Dan Miller
D.G. Warner
2018Ralph Wood
Charles Stebbins
Karen Cowperthwaite
Read about the 2018 winners here.
2019Charles N. Watson
Karen Forbes
Joyce Gillon
Sandra Brown
Read about the 2019 winners here.
2020Eleanor Perkins Robinson
Michael Aurelia
Frank Mantlik
Tricia Gregory
Read about the 2020 winners here.
2021Lori Romick
Misty Beyer
Jim Sherwonit
Tyler Luciani
Shawn Bay
Read about the 2021 winners here.
2022Jeanne C. Olivier
2023George Amato
 2024Christina Clayton

 

 

 

 

 

 

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