Hess Pierson Award

The Hess Pierson award is given annually to a campus minister who shows exemplary dedication and service to LSM. It is named in honor of two students who died in an automobile accident on their way to an LSM retreat in 1985. Nominations may only come from regional representatives of LSM-USA. They can nominate any campus minister they feel has shown exemplary service to LSM but they cannot nominate their own campus minister. Nominations should be submitted in writing by May 1 st to the national staff person. The recipient will be selected by the Campus Ministry Advisory Committee from the nominations. The recipient is presented with the award at the annual Campus Ministry National Staff Conference in June.

The following persons have been awarded the Hess Pierson Award:

1986 Laurie Fox Petrov & Lance Braun
1987 Rona Johnson
1988 Jan Tobias
1989 Sara Nelson
1990 Jim Stender
1991 Don King
1992 Carl Sharon
1993 Jean McCreery
1994 Christine Blice-Baum
1995 No award given
1996 Lloyd Kittlaus
1997 Connie Parvey
1998 Jayne Thompson
1999 Karl Koch
2000 Richard Zawistoski
2001 Carol Hertler
2002 Jack Saarela
2003 Mike Girlinghouse
2004 Bill King
2005 Elizabeth Platz