To be presented annually to any person who has made an outstanding philatelic contribution to the area of Irish philately. Each year, the vice president serving as Awards Committee Chairperson will appoint a committee to select the recipient. The committee will be composed of not less than three members, at least one of whom will be a holder of the award. The chairperson of this committee will be designated by the vice president.
The person(s) selected need not be a member(s) of the ÉPA. If in the opinion of the committee, no outstanding philatelic contribution has been made during the year, the award need not be made for the period.
Award Recipients:
1968 | John J. Walsh | |
1969 | Frederick F. Dixon | |
1970 | William Kane | |
1971 | Joseph E. Foley | |
1972 | Gilchrist P. Roberts | |
1973 | Vincent E. Linnell | |
1974 | William G. Meredith | |
1975 | Samuel B. Frank & Joseph Schonfeld | |
1976 | James J. Brady | |
1977 | Major Michael H. Priestley | |
1978 | H. G. Leslie Fletcher | |
1980 | Micheal P. Giffney | |
1982 | Edward Fitzgerald & Brian Warren | |
1983 | John J. Blessington | |
1984 | Nora Wright | |
1985 | O. M. Richards | |
1986 | Frank Holzmuller | |
1990 | Colonel B. B. Zellers | |
1991 | Neil Stack | |
1993 | Dr. Cyril I. Dulin | |
1994 | Otto Jung | |
1995 | William J. Murphy | |
1996 | David MacDonnell & Ian Whyte | |
1998 | Hans G. Moxter | |
1999 | Patrick J. Ryan, Sr. | |
2000 | Ronny Vogt | |
2002 | Patricia S. Walker | |
2004 | Bernard C. Clancy | |
2005 | Kevin Drury | |
2006 | David J. Brennan | |
2011 | Roy Hamilton-Bowen | |
2012 | William A. O'Connor | |
2014 | Paul Bento | |
2017 | Barry Cousins | |
2019 | Raymond Murphy | Boxborough MA |
2020 | Richard D. Kelly | 2020 Virtual AGM |