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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Awards: Medal of Achievement Award

Medal of Achievement Award

Awarded to an individual and/or organization who has made outstanding contributions to the field of horticulture and/or used horticulture as an avenue to create positive societal change that has impacted the Greater Philadelphia Region. (Formerly known as Distinguished Achievement Award). 

Medal of Achievement Award Recipients

2022 Stephen Maciejewski
2021 Margaret Sadler
2020   Blaine Bonham
2018   Robin Potter
2017   Michael Petrie
2016   Margaret McCarvill
2015   Jack Blandy
2014   Paul A. Levy
2013   Chanticleer
2012   Jane G. Pepper
2011   Howard M. Neukrug
2010   Laurie D. Olin, RLA, FASLA
2009   Walter M. Off
2008   Robert A. Bartlett, Jr.
2007   Christopher Woods
2006   Edward L. Lindemann
2005   Dr. Richard William Lighty
2004   Darrel Apps, Ph.D.
2003   Ann F. Rhoads, Ph.D.
2002   Elizabeth P. McLean
2001   Mrs. Samuel M.V. Hamilton
2000   Judith D. Zuk
1999   Paul W. Meyer
1998   Lee Morris Raden
1997   Frederick E. Roberts
1996   Marco Polo Stufano
1995   John F. Collins
1994   Francis H. Cabot
1993   Dr. Elwin R. Orton
1992   No  Distinguished Achievement Award  this year
1991   Pamela Cunningham Copeland
1990   No  Distinguished Achievement Award  this year
1989   Elisabeth Woodburn
1988   James E. Cross
1987   Dr. L. Wilbur Zimmerman
1986   Dr. Donald R. Egolf
1985   Joanna McQuail Reed
1984   Mary Louisa Butcher Hill
1983   William Flemer, III
1982   Ernesta Drinker Ballard
1981   Everitt L. Miller
1980   William H. Frederick, Jr.
1979   Dr. John Franklin Styer
1978   F. Gordon Foster
1977   Emily Read Cheston
1976   James S. Wells
1975   Owen B. Schmidt
1973 Jacques L. Lengendre
1972 Henry T. Skinner
1971 Edgar T. Wherry
1970 John M. Fogg, Jr.
1969 Mrs. E. Page Allison
  American Horticultural Society
1968 Norristown Garden Club
1967 Gertrude Smith Wistar
  Pennsalt Chemical Company
1966 Martha Ludes Garra
1965 Lois Woodward Paul
1964 Carl W. Fenninger
  Stewart L. Udall