Distinguished Geographer
The Distinguished Geographer award recognizes a history of service to the Society, exemplary teaching of geography at any educational level, and a record of professional service at the state and/or national level.
Recipients of the Illinois Geographical Society’s Distinguished Geographer Award
1970 - present
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dean Butzow | Lincoln Land Community College |
| 2024 | John Kostelnick | Illinois State University |
| 2023 | Stacey Brown Amilian | Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville |
| 2022 | Nick Goodwin | American Water |
| 2021 | Irving Cutler | |
| 2020 | Carmen Maso’ | US Environmental Protection Agency |
| 2019 | Ty Liles | College of Lake County |
| 2018 | Larry Resutko | |
| 2017 | Donald Tolen | |
| 2016 | Joseph Kubal | |
| 2015 | Susan Holderread | New Trier High School |
| 2014 | Ani Thompson Smith | Elgin School District U-46 |
| 2013 | Leonard Ealey | Pekin Public Schools |
| 2012 | Christopher J. Sutton | Western Illinois University |
| 2011 | Michael W. Cornebise | Eastern Illinois University |
| 2010 | James F. Marran | New Trier High School |
| 2009 | Keith Sculle | Illinois State Historic Preservation Agency |
| 2008 | Noel Stirrat | College of Lake County |
| 2007 | David L. Schein | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| 2006 | Terry Harshbarger | Parkland College |
| 2005 | Mary Ann Hanlin | Elmwood Elementary School |
| 2004 | Norman T. Moline | Augustana College |
| 2003 | Judy Bock | Palombi Middle School |
| 2002 | Linda Weatherwax | Sterling Schools |
| 2002 | Glen Weatherwax | Sterling Schools |
| 2001 | Fred Willman | Kennedy Junior High School |
| 2000 | Robert M. Ashley | Red Bud High School |
| 1999 | Roger J. Liska | Amos Alonso Stagg High School |
| 1998 | Leonard L. Hodgman | Joliet Junior College |
| 1997 | Jill Freund Thomas | Illinois State University |
| 1996 | Charles E. Womack | Lake Land College |
| 1995 | R. Lynn Bradley | Belleville Area College |
| 1994 | Edward B. Espenshade, Jr. | Northwestern University |
| 1993 | A. Richard Longwell | Western Illinois University |
| 1992 | Fred H. Walk | Normal Community High School |
| 1991 | Arlin Fentem | Western Illinois University |
| 1990 | Albert J. Larson | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 1989 | Michael D. Sublett | Illinois State University |
| 1988 | Norman C. Bettis | Illinois State University |
| 1987 | James E. Patterson | Illinois State University |
| 1986 | Fred Lampe | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
| 1985 | Joan Longmire | Elgin School District U-46 |
| 1984 | James W. Vining | Western Illinois University |
| 1983 | Richard Houk | DePaul University |
| 1982 | Elizabeth Eiselen | Oak Park, IL |
| 1981 | Annemarie Krause | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
| 1980 | Ronald E. Nelson | Western Illinois University |
| 1979 | B. Ross Guest | Northern Illinois University |
| 1978 | Martin Reinemann | Northern Illinois University |
| 1977 | Evelynne M. Berg | Morton College |
| 1976 | Dalias A. Price | Eastern Illinois University |
| 1975 | Reece A. Jones | Western Illinois University |
| 1974 | Mildred I. Finney | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 1973 | Alden Cutshall | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 1972 | Mary M. Colby | University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 1971 | Robert E. Gabler | Western Illinois University |
| 1970 | Herbert Gross | Concordia Teachers College |