The George Eldridge Distinguished Service Award is presented to members or former members of CABMA who have been an active member for a period of ten years and who have demonstrated outstanding service to CABMA and/or the field of intercollegiate athletics. The individual must have retired, be retiring no later than the month of June following the annual convention, or be leaving the field of intercollegiate athletics.
George Eldridge Distinguished Service Awards
2017 |
Steve Green |
Northwestern |
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Mick Walker |
Iowa |
2016 |
Bobby Gleason |
Texas Tech |
2015 |
Jim Balgooyen |
Michigan |
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Pete Hagan |
Ohio State |
2014 |
Penny King |
Texas A&M |
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Doug Messer |
Texas |
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Albert Carlson |
Columbia |
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Dennis Helsel |
Chowan |
2013 |
Debby DeAngelis |
Cal State East Bay |
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Greg Phillips |
IMG Academy |
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Dawn Reynolds |
Miami (FL) |
2012 |
Glenn Tompkins |
Purdue |
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Susan Wachter |
Kansas |
2011 |
Bob Bullis |
UC Davis |
2010 |
Jim Kotch |
Texas A&M |
2009 |
Russ Sharp |
West Virginia |
2008 |
Mike King |
Brigham Young |
2007 |
Jon Burianek |
Colorado |
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Herb Schmidt |
Penn State |
2006 |
Bernie Meese |
Cincinnati |
2005 |
John Twining |
San Jose State |
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Joseph F. O'Brien |
Notre Dame |
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Ed Carroll |
California Irvine |
2004 |
Laurie Gustafson |
Iowa State |
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Don Buergler |
Weldon, Williams & Lick |
2003 |
John Moore |
South Carolina |
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Ed B. Carroll |
Boston College |
2002 |
Larry Bruner |
Iowa |
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John Sheffield |
Cincinnati |
2001 |
Ken Lavespere |
Louisianna State |
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Ken Buell |
Minnesota |
1999 |
Phyllis Adams |
Tennessee-Chattanooga |
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Marilyn Brewster |
Western Ontario |
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Janet W. LaCasse |
Army |
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James Morrison |
Youngstown State |
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Francis J. Toland |
Harvard |
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Jerry Hendricks |
Weldon, Williams & Lick |
1998 |
Claire Bickford |
Massachusetts-Lowell |
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William J. King |
Indiana |
1997 |
Earline Leggett |
East Carolina |
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Bud Ledwell |
Pennsylvania |
1996 |
Nan Bullington |
California State-Fullerton |
1995 |
Bob Connor |
Oklahoma |
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Helen McClintick |
William & Mary |
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Frank Muessig |
St. John's |
1994 |
Craig Anderson |
Lehigh |
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John Blanton |
Pittsburgh |
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Edwina Fisher |
Texas Tech |
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Jerry Kvidt |
North Dakota |
1993 |
Rod Arthur |
MIT |
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Steve DiTolla |
California-Fullerton |
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Jean Marshall |
The Citadel |
1992 |
Marie D. Abel |
Baylor |
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Joseph W. McDonough |
Holy Cross |
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Claude Thigpen |
Florida State |
1991 |
Ed Barry |
Brown |
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Bert Boyko |
Michigan State |
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Gaetan Cyr |
Ottawa |
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Robert Harrell |
Indiana |
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Ed Lutz |
Northwestern |
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Wilhelm Nelson |
Northeastern |
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John H. O'Neill |
Georgia Tech |
1990 |
Donald Belcher |
Louisville |
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C. William Dammeyer |
Navy |
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Al Lundstedt |
Texas |
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Jim Overturf |
Iowa State |
1989 |
Buford Byers |
Purdue |
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George Davidson |
Lafayette |
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Herm Farley |
Akron |
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Al Renfrew |
Michigan |
1988 |
Mary R. Lincoln |
Dartmouth |
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Gabriel J. Ortiz |
San Diego State |
1987 |
Philip P. Barry |
Connecticut |
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William A. Crim |
Army |
1986 |
William E. Gantt |
Navy |
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Richard J. "Digger" Kindig |
Purdue |
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Thomas Phillips |
Southern Methodist |
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Bob Rochs |
Texas |
1985 |
Edward Derringe |
William & Mary |
1984 |
Edward M. Czekaj |
Penn State |
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Ralph Floyd |
South Carolina |
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H. Wayne Gibson |
Miami (Ohio) |
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Gretchen Millie |
Puget Sound |
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David Taylor |
Baylor |
1983 |
John Forsyth |
McGill (Montreal, Quebec) |
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Robert C. Ries |
Ohio State |
1982 |
Jack M. Gilmore |
Oklahoma, Louisiana State |
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John I. Ikeda |
Idaho |
1981 |
John R. Holley |
Mississippi |
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Martin A. MacDiarmid |
Tulane |
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C. Douglas Messer |
Mississippi State |
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Casey J. Oleski |
Illinois-Chicago |
1980 |
William W. Beardsley |
Michigan State |
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David W. Coffey |
Central Michigan |
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Kenneth E. Farris, Sr. |
Oklahoma |
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Francis "Bus" Graham |
Iowa |
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Floyd R. Taylor |
Brigham Young |
1979 |
Robert L. Culp |
Western Michigan |
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Don A. Cunningham |
Bowling Green |
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Buddy deMonsabert |
Tulane |
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James Farrell |
Columbia |
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Kenneth E. Farris, Jr. |
Colorado |
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Claude E. Fuller |
Ohio State |
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Kenneth George |
Pittsburgh |
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Janet W. LaCasse |
Army |
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David A. Winter |
Syracuse |
1978 |
Charles H. Reid |
Oklahoma |
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Richard W. Soergel |
Oklahoma State |
1977 |
N. Edward Bartlett |
Vermont |
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Bus Male |
Virginia |
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James Martell |
Colorado State |
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James Pittenger |
Nebraska |
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Ned Thompson |
Houston |
1976 |
Ken North |
California State-Long Beach |
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Frank Rispoli |
Arizona State |
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Gene Wilson |
Missouri |
1975 |
Frank W. Anderson |
Indiana |
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M. Robert Cahill |
Notre Dame |
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George B. Keough |
Indiana |
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John V. Morley |
Southern California |
1974 |
Charles Tribolet |
Arizona |
1973 |
Rowe Baldwin |
California-Los Angeles |
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Percy Beard |
Florida |
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Waldo Fisher |
Northwestern |
1972 |
Eddie Bean |
Maryland |
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Elmer E. Bernard |
Ohio State |
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George Deininger |
Navy |
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Pat Farran |
California |
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Barney Francis |
Toledo |
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Phil McLaughlin |
Arizona |
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Walter McLaughlin |
St. John's |
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Marsh Ryman |
Minnesota |
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Kim Tidd |
Iowa St., Kansas St., Indiana St. |
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Russell Wohlegemuth |
Air Force |
1971 |
Emmett Brunson |
Rice |
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Joe S. Dienhart |
Purdue |
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John Doizadelli |
New Mexico |
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Jay A. Firzlaff |
Kent State |
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R. E. "Bill" Henderson |
Baylor |
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Howell T. Hollis |
Georgia |
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Irving F. Smith |
Dartmouth |
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Loran Smith |
Georgia |
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Donald Weir |
Michigan |
1970 |
William H. Aspinwall |
Wisconsin |
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Ferdinand "Andy" Geiger |
Syracuse |
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Monte C. Johnson |
Kansas |
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Wilford H. Ketz |
Union College |
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William C. Lam |
Colorado |
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George B. Sherman |
Wayne State |
1969 |
Vernon Crook |
North Carolina |
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William Henry Neale |
Yale |
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Jim Peele |
SUNY-Buffalo |
1968 |
John W. Gill |
Western Michigan |
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Lester Jordan |
Southern Methodist |
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Ernie Nordstrom |
Northwestern |
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George Staten |
Ohio State |
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Chet Williams |
Kent State |
1967 |
Charles "Pop" Doan |
Purdue |
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Eunice DuPrau |
Stanford |
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Howard Ector |
Georgia Tech |
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H. R. "Ike" Gilbert |
Penn State |
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Ronald Melton |
Florida State |
1966 |
L. L. Frimodig |
Michigan State |
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Jefferson K. Hamm |
Mississippi |
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Merl J. Ross |
Iowa State |
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Ivan Travis |
Washington |
1956 |
Cpr. Morris Gilmore |
Navy |
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