The Shelter Island Lions Club annually selects an Islander as Citizen of the Year. Here’s a list of Citizen of the Year awards since 1977 when the Lions initiated this honor:
Barice Nevel
Eugene Tybaert
Isabel Bowditch
Gregory Price
Leonard Bliss
John W. Hallman
Albert Springer
Frederic Gurney
Patricia Lenox
Winnie Dickerson
Jim and Gen Wilson
Judy Sherman and Joy Bausman
Diane Kilb
Andrew and Alice Fiske
Jacqueline Tuttle
Peter MacLean
Clara Barksdale
William Grimbol
Thelma Getty
George Walsh
Huson Sherman
Frank Klenawicus
Ben Jones and Arthur ‘Bud’ Fox
Dr. Alex Garcia
Cliff Clark
Jim Messer and Janalyn Travis-Messer
Gertrude Bourne
Mimi Brennan
Dr. Frank and Mary Ellen Adipietro
Alan J. Krauss
Alfred J. Kilb, Jr.
Paul Mobius
Mark & Mary Kanarvogel
Joseph O’Brien
Howard Brandenstein
Michael Coles
Dick Petry
Jack Monaghan
Phil Power
Tippi & Al Bevan
Anu & John Kaasik
Richie Surozenski
Award qualifications
The Lions Club accepts nominations from January 1 to February 15. It seeks to honor individuals (one or more may be proposed) who have demonstrated outstanding voluntary service to the community.
Such service, the club says in the nominating petition, “far exceeds the duties and obligations that are the normal functions of being a citizen”.
Nominees need not be members of the Lions Club. Here are the guidelines:
- nominees demonstrate profound commitment to serve in a voluntary capacity the needs of the people of Shelter Island
- nominees through exceptional efforts have made outstanding contributions to the well-being of the Island community
- they give assistance without expectation of recognition or reward
- nominees may have served in either a leadership or following role
- they may have been nominated for (but not awarded) Citizen of the Year
The committee forwards its selection to the Lions board for approval in March. The Lions host an awards dinner in May to honor the recipient, usually on the third Thursday.
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