Man and Woman of the Year
The Rotary Club of Gainesville proudly accepts nominations for the 2024-2025 Man & Woman of the Year Awards. Thank you for taking the time to submit a nomination for this prestigious award. Anyone in the Hall County community may submit a nomination for this award. Membership in Rotary is not required to nominate or to be considered for the award.
Nominations may include:
- Rotarians and Non-Rotarians
- Individuals who have made a positive volunteer impact on Gainesville/Hall County.
In selecting the Man/Woman of the Year, the selection committee will consider the nominee's entire past career of volunteer civic service, with possible emphasis on the current year. However, the nominees' activities in the current year are sometimes decisive.
Nominations prefer individuals recognized for volunteer work over those who serve as business enterprise employees. Service rendered by the individual for which they received salary or fees or by which the nominee makes his living will receive minimum consideration.
The selection committee will give the most weight to those activities performed at some personal or professional sacrifice and for which the individual receives no general compensation. One would need more than excelling in their job to receive the award. However, unusual professional or business achievement for the community's benefit is part of the total picture. Non-paid community service, including church or civic work, is the crucial criterion.
Nomination
The Nomination period opens September 9th, 2024, and closes October 18th, 2024. Please use the following link to complete the nomination process. If you have any questions about the online application, please contact the Club Secretary, Joey Tripp.
Supporting Documents
Use the link below to upload a Resume/CV or Letters of Recommendation and Endorsement.
Past Recipients
The following people are past recipients of the Man of the Year and Woman of the Year Awards. Please note: past recipients are not eligible to be nominated again.
| Nominated Year | Man of the Year | Woman of the Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jack Bailey | Phillippa Lewis Moss |
| 2022 | Frank Norton, Jr. | Lee Highsmith |
| 2021 | Doug Hanson | Carol Burrell |
| 2020 | Rob L. Fowler, Jr. | Andrea Timpone |
| 2019 | R. K. Whitehead | Ruth Bruner |
| 2018 | Dallas Gay | Sandra Deal |
| 2017 | Doug Carter | Nancy Norton |
| 2016 | Dr. David Westfall | Emily "Sissy" Lawson |
| 2015 | Garland Reynolds | Deborah Mack |
| 2014 | Jim Walters | Martha Nesbit |
| 2013 | Dr. Jack Burd | Jane Hemmer |
| 2012 | Butch Miller | Haydee Anderson |
| 2011 | Nathan Deal | Sheri Hooper |
| 2010 | Gus Whalen | Mary Lynn Coyle |
| 2009 | Dr. Ed Burnette | Julia Cromartie |
| 2008 | Reuben Black | Pam Ware |
| 2007 | Lorry Schrage | Connie Hagler |
| 2006 | Jim Moore | Kate Zoercher |
| 2005 | Dr. Robert Bruner | Rosemary Dodd |
| 2004 | Frank Armstrong | Gwen Mundy |
| 2003 | W. L. Norton, Jr. | Martha Painter |
| 2002 | Bobby Painter | Frances Mathis |
| 2001 | Curt Severson | Marty Owens |
| 2000 | Dr. Sam Poole | Betty Mansfield |
| 1999 | John Melvin | Linda Askew |
| 1998 | Charles Thurmond | Joan Hopkins |
| 1997 | Charles Smithgall | Sally Darden |
| 1996 | Steve Gilliam & James Mathis, Jr. | Bettie Sue Harris |
| 1995 | Lou Fockele | Evanda Moore |
| 1994 | Dr. Martin Smith | LeTrell E. Simpson |
| 1993 | Joe Hatfield | Kit Dunlap |
| 1992 | Max Ward | Joanne Frierson |
| 1991 | Lewis Coker | Madge Burch |
| 1990 | Philip Wilheit | Mary Lou Melvin |
| 1989 | Woodrow Stewart | Mary Hart Wilheit |
| 1988 | John Cromartie, Sr. | Mrs. Don Carter |
| 1987 | Abit Massey | Mrs. Gordon Sawyer |
| 1986 | John Cromartie, Jr. | Mrs. Coy Skaggs |
| 1985 | Dr. P. K. Dixon | Mildred Hughes |
| 1984 | Dr. Hartwell Joiner | Mrs. W. D. Stribling |
| 1983 | Curtis Segars | Mrs. Thomas Wilheit |
| 1982 | John C. Thompson | Mrs. Robert L. Moore |
| 1981 | Carol Eure | Carol Eure |
| 1980 | Mary Lou Sheridan | |
| 1979 | Eugene Beckstein | Mrs. C. B. Collins |
| 1978 | Dr. Hugh Mills | Mrs. George Thomas, Jr. |
| 1977 | Richard Shockley | Mrs. Charles Smithgall |
| 1976 | Buck Ward | Betty Price |
| 1975 | Charlie Johnson | Mrs. W. L. Norton, Jr. |
| 1974 | L. D. Lawson | Mrs. George Moore |
| 1973 | Otis L. Cato | Mrs. A. Frank Wiegand, Jr. |
| 1972 | Tom Blackstock | Mrs. Emory Robinson |
| 1971 | Dr. W. D. Stribling | Mrs. James DeLong |
| 1970 | Ray McRae | Mrs. Eugene Kirkpatrick |
| 1969 | John Jacobs, Jr. | Mrs. Gerald Garrard |
| 1968 | Lester W. Hosch | Mrs. Charlie Martin (Juaneese) |
| 1967 | Ross Burnes | Mrs. Anges Wade |
| 1966 | Sidney O. Smith, Jr. | Mrs. Robert E. Williams |
| 1965 |
Charles K. Edmondson & |
Mrs. Hayes Edwards |
| 1964 | A. R. Kenyon | Mrs. Leslie Quinlan |
| 1963 | Sam S. Harben | Mrs. J. D. Carter |
| 1962 | J. Milton Hardy | Mrs. B. J. Terry |
| 1961 | S. O. Smith, Sr. | Betty Abercrombie |
| 1960 | James Mathis | Mrs. Howard Pursell |
| 1959 | H. W. Wallis | Mrs. Mark McConnell |
| 1958 | Carter H. Estes | Mrs. Carter Estes |
| 1957 | Joe. K. Telford | Mrs. Earle Vance |
| 1956 | F. E. Bobo, Jr. | Ann Dudley |
| 1955 | J. W. Howell | O. B. Leverett |
| 1954 | W. H. Slack, Jr. | Mrs. Herbert Edmondson |
| 1953 | James A. Dunlap | Mrs. Claude J. Carter |
| 1952 | Leslie F. Quinlan | Dr. Virginia H. Maley |
| 1951 | Emory F. Robinson | Mrs. W. R. Garne |
| 1950 | Conrad J. Romberg | Bessie Bickers |
| 1949 | Jesse D. Jewell | |
| 1948 | Thomas H. Paris | |
| 1947 | Leland C. Rew | |
| 1946 | Josiah Crudup | Mrs. George W. Wofford |
| 1945 | Rhett Turnipseed | Mrs. Ralph J. Pope |
| 1944 | Robert A. Brice | Virginia Brown |
| 1943 | H. E. Terrell | |
| 1942 | C. J. Cheves | |
| 1941 | P. C. Henderson | |
| 1940 | Henry H. Estes | |
| 1939 | John W. Craft |