Grand Junction Lion of the YEAR:

Our members vote each year on who we feel embodies the true essence of our mission. The list you see below are the few and proud members who were extraordiary and were honored with the "Lion of the Year" award. Congratulations to every lion listed below.

  NAME YEAR
1 Silmon Smith 1949
2 Dr. EH Munro 1950
3 Bert Benge 1951
4 Al Look 1952
5 MN Due 1953
6 Cecil Walt 1954
7 Rex Howell 1955
8 Jim Gormley 1956
9 Chet Enstrom 1957
10 Clint Smith 1958
11 RB Williams 1959
12 Rudy Susman 1960
13 JD Serverson 1961
14 DS Dykstra 1962
15 Leland Schmidt 1963
16 Dr. CS Lumley 1964
17 Al Cornelison 1965
18 Ralph Stocker 1966
19 Frank Rose 1967
20 Don Sparn 1968
21 Clinton Biggs 1969
22 James Westbrook 1970
23 Henry Faussone 1971
24 William Ela 1972
25 Ray Meacham 1973
26 Dale Hollingsworth 1974
27 Bob Collins 1975
28 David Flatt 1976
29 John Koiter 1977
30 Earl Ericson 1978
31 Ted Albers 1979
32 Bill Beckwith 1980
33 Dr. Hurst Otto 1981
34 Jim Eisenhauer 1982
35 Frank Hockensmith 1983
36 AC Corder 1984
37 William Sullivan 1985
38 Mancel Page 1986
39 Laird Smith 1987
40 Ernest Beroni 1988
41 James Cadez 1989
42 Dr. Pat Moran 1990
43 Larry Feather 1991
44 Keith Mumby 1992
45 Brian Mahoney 1993
46 Larry Jones 1994
47 Leslie Gerlach 1995
48 Ken Nesbitt 1996
49 Alan Workman 1997
50 Tilman Bishop 1998
51 Dr. Ed Ellinwood 1999
52 Bill Petty 2000
53 John McKean 2001
54 Dan Griffin 2002
55 Bill Killgore 2003
56 Dr. Paul Jones 2004
57 Dr. G. P. Smith 2005
58 Tom Burke 2006
59 Doug Simons 2007
60 Bill Rohr 2008
61 Greg Palmer 2009
62 Mike Russell 2010
63 Jamie Hamilton 2011
64 Harry Griff 2012