The John Dillin Professional Award for service to the Florida Public Relations Association has been established as the highest, most prestigious award of the Association. The award honors the spirit and dedication of FPRA’s first president and founder, Lt. Col. John Dillin, and his lifetime of service to and support of the Association. For information on how to nominate someone for the Dillin Award, download the award guidelines. Nominations are due April 3, 2023.
Congratulations to all previous Dillin Award winners:
2022 | Teri Hansen, APR |
2021 | Carole Savage, APR, CPRC |
2020 | Christopher Carroll, APR, CPRC |
2019 | Chris M. Gent, APR, CPRC |
2018 | Lanette Hart, APR, CPRC |
2017 | Cheray Keyes-Shima, APR, CPRC |
2016 | Jennifer Moss, APR, CPRC |
2015 | Tricia Ridgway-Kapustka, APR, CPRC |
2014 | Suzanne Sparling, APR, CPRC |
2013 | Lisa Malone, APR, CPRC |
2012 | April Salter, APR, CPRC |
2011 | Frank Polito, APR, CPRC |
2010 | Leah Lauderdale, APR, CPRC |
2009 | Roger Pynn, APR, CPRC |
2008 | Karen Plunkett, APR |
2007 | Kathleen M. Giery, APR, CPRC |
2006 | Lynn Schneider, APR, CPRC |
2005 | Rick Oppenheim, APR, CPRC |
2004 | Tom Preston, APR, Fellow PRSA |
2003 | William Warren, APR, CPRC |
2002 | Del Galloway, APR, CPRC |
2001 | Adrienne Moore, APR, CPRC |
2000 | Ginnie Duffey Troyer, APR, CPRC |
1999 | Bob Gernert, Jr., APR, CPRC |
1998 | Scott Harrington, APR, CPRC |
1997 | Doris Wilkes |
1996 | Jay Rayburn, Ph.D., APR, CPRC, Fellow PRSA |
1995 | Bob Davis, Ph.D., APR, CPRC |
1994 | No Award Given |
1993 | Joseph J. Curley, APR, CPRC |
1992 | Edward D. Whittlesey, APR |
1991 | Jean Ludlow, CPRC |
1990 | Stanley Tait, CPRC |
1989 | Frank Wright, APR |
1988 | Charles Wellborn, Jr., APR |
1987 | John W. Dillin, APR, CPRC |