History of the ACE Awards

The John Logue ACE Award

This honor recognizes an individual or organization whose educational programs, technical assistance or research acts as a catalyst for change by creating innovative cooperatives that promote a democratic work environment and economic sustainability for people and communities. The award was launched in 2010 in memory of John Logue of Kent State University.

2011	Monica Adeler, University of Winnipeg, Canada

Outstanding Contribution to Cooperative Education and Training

2011	Arctic Co-operatives Limited, Winnipeg, Canada

2010	Audrey Malan, CooperationWorks!, Wyoming, USA

2009	Amy Fredregill, Cooperative Network, St. Paul, Minnesota USA
2008	Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Montpelier, Vermont, USA
2007	Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
2006	Margaret Bau – USDA, RBS/Cooperative Service, Stevens Point, WI
2005	Bill Patrie – Dakotas Cooperative Development Center
2004	Daniel Côté – Université de Montréal
2003	Larry Swalheim – Cottage Grove, WI
2002	Ian MacPherson – Victoria, BC
2001	Emil Mushrush – McPherson, KS
2000	Frank Blackburn - Oakdale, MN
1999	Karen Zimbelman - Arcata CA
1998	University of California, Davis - Center for Cooperatives
1997	North Dakota Farmers Union
1996	NCFC - Washington Experience for Teachers
1995	Van City Savings Credit Union - Vancouver

Other winners

Randy Torgerson - U.S. Department of Agriculture

Fred Pierce - United Co-operatives of Ontario

Bill Black - Texas A & M University

Olaf Turnbull - Co-operative College of Canada

Walter Jacoby - American Institute of Cooperation

Reginald J. Cressman ACE Award Recognizing Commitment to Staff Development The award was announced in 1993 in a ceremony at a recognition dinner honoring Cressman near Guelph, Ontario.

2011	Cindy Coker, SEED Winnipeg Inc., Manitoba, Canada
2010	Bob Cohen, Cooperative Development Center, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
2009	William J. Nelson, CHS Foundation, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, USA
2008	Jim Hoyt, GROWMARK, Inc., Bloomington, Illinois, USA
2007	Tom Webb – Master of Management - Co-operatives and Credit Unions, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2006	Chuck Snyder – National Cooperative Bank, Washington, DC
2005	Louis Doering – Twin City Co-ops Federal Credit Union
2004	Brett Fairbairn - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
2003	Member Services, CHS Cooperatives - Land O’ Lakes – Saint Paul, MN
2002	CUMIS Group – Burlington, ON
2001	Gary Ellis, Riverton Community Housing
2000	Jean Jantzen, Cenex Harvest States
1999	Rod Nilsestuen, Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives
1998	Dr. Robert Cropp - University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
1997	Saskatchewan Centre for Co-operatives and University of Missouri - Columbia
1996	Rick Wills - GROWMARK, Ontario

Professional Contribution by an ACE Member*

2009	David P. Swanson, chair of the Agribusiness, Rural Electric and Cooperatives practice group at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, USA
2008	Michel Lafleur, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
2007	Roger Herman, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
2006	James Montalvo Laracuente – Cooperativa de Seguros Multiples, San Jaun, PR
2005	Dixie Watts Reaves – Virginia Tech
2004	Colette Lebel – Coopérative Fédérée de Québec
2003	Bob Cohen – Columbus, OH
2002	Louis Doering – Saint Paul, MN
2001	Dr. Carmen Lopez - Medicoop
2000	Anne Reynolds – University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
1999	Randy Dove – Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan
1998	Land O’ Lakes Young Producer Program
1997	Cathy Chamberlain - GROWMARK, Ontario
1996	Allen Gerber - Minnesota Association of Cooperatives
1995	Greg Elliot - Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan
1994	Bruce Odeen - Accelerated Genetics, Baraboo, WI

Other winners

Frank Groves - University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives

Mary Jean McGrath - University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives

Reg Cressman - United Cooperatives of Ontario

Harold Love - University of Kentucky

Gladys Scott - Hyde Park Cooperative Society

Father George Topshee - St. Francis Xavier University

William Hlushko Award for Young Cooperative Educators

(the award was established in 1978 in memory of an ACE board member from the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. William was a cooperative educator who passed away too young at 48 in 1976. Many of William Hlushko's ideas endure.)