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
MWF Director Arnie Goldschlager and Past President Tom Schaffer
Renee Snider receives the 2016 Mzuri Wildlife Foundation Sportsman of the Year Award from Past President Sandy Froman who is assisted by Bob Puette.

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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