The Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award (formerly the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award and ANA Distinguished Service Award) is the highest honor conferred by the

American Numismatic Association The American Numismatic Association (ANA) is an organization founded in 1891 by George Francis Heath. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, it was formed to advance the knowledge of numismatics (the study of coins) along educational, historic ...

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The award was formerly named after

Farran Zerbe Joseph Farran Zerbe (April 16, 1871 – December 25, 1949) was an American coin collector and dealer who was the president of the American Numismatic Association (ANA) in 1908 and 1909. He served as chief numismatist (person responsible for sel ...

, a one-time president of the American Numismatic Association. It is given in recognition of numerous years of outstanding, dedicated service to numismatics. The criteria for the nominee should be that the individual is considered someone who has rendered numerous years of outstanding service to the ANA as well as the field of numismatics. An additional qualification is that the nominee should be a former Medal of Merit and Glenn Smedley Memorial Award recipient. The award is limited only to members of the ANA. In 2021, the ANA Board of Governors voted to change its name to the ANA Distinguished Service Award, following an investigation that uncovered accusations of fraudulent behavior on Zerbe's part. In May 2022, the award was re-named in honor of

Chester L. Krause Chester Lee "Chet" Krause (December 16, 1923 – June 25, 2016) was an American author, numismatics, numismatist, and businessman best known as the founder of Krause Publications in the 1950s. Early life Krause was born in the Town of Helvetia, ...

, the founder of

Krause Publications Krause Publications is an American publisher of hobby magazines and books. The company was started by Chester L. Krause (19232016) in 1952 and published '' Numismatic News''. In the coin collecting community the company is best known for its ...

Winners

1950s

* 1951 – M. Vernon Sheldon * 1952 – June T. Pond * 1953 – Col. Joseph Moss * 1954 – Lewis M. Reagan * 1955 – Dr. J Hewitt Judd * 1956 – Richard S. Yeoman * 1957 – No Award Given * 1958 – Burton H. Saxton * 1959 – Louis S. Werner

1960s

* 1960 – Glenn B. Smedley * 1961 – Dr. John F. Lhotka, Jr. * 1962 – Lee F. Hewitt * 1963 – Elston G. Bradfield * 1964 – Jack W. Ogilvie * 1965 – Lionel C. Panosh * 1966 – J. Douglas Ferguson * 1967 – Dr. John S. Davenport * 1968 – Oscar H. Dodson * 1969 – Eric P. Newman

1970s

* 1970 – Charles M. Johnson * 1971 – Don Sherer * 1972 – Abe Kosoff * 1973 – Matt H. Rothert * 1974 – Herbert Berge * 1975 – Margo Russell * 1976 – Fred C. Bowman and Maurice M. Gould * 1977 –

* 1978 – William C. Henderson * 1979 – John J. Gabarron

1980s

* 1980 – John Jay Pittman * 1981 – Virgil Hancock * 1982 – George D. Hatie * 1983 – Clyde Hubbard * 1984 – Charles L. Krause and

Clifford Mishler Clifford Leslie Mishler (born August 11, 1939) is an American author and numismatist. He has served as president of the American Numismatic Association. Early life Mishler was born in Vandalia, Michigan and attended Northwestern University. C ...

* 1985 – Adna G. Wilde, Jr. * 1986 – Charles H. Wolfe * 1987 – Virginia Culver and Edward C. Rochette * 1988 – Adeline and Aubrey E. Bebee * 1989 – Harry X. Boosel

1990s

* 1990 – James L. Miller * 1991 – Q. David Bowers * 1992 – Paul R. Whitnah * 1993 – Robert L. Hendershott * 1994 – Florence M. Schook * 1995 – Dorothy C. Baber and

Bill Fivaz William F. "Bill" Fivaz (born February 26, 1934) is an American numismatist and author. Early life Fivaz attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, graduating in 1956. Following graduation, he served in the United States Navy. Career Fiv ...

* 1996 – Elvira Clain-Stefanelli * 1997 – Ruthann Brettell * 1998 – Bert and Kenneth E. Bressett * 1999 – Kenneth L. Hallenbeck

2000s

* 2000 – Arthur M. Kagin * 2001 – Harry J. Forman * 2002 – Anthony J. Swiatek * 2003 – Lighthouse Family and Charles J. Ricard * 2004 – Gene R. and Patricia Hynds * 2005 – Joseph E. Boling * 2006 – Larry J. Gentile, Sr. * 2007 – Nancy Opitz Wilson and John Wilson * 2008 –

Gene Hessler Eugene Joseph "Gene" Hessler (born July 13, 1928) is an American musician and numismatist, specialising in paper money. Biography Hessler was born in Mount Healthy, Ohio, in 1928. After studying music in Cincinnati he travelled as a trombonist w ...

* 2009 – John Eshbach

2010s

* 2010 – Beth Deisher * 2011 – Anthony Terranova * 2012 – Arthur M. Fitts III and Prudence Fitts * 2013 –

David Schenkman David E. Schenkman (born September 27, 1939) is an American numismatist and author, specializing in tokens and medals. Early life Schenkman was born in New York City and served in the United States Navy. Career Schenkman began collecting coins ...

* 2014 –

Neil Shafer Neil J. Shafer (April 24, 1933 – August 26, 2023) was an American numismatist and author. Early life Originally a coin collector, Shafer's interest in paper money began in 1945, when he was given a confederate note in Chicago. He graduated ...

* 2015 – Donn Pearlman * 2016 – Mark Lighterman and Myrna Lighterman * 2017 – Brian Fanton * 2018 – Cindy Wibker * 2019 – Thomas Hallenbeck

2020s

* 2020 – Walt Ostromecki * 2021 – Kerry Wetterstrom * 2022 - Thomas J. Uram * 2023 - Mike Fuljenz * 2024 - Dwight N. Manley

References

{{reflist Awards for numismatics American science and technology awards