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Sandee Panichi is a Gerontologist with Cobb Senior Services. Sandee has been employed with Cobb Senior Services for five years as the Manager of the East Cobb Multipurpose Senior Center. See this article!

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GGS Award Winners 2007

Melanie McNeil                             Elsie Alvis Award
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Aging, Atlanta

Shelby Lacy                                  John Tyler Mauldin Award
Director of Community Education, Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens

Patrice Earnest                             Louis Newmark Award
Aging Resources Coordinator, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta

Dr. Stacey Kolomer                       Marietta Suhart Award
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens

Not Awarded                                  Dan Hickman Award
 

Senator Eric Johnson
Senator Jack Hill
Senator Eric Johnson
Senator Tommie Williams                
Legislative Award   

Sudha Reddy                                  Citation of Merit
Chief Nutritionist, Georgia Division of Aging Services, Atlanta

Edna Garst                                      Citation of Merit
Senior Center Volunteer, Athens

Barbara Karcher                             Citation of Merit
Retired Faculty, Kennesaw University, Marietta

Pam Matheson                                Citation of Merit
Care Coordinator, Visiting Nurse Health System, Decatur

Pam Breeden                                  Citation of Merit
Executive Director, Cobb Senior Services, Marietta

Chris Williams                                 Citation of Merit
Director, Bacon County Senior Activity Center, Alma
 



A History of the Georgia
Gerontology Society Awards


The Georgia Gerontology Society annually acknowledges the outstanding achievements of individuals in the field of Gerontology through the presentations of awards during its annual meeting and conference.

The Georgia Gerontology Society established an early tradition of recognizing significant achievement and contributions to the field of aging. Since 1966, the Annual Meeting and Conference has included an Awards Ceremony as a particular highlight. During the first years, awards were given in a variety of categories - Individual, Professional, Distinguished Service, and area of service. With the passage of time, the number and type of awards has become more established. Several awards have been named for individuals who have been significant to the Georgia Gerontology Society and to gerontology in the state of Georgia - John Tyler Mauldin, Elsie Alvis, Louis Newmark, Robert P. Wray, Marietta Suhart, and Dan Hickman.

As the Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary, the following Awards are our standard:

 

 

The Elsie Alvis Award (Formally the Professional Award) is given to the outstanding professional in gerontology with a minimum of 15 years of service. The Award was first given in 1970 as a Professional Award and was named in honor of Elsie Alvis in 1980. This designation honors an early GGS member who received the Individual Award in 1966, the first year Awards were made. She served as the Director of the Governor's Commission on Aging, later the State Commission on Aging, beginning in 1960. She served well past the age of 70 and directed statewide study to develop Georgia's Story of Her Aging, published as the official Georgia report to the 1961 White House Conference on Aging.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
1970 - Mrs. Carolyn French / 1977 - Olga Spindell
1979 - Dr. Eugene Sherman / 1980 - Frank Whittington
1981 - Dr. David Levine / 1982 - Troy Bledsoe
1983 - Dorothy McArthur / 1984 - Judy Hagebak
1985 - Helen Conner / 1986 - Marietta Suhart
1987 - Dr. Jim Marshall / 1988 - Eve B. Levine
1989 - Diane Brin, RN / 1990 - Pam Buckmaster
1991 Gregory A. Foster, M.D. / 1992 - Ernestine Thompson
1993 - Harriet L. Cohen / 1994 - Barbara Payne-Stancil
1995 - Ellen Smith / 1996 - Linda Hampton
1997 - Joyce Horsley / 1998 - Deborah Sullivan
1999 - Margie Searcy / 2000 - Richard Meeks
2001 - Cathie Berger / 2002 - Jeanette Cummings
2003 - Kay Hind / 2004 - Maria Greene
2005 - Hunter Hurst / 2006 - Cliff Burt


 


 

The John Tyler Mauldin Award is given to an older individual in Georgia who exemplifies a positive role model of outstanding Achievement in the field of Aging. First given to Dr. Mauldin in 1967 as the First Annual Outstanding Achievement Award, it was named for the first recipient the next year. Dr. Mauldin, a prominent Atlanta surgeon and also an early GGS activist, was appointed in 1959 to Chair the newly established
Governor's Commission on Aging, later the State Commission. He directed the planning of Georgia's participation in the 1961 White House Conference on Aging.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
1967 - Dr. John T. Mauldin / First Annual Outstanding Achievement Award
1968 - L.C. Butcher / John T. Mauldin Award
(formerly Annual Outstanding Achievement Award re-named for 1967 recipient)
1970 - Hugh Gaston / 1974 - Fred P. Manget
1976 - Cheryll Schramm / 1977 - James Thorson
1978 - Jeanne Bartle / 1979 - Ray Avant
1980 - Rep. Eleanor Richardson / 1981 - Camille Jeffers
1982 - State Senator Pierre Howard / 1983 - Virginia M. Smyth
1984 - Vita Ostrander / 1985 - Eleanor Richardson
1986 - Clara West / 1987 - Kay Hind
1988 - Dr. Wilbur Watson / 1989 - Julie Cohn
1991 Dr. Leonard W. Poon / 1992 Cheryll Schramm
1993 - Charlee Lambert / 1994 - Marion Fears
1995 - David L. Levine, Ph.D / 1996 - Virginia Zachert, Ph.D
1997 - Martha Eaves / 1998 - Margie Weaver
1999 - Meg Bradley / 2000 - Jack Brice
2001 - Dr. Barbara Pittard Payne Stencil / 2002 - Not Awarded
2003 - Dorothy Benson / 2004 - Ruth Crawford
2005 - Lithangia Robinson / 2006 - Melba Paulk


 


 

The Louis Newmark Award is presented to an individual providing at
least 10 years of service to aging, with particular attention to the Georgia
Gerontology Society. The Award was first given in 1982 to Louis
Newmark, the Society's first President, in recognition for his nearly three
decades of service to gerontology in Georgia and to the Society. Louis
Newmark also won several GGS Awards for his social service and service
to the Society and was the Society's historian for the first three decades of
its existence. He was also a founder of the Georgia Conference on Social
Welfare.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
1982 - Louis Newmark (new Award / 1st President, GGS)
1983 - Marian Glustrom / 1984 - Carolyn French
1985 - Sophia Deutschberger / 1986 - Jeanette Cummings
1987 - Betsy Styles / 1988 - Myron Dice
1989 - Virginia Griffin / 1990 - Annette McNaron
1991 - Pat A. Malone / 1992 - Kathryn D. Fowler
1993 - None Listed / 1994 - Ronald W. Schoeffler, Ed.D.
1995 - Barbara McBrayer-Brice / 1996 - Deborah Wilkinson
1997 - Kathleen Ernce / 1998 - Alan Goldman
1999 - Linda Garcia / 2000 - Barbara Rosenberg
2001 - Maureen Kelly / 2002 - Not Awarded
2003 - Cheryll Schramm / 2004 - Penny Medhurst
2005 - Pat Freeman / 2006 - Ken Mitchell


 


 

The Marietta Suhart Award, established in 1993 shortly after Marietta's
death, is given to the individual with demonstrated ability to educate
para-professionals, professionals and other persons working with older
adults; proven leadership and vision in gerontology by
development/expansion of educational programs and services; and
recognized ability to touch as well as to teach learners. A long-time GGS
Board member, hard-working committee member, and enthusiastic
educator who fit the description of the Award established in her name,
Marietta Suhart was the Gerontology Specialist with the University of
Georgia Continuing Education program.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
1993 - Elizabeth A. McNeely, Ph.D / 1994 - Nancy P. Kropf, Ph.D
1995 - Nelson McGhee, Ph.D. / 1996 - Ellen Jaeger
1997 - Ruth Garrett, Ph.D / 1998 - Barbara Fraser
1999 - Mary MacKinnon / 2000 - Mary Ann Erlanger, Ph.D
2001 - Eleanor Crosby, Esq. / 2002 - Judith Stillion
2003 - Mary Ellen Quinn / 2004 - Barbara Karcher
2005 - Ginny Helms / 2006 - Allan Goldman


 


 

The Dan Hickman Award is presented to the person who has shown excellence in the profession of Care/Case Management and who exhibits leadership in the profession by providing exceptional direct services, training fellow Care Managers, and/or advocating for improvements in care management. The Award was established in 1998 and first
presented in 1999 in memory of Dan, who was the Community Care Services Program Manager with the Georgia Division of Aging Services. He helped to define case management as a profession in Georgia, and he exhibited great spirit, zest, and integrity in support of the profession.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
1999 - Nancy Morrison / 2000 - Catherine Ivy
2001 - No Submissions / 2002 - Judith Stillion
2003 - Gail Bechtel / 2004 - Nancy Harper
2005 - Juanita Benjamin / 2006 - Karen Bacheller
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The Robert P. Wray Student Scholarship Award is presented by the Student Affairs Committee through a process other than through membership nominations. Robert P. Wray was an active GGS member, a founder of numerous service programs in Pennsylvania and Georgia, and was the first Director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Center. He was first posthumously honored in 1989 by designation of the Wray Legislative Award. However, Society members quickly realized that this educator's memory would be best honored through naming of the annual gerontology scholarship award.

1991 - Roger Wayne Morrell, UGA / 1992 - Mary Ellen Dasgupta, MCG
1993 - David Boyle / 1994 - Sharon Jacobson
1995 - Lorrina Eastmann, UGA / 1996 - Christy McGuire, Georgia Tech
1997 - Sherry Cummings, UGA / 1998 - Kimberly Porter
2000 - Molly Perkins, Georgia State / 2002 - Mary Shotwell, Brenau
2003 - LeighAnna Allen / 2005 - Michele Weber
2006 - Benjamin Michael Anderson


 


 

The Virginia Smyth Scholarship is presented annually to offer financial support to persons seeking to advance their careers in aging. The fund, established in 1998, provides scholarships for graduate study in gerontology and promotes leadership development in the field of aging to include a broad knowledge base, strong organizational skills and a vision for the future. The Scholarship was first awarded in 2004 and named for Virginia Smyth, a founding member of GGS and the spirit behind the establishment and endowment of the GGS Scholarship Fund.

2004 - Megan Yerke, UGA / 2005 - Michael Lepore
2006 - Teresa Velzy Bowers

The Legislative Award, Established in 1993, is given to the legislator who has sponsored or co-sponsored legislation that would improve the quality of life for older adults; has consistently supported aging issues; and has been willing to listen to the concerns of Georgia's elderly.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
1991 - State Senator Cathey Steinberg / 1992 - Rep. Jim Martin
1993 - State Senator David Scott / 1994 - State Representative Tom Sherrill
1995 - State Senator Charles W. Walker
1996 - Fulton County Board of Commissioners / 1997 - State Senator Clay Land
1998 - State Representative Mike Polak
1999 - State Representative Terry Coleman
2000 - State Representative Ralph Twiggs
2001 - State Representative Georganna Sinkfield
2002 - State Representative Jack Connell / 2003 - State Senator Vincent Fort
2004 - State Senator Mary Margaret Oliver
2005 - State Representative Jeff Brown / 2006 - State Senator Renee Unterman


 


 

Citations of Merit  may also be choosen and presented, by the Awards Committee, to special individuals who deserve recognition because of achievement, service, exemplary living, and/or commitment to aging. The decision of the Awards Committee is final.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
1993 - Martha Eaves; Evelyn D. Gay & Virginia Zachert, Ph.D.
1994 - Martha Eaves & Richard Janus
1995 - Rosa White Messer & Martin Miller
1996 - Delores Ellison & Kathryn D. Fowler
1998 - Kay Stanford
1999 - Tina Edna Pulley & Pattie Peace
2001 - Val Archer; Lithangia Robinson; Dorothy C. Benson
2002 - Charlotte Petty; Tracy Wise; Addie Sims; Ginny Helms; Inez Robinson
2003 - Kathryn Fowler; Cliff Burt; Penny Medhurst
2004 - Cynthia Haley
2005 - Estelle Taberoff (deceased); Nancy Kriseman
2006 - Frank Boyd; Frances Beard


 

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