Peacemaker Award Archives

2023
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Amelia Contreras
Peacemaker of the Year: Refugee Resettlement Partnership of Gettysburg
William J. Collinge Award: Christine Kellett, Mary Jane (MJ) Duffy, and Dennis Murphy

2022
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Yeimi Gagliardi
Peacemaker of the Year: Blessing Shahid and Alex Hayes

2021
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Pastor Jay Zimmerman and Judy Leslie
Peacemaker of the Year: Scott Hancock

2020
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Vickie Corbett
Peacemaker of the Year: Chad-Alan Carr
Youth Peacemaker: Gettysburg High School Amnesty International Student Group

2019
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Janet Morgan Riggs
Peacemaker of the Year: Kerr Thompson

2018
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Merle Forney and Sandra Mackie
Peacemaker of the Year: Jenny Dumont

2017
Lifetime of Peacemaking: The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
Peacemaker of the Year: Joseph and Maria Levenstein

2016
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Christopher Fee
Lifetime of Peacemaking (posthumous): Jorge Perez-Rico
Peacemaker of the Year: Rev. Judy Young
William J. Collinge Award: Lynda Taylor

2015
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Richard and Elizabeth Wood
Peacemaker of the Year: Pennsylvania Prison Society, Adams County Chapter

2014
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Mary Kay Turner
Peacemaker of the Year: Strawberry Hill Nature Center

2013
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Tom Jolin
Peacemaker of the Year: Gettysburg C.A.R.E.S.
William J. Collinge Award: Lea Czar

2012
Lifetime of Peaceamking: Gail Hull
Peacemakers of the Year: Athar Rafiq and Rukhsana Rahman
William J. Collinge Award: Mary Gemmill

2011
Lifetime of Peacemaking: David Crowner
Peacemaker of the Year: Ron and Jill Baird
Founder’s Award: Elaine Jones

2010
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Mary Furlong
Peacemakers of the Year: Jan and Jerry Althoff
William J. Collinge Award: Bill Collinge

2009
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Paula Olinger
Peacemaker of the Year: Jan Guillory

2008
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Rev. Joyce Shutt
Peacemaker of the Year: Watershed Alliance of Adams County

2007
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Karl Mattson
Peacemaker of the Year: Susan Star Paddock

2006
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Sam Mudd
Peacemaker of the Year: Suse Greenstone

2005
Lifetime of Peacemaking: Herman Stuempfle
Peacemaker of the Year: Rajmohan Ramanathapillai

NB: Before 2005, there was only one Peacemaker Award

2004
Lou and Patricia Hammann

2003
Nancy Forgang

2002
Ernie Simpson

2001
Dick and Elizabeth Scott

2000
Jane and Marty Malone

1999
Nancy Whitman

1998
Father Joseph C. Hilbert

1997
Marjorie Smith

1996
Jean Odom

1995
Will Lane
Jan Powers