DPCA Lifetime Achievement Awards

Lifetime Achievement recognizes people who have devoted the greater part of their lives to our Dobermans. Whether they are breeders, performance people, conformation, legislative, officers of the DPCA or specialty clubs, or a person who impacted our dog’s lives with their skills outside of the above mentioned venues -- Col William Putney comes to mind . . . . This is the type of criteria the committee entertains when a person’s name is placed on our nominee list.

The Committee’s Timeline
All year long, we work thru the names we receive from contact with our membership, plus the committee makes nominations of people who should be considered for this award. By July, we get down to about four possible recipients. At the end of July we pick our recipient(s). This must be a unanimous choice by all committee members.
In August, the beautiful plaque designed and produced by Jeanne Stevens-Sollman, is sent for engraving.

The committee consists of Margaret Downey, Mimi Brown, Bob Vandiver and Judith Smith. Please feel free to contact us with a person you feel has impacted our breed and enriched the lives of our Dobermans.

I hope by providing this information on the website, it will be helpful to people new and old to our breed, about the Lifetime Achievement Award.

YEAR  -  RECIPIENT

1989 - Adelaide Combs, Charles O'Neill, Mel Spafford, and Dolph Thorne

1990 - Peggy Adamson and Frank Grover

1991 - Virginia Spafford

1992 - Anita Ortiz

1993 - Jane Kay, Don Moss and Keith and Joanna Walker

1994 - Gerald and Barbara Gaines

1995 - Herman and Judith Felton

1996 - no award was presented due to the death of Betty Moore

1997 - Shirley Hammond

1998 - Nancy K. Heitzman, Tommie Jones and Betty Moore

1999 - Ann Lanier

2000 - Joseph A. Ciaccio, George Rood and Anne Thorne

2001 - Mae Downing, Pat and Bob Hastings and Betty James

2002 - Irene Bivin, Paul Combs and Pat and Judy Doniere

2003 - Eugene Haupt and Dr. William W. Putney

2004 - Ray Carlisle

2005 - May Jacobson and Vic and Angie Monteleon

2006 - Rosalie Alvarez and Sam Burke

2007 - Tess Henseler and Judy Brown

2008 - To Be Announced

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