Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award Explained

The Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award (formerly the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award and ANA Distinguished Service Award^[1]) is the highest honor conferred by the American Numismatic Association.^[2] The award was formerly named after Farran Zerbe, a one-time president of the American Numismatic Association. It is given in recognition of numerous years of outstanding, dedicated service to numismatics. The criteria for the nominee should be that the individual is considered someone who has rendered numerous years of outstanding service to the ANA as well as the field of numismatics.^[3] In May 2022, the award was re-named in honor of Chester L. Krause, the founder of Krause Publications.^[6]

Winners

1950s

• 1951 – M. Vernon Sheldon
• 1952 – June T. Pond
• 1953 – Col. Joseph Moss
• 1954 – Lewis M. Reagan
• 1955 – Dr. J Hewitt Judd
• 1956 – Richard S. Yeoman
• 1957 – No Award Given
• 1958 – Burton H. Saxton
• 1959 – Louis S. Werner

1960s

• 1960 – Glenn B. Smedley
• 1961 – Dr. John F. Lhotka, Jr.
• 1962 – Lee F. Hewitt
• 1963 – Elston G. Bradfield
• 1964 – Jack W. Ogilvie
• 1965 – Lionel C. Panosh
• 1966 – J. Douglas Ferguson
• 1967 – Dr. John S. Davenport
• 1968 – Oscar H. Dodson
• 1969 – Eric P. Newman

1970s

• 1970 – Charles M. Johnson
• 1971 – Don Sherer
• 1972 – Abe Kosoff
• 1973 – Matt H. Rothert
• 1974 – Herbert Berge
• 1975 – Margo Russell
• 1976 – Fred C. Bowman and Maurice M. Gould
• 1977 – Chester L. Krause
• 1978 – William C. Henderson
• 1979 – John J. Gabarron

1980s

• 1980 – John Jay Pittman
• 1981 – Virgil Hancock
• 1982 – George D. Hatie
• 1983 – Clyde Hubbard
• 1984 – Charles L. Krause and Clifford Mishler
• 1985 – Adna G. Wilde, Jr.
• 1986 – Charles H. Wolfe
• 1987 – Virginia Culver and Edward C. Rochette
• 1988 – Adeline and Aubrey E. Bebee
• 1989 – Harry X. Boosel

1990s

• 1990 – James L. Miller
• 1991 – Q. David Bowers
• 1992 – Paul R. Whitnah
• 1993 – Robert L. Hendershott
• 1994 – Florence M. Schook
• 1995 – Dorothy C. Baber and Bill Fivaz
• 1996 – Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
• 1997 – Ruthann Brettell
• 1998 – Bert and Kenneth E. Bressett
• 1999 – Kenneth L. Hallenbeck

2000s

• 2000 – Arthur M. Kagin
• 2001 – Harry J. Forman
• 2002 – Anthony J. Swiatek
• 2003 – Lighthouse Family and Charles J. Ricard
• 2004 – Gene R. and Patricia Hynds
• 2005 – Joseph E. Boling
• 2006 – Larry J. Gentile, Sr.
• 2007 – Nancy Opitz Wilson and John Wilson
• 2008 – Gene Hessler
• 2009 – John Eshbach

2010s

• 2010 – Beth Deisher
• 2011 – Anthony Terranova^[7]
• 2012 – Arthur M. Fitts III and Prudence Fitts
  • 2013 – David Schenkman 2014 – Neil Shafer
• 2015 – Donn Pearlman^[8]
• 2016 – Mark Lighterman and Myrna Lighterman^[9]
• 2017 – Brian Fanton^[10]
• 2018 – Cindy Wibker^[11]
• 2019 – Thomas Hallenbeck^[12]

2020s

• 2020 – Walt Ostromecki^[13]
• 2021 – Kerry Wetterstrom^[14]
• 2022 - Thomas J. Uram^[15]
• 2023 - Mike Fuljenz^[16]
• 2024 - Dwight N. Manley

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jewett . Larry . ANA's highest honor to get a new name after 70 years . coinworld.com . Amos Media Company . 7 October 2021.
2. http://www.money.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Awards2&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=5280 Money.org | Award – Farran Zerbe
3. September 21, 2021. American Numismatic Association. New Name for ANA Accolade. September 21, 2021.
4. In 2021, the ANA Board of Governors voted to change its name to the ANA Distinguished Service Award, following an investigation that uncovered accusations of fraudulent behavior on Zerbe's part.^[3]
5. An additional qualification is that the nominee should be a former Medal of Merit and Glenn Smedley Memorial Award recipient. The award is limited only to members of the ANA.^[3]
6. Web site: Thomas Uram to Receive American Numismatic Association’s Highest Honor . coinweek.com . CoinWeek, LLC. . 6 June 2022.
7. Web site: Microsoft Word – 2006 Award Winner List.doc . 2007-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002515/http://www.money.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/Awards/Past_Award_Recipient_List.pdf . 2007-09-27 . dead.
8. Web site: Pearlman to receive Farran Zerbe Memorial Award . Money.org . American Numismatic Association . 16 July 2019 . March 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230329193549/https://www.money.org/ana-blog/2015-farran-zerbe-memorial-award-recipient . dead .
9. Web site: Mark and Myrna Lighterman Awarded ANA'S 2016 Farran Zerbe Memorial Award . Money.org . American Numismatic Association . 16 July 2019.
10. Web site: Iowa dealer Brian Fanton to receive 2017 Farran Zerbe Memorial Award tonight . CanadianCoinNews.com . August 4, 2017 . Trajan Publishing Corporation . 16 July 2019.
11. Web site: ANA Highest Honor Awards Given to Numismatists Making a Difference . CoinsWeekly.com . August 14, 2018. MünzenWoche GmbH . 16 July 2019.
12. Web site: ANA Awards Given to Numismatists Making a Difference . CoinWeek.com . July 31, 2019 . CoinWeek, LLC . 9 August 2019.
13. News: Crawford . Olivia . Where There's a Walt, There's a Way . . 8 . American Numismatic Association . August 2020. 133 .
14. News: Crawford . Olivia . Keep Calm and Kerry On . The Numismatist . 8 . American Numismatic Association . August 2021. 134 .
15. Web site: Thomas Uram to Receive American Numismatic Association’s Highest Honor . coinweek.com . CoinWeek, LLC. . 1 June 2022.
16. McCommons . Olivia . Setting the Gold Standard . The Numismatist . August 2023 . 136 . 8 . 38-45.