The A.R. "Bunnie" Hajek/NJMCA Association Award
This award is presented to those individuals whose efforts and contributions related to the profession of mosquito control extend beyond expectations of the normal performance of their duties, having an impact beyond the boundaries of their individual agency and benefiting the mosquito control community as a whole.
As The NJMCA Association Award*:
* In February of 1976, the Awards Committee met to discuss the 1st presentation of Association Award.
Guidelines established & printed in 1981 Proceedings: "This award is given to those whose efforts and contributions extend beyond that which is expected. Association members should submit names of candidates and pertinent information to the Awards Committee. Presentation of this award depends on unanimous action of this committee."
Past Recipients
1976 Helen Sollers-Reidel, ARS, United States Department of Agriculture
1978 Floyd Ayer, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1978 L.E. Hagmann, Mosquito Research & Control, Rutgers University
1979 Roland E. Dorer, Norfolk Sanitary Department, VA
1979 Roy Wilson, Passaic County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1981 Ruth McVaugh, Allen Burlington County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1985 Henry Rupp, Somerset County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1985 Tom Sellers, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1989 Dr. Wayne Crans, Mosquito Research & Control, Rutgers University
1989 Bunnie Hajek, Mosquito Research & Control, Rutgers University
1990 Judy Hansen, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1990 Dr. Donald Sutherland, Mosquito Research & Control, Rutgers University
1992 Claudia O'Malley, Burlington County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1993 Robert Kent, Office of Mosquito Control Coordination, NJDEP
1994 Dr. Terry Schulze, New Jersey Department of Health
As The A.R. "Bunnie" Hajek Award*:
* This award was formerly The NJMCA Association Award, renamed on September 10, 1997.
Guidelines established & printed in 1981 Proceedings, modified by Trustees November 12, 2009:
This award is presented to those individuals whose efforts and contributions related to the profession of mosquito control extend beyond expectations of the normal performance of their duties, having an impact beyond the boundaries of their individual agency and benefiting the mosquito control community as a whole. Presentation of this award depends on unanimous action of this committee."
Past Recipients
1998 George Conover, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1998 John Stubbs, Union County Mosquito Control Bureau
1999 Aaron Rappaport, New Jersey State Mosquito Control Commission
2000 William Zawicki, Northeast Vector Control
2001 Peter Pluchino, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2002 Martin Chomsky, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2003 Howard S. Emerson, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2006 Richard Candeletti, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Victoria C. Thompson, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2011 Dr. Lisa M. Reed, Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University
2012 Dr. Bruce Wolf, NJDHSS Public Health Environmental and Agricultural Lab
2012 Patricia Bryant, NJDHSS Public Health Environmental and Agricultural Lab
2014 Ary Faraji, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District
2015 Teresa Duckworth, Morris County Mosquito Control
2017 Jolyn Mitchell-Riddle, Salem County Mosquito Control
2018 Michael Romanowski, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2019 Scott Crans, Office of Mosquito Control Coordination
2024 Judith Legg (Salem County Mosquito control)
2025 Dr. Andrea Egizi (Monmouth/Rutgers)
2025 Michael Senyk (Ocean County Mosquito Commission)
The Achievement Award
This recognition is given to mosquito control workers in NJ, who have devoted at least 12 years to mosquito control and are about to retire. The Awards Committee will annually canvas the county mosquito control agencies for qualified candidates.
Past Recipients
1982 Emil Amabile, Essex County Mosquito Control
1982 Hil Fisher, Salem County Mosquito Commission
1982 Bob Helm, Union County Division of Mosquito Control
1982 Shirley Northey
1983 Layton Hall, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
1983 Charles Leek
1986 Robert Ostergaard, Monmouth County Mosquito Commission
1986 Joseph Roberts, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
1986 John Yeager, Gloucester County Mosquito Commission
1987 George Della Piazza
1988 Henry Metzgar
1989 Walter Gusciora, State Health Department
1990 Samuel Verenna, Warren County Mosquito Commission
1991 Stephan Chereek
1991 Vincent DiCecco
1991 William Gray, Sussex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1991 Charles Mayer, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1991 Henry Rupp, Somerset County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1991 Eugene Slough
1991 Eugene Taylor
1992 Joseph Garcia, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
1992 Leon Fornal, Mercer County Mosquito Control
1992 Edward Smith
1992 Donald J. Sutherland, Mosquito Research and Control, Rutgers University
1993 Stephen A. Chimielowiec
1993 Walter Davis, Union County Mosquito Control
1994 3 Retirees, names not in Proceedings
1997 Robert Dreyer, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1997 Herman "Buddy" Ehrenberg, Bergen County Mosquito Commission
1997 Russell Byrd, Union County Mosquito Control
1997 Kenneth C. Miller, Warren County Mosquito Commission
1998 Noreen Bracy, Burlington County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1999 Two nominated, 1 qualified, names not in Proceedings
2000 Walter Goodwin, Cumberland County Mosquito Control
2000 Joyce Hoffman, Cape May County Mosquito Commission
2000 Richard Newmann, Delaware Mosquito Control Section
2000 Leonard Soccio, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2000 Chester Stachecki, Delaware Mosquito Control Section
2001 German Mora
2001 Joseph Roup
2002 William Sandy McPhearson, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2003 Kay Grace, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2003 Alan Juszcyk, Passaic County Mosquito Control
2003 Jack Krempecke, Mercer County Mosquito Control
2003 James D. Leek, Burlington County Mosquito Control
2004 Patricia Dreyer, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2004 Frank Krachun, Somerset County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2005 Dr. Wayne Crans, Mosquito Research and Control, Rutgers University
2005 Howard Emerson, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2005 Daniel Geerdes
2005 Judy Hansen, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2005 Ralph Longyhore, Warren County Mosquito Commission
2005 William McCombs, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2005 Roderick Schmidt, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2005 John Sweet, Gloucester County Mosquito Control
2005 Irvin (Skip) White, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2007 Otha Holmes, Union County Mosquito Control
2007 Carolyn Vollero, Union County Mosquito Control
2007 John Unterwald
2010 Darlene Crincoli, Morris County Mosquito Commission
2011 John Boyle, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2011 Tom Candeletti, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2011 Dominic Chappine, Burlington County Mosquito Control
2011 David Kellum, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
2011 Dennis Mahoney, Salem County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2011 Raymond Park, Burlington County Mosquito Control
2011 Vincent Pratico, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2011 Lawrence Priest, Burlington County Mosquito Control
2011 Howard Stapleton, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
2011 Lawrence Stewart, Cape May Mosquito Control
2012 Kenneth Armstrong, Morris County Mosquito Commission
2014 Richard Candeletti, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2014 John Dellaquilla, Cumberland County Mosquito Control
2014 Douglas L. Guthrie, Monmouth County Mosquito Commission
2014 Robert B. Kent, NJDEP Office of Mosquito Control Commission
2014 Linda McCuiston, Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University
2014 Christine Musa, Warren County Mosquito Commission
2014 Claudia O'Malley, NJDEP Office of Mosquito Control Commission
2014 Thomas Pareso, Union County Mosquito Control
2014 Martin Preilis, Cumberland County Mosquito Control
2014 Edward Rock, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
2015 Fran Ayers, Cape May Mosquito Control
2015 Patracia Conover, Cape May Mosquito Control
2015 Roosevelt Ford, Essex County Mosquito Control
2015 Oscar Hutchins, Essex County Mosquito Control
2015 Ted Manzke, Mercer County Mosquito Control
2015 William Reinert, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
2016 Domingo Garcia, Passaic County Mosquito Control
2016 Robert Outlaw, Camden County Mosquito Control
2016 Jeffrey Riker, Sussex County Mosquito Control
2018 Roger Armstrong, Morris County Division of Mosquito Control
2018 Jeff Donnelly, Morris County Division of Mosquito Control
2018 Patrick McNulty, Middlesex County Extermination Commission
2019 Rocky Bradway, Salem County Mosquito Control
2019 John Medvetz, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2020 Sara May-Bennett (Warren County Mosquito Control)
2020 Maureen LoCascio (Hudson Regional Health Commission) (Hudson County Mosquito Control)
2020 Dennis Moore (Passaic County Mosquito Control)
2020 Victor De Serio Jr. (Bergen County Division of Mosquito Control)
2021 Jack Sworaski (Camden County Mosquito Control)
2021 Robert Duryea (Warren County Mosquito Control)
2021 Timothy Saunderlin (Salem County Mosquito Control)
2021 Barry "Jay" Zeigler (Salem County Mosquito Control)
2022 Ralph Strano, Union County Bureau of Mosquito Control
2023 Dr. Lisa Reed (Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University)
2023 Gary Cardini (Hudson Regional Health Commission, Mosquito and Vector Control Dept., Hudson County)
2023 William Karlak (Morris County Mosquito Control)
2023 Joseph Cox (Cumberland County Mosquito Control Division)
2024 Steven Longo (Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission)
2024 Glen Jerzak (Somerset County Mosquito Control)
2024 Ted Bean (Azelis Agricultural Environmental Solutions)
2024 Antony Acquaviva (Monmouth County Mosquito Control Division)
2024 Fran Smith (Cumberland County Mosquito Control Division)
2024 John Kranz (Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission)
2025 George Bradbury III (Salem County Mosquito Control)
2025 Michael Iverson (Hudson Regional Health Commission, Mosquito Control Department)
2025 Andrew Flohn (Warren County Mosquito Commission)
The Twenty Five Year Service Award
The Awards Committee will annually bring up-to-date a service roll of names of people who have actively served in mosquito control efforts for 25 years, or more, a portion of which has been in New Jersey.
Past Recipients
1982 Allen Brouwer, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1982 Ralph Bull, Sussex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1982 Russell E. Byrd, Union County
1982 Walter Davis, Jr., Union County
1982 Joseph DeMarco
1982 Vincent DiCecco Jr.
1982 Herman Ehrenberg, Bergen County Mosquito Control
1982 Leon Fornal, Mercer County Mosquito Control
1982 Jospeh Garcia, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
1982 Patrick Gillette
1982 Kenneth Halsey
1982 Frederick Heider
1982 James Higgins, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
1982 Walter Karp
1982 Frances Killeen, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1982 John Kuschke, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1982 Jesse B Leslie, Mosquito Research and Control, Rutgers University
1982 C. Fred Lorenzo, Warren County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1982 Ralph Lutes, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1982 George McCormack, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1982 Shirley Northey
1982 Robert Ostergaard, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1982 George Piazza
1982 Russell Purnell, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
1982 Arthur Safranek, Bergen County Mosquito Control
1982 Edward L. Smith
1982 Helen Sollers-Reidel, Plant Pest Division ARS USDA
1982 James E. Thomas, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
1982 Robert Vanisko
1982 John Washington
1983 John Conner, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1983 Edward Frenzel
1983 Joseph Galimi
1983 Nedra Gibson
1983 Alexander King
1983 James Malure
1983 Stanley Marchut
1983 Spencer S. Marsh, Jr., Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1983 John McCrum
1983 Herbert Sheftal
1983 John Teske Jr.
1983 H. Cory Walling, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1983 Huey Wilder
1983 Roy Wilson, Passiac County Mosquito Control
1984 Gilbert Griffin, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
1984 Frank Lobiondo, Cumberland County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1984 Athony Verdicchio
1985 Lucian Fletcher, Sussex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1985 Aaron Rappaport, State Mosquito Control Commission, NJDEP
1985 Donald Sutherland, Mosquito Research and Control, Rutgers University
1986 Noreen Bracy, Burlington County Mosquito Control Commission
1986 Donald Bragg
1986 Dr. Wayne Crans, Mosquito Research and Control, Rutgers University
1986 David Risley, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
1986 Henry Rupp, Somerset County Mosquito Commission
1987 Judy Hansen, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1988 Eugene Taylor
1989 Robert Dreyer, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1989 James Mullen
1989 George O'Carroll, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1989 James Pepper
1989 Frank Krachun, Somerset County Mosquito Commission
1989 Charles Mayer, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1990 William Fisher, Salem County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1991 Fred Ferrigno, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1991 Bunnie Hajek, Mosquito Research and Control, Rutgers University
1991 George Horner
1991 Lambert Newkirk
1991 Daniel Rice, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1991 Tad Sims Morris, County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1991 Stephen Wall Jr., Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1991 Paul Wurtzel
1992 Ann Marie Grisafi
1992 Savino Grootenboer
1992 John Kaffenberger
1992 John Tomkins
1993 Walter Hess
1993 Leslie Miller, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
1994 Salvatore D'Angelo
1994 Donald Douglass
1994 Russell Johnson
1994 Louis McCann
1994 Thomas Sellers, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1994 Irvin "Skip" White, III, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1995 Alan Juszcyk, Passaic County Mosquito Control Commission
1995 Michael Sawka, Jr., Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1995 Bryant Stanley
1996 John Boyle
1996 Stephan Chereek
1996 Patricia Dreyer, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1996 Lyle E. Hagman, Rutgers Entomology
1996 James E. Leek, Burlington County Mosquito Control
1996 Louis Patterson, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
1996 Peter Pluchino, Jr., Bergen County Mosquito Control
1996 Thomas Zicker
1997 One recipient, no name given
1998 Kenneth Bruder, Office of Mosquito Control Coordination, NJDEP
1998 Brian Gooley, Burlington County Mosquito Control Commission
1998 William Harris, Jr., Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1998 Charles Heathcoat
1998 Eric Hemstedt
1998 Edward Jefferson, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1998 William McCombs, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1998 Dr. Thomas Murray, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1998 Lawrence Priest, Essex County Mosquito Control
1998 Stanley Rowe
1998 George Rue, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1998 Roderic Schmidt, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1999 Kenneth W. Armstrong, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1999 Dominick Chapppine, Burlington County Mosquito Control
1999 Otha Holmes, Union County
1999 William McPherson, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1999 Raymond Parks
1999 Gene A. Shaw, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
1999 Frank Somes, Somerset County Mosquito Commission
1999 Ernest Testa, Union County
2000 Thomas M. Candeletti, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2000 John Kranz, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2000 Claudia M. O'Malley, Office of Mosquito Control Coordination, NJDEP
2001 David Adam, NJ State Health Department
2001 Richard Candeletti, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2001 Martin S. Chomsky, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2001 Nicholas DePalma, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
2001 Elliot Dickman, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
2001 Mark DiDomenico, Essex County Mosquito Control
2001 William Evans, Jr., Essex County Mosquito Control
2001 Lawrence Ferchak, Essex County Mosquito Control
2001 Douglas Guthrie, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2001 Oscar Hutchins
2001 Robert B. Kent, Office of Mosquito Control Coordination, NJDEP
2001 Phillip Molinart
2001 Theodore Piantanida
2001 Dr. Leonard Spiegel, State Mosquito Control Commission, NJDEP
2002 Michael Hajek Jr., Middlesex/OMCC/CapeMay
2003 Dr. Clayton Carr, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2003 Jeff Donnelly, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2003 Ralph Evans, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2003 Timothy Forest, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2003 B. David Frame
2003 Melvin "Bud" Halbruner
2003 Michael Lonabaugh
2003 Patrick McNulty, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2003 Raymond Parker
2004 Dennis Mahoney, Salem County Mosquito Control
2004 Douglas McCormick, Cumberland County Mosquito Control
2004 Marc Slaff, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2005 Ronald Bailey
2005 Russell Brahn
2005 Fred Griffen, Eagleswood Twp. Mosquito Control, Ocean County
2005 Jack Nunemaker, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2005 Michael Rakoski Esq., Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2005 John Sweet, Gloucester County Mosquito Control
2006 William Reinert, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
2007 Vincent Pratico, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2007 John Unterwald
2008 William Karlak Morris, County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2008 Michael Romanowski, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Warren Barnes, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 James Bartlett, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2010 Joseph Celentano, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2010 Victor Deserio, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2010 Richard Dillon, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2010 Roosevelt Ford, Essex County Mosquito Control
2010 Andrew Forgash, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Sidney Frankel, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Florence Gaspari, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Daniel Geerders, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 John Grun, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Carl Isaacs, Passaic County Mosquito Control
2010 Timothy Kelly, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2010 Glenn Levinson, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Linda McCuiston, Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University
2010 James Mullen, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Steven Pavel, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2010 Peter Rendine, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2010 Michael Sloane, Warren County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2010 Warren Staudinger, Bergen County Mosquito Control
2010 Gregory Vallas, Essex County Mosquito Control
2011 David Ekelman, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2011 William Evegan, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2011 Art Jamieson, Camden County Mosquito Control Commission
2011 Walt Jones, Burlington County Mosquito Control
2011 Christine Musa, Warren County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2011 Roger Poinsett, Burlington County Mosquito Control
2012 John Rigolizzo, Camden County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2012 Michael Mathis, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2013 Joe Cox, Cumberland County Mosquito Control
2013 William Harris, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2013 James Morton, Burlington County Mosquito Control
2013 Gregory Pierce, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
2013 William Schweizer, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2013 Daniel Stevenson, Burlington County Mosquito Control
2014 Robert Duryea, Warren County Mosquito Control Commission
2014 John Medvetz, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2014 Tim Saunderlin, Salem County Mosquito Control
2015 Joseph Block, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2015 Phillip Bradshaw, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2015 Rocky Bradway, Salem County Mosquito Control
2015 Dana Chort, Atlantic County Mosquito Control
2015 Scott Crans, Rutgers Center for Vector Biology
2015 Steven J. Longo, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2015 Harold Malone, Union County Mosquito Control
2015 Gary Poole, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2016 Howard Emerson, Camden County Mosquito Control
2016 Michael Milewski, Mercer County Mosquito Control
2016 Robert Outlaw, Camden County Mosquito Control
2016 Linda Sequine, Middlesex County Mosquito Control
2018 Roger Armstrong, Morris County Division of Mosquito Control
2018 Walter Daymon Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2018 Brad Kirchhoff, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2019 Wayne Wurtz, Gloucester County Mosquito Control
2019 Fran Smith, Cumberland County Mosquito Control
2019 Eian Beron, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2022 Russell Brahn, Monmouth County Mosquito Control
2022 Victoria Thompson, Monmouth County Mosquito Control
2022 Mark Dilks, Salem County Mosquito Control
2023 Christopher Norton (Monmouth County Mosquito Control)
2024 Ralph Showalter (Passaic County Mosquito Control)
2024 Glen Davis (Essex County Mosquito Control)
2025 Sean Delbene (Morris County Mosquito Control)
2025 John Zegers (Morris County Mosquito Control)
2025 Kristian McMorland (Morris County Mosquito Control)
The Outstanding Mosquito Worker Award
This is an award that is established to recognize the workers who are most often unseen, doing their daily work but going above and beyond what is expected. This is to promote and reward professionalism within the mosquito control community and recognize workers' efforts in a statewide forum.
Past Recipients
2010 Gregory B. Vallas, Essex County Mosquito Control
2010 Matthew Diem, Cape May Mosquito Control
2011 Lawrence Stewart, Cape May Mosquito Control
2012 Tony Acquaviva, Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2012 Sean Devaney, Union County Mosquito Control
2012 Anthony Hall, Salem County Mosquito Control
2014 Jeff Donnelly, Morris County Mosquito Control
2015 Russell Brahn, Monmouth County Mosquito Control
2016 William "Doc" Daughenbaugh, Cape May Mosquito Control
2016 Stormy Freese, Cape May Mosquito Control
2016 Nick Indelicato, Mercer County Mosquito Control
2017 Scott Johnson, Passaic County Mosquito Control
2017 Joe Schmidt, Ocean County Mosquito Control
2017 Edward Sokorai, Cape May Mosquito Control
2018 Andrian Kabigting, Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2018 Judith Legg, Salem County Mosquito Control
2019 Mary Evangelista, Office of Mosquito Control Coordination
2019 Matthew Herflicker, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission
2019 Diane McNelly, Cape May County Department of Mosquito Control
2019 Patrick Sheets, Cape May County Department of Mosquito Control
2020 Patrick McGrath (Atlantic County Mosquito Control)
2020 Victor E. De Serio Jr. (Bergen County Division of Mosquito Control)
2021 Leon Gale (Atlantic County Mosquito Control)
2023 Gary Cardini (Hudson Regional Health Commission, Mosquito and Vector control Dept., Hudson County)
2023 Grace Grootenboer (Bergen County Division of Mosquito Control)
2024 William Voorhees (Mercer County Mosquito Control)
2025 Stephen Albanese (Essex County Division of Environmental Affairs)
2025 Meghin Pisarski (Cumberland County Mosquito Control Division)
2025 Daniel Healy (Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission)
2025 Russell Berger (Morris County Mosquito Control)
The Presidential Citation
This citation is to be given at the sole discretion of the outgoing NJMCA President if he/she chooses to select individual(s) for this recognition. It may be awarded to an individual who has already been recognized by a former President. It is the President's prerogative to present a citation to one or more individuals whom they feel have done something outstanding over the past year. This award is not to be influenced by approval by the Awards committee.
Past Recipients
1938
Leland Ossian Howard (USDA), Joseph Augustin LePrince (US Public Health Service), Jacob Goodale Lipman (NJAES), Spencer Miller (Essex County Mosquito Extermination Commission), Robert Fry Engle (Ocean County Mosquito Extermination Commission), Fred Anderson Reiley (Atlantic County Mosquito Extermination Commission), James Emery Brooks (Engineer and Publicist), Henry Burnham Maurer (NYC), Bertha Hinsdale Boynton (Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission), Hellen Norris Prickitt (Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission), and Frederick William Becker (Essex County Mosquito Extermination Commission) honored by President David W. Jenkins.
2004
Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., Essex County Executive. Presented by President William Zawicki in recognition for restoring the Essex County mosquito control program and for supporting a comprehensive, long range mosquito control plan.
2004
Edward J. Stominski, Freeholder in Monmouth County. Presented by President William Zawicki for leadership in acquiring enabling legislation for development of tick surveillance and control activities for the state of New Jersey.
2005
Brian Hughes, Mercer County Executive. Presented by President Peter Pluchino for outstanding contributions and support for the revitalization of the Mercer County Mosquito Control program.
2012
Henry Rupp, NJMCA Proceedings Editor. Presented by President Ary Farajollahi for exemplary service and contributions to the New Jersey mosquito control community and for his exceptional editorial work on the NJMCA Proceedings.
2019
Peter Bosak, Cape May County Department of Mosquito Control and Jeffrey O'Neill, Central Life Sciences. Presented by President Robert Duryea for contributions of space and shed for the storage and preservation of archival materials pertaining to NJMCA.
2020
Joe Conlon (American Mosquito Control Association) (AMCA)
Victoria Thompson (Monmouth County Mosquito Control Division)
Wally Terrill (Clarke)
2024
Nick Cepparulo, Hunterdon County Mosquito and Vector Control and
Jennifer Mora, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University. Presented by President Teresa Duckworth for promoting the NJMCA and mosquito control in a positive light through digital media.
2025
Jennifer Gruener, Warren County Mosquito Commission
Presented by President Nicholas Indelicato, in recognition of 12 years of dedicated service as Treasurer of NJMCA, demonstrating outstanding leadership, financial stewardship, and unwavering commitment to the organization.
2025
George "Butch" Bradbury III and Michele Bradbury, of Salem County
Presented by President Nicholas Indelicato, for significant contributions to the silent auction, which funds NJMCA scholarships.
2025
Jeffrey O'Neill
Presented by President Nicholas Indelicato, in recognition of 35 years of service and steadfast support for NJMCA, honoring your tireless commitment, invaluable contributions, and lasting impact on the organization.