William H. and Miriam Cable Foundation Award

The William H. and Miriam Cable Foundation Award was established in 2009 under leadership of District Governor John Balvich. PDG William H. Cable, Rotary Club of Syracuse served as 1982-83 District Governor. William Cable continued to serve Rotary for the remainder of his life. He and Miriam traveled worldwide as key supporters of the Foundation. They made supporting peace, education and humanitarian assistance their personal mission. They were inducted into the Arch C. Klumph Society by Rotary International in June, 1992.

The William H. and Miriam Cable Foundation Award will recognize annually at the District Conference a Rotary District 6540 Rotarian who has given substantially to the Rotary Foundation of their time or treasures. The selection committee will be Foundation Chair PDG Ranjan Kini, PDG John Frischie, and PDG Dan Ryan.

Previous Award Winners

2008-09	PDG Daniel Ryan	DeMotte-Kankakee
2009-10	Connie Saltzgaber	Elkhart Morning
2010-11	PDG Peggy Soderberg	South Bend
2011-12	Missy Houghtaling	Boswell
2012-13	PDG Ranjan Kini	Schererville
2013-14	William “Bill” Coleman	South Bend
2014-15	PDG Floyd & Betty Lou Lancia	Anthony Wayne
2015-16	Richard “Doc” Brungardt	Syracuse-Wawasee
2016-17	PDG Michael Crabill	Elkhart Morning
2017-18	Myrl Nofziger	Concord
2018-19	PDG Judith Walker	Hammond
2019-20	Verne Seehausen	Schererville
2020-21	Holli Seabury	Fort Wayne
2021-22	PDG Steve Sorenson	Fowler
2022-23	Praveen Kollipara	Fort Wayne

Richard A. Angle Lifetime Achievement Award

The Richard A. Angle Lifetime Achievement Award was established by the Rensselaer Rotary Club in
2006 to honor an outstanding member of Rotary who held the qualities shown by Rich in his years of
Rotary service (1980-2005) and (2003-2004) as District Governor of District 6540. Rich joined the
Rensselaer Club in 1980 and served there until he moved to the Fowler Club in 1985. While in the
Fowler Club he served as President twice (1989-90 and 1995-96) with many committee chairmanships,
and on the district level he served as District Trainer (1996-97) under Art Malasto and (1997-98)
under Albert Alazraki. He was elected District Governor Elect in 2002-03.

Rich was diagnosed with cancer during his DG year and died on May 14, 2005.

Each year the committee will select an outstanding Rotarian from District 6540 to receive the award
at the District Conference.

Selection committee: Ann Zehner Angle (spouse, Past President of the Rensselaer Rotary Club), Missy Houghtaling, and PDG Daniel Ryan

Previous Award Winners

2006-07	PDG John B. Egan	Rensselaer Club
2007-08	PDG Daniel Ryan	DeMotte-Kankakee Valley
2008-09	PDG Art Malasto	Valparaiso
2009-10	Wallace Laird, posthumously	Rensselaer
2010-11	PDG Terry McKay, posthumously	Elkhart
2011-12	PDG Floyd Lancia	Anthony Wayne
2012-13	PDG David Wilson	Kendallville
2013-14	Dick Conklin	Fort Wayne
2014-15	Jack Cross	Delphi
2015-16	Missy Houghtaling	Boswell
2016-17	Al Diefenbach	Fort Wayne
2017-18	Brent Sheppard	Granger Sunrise
2018-19	PDG Roger Sims	Munster
2019-20	PDG Steve Sorenson	Fowler
2020-21	PDG Judith Walker	Hammond
2021-22	Keith Bruxvoort	Highland
2022-23	PDG John Frischie	Kentland

The Jack and Kay Kissinger Award was established by the Elkhart Rotary Club in 1986 to honor the

ideals and goals of Rotary. Each year, the committee will select an outstanding Rotarian from

District 6540 to receive the award at the District Conference.

Award Chair:

J & K Kissinger Award Committee
c/o Scott Puckett, Chairman
209 Concord Mall Drive
Elkhart, IN 46517
Scott.puckett@edwardjones.com

Previous Award Winners

1986-87 The Kissingers Elkhart

1987-88 Brazil O’Hagen South Bend

1988-89 Ken Ahler Rensselaer

1989-90 Bob Flury Mishawaka

1990-91 PDG Bill Heinhuis Elkhart

1991-92 PDG Phil Magner Wabash

1992-93 Bob Garvey Roseland

1993-94 John Meier Columbia City

1994-95 Robert Raisor Michigan City

1995-96 PDG Bill Baldwin Gary

1996-97 PDG Dick Kemper Concord

1997-98 Richard Conklin Fort Wayne

1998-99 Gordon Klockow Rensselaer

1999-00 PDG Dale Pence Columbia City

2000-01 PDG John Leal Fort Wayne

2001-02 PDG Terry McKay Elkhart

2002-03 PDG Art Malasto Valparaiso

2003-04 Cliff Witrowski Roseland

2004-05 Al Diefenbach Fort Wayne

2005-06 PDG Roger Sims Munster

2006-07 PDG Peggy Soderberg South Bend

2007-08 PDG Fred Bettner South Gateway

2008-09 Mryl Nofzinger Elkhart

2009-10 PDG Daniel Ryan DeMotte-Kankakee

2010-11 PDG Floyd Lancia Anthony Wayne-Ft. Wayne

2011-12 Tim Gibson Fort Wayne

2012-13 Robert Annis South Bend

2013-14 Steve Ailes Warsaw

2014-15 Jim Brotherson Elkhart

2015-16 Doug Risser Elkhart

2016-17 PDG Michael Crabill Elkhart Morning

2018-19 PDG Ranjan Kini Schererville

2019-20 PDG Roger Sims Munster

2020-21 James S. Stickel Goshen

2021-22 PDG Steven Van Scoik Concord

2022-23 Martha Sandoval Schererville