Membership Development - Citizen of the Year Award

• Committee Chair:  Mary Harvey, 2008 Citizen of the Year, 281.351.8903

  This group of outstanding community leaders—including past recipients of the award, Chamber board members, and three former Board Chairmen—is charged with selecting the recipient of the Tomball area’s highest honor.  The recipient of this award is recognized each year at the Chamber’s Annual Chairman’s Ball.

• Former Recipients -

  
  1969    G.W. Bautigam - (Deceased)
  1970    George Nicklow - (Deceased)
  1971    Teddy Klein
  1972    Lowell Cox - (Deceased)
  1973    Jimmie Tanner - (Deceased)
  1974    Frank Brautigam - (Deceased)
  1975    Rev. J.L. Edgar - (Deceased)
  1976    Allan K. Cox
  1977    Roy Hillegeist - (Deceased)
  1978    Dr. W.L. Cheatham - (Deceased)
  1979    Elmer Beckendorf
  1980    Ben Scholl
  1981    Douglas Looney
  1982    Shirley Klein Harrington
  1983    Roy Hohl - (Deceased)
  1984    Martha Conn - (Deceased)
  1985    Joe B. Fuerst - (Deceased)
  1986    Earle D. Oldham
  1987    Diane N. Holland
  1988    Dr. Norman E. Graham
  1989    Lee Tipton - (Deceased)
  1990    H.G. "Hap" Harrington
  1991    Dr. Roy Lazenby
  1992    Lessie Upchurch
  1993    Lori Klein Quinn
  1994    Bruce Hillegeist
  1995    Robert Klein
  1996    Sandy Krug
  1997    Robert Schaper – (Deceased)
  1998    Jack Frey
  1999    Peter McStravick - (Deceased)
  2000    Paul Michna
  2000    Lester Neidigk (Posthumously)
  2001    Wayne Gloyer
  2002    Travis Whitaker
  2003    Leonard Chambers
  2004    Merritt E. Spencer
  2005    Stephen Hohl
  2006    Judy Deyo
  2007    Ron Haffner
  2008    Mary Harvey