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Past Winners of Tourism Awards

The Ben Black Elk and A.H. Pankow Tourism Awards have been presented annually since 1980 and 1981, respectively.  Here is a list of past honorees, starting with the most recent:

 

Ben Black Elk A.H. Pankow
2012 - Hazel Juhnke   2012 - Bob Faehn
2011 - Bill Honerkamp   2011 - South Dakota Magazine
2010 - Howard and Audrey Shaff   2010 - Mark Kayser
2009 - Nancy Brady   2009 - Al Neuharth
2008 - Mildred and Leonard Cimpl   2008 - Jeff Anderson
2007 - Sylvia Henkin   2007 - none awarded
2006 - Bill Walsh   2006 - Midwest Living magazine
2005 - Peter Norbeck   2005 - Gary Howey
2004 - Dennis "Doc" Casey   2004 - Kevin Costner
2003 - Gutzon Borglum family   2003 - Laura Ingalls Wilder
2002 - Dan Wenk 2002 - Aberdeen American News
2001 - Mary Adams 2001 - Bill Honerkamp
2000 - Dave Sweet 2000 - Jack Hansen - KSFY
1999 - Bill Hustead 1999 - Ron Spomer
1998 - The Ziolkowski Family 1998 - Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
1997 - Terry Redlin 1997 - Ron Schara
1996 - Gary Brown 1996 - Larry Atkinson
1995 - Eddie Clay 1995 - Anson Yeager
1994 - George S. Mickelson 1994 - Bernie Hunhoff
1993 - Kevin Locke 1993 - Jim Aesoph
1992 - Bud Duhamel 1992 - Mount Rushmore Memorial Society
            and the National Park Service
1991 - Al Mueller 1991 - Bob Karolevitz
1990 - Hoadley Dean 1990 - Robb DeWall
1989 - Bob Perry 1989 - Larry Myhre
1988 - Ruth Ziolkowski 1988 - Tom Griffith
1987 - Carl Burgess 1987 - Marci Christensen
1986 - Dave Geisler 1986 - John Lowrie
1985 - Kay Riordan Steuerwald 1985 - June Culp Zeitner
1984 - City of Wall 1984 - KELO Broadcasting
1983 - Korczak Ziolkowski 1983 - Tony Dean
1982 - Earl Brockelsby 1982 - Kevin Woster
1981 - Josef Meier 1981 - Ron Bender
1980 - Ted Hustead