Annual Awards
ACES recognizes qualified individuals every year who have contributed to the advancement of our mission. The Bob and Betty Merwin Outstanding Citizen Award and the Educator of the Year Award recognize personal achievement during the recipient's life and also commend their specific contributions to their community in relation to the American free enterprise system.
2023 Bob and Betty Merwin Outstanding Citizen
Valerie Laufenberg
ACES
About the Award:
In recognition of their commitment to ACES and the community, the Bob & Betty Merwin Outstanding Citizen Award is presented each year to an individual who is dedicated to their profession and free enterprise, while contributing to their community as well. Bob & Betty Merwin, founders of Eriez Magnetics and longtime ACES supporters, truly embodied the spirit of the competitive enterprise system. They are remembered with this tribute for their leadership in the community and the business sector.
Past Recipients
Philip & Ryan Katen 2022
Carl Wolfrom 2019
Tom Kennedy 2018
Mark Rose 2017
James B. Ohrn 2016
Howard & Mary Lincoln 2015
John Pellegrino, Sr. P.E. 2014
James E. Martin 2013
Sam B. Biasucci 2010
Thomas B. Hagen 2009
John T. Malone 2008
Chuck Jenkins 2007
MANP Board of Governors 2006
Harry E. Brown 2005
Richard A. Merwin 2004
Philip M. Tredway 2003
Kathleen Scheppner 2002
Joseph Prischak 2001
Gary P. Schneider 2000
P.C. “Hoop” Roche 1999
Calvin D. Neithamer, Sr. 1998
William M. Hilbert, Sr 1997
Ralph T. Wright 1996
Louis P. Musante 1995
Nicholas C. Scott 1993
Edward P. Junker III 1992
Edward M. Mead 1991
James C. Levinson 1990
Carl J. Schlemmer 1989
F. William Hirt 1988
Edmund J. Mehl 1987
Charles R. Beckman 1986
Thomas L. Venable 1985
Albert F. Duval 1984
Henry Fish 1983
Joseph and Lois Dahlkemper 1982
Mace Levin 1981
John Cochran 1980
Charles H. Bracken 1979
William B. Conner 1978
Ray L. McGarvey 1977
J. Robert Baldwin 1976
Henry Orth Hirt 1975
A. Bruce Smith 1974
Thomas Lord 1973
Herbert S. Sweny 1972
Everett Zurn 1971
Robert Young 1970
Harold Reslink 1969
James M. Vicary 1968
Douglas M. Moorhead 1967
Robert F. Merwin 1966
Robert A. Haller 1965
Donald S. Leslie, Sr. 1964
Guy W. Wilson 1963
Arthur F. Shultz 1962
Sumner E. Nichols 1961
G. Richard Fryling 1960
Norman W. Wilson 1959
Bertram Miller 1958
2023 ACES Educator of the Year
Past Recipients
Sue Bogert
Corry Area School District
About the Award:
In addition to the Merwin Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award, a special educator is honored annually for his or her commitment to the American free enterprise system through their educational initiatives and personal life.
Antonella Spinelli 2022
Susan Holzshu 2019
Tim Houck 2018
Debbie Humphreys 2017
David Nuhfer 2016
Vickie Schultz 2016
Bryan Costa 2016
Bill Nichols 2015
Mark Ferrara 2014
Dr. Jay Badams 2013
Joseph A. Scungio 2010
Dr. James A. Kurre 2009
Art Bergamasco 2008
John Sarandrea 2005
Yvonne Best Proctor 2004
Michelle Miller 2003
Bill Holmes 2002
John Wilson 2001