Past Ohioana Miscellaneous and One-Time Award Winners
Past winners of the annual Ohioana Awards in miscellaneous and one-time categories.
Year |
Honoree |
Award |
Achievement
|
County |
2004
|
Webner, Robert
|
75th Anniversary Award
|
(outstanding Ohioana leader)
|
Franklin
|
2003
|
Dove, Rita
|
74th Anniversary Award
|
(for her contributions to Ohio literature)
|
Summitt
|
2002
|
Holbrook, Hal
|
73rd Anniversary Award
|
(actor, director, and educator)
|
Cuyahoga
|
2001
|
Johnson, Philip
|
72nd Anniversary Award
|
(post-modern architect)
|
Cuyahoga
|
2000
|
Hunter, Dard III
|
71st Anniversary Award
|
(paper maker, artisan)
|
Jefferson
|
1999
|
Eckert, Allan
|
Ohio Favorite Author
|
(about Ohio/Ohioan)
|
Montgomery
|
1999
|
Giovanni, Nikki
|
Ohio Favorite Author
|
Poetry
|
Hamilton
|
1999
|
Hamilton, Virginia
|
Ohio Favorite Author
|
(juvenile)
|
Greene
|
1999
|
Morrison, Toni
|
Ohio Favorite Author
|
Author, fiction
|
Lorain
|
1999
|
Thurber, James
|
Ohio Favorite Author
|
(nonfiction)
|
Franklin
|
1999
|
Bellamy, John Stark
|
Ohio Favorite Book
|
They Died Crawling
|
Cuyahoga
|
1999
|
Denslow, Sharon
|
Ohio Favorite Book
|
Riding with Aunt Lucy
|
Lorain
|
1999
|
Eckert, Allan
|
Ohio Favorite Book
|
The Frontiersmen
|
Montgomery
|
1999
|
Morrison, Toni
|
Ohio Favorite Book
|
Beloved
|
Lorain
|
1999
|
Santmyer, Helen Hooven
|
Ohio Favorite Book
|
And Ladies of the Club
|
Hamilton/Greene
|
1980
|
Schneider, Mark
|
New Music Award
|
Antimemoires
|
Hamilton
|
1968
|
Bevis, Howard L.
|
Memoriam
|
(president of The Ohio State University and a jurist)
|
Hamilton
|
1966
|
Quest Club of Pataskala
|
$100 Award
|
(for sponsoring craft exhibit on Ohio life)
|
Licking
|
1955
|
Lawrence, Jerome
|
Award of Merit
|
(playwright of Inherit the Wind)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1955
|
Lee, Robert E.
|
Award of Merit
|
(playwright of Inherit the Wind)
|
Lorain
|
1953
|
Thurber, James
|
Sesquicentennial Award
|
("creator of fantasy, master of prose")
|
Franklin
|
1949
|
Smith, William E.
|
Ohioana Fellowship
|
Buckeye Titan
|
Butler
|
1948
|
Way, Frederick, Jr.
|
Ohioana Fellowship
|
Story of Ohio River Life
|
not an Ohioan
|
|
