Bronze Medal Award

Bronze Medal Award
Picture by S & J Perkins

The Bronze Medal Award is the highest award the Massachusetts Chapter can bestow on one of its members. This award honors a member's outstanding long term contributions to the Chapter. The Honors Committee is responsible for nominating award recipients.

Massachusetts Chapter Bronze Medalists

2003 Joe Bruso 2003 Jim Philips 2003 Betty Carlhian 2002 Susan Clark 2002 Peter Littlefield 2002 Lorry Roeder 2001 Sally Perkins 2001 John Perkins 2001 George Hibben 2000 Josephine Coleman 2000 Ian Donovan 2000 Geraldine Molis 2000 Bob Doig 2000 Cathy Doig		1999 Charles Patterson 1999 Claire Smith 1999 Barbara Gingras 1999 Bill Sweeney 1998 Fred Knippel 1998 Leo Blanchette 1998 Janet Killeen 1997 Ted Kellogg 1997 Marcia Mitchell 1996 C. J. Patterson 1996 Jim Craddock 1995 Henry Wrightington 1995 Barbara Wrightington 1995 Henk Borsje 1995 Anne Reisch 1994 Peggy Lawson 1993 Mike Medeiros 1992 Edward Brown 1992 Peg Brown 1992 Joe Parks 1992 Wayne Mezitt 1990 Laura Nichols 1990 John Quinn
1989 Richard Chaikin 1988 Robert Fox 1988 Beatrice MacDonald 1987 Bruno Falanga 1987 Richard Leonard 1985 Virginia Craig 1984 Jane Brooks 1983 Jonathan Shaw 1981 Richard Brooks 1980 Andrew Paton 1980 Dorothy Swift		1979 Max Resnick 1977 Jack Cowles 1977 Eveleth Cowles 1976 Louis Cook 1974 Elinor Clarke 1974 Edmund Mezitt

The Gold Medal Award and Silver Medal Award are awarded by the American Rhododendron Society to honor a member's outstanding long term contributions to the Society or the genus Rhododendron on a Society-wide or Distinct-wide basis, respectively.

A. Richard Brooks

You have been of immense value to our Society over many years serving at all possible levels. You conceived and nourished formation of the Massachusetts Chapter, now one of the largest in the A R S. You have also given guidance to other chapters during their difficult first steps. You have been undaunting in your support of the society at the national level serving as President and as a member on many committees. Our Society has benefited on many occasions from your diplomatic talents in mediating delicate situations. In your quiet and determined way, you helped opposing parties work out their difference and find solutions. You have always kept a strong focus on growth of the A R S at the national and internation level by looking for opportunities to speak, write and publish information about rhododendrons and by demonstrating how to make new members feel welcome. All those who have worked with you or were touched by your generosity, genuine friendliness and enthusiasm, have unequivocally expressed their support to recognize you as one who has truly advanced our Society. For your many accomplishments, the American Rhododendron Society is proud to award the Gold Medal to A. Richard Brooks, Niagara Falls, Canada, May 30, 1998.

Massachusetts Chapter Gold and Silver Medalists