2010 Ottenberg Award

Lois Durham (left) presents the 2010 Award
 to Stephanie Gehling

             The 2010 Ottenberg Award was presented to Stephanie Gehling at the September meeting of the Executive Committee. The award is usually presented at the July Awards Picnic if the recipient is present, but is not announced if the person is absent.  It is then presented at the first opportunity thereafter, usually at an Executive Committee meeting or a regular dinner meeting that the recipient attends.

            Stephanie Gehling was nominated for her work stepping in as Editor of our news letter when the regular editor was overwhelmed by work.   She was able to keep the newsletter going smoothly without a hitch when we desperately needed someone to do it.   Presentation of this award to her demonstrated that her efforts are greatly appreciated.

             The Ottenberg Service Award was established in 1973 by the Santa Clara Valley Section to recognize members who have rendered outstanding service to the Section.   It is named after Abraham Ottenberg, a former member who devoted much of himself to the Section.   The award consists of an engraved plaque and an honorarium of two hundred fifty dollars.   Candidates are selected from nominations made to the Ottenberg Award Committee in the spring.   The nominators and nominees must be members of the Section.

             Previous recipients of the Ottenberg Service Award are:  Shirley B. Radding (1974); Oliver F. Senn (1975); Floyd M. Hobbs (1976); Frank R. Mayo (1977); Harry S. Mosher (1978); Lois J. Durham (1979); Richard W. Gaver (1980); Alan C. Long (1982); Ludwig G. Mayer and John F. Riley (1983); Howard M. Peters (1984); June Jones and Robert Montoya (1986); Malcolm Dole (1987); Donald E. Green (1991); Hubert E. Dubb (1992); Karl Marhenke (1993); Stephen N. Senzer (1994); Carol W. Mosher (1995); Bonnie Charpentier (1998); Linda Brunauer (1999); Herbert B. Silber (2000); Sally Peters (2001); Jamil Talhouk (2002); Ean Warren (2003); Maureen Scharberg (2004); Hong Gao (2005); George Lechner (2006),  David Parker (2007), Bruce Raby (2008), and Peter Rusch (2009).
            No awards were made in 1981, 85, 88, 89, 90, 96, or 97.

 Respectfully submitted,

 Lois Durham, Chair, Ottenberg Award Committee