ANA Distinguished Service Award

The ANA Distinguished Service Award (formerly the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award) is the highest honor conferred by the American Numismatic Association. 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. 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. In 2021, the ANA Board of Governors voted to change its name to the ANA Distinguished Service Award.

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
2012 - Arthur M. Fitts III and Prudence Fitts
2013 - David Schenkman
2014 - Neil Shafer
2015 - Donn Pearlman
2016 - Mark Lighterman and Myrna Lighterman
2017 - Brian Fanton
2018 - Cindy Wibker
2019 - Thomas Hallenbeck

2020s

2020 - Walt Ostromecki
2021 - Kerry Wetterstrom