Founder’s Award
Founder’s Nominations
The Founder’s Award recognizes Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowmen who demonstrates that they personify the spirit of selfless service, as advocated by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson.
All active members of the lodge who have not already recieved the Founder’s award are eligilbe to recieve one. Included below is the list of youth and adults who have already recieved the award. If you would like to nominate an individual, please download the nomination form below, and fill it out. Be sure to save the form as a pdf, attach a picture, and use the submission box below to send it in. Nominations must be submitted no later than November 22, 2026.
Founder's Award
Created in 1981, the Founder’s Award is presented to members of the Lodge who have embodied the spirit of the founders and the Order of the Arrow in their everyday lives. This is the highest award a lodge can present. Wauna La-Mon’tay Lodge is able to present up to four awards each year, one of which must be to a youth member. The Founder’s Award is presented for the previous year.
This Year's Recipients:
- 2025 - Tracy Swartzendruber
- 2025 - Reece Lewallen
- 2025 - Lizzie Paquin
Past Recipients:
- 1981 - Andy LaTourneau
- 1981 - Bob Morris
- 1982 - Bob Litt
- 1982 - Allan Malkson
- 1983 - Jay Davis
- 1983 - George Harrison
- 1984 - Lewis Brainerd
- 1984 - Rich Sprague
- 1985 - Eric Schultz
- 1985 - Herb Davis
- 1986 - John Moeller
- 1986 - Roy Murahashi
- 1987 - Dan Spotts
- 1987 - Doyle Stiles
- 1988 - Tye Stober
- 1988 - Jim Renton
- 1989 - Dan Tye
- 1990 - Sean O'Day
- 1990 - Ed Harris
- 1991 - Loren Koplan
- 1991 - Mike Watters
- 1991 - Nick Kirby
- 1992 - Chris Riggs
- 1992 - Matt Jones
- 1992 - Spence Hackney
- 1993 - Chris Pierce
- 1993 - Jeremy Tanzer
- 1993 - John Ernster
- 1993 - Roger Hodge II
- 1993 - Steve Sherrod
- 1994 - Jeff Havie
- 1994 - Matt Coker
- 1994 - Ryan Hansen
- 1994 - Steve Christiansen
- 1994 - Len Pfund
- 1994 - Ned Miller
- 1995 - Brian Chapin
- 1995 - Jay Robinson Jr
- 1995 - Jay Robinson Sr
- 1995 - Larry Hull
- 1996 - Jacob Roth
- 1996 - Joel Hutchinson
- 1996 - Diane Pfund
- 1996 - Doug Chapin
- 1997 - Allen Phillips
- 1997 - Andrew Darling
- 1997 - Curtis Peetz
- 1997 - Sean Williams
- 1998 - Blair Hess
- 1998 - Luke Killam
- 1998 - Doug O'Brien
- 1998 - Gary Berry
- 1999 - Philip Hunker
- 1999 - Paul Collett
- 2000 - Drew Desilet
- 2000 - Cheryl Hunker
- 2000 - Dan Hunker
- 2000 - Don Lauritsen
- 2001 - Chris Heuchert
- 2001 - Rob Rosamond
- 2001 - Mark Hutchinson
- 2002 - Aaron Longo
- 2002 - Matthew Harris
- 2002 - Nathan Gitschlag
- 2002 - Brad Harris
- 2003 - Chris Allen
- 2003 - Travis Korbe
- 2003 - Larry Schmidlin
- 2004 - Josh Ryor
- 2004 - John Durbetaki
- 2004 - Derrick Clark
- 2005 - Nick Ebner
- 2005 - Brian Gray
- 2006 - Vince Bishop
- 2006 - Mark Durbetaki
- 2006 - Sam Horack
- 2006 - Steve Sullivan
- 2007 - John Ogle
- 2007 - Kenneth Beck
- 2007 - Ron Garland
- 2007 - Regi Korbe
- 2008 - Andrew Speer
- 2008 - Anne McEnerny-Ogle
- 2008 - Jeff Phillips
- 2008 - Braden Minor
- 2009 - Chris Rogers
- 2009 - Dave Strouts
- 2009 - Dick Phillips
- 2009 - Terry Ogle
- 2010 - Ted Schopf
- 2010 - Bob Derbyshire
- 2010 - Jim Hill
- 2010 - Joey Fisher
- 2011 - Angela Rogers
- 2011 - Nick Dannemiller
- 2011 - Chris Derbyshire
- 2011 - Ryan Peterson
- 2012 - Ben Deremer
- 2012 - Bill Norton
- 2012 - Todd McDonald
- 2012 - Nathan Claus
- 2013 - David Tenderella
- 2013 - Brad Pfeifer
- 2013 - Tyler Inberg
- 2013 - Eric Schucht
- 2014 - Jeff Kreiter
- 2014 - David Mudd
- 2014 - Norm Dannemiller
- 2014 - Stephie Strouts
- 2015 - Jackie Dannemiller
- 2015 - Aaron Goodstein
- 2015 - Jeremy Linch
- 2015 - Blair Timmerman
- 2016 - Chance Sloan
- 2016 - Adam LaFountain
- 2016 - T.J. Cano
- 2016 - Kaleen Deatherage
- 2017 - Jordan Jefferis
- 2017 - Lori Horine
- 2017 - Christopher McCracken
- 2017 - Stephen Deatherage
- 2018 - Kieran Armstrong
- 2018 - Nicholas Krane
- 2018 - Bo Griffin
- 2018 - Doug Kaup
- 2019 - Nick Wagner
- 2019 - Trevor Horine
- 2019 - Bryce Horine
- 2019 - John Mudd
- 2020 - Benjamin Flores
- 2020 - Jeff Kenyon
- 2020 - Greg Kenyon
- 2021 - Maria Flores
- 2021 - Mason Lewallen
- 2021 - Julia MacDougall
- 2022 - Rick Baumann
- 2022 - Aaron Watt
- 2022 - Ron Stankye
- 2023 - Dana Fowler
- 2023 - Zac Horine
- 2024 - Matthew Dannemiller
- 2024 - Terri Griffin
- 2024 - Nathan Lebednik
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