Awards
Our Awards
The League of Women Voters of St. Paul is strengthened by the commitment of members and community partners who believe in the power of democracy. To honor that dedication, we present two annual awards: the Faye Lyksett Award and the Sunrise Award. These honors highlight the many ways individuals contribute to our shared mission of empowering voters and defending democracy.
The Faye Lyksett Award
The Faye Lyksett Award, first given posthumously in 1959, is presented at the LWVSP Annual Meeting to a member who has demonstrated outstanding long-term service to the League and the community for which she has not yet received public recognition.
The award was created to recognize a member who, like the award’s namesake, Faye Lyksett, has demonstrated devoted service, performance excellence, and enthusiasm in working with the League for many years.
Selection criteria:
Service to the League program, purpose, organization and membership
Length of service
Diversification of Activity
Responsiveness to assist where needed
Public relations within the community
Past recipients have included League members who have led voter registration drives, organized candidate forums, chaired committees, mentored new members, and consistently gone above and beyond to ensure the League remains strong and effective. The Faye Lyksett Award reminds us that dedicated volunteers are at the heart of everything we do.
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1960 Audrey Cochrane
1961 Elaine Springsted
1962 Janet Giefer
1963 Francis Boyden
1964 Ruby Hunt
1965 Beverly Vavoulis
1966 Betty Vachon
1967 Greta Michaels
1968 Agnes Jefferson
1969 Lorraine Wood
1970 Norma Finnegan
1971 Mertyce Mayne
1972 Mary Lou Grahek
1973 Eleanor Weber
1974 Jan Dvorak
1975 Louise Marvin
1976 Marylyn Deneen
1977 Marilyn Lundberg
1978 Marlene Krona
1979 Verna Becker, Peggy Lynch
1980 Sally Patterson
1981 Jean Thomas
1982 Deborah Nelson
1983 Dianne Brooke
1984 Beverly McKinnell
1985 Dru Osterud
1986 Sigrid Johnson
1987 Roberta Megard
1988 Joan Newmark
1989 Barbara Burleigh
1990 Carol Osip
1991 Joanne Englund
1992 Trudy Dunham
1993 Sara Pillow
1994 Ann Copeland
1995 Diane Power
1996 Mary Jo Leier
1997 Mary Vik
1998 Sally Stoppel
1999 Elaine Saline
2000 Phyllis Hollihan
2001 Lois Yellowthunder
2002 Marion Watson
2003 Vicki Gee-Treft
2004 Kathy Stack
2005 Kristine Madson
2006 Mary Voight
2007 Amy Mino
2008 Roger Anderson
2009 Jaclyn Schroeder
2011 Tenzin Dolkar
2012 Colleen Bollom
2013 Bonnie Benson
2014 Judy Screaton
2015 Marge Anderson
2018 Marion McCarthy
2019 Hayden Kilkenny
2020 Claudia Dieter
2021 Nick Harper
2022 Heidi Kloempken
The Sunrise Award
The Sunrise Award, first presented in 1987, is given at the Annual Meeting to a Leaguer who has become a member within the past three years and has shown exceptional service and commitment to LWVSP. Nominees are requested from the membership, and a committee consisting of last year’s recipient and two Board members select the recipient for the current year.
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1987 Mary Vik
1988 Ester Lewis Fesler
1989 Mary Shortall
1990 Teri Pardo
1991 Lorraine Lauren
1992 Gayle Crampton
1993 Ellen Kluz
1994 Ellen Weiss
1995 Betsy Gardner
1996 VanAsa Wanless
1997 Jennifer Ridgeway
1998 Colleen Hartmon-Bollom
1999 Amy Mino
2000 Jessica Crary
2001 Mary Voight
2002 Marisa Geisler
2003 Carol Mollner
2004 Vicki Lofquist
2005 Jaclyn Schroeder
2006 Emily Reilly
2007 Kate Blessing
2008 Karissa Huntington
2009 Tenzin Dolkar
2011 Laura Schwartz
2012 Lucy Morgan
2013 Hally Turner
2014 Sarah Small
2015 Nicole Mickelson
2016 Hayden Kilkenny
2017 Nick Harper
2018 Erin Heisler-Wagner
2019 Vicki Barnes
2020 Amy Perna
2021 Dan Krivit
2022 Beatrice Owen
