NISC Awards

NISC Founders Award

Presented in honor of an individual’s outstanding contributions to senior centers.

Recipients
2008 - Sandra Rawlins Johnson
2007 - Christine Beatty
2006 - Cyndee Sims
2005 - Theodora Jackson
2004 - Dr. A. Eugene Smiley, DMin
2003 - Josefina Carbonell
2002 - Ronald Schoeffler
2001 - Rosaline Laks
2000 - Alexander “Sandy” Moore
1999 - Lucile Costello
1998 - Barbara Rayner
1997 - Rennie Cohen
1996 - Michael Cooley
1995 - Susan Hirsh
1994 - None
1992 - Joyce Leanse
1991 - Charles Kindermann
1990 - “The Founders” (1970 Inaugural Conference attendees)
1989 - Bette Dale
1988 - William Pothier
1987 - Jean Maxwell
1986 - Sol Boskind
1985 - Leon Woolf
1984 - Leo Laks, Walter Boninger, Sebastian Tine, Muriel Allen (Bertsch), Gertrude Landau, Mary Crawford Hickock, Freida Gorrecht, Florence Winn, Marvin Schrieber

NISC Public-Private Partnership Award

Awarded for outstanding, innovative, collaborative efforts of private sector to advance the senior center field and its work.

Recipients
2008 - Novartis Pharmaceuticals’ Connect the Dots Campaign and its partners, the National Council on Aging, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Association of Black Cardiologists, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
2007 - Cellular Recycler
2006 - MetLife Foundation
2005 - Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
2004 - Greyhound Lines, Inc.
2003 - Greyhound Lines, Inc.

NISC Research Award

Awarded for outstanding, innovative research in the senior center field.

Recipients
2008 - Florida Department of Elder Affairs, Research and Planning, and the Florida Association of Senior Centers
2007 - Boomers-Aging’s Next Generation (BoomerANG) Project
2006 - Pennsylvania Department on Aging: Dr. Helen Miltiades, Dr. Sara Grove, Dr. Cynthia Drenovsky
2005 - 2002 Cohort of Doctoral Students at the University of Kentucky Center for Gerontology: Keith Anderson, Shannon Bowles, Linda Centers, Heidi Holmes, Amy Hosier, Dory Marken, Carol Palmer, Gail Towsley, and LaVona Traywick 
2004 - Manoj Pardasani
2003 - From Arizona State University West: Dr. Richard Gitleson, Dr. Jim McCabe, and Dr. Tanya Fitzpatrick
2002 - Judy Campbell
2001 - Dwight Roth and Dr. John Swimminger
2000 - North Shores Senior Center
1999 - Robert Calsyn
1998 - None
1997 - Century House
1996 - Ronald Aday
1995 - Margaret Perkinson, PhD
1994 - Dr. Linda Havir and Donna Walberg
1993 - John Krout, PhD

NISC State Association Award

Awarded for outstanding, innovative research in the senior center field.

Recipients
2008 - Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging and Senior Center Directors
2006 - Florida Association of Senior Centers
2005 - New Jersey Association of Senior Center Directors
2004 - Maryland Association of Senior Centers
2003 - None
2002 - Indiana State Association of Senior Centers
2001 - Washington State Association of Senior Centers
2000 - Arkansas State Association of Senior Centers, Florida State Association of Senior Centers, Michigan State Association of Senior Centers, New York State Association of Senior Centers, and Wisconsin State Association of Senior Centers

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