National Rockhound & Lapidary Hall of Fame

Metalcraft

2010 Frank “Franko” Zambrotto - WV
2007 Paul Corry - Ohio
Sharon Bertch - South Dakota
2006 Verne Mccullough - California
2005 Walter Johnson - Kentucky
2004 Dalan Jay Hargrave - Texas
2003 Tom Harmon - Montana
2002 Wes Lingerfelt - California
2001 Tim McCreight - Maine
2000 Larry Richey - California
1999 Kevin Lane Smith - Oregon
1998 Maren Hirsch - Texas
1997 James Kaufman - Arizona
1996 Jerry Harr - California
1995 William Hicks - Texas
1994 Robert Koeppler - Wisconsin
1993 James Fowler - Virginia
1992 Martha Anne GilchrIst - Texas
1990 Doris Kemp - Illinois
1989 Betty Crawford - Ohio
1988 Benjamin Schmidt - Maryland

Fossils

2007 Ben Vrana - Nebraska
2006 Clodis Hunt - Kansas
2004 Frank J. Daniels - Colorado
2003 Terry Wentz - Washington
2002 John Moffitt - Texas
2001 Frank Garcia - Florida
2000 Roger Van Cleef - Tennessee
1999 Neal Larson - So. Dakota
1998 Allen Graffham - Oklahoma
1997 Harold Meals - California
1996 Robert Bakker, PhD - Colorado
1995 William Alloway - California
1994 Japeth Boyce - So. Dakota
1993 Cecilia Dulak - Michigan
1992 Roger Pabian - Nebraska
1990 Mary Boland - Wisconsin
1989 Thomas Johnson - Ohio
1988 Peter Larson - So. Dakota

Lapidary
2021 Denise M. Harrison--Oregon
2018 Conrad K. Grundke - California
2016 Russ Kanluth - California
2015 Jerry Call - North Carolina
2014 Francis F. Musser - California
2011 Harold Smith - No. Carolina
2008 Jim Harmon - Montana
2007 Martin Hultquist,PhD - Colorado
2006 Stephan M. Avery - Colorado
2005 Dennis Paul Batt - California
2004 Henry Hunt - Arizona
2003 Helen Serras-Herman - MD
2002 Jay Bowman - Oklahoma
2001 Glenn & Martha Vargas - CA
2000 Thomas Harth Ames - Colorado
1999 Paul Downing - Colorado
1998 Edward Soukup - California
1997 Edwin Gueck - Nebraska
1996 Art Grant - New York
1995 William Grundke - California
1994 Norman Steele- Washington
1993 William Horton - Michigan
1992 Edith Strout - California
1990 Ute Bernhardt - Illinois
         Jerry Muchna - Arizona
1989 Harold & Erica Van Pelt - CA
1988 Olive M. Colhour - Washington

Education

2018 Bernie J. Emery - Maryland
2016 Darryl Powell - New York
2015 Steven Wade Veatch - CO
2014 Jim Brace-Thompson - CA
2011 Harold Brady - No. Dakota
2008 Lloyd Brown - Wisconsin
2007 Roger Clark - Wisconsin
2006 Clarence O. Ryan -Pennsylvania
2005 Bill & Lois Patillo - Texas
           Ewing Evans - Texas
2004 Diane Dare - Florida
2003 Katharina Stute - California
2002 Don & Lee Kendall - Oregon
2001 W. Dan Hausel - Wyoming
2000 Joel Arem - Maryland
1999 Theodore Fredericks - NY
         Louellen Montgomery - KS
1998 Glenn & Dorothy Lee - Oregon
1997 Ken Zahn - Virginia
1996 Jim Strain - California
1995 William Cordua - Wisconsin
1994 John Boland - Wisconsin
1993 Gregory Gardiner, PhD - Maine
          Pansy Kraus - California
1992 June Culp Zeitner - So. Dakota
1990 Russell Kemp - Illinois
1989 John Sinkankas, PhD - . CA
1988 Robert Markert - Michigan

Minerals

2015 James F. Hurlbut - Colorado
2014 Mike Kokinos - California
         Dr. Peter Modreski - Colorado
2011 George Rapp - Minnesota
2010 Peter Rodewald - Michigan
2007 Steve Weinberger - Maryland
2006 Dave Wilber - Arizona
2005 John Medici - Ohio
2004 George Robinson - Michigan
2003 Steven Chamberlain, PhD - NY
2002 Jay Lininger - Pennsylvania
2001 F. John Barlow - Wisconsin
         Marc Wilson - Pennsylvania
2000 Fred Schaefermeyer Virginia
1999 Jessie Hardman - California
1997 Richard Knox - California
1996 Jack Murphy - Colorado
1995 John Hallahan, MD - PA
1994 Stanley J. Dyll - Michigan
1993 William Larson - California
1992 Robert Jones - Arizona
1990 Peter Bancroft, PhD - California
1988 Paul Desautels - Florida

Tribute (Deceased)

2018 Raymond Rock - Texas
2016 Ronald L. Gibbs - North Carolina
2015 A. Worth Hobby, M.D. - Georgia
2014 Kenneth Boulier - Maryland
2011 Jack Nelson - Maryland
2008 Bob King - California
2007 Conrad Cone - California
2006 William B. Kelly - Oregon
2005 Bob Lang
2004 Harold & Mary Lou Sparks - GA
2003 Oro Stewart - Alaska
2002 Ben Chromy - California
2001 Quincy Howell - Idaho
2000 Helen And Richard Rice - OR
1999 Dr. H. H. Nininger - Kansas
1998 Antonio Bonnano - Wash. DC
1997 Louis Redfern- Oregon
1996 C. Albert Zeitner - So. Dakota
1995 Martin Koning - Arizona
1994 Lafayette Funk - Illinois
1993 Joseph Phetteplace - Michigan 1992 Thomas Bones - Oregon
1990 Robert Harvill - Texas
1989 Henry Graves - Florida
1988 Mark Bandy - Iowa
         Willard Roberts - So. Dakota

Tribute (Deceased) continued
With The Creation Of The Hall Of Fame In 1987, it was decided to give posthumous recognition to the following individuals for their past contributions to the earth sciences

Henry Dake - Oregon
Leland Quick - California
Peter Zodac - New York
Charles Parsons - California
Hugh Leiper - Texas
Clarence Bement - Pennsylvania
Ben Hur Wilson - Illinois
W. E. Hidden - North Carolina
Russell Mac Fall - Illinois

George Kunz - New York
Frank Fleener - Illinois
M/M David Jensen - New York
A.E. Foote - Pennsylvania
William Pitts - California
Joseph Lizzadro - Illinois
Richard Pearl - Colorado
George Rakestraw - Pennsylvania
William De Neui - Minnesota

Sharr Choate - California
Harry Howard - South Carolina
Washington Roebling - New York
William Bingham - Minnesota
Ellis Courter - Michigan
Arthur L. Flagg - Arizona
Bernice Rexin - Wisconsin
Neal Yedlin - Connecticut