President's Award

In 1999, the Illinois State Dental Society's Board of Trustees voted to allow the Society President to present up to two awards to a dental or non-dental individual or group for their special contribution to dentistry and the dental profession.

President's awards winners:

  • 1999 Peoria District Dental Society
  • 2000 Dr. Peter Paulson, Hootman Dental Lab
  • 2001 Dr. Dennis E. Manning
  • 2002 Mr. Arthur "Ron” Swanson; The Executive Staff of ISDS - Robert Rechner, Lee Ann Beane, Greg Johnson, Dave Marsh, Jeanne Rice and Kathy Ridley
  • 2003 Dr. Thomas Sullivan, ISDS President, presented the President’s Award to the Peoples Resource Center (Dr. Gerald Ciebien, Patricia Ciebien, Dr. Keith Suchy and Mary Ellen Durbin)
  • 2004 Dr. Victor H. Escobar, Champaign, IL.
  • 2005 The Grottos (accepted by Dr. Harvey Wigdor).
  • 2006 The McHenry County Cooperative Dental Clinic (Mr. Donald F. Larson & Dr. Diane Metrick), Dr. Howard Cooper
  • 2007 Dr. Barbara Mousel, Dr. David J. Fulton, Sr.
  • 2008 SIUC Community Dental Center , Elaine Pesavento 2009
  • 2009 Dr. Susan Bordenave Bishop.
  • 2010 Dr. Mark Humenik & Dr. Bradley Barnes
  • 2011 Dr. Stephen N. Doran
  • 2012 Mary Beth Humenik, Dr. Loren Feldner, Dr. Cheryl Watson-Lowry & Dr. Paul Kattner
  • 2013 William E. Feurer, J.D. & Dr. Thomas E. Sullivan
  • 2014 Dr. Timm Schwartz, Dr. Mike Durbin
  • 2015 Senator John Cullerton
  • 2016 Mrs. Dionne Haney
  • 2017 Dr. Joseph Hagenbruch & Illinois State Senator William Hane
  • 2018 Dr. Phillip Fijal, Mr. David Marsh and Mr. Ross Kraemer
  • 2019 Dr. J. Barry Howell, John & Anna Markarian
  • 2020 Dr. William A. Simon, Dr. D. Spencer Pope, Dr. Ralph J. Nelson
  • 2021: Mrs. Lee Ann Beane, Mr. Eric Larson
  • 2022: Dr. Bruce Rotter, Dr. Clark Stanford
  • 2023: Dr. James Benz, Dr. Raymond Rawson
  • 2024: Dr. James Bryniarski, Dr. Ronald Waryjas