2023
DAVE PIERCE, Regina, SK
EDWARD BOEME. Appleton WI
FOUR TEENS QUARTET. Eau Claire, WI
2022
DAVE MCNAUGHTON, Menomonie, WI
JIM RASMUS. Manitowac, WI
DAN TRUE, Minneapolis, MN
RUSS FORIS, Posthumously
2021
BOB BREY, Manitowoc, WI
STEVE ZORN, Great St. Paul, MN
BILL & KATHLEEN ALBRECHT, Appleton, WI
2019
ROADRUNNERS QUARTET
NORM STARKS, Janesville, WI
BOB GALL, Racine, WI
2018
ST CROIX CROSSING QUARTET
JAMES EMERY, Hilltop, MN
BRENT GERBER, Moorhead, MN
2017
LARRY LEWIS, Appleton, WI
JAMES LEE, St Paul, MN
ARV ZENK, Mankato, MN
2016
PAUL WIGLEY, Minneapolis, MN
VOCALITY QUARTET
2015
DUANE RYGG, St Paul, MN
GENE SICKELS, Stevens Pt, WI
ALLAN KAPITZKE, Oshkosh, WI
2014
CHARLES SCHUBBE, Mapleton, MN
EXCALIBUR QUARTET
2013
BOB FRICKE, Manitowoc, WI
JOE LILES, Racine, WI
CLARY REINHARDT, Appleton, WI
2012
TYLER SMITH, Stillwater, MN
ROBERT DYKSTRA, Minneapolis, MN
KEN STEPHENSON, Saskatoon, SASK
2011
ROBERT BRUTSMAN, Hilltop, MN
DAVID OLSON, Manitowoc, WI
RUDY ZARLING, Milwaukee, WI
GAY 90's QUARTET, Montovideo, MN
2010
JAY AUSTIN, Faribault, MN
BRENT GERBER, Fargo-Moorhead, ND
PETER BENSON, Hilltop, MN
2009
DOWNSTATE EXPRESS QUARTET
2008
(none named)
2007
ROGER MEYER, Plymouth, MN
2006
RICHARD STAEDT, Appleton, WI
DOUG MILLER, Prior Lake, MN
2005
DARREL DEWITT, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
RICHARD DARBY, Winona, MN
2004 JACK EDGERTON, Stevens Point, WI
2003
(none named)
2002
DUANE HUTTON, Winona, MN
RICHARD “DICK” TEETERS, St Paul, MN
2001
JOHN BAUER, Racine, WI
HARMONY WORKS QUARTET
2000
JOHN PLAZEK, Milwaukee, WI
1999
LES GURR, Winnipeg, MB
1998
GARY JACOBSON, Fargo, ND
1997
FRED STREET, Roseville, MN
CARL GRAHN, Ripon, WI
1996
ATOMIC BUMS QUARTET
JUDD ORFF, Stillwater, MN
1995
BRUCE CHURCHILL, Minneapolis, MN
HAPPINESS EMPORIUM QUARTET
1994
DUANE “DUKE” ENDERS, Plymouth, WI
JOE HERMSEN, Madison, WI
1993
DON CHALLMAN, Shoreview, MN
DEL RYBERG, Rochester, MN
IRV WILLIAMS, Moorhead, MN
1992
ROBERT HAASE, Oshkosh, WI
1991
JULIAN DOMACK, Madison, WI
LEO FOBART, Stevens Point, WI
GORDON GARDINER, Regina, SK
DEL HETUE, Madison, WI
1990
O.H. KING COLE, Sheboygan, WI
WILLIAM DOROW, Franklin, WI
GORDON “GORDO” NICKOLIE, Nashotah, WI
JAMES RICHARDS, Roseville, MN
THE HUT FOUR QUARTET, Minneapolis, MN
1989
(none named)
1988
DEL BRADFORD, Appleton, WI
JOHN MEANS, Manitowoc, WI
ROGER THOMAS, Racine, WI
DAN WASELCHUK, Appleton, WI
SCHMITT BROTHERS QUARTET, Two Rivers WI
2023 Barbershopper Of The Year (BOTY)
2023 Joe Liles Lifetime Achievement Award
The Joe Liles Lifetime Achievement Award was created to recognize those individuals who have made very significant contributions to our District over a long period of time. The award is named in honor of a long-time member of our District, Joe Liles whose contributions to the District and Society were tremendous.
The award criteria is a person with at least 25 years membership in the Land O’ Lakes District who has had multiple District leadership roles over a period of years. Whose leadership had a positive impact on the on-going success of the District, to include contributions in district offices, committees. Teaching, judging, arranging, composing, coaching, quarteting and/or other administrative duties.
2023 - Judd Orff, Stillwater, MN
2022 - Jim Richards, Posthumously
2022 - Del Ryberg, Rochester, MN
2023 - Jay Althof, White Bear Lake, MN
2022 - Paul Wigley, Lakeville, MN
2021 - Bob Bengsch
2019 - Rudy Zarling, Cedarburg, WI
2018 - Gordon Billows, Winnipeg, MB
2017 - Dave Sylte, Austin, MN
2016 - Tom Weber, Germantown, WI
2015 - Larry Lewis, Neenah, WI
2014 - Arvid Zenk, N Mankato, MN
2013 - Jim Hall, Cambridge, WI
2012 - Jim Lee, St Paul, MN
2011 - Lowell Bennes, Moorhead, MN
2010 - John Plazek, Greenfield, WI
2009 - David Maunder, Brandon, MB
2008 - Dale Montgomery, LaCrosse, WI
2007 - Bob Fricke, Manitowoc, WI
2006 - Charles Schubbe, Mapleton, MN
2005 - Chuck Koerner, Grand Forks, ND
2004 - Tyler Smith, Stillwater, MN
2003 - Bruce Odell, Winona, MN
2002 - Robert Brutsman, Golden Valley, MN
2001 - Roger Meyer, Plymouth, MN
2000 - Richard Staedt, Appleton, WI
1999 - Doug Miller, Prior Lake, MN
1998 - LeRoy Zimmerman, Bismark, ND
1997 - Jack Edgerton, Stevens Pt, WI
1996 - Lee Fels, Green Bay, WI
1995 - Duane Hutton, Winona, MN
1994 - Vern Zwicky, Oshkosh, WI
1993 - Dick Teeters, St Paul, MN
1992 - Jack Ottem, St Cloud, MN
1991 - Glenn Aronson, Kenyon, MN
1990 - no one named
1989 - Carl Grahn, Ripon, WI
1988 - Harold Ebel, Faribault, MN
1987 - Judd Orff, Stillwater, MN
1986 - Phil Knautz, St Peter, MN
1985 - Bruce Churchill, Minneapolis, MN
1984 - David Olson, Manitowoc, WI
1983 - Del Ryberg, Rochester, MN
1982 - Jack Gray, Janesville, WI
1981 - John Bauer, Powers Lake, WI
1980 - Thurm Slack, Minnetonka, MN
1979 - Gordon Gardiner, Regina, SK
1978 - Fred Street, St Paul, MN
1977 - Don Challman, St Paul, MN
1976 - Remi Grones, Minnetonka, MN
1975 - Jim Richards, Minneapolis, MN
1974 - Roger Thomas, Racine, WI
1973 - Laverne Moore, Milwaukee, WI
1972 - William Dorow, Franklin, WI
1971 - Julian Domack, Madison, WI
1970 - Les Gurr, Winnipeg, MB
1969 - Jim Bennett, Madison, WI
1968 - Frank Hermsen Jr., Little Chute, WI
1967 - Jay Austin, Northfield, MN
1966 - Fred Seegert, Jr., Milwaukee, WI