The Ernest Schoensee  Memorial Award

Past Recipiants M/M Les Hines 1977* Joseph Nufer 1978* Eva Elievich 1979* Mary Taveggia 1980* Edith Groves 1981* Raymond Bains 1982* Bruce & Adele Romant 1983* Richard Schmidt 1984* Ethel Rogalski 1985* Ed Kowal 1986* James Hill 1987 Not awarded 1988 Judy Bell 1989 George Hartley 1990 Paul Banish 1991 Dorothy Schmidt 1992+ Walter Lemire 1993+ Dora Pepino 1994* Rick Robertson 1995* Douglas Bima 1996 Robert Mortensen 1997 Not Awarded 1998 Bruce Gearns 1999 Ronald Loch 2000 Arthur Oberlin 2001* Not Awarded 2002 Gerald Carney 2003* Vern Fahrenkrug 2004 Diane M. Schrift 2005 W. Thomas Schrift 2006 Roman Kwarcinski 2007 *Deceased +Honorary Life Members

The Ernest A. Schoensee Memorial Award is the most prestigious award granted by the Detroit Rose Society.  It pre-dates the American Rose Society's Bronze Honor Medal.  Traditionally it is presented at the end of the year at the Holiday Party.  It may or may not be granted annually and is an honor that was originally reserved for DRS  members who gave outstanding service to the society.                      The criteria for this award has evolved over time and eventually honorees were DRS members who demonstrated continuous and longtime service to the Detroit Rose Society.

Committee Procedure:      The president of the Detroit Rose Society selects       three current dues paying members to serve on a        secret Schoensee Award Selection Committee. The President and the committee members are           not eligible for the annual  award.  The majority of the committee must agree on the       winner.  The winner of the award must have provided             outstanding service to the Detroit Rose Society     over a long peroid of time, but not necessarily in         the year it is awarded. (Although not a rule of the Schoensee Award, the President of the society for a number of years has selected past recipiants of the award for the committee.  Who better to know those who have given their best to the society?)

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