The Bealer Award

Named after Alex W. Bealer

Robb Gunter is presented with the Alex Bealer Award, ABANA's most prestigious honor, by Scott Kretschmer.
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Recipients

  • 1982 Frank Turley 
  • 1983 Brent Kington 
  • 1984 Emmert Studebaker 
  • 1985 Dimitri Gerakaris
  • 1986 Francis Whitaker 
  • 1987 Bill Gichner 
  • 1988 Carl Jennings 
  • 1989 Judd Nelson 
  • 1990 Dick Quinnell
  • 1991 Jim Wallace
  • 1992 Manfred Bredohl 
  • 1993 Clifton Ralph 
  • 1994 Bud Oggier 
  • 1995 Jack Andrews 
  • 1996 Robert Owings
  • 1997 Clay Spencer
  • 1998 Dorothy Stiegler, Bill Manly 
  • 1999 Daryl Meier
  • 2000 Peter Ross, Michael Bondi
  • 2001 James Batson
  • 2002 Bob Patrick
  • 2003 Leonard Masters 
  • 2004 Albert Paley, Doug Hendrickson 
  • 2005 Mack Beal 
  • 2006 E.A. Chase 
  • 2007 Helmut Hillencamp
  • 2008 Tom Clark 
  • 2009 Bill Callaway
  • 2010 Elizabeth Brim
  • 2011 Peter Renzetti
  • 2012 Darryl Nelson, Toby Hickman 
  • 2013 Judy Berger 
  • 2014 Mark Aspery
  • 2015 Philip Simmons * 
  • 2016 Dan & Judy Boone
  • 2018 Joseph Koches 
  • 2019 George Dixon
  • 2020 Tom Latané
  • 2021 Ken Schwarz
  • 2022 Carl Close Jr.
  • 2023 Kevin Clancy
  • 2024 Robb Gunter

* Awarded posthumously.