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NJMCA Awards

Award Nominations

Awards and resolution nominations are now being accepted by the NJMCA Awards and Resolutions Committee. Any member of the NJMCA may submit a nomination for the A. R. "Bunnie" Hajek Award. 


Anyone aware of individual(s) meeting the requirements for the Achievement Award, the Twenty Five Year Service Award, and/or the Outstanding Mosquito Worker Award is encouraged to submit nominations. Association membership is not required to receive any of these awards.  


Suggestions can also be submitted for individuals or events which deserve recognition in the form of a resolution. Please submit nominations for events or individuals to receive resolutions in resolution format if possible. All nominations are due by mid-January annually.


Once you have filled out the nomination form, please submit your completed copy to Manar Soliman at the Hudson Regional Health Commission by email, by mail to the address on the form, or by fax to 201.223.0122. 


For questions, please call Manar at 201.223.1133.


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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


NJMCA Award Presentation

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    

2022 Ralph Strano, Union County Bureau of Mosquito Control


NJMCA volunteers

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


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


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.


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