Recognition Awards

Lifetime Service Award

The Rotary Club of Louisville’s Lifetime Service Award is presented annually to a member of our Club who demonstrates a lifelong adherence to Rotary’s Service Above Self ideals. This Lifetime Service Award publicly recognizes and reinforces the importance of personal dedication to the pursuit of Rotary’s values in one or more of Rotary’s Four Avenues of Service.

HENRY V. HEUSER
1999-2000

BREMER EHRLER
2000-2001

BAYLOR LANDRUM, JR.
2001-2002

MARTIN F. SCHMIDT
2002-2003

SHIRLEY W. PALMER-BALL
2003-2004

GEORGE N. GILL
2004-2005

JOSEPH E. KUTZ, M.D.
2005-2006

JOHN R. “JACK” GUTHRIE
2006-2007

WILLIAM P. KELLY , JR.
2007-2008

CHARLES B. CASTNER
2008-2009

G. RAYMOND SCHUHMANN
2009-2010

FREDERIC “RICK” T. HARNED
2010-2011

WADE MOUNTZ
2011-2012

HENRY V. HEUSER, JR.
2012-2013

JOYCE SEYMOUR
2013-2014

CRAIG SCHERMAN
2014-2015

BOSWORTH “BOS” TODD
2015-2016

R. WOOD NORTHUP
2016-2017

DR. RAJAH KARALAKULASINGAM M.D.
2017-2018

MICHAEL KULL
2018–2019

BARRY BARKER
2019-2020

DR. CHARLES R. OBERST
2020-2021

SUSAN ZEPEDA
2021-2022

LARRY SLOAN
2022-2023

Rotarian of the Year

The Rotarian of the Year Award is presented to a member of The Rotary Club of Louisville who, over the recent past, has demonstrated adherence to the tenets of Rotary’s Four-Way Test in business/professional life, and in Rotary and civic activities has made exceptional contributions to our community and to our Rotary Club.

PAUL G. TOBIN
1991-1992

HENRY J. SCHEIRICH, ILL
1992-1993

BREMER EHRLER
1993-1994

WILSON W. WYATT, SR.
1994-1995

BAYLOR LANDRUM, JR.
1995-1996

DENNIS J. DOLAN
1996-1997

G. RAYMOND SCHUHMANN
1997-1998

JOSEPH E. KUTZ, M.D.
1998-1999

CRAIG W. SCHERMAN
1999-2000

OTTO G. FEDDERN
2000-2001

WAYNE N. PERKEY
2001-2002

EDWARD R. SWARTZ
2002-2003

CHARLES J. LAVELLE
2003-2004

RAJAH N. KARALAKULASINGAM, M.D.
2004-2005

STUART E. ALEXANDER, III
2005-2006

HENRY V. HEUSER, JR.
2006-2007

R. WOOD NORTHUP
2007-2008

MAYNARD L. STETTEN, M.D.
2008-2009

ALLAN M. PARNELL
2009-2010

W. KEVIN SMITH
2010-2011

GREGORY P. BRAUN
2011-2012

MITCH RUE
2012-2013

KENNETH N. MIDDLETON
2013-2014

WALTER “RANDY” COE
2014-2015

KEVIN S. WARDELL
2015-2016

CHERYL KERSEY
2019-2017

WALTER KUNAU, JR.
2017-2018

LARRY SLOAN
2018-2019

ALICE BRIDGES
2019-2020

TONY KEMPER
2020-2021

KEVIN MCCARRON
2021-2022

ASHLEY BRAUER
2022-2023