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List of Past MSLBD Award Recipients
Updated as of 1/5/2012

Past Outstanding Service/Leadership Award | Past Outstanding Educator Award
Past Outstanding Advocacy Award | Past Building Bridges Program Development Award
Doctoral and Masters Degree Stipends

Outstanding Service/Leadership Award

1983-85 Awards not yet started; First Award 1986
1986 Dick Whelan, University of Kansas (download .PDF)
1987 Frank Wood, Emeritus, University of Minnesota (download .PDF)
1988 Bill Morse, Emeritus, University of Michigan (deceased) (download .PDF)
1989 Peggy Wood, Emeritus, University of South Carolina (download .PDF)
1990 Frank Hewett, University of California-Los Angeles (deceased) (download .PDF)
1991 Jim Kauffman, University of Virginia (download .PDF)
1992 No Award - 10 Year Retrospective
1993 Steve Forness, University of California-Los Angeles (download .PDF)
1994 Jane Knitzer, New York City (download .PDF)
1995 Lyndal Bullock, North Texas University (download .PDF)
1996 Nick Long, Emeritus, American University (download .PDF)
1997 --None awarded
1998 --None awarded
1999 Richard Shores, University of Kansas (download .PDF)
2000 Mike Nelson, University of Kentucky (download .PDF)
2001 Mike Epstein, University of Nebraska (download .PDF)
2002 Richard L. Simpson, University of Kansas (download .PDF)
2003 Hill Walker, University of Oregon (download .PDF)
2004 Eleanor Guetzloe, Emeritus, University of South Florida, (download .PDF)
2005 George Sugai, University of Oregon, (download .PDF)
2006 Gary Sasso, University of Iowa, (download .PDF)
2007 Robert Zabel, Emeritus, Kansas State University (download .PDF)
2008 Reece L. Peterson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (download .PDF)
2009 Michael Bullis, University of Oregon (download .PDF)
2010 Mitchell Yell, University of South Carolina (download .PDF)
2011 Carl R. Smith, Iowa State University (download .PDF)
2012 [None awarded - 30th Anniversary]

Outstanding Educator Award

1983-85 Awards not yet started
1986 Mary Beth Noll, Kansas City, Kansas (now St. Cloud State Univ., MN)
1987 Vicki Vaughn, Omaha Public Schools, Nebraska
1988 Karen Vespestad, Missouri
1989 Barbara Shaw, Kansas
1990 Joyce Reece
1991 Al Marshall, Iowa
1992 Mitch Yell, Minneapolis, Minnesota (now Univ. of South Carolina)
1993 Dennis Brayton, Missouri
1994 Debbie Sisco, St. Joseph Public Schools, Missouri
1995 James Teagarden, Manhattan Public Schools, Manhattan, Kansas
1996 Francee Scheele, Lincoln, Nebraska & Peg Beck, Minnesota
1997 Sue Roods, Missouri
1998 Carleen Seaborn, Kansas
1999 Jen Yoder, Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, Nebraska
2000 Ruth Holzschuh
2001 Donna Mumaw, Kansas City Kansas Public Schools
2002 Susan Probst, Fort Atkinson Public Schools,, Wisconsin
2003 Katherine N. McNeil, Seattle, Washington
2004 Barbara Mitchell, Columbia Public Schools, MO
2005 Jodie Tuttle, Millard Public Schools, Omaha, NE
2006 Debra Lyons, St. Joseph Public Schools, St. Joseph, Missouri
2007 Cathy C. Sheridan, Santa Fe Elementary School, Overland Park, KS
2008 Deborah Edwards, USD 372, Silver Lake, Kansas
2009 Sandra Smith, USD 231, Gardner-Edgerton, Kansas
2010 Amy Quinley, ??
2011 Kathy Huppe, Shawnee Mission Kansas Public Schools, Kansas
2012 [None awarded - 30th Anniversary]

Outstanding Advocacy Award

2002 Barbara Huff (First award), Executive Director, Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Washington, D.C. (download .PDF)
2003 [none awarded]
2004 [none awarded]
2005 Dixie Jordan, Retired Staff Member from the PACER Center (Parent Advocacy Center), Minneapolis, MN; (download .PDF)
2006 None Awarded
2007 Kari Ramos, Parent Advocate, Topeka, KS (download .PDF)
2008 Jane Rhys, Executive Director, Kansas Developmental Disabilities Council, Topeka, KS (download .PDF)
2009 [not awarded]
2010 Cindy Scarbrough, Principal, Marysville Junior High School, KS (download .PDF)
2011 [not awarded]
2012 [None awarded - 30th Anniversary]

Building Bridges Program Development Award

Award started in 2001
2001 Building Bridges Alternative School, St. Joseph Missouri
2002 [None awarded]
2003 Behavior Skills Program, Lincoln Public Schools, Nebraska
2004 Operation Real Jobs, Cherryvale High School, Kansas
2004 Operation Real Jobs-Cherryvale High School, Cherryvale, Kansas
2005 Reading Initiative, Fulton County Juvenile Court, Atlanta, Georgia
2006 [None awarded]
2007 5 Hillside Conant School, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 6 Behavior Program, Fort Atkinson High School, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
2009 7 Behavior Disorders Program, Turner High School, Kansas City, Kansas
2010 8 Burt Nash Therapeutic Classroom, Lawrence Public Schools
2011 9 Augusta Georgia Youth Development Campus, Augusta, GA
2012 [None Awarded - Anniversary Celebration]

Doctoral and Masters Degree Stipends

YEAR	MSLBD	Award Recipient
1999		Rita Chandler
		Annette Gaitan
	Doc	Kristine Jolivette
		Kortni Kinslow
		W Roy Roworth
		Katherine Sullivan
2000
2001		Christine Christle
		Kelly Curtis
		Kodi Miller
		April Saunier
	Doc	Sara Sibilsky
		Stephanie Sparks
2002		Amanda Behnke
		Elizabeth McLaren
		Morgan Milham
		Rose Olmeda
	Doc	Kaye Otten
		Laura L. Walker
2003		Christine Banaskavich
	Doc	Gregory J. Benner
		Rhonda M. Dunbar
		Maria Herbst
		Melissa Huff
		Katherine McDonald
2004		Meagan Anderson
		Sonja deBoer-Ott
		Stephanie Hall
		Andrea Janes
		Julie McCaffrey
2005		Julie Heidrick
		Shawna Hudson
		Katherine Mueller
		Mary Miller Richter
		Jamie Wilson
		Janet Yunker
2006-08		No stipends awarded in period from 2006-2008
2009	Doc	Terri Sutherland Collings, Clemson University
	Doc	Blake D. Hansen, University of Kansas
2010	Doc	Jacqueline Huscroft-D'Angelo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Doc	Sara McDaniel, Georgia State University
	Masters	Nicole Maupin, Kansas State University
2011	Doc	Jacqueline Huscroft-D'Angelo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Doc	Sara McDaniel, Georgia State University
	Masters	Nicole Maupin, Kansas State University
2012	Doc
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