
Previous NVFC Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Previous NVFC Lifetime Achievement Award winners:
- 2009 - Fred Allinson - Washington
- 2008 - John Doster - Pennsylvania
- 2007 - Robert T. Bettenhausen - Illinois
- 2006 - Lawrence F. "Sonny" Ruff - Kansas
- 2005 - Patrick Hlavaty - Texas
- 2004 - John S. DaVanzo - New York
- 2003 - Phil Sayer - Missouri
- 2002 - James Mahoney - New York
- 2001 - Dan Stevens - Maryland
- 2000 - Dale Perry - Georgia
- 1999 - Robert "Red" McKeon - Connecticut
- 1998 - William Wutz - New York
- 1997 - Walter Smittle, III - West Virginia
- 1996 - John A. "Jack" Scheben - Kentucky
- 1995 - David S. Dwyer - Maryland
- 1994 - Aubrey N. Boudreaux - Louisiana
- 1993 - Joseph A. Jackson - Missouri
- 1992 - Ray Crouch - Tennessee
- 1991 - Joseph R. Robison - Maryland
- 1990 - A.E. "Gus" Welter - Minnesota
- 1989 - William A. Hagevig - Alaska
- 1988 - George F. Comp, Jr. - Maryland
- 1987 - Elsworth Greer - Texas
- 1986 - Louis DeFillipo - New Jersey
- 1985 - James L. Grote - Connecticut
- 1984 - William Irvine Talley - Arizona
- 1983 - Russel D. Salak - Nebraska
- 1982 - D.W. Mathesin - Iowa
- 1981 - Eugene M. Braun - New York
- 1979 - John Moehring - Connecticut
- 1978 - O.E. Hirst - Wisconsin



