Past Presidents & Award Recipients

Past Presidents

  • Berger C. Benson
  • James W. Codding*
  • Dorian A. Glanville
  • C.F. Huntington
  • Ted. C. Maino*
  • Steven E. Nelson*
  • Thomas H. Shaffer
  • R. Sylvan West D.D.S.*

* Deceased

  • Donald C. Butts
  • M. Kevin Destruel
  • Robert W. Goodwin
  • Alfred D. Lawson*
  • Carlo Michelotti
  • Stephen E. Parks
  • Bill Stremmel*
  • Fred Carroll
  • Nathan A. Dubin M.D.
  • W. Kurt Hauser
  • Douglas G. Lynn*
  • J. Jerome Moiso
  • Renaldo Pepi
  • Gabriel Tabib

Awards Recipients

Steven E. Nelson Sportsman of the Year:

  • 1996: Jack Newell
  • 1997: Ken Hoffman
  • 1998: Ray Lewis
  • 1999: Jim Codding
  • 2000: Don Butts
  • 2001: W. Kurt Hauser
  • 2002: Bill Taylor
  • 2003: Merrill Martin
  • 2004: James G. Lagiss
  • 2005: Dr. Rufus Goodwin
  • 2006: Douglas G. Lynn
  • 2007: Douglass M. Eberhardt
  • 2008: H. Wayne Sheets
  • 2011: Arnold Goldschlager MD
  • 2013: James M. Martin
  • 2016: Renee Snider
  • 2018: Thomas Shaffer
  • 2019: Scott E. Bohannon
  • 2020: M. Kevin Destruel

Artist of the Year:

  • 1999: Bob Kuhn
  • 2000: Harry Adamson
  • 2003: Eric Forlee
  • 2006: Brian Jarvi
  • 2008: Hayden Lambson

Outfitter of the Year:

  • 1999: Paul Bamber-Wanganui Safaris
  • 2000: Dieter Metzger-Makadi Safaris
  • 2001: Ken du Plessis-Fauna Afrika
  • 2003: Rick Danvir- Deseret Livestock and Land Co.
  • 2005: Jan du Plessis-Select Safaris
  • 2006: George Hartley-Legendary Adventures/Tanzania Game Trackers
  • 2007: Katja & Diethelm Metzger – Makadi Safaris

Conservationist of the Year:

  • 2001: President Gerald E. Ford

Friends of Mzuri:

  • 2004: Jim Codding
  • 2006: Frances Nelson
  • 2007: J. Jerome Moiso
  • 2013: Judy Oswald
  • 2016: Katalin Kádár Lynn, Ph.D.

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