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Victor R. Stoner Award


The Victor R. Stoner Award is given in honor of Reverend Stoner, a strong avocational historian, supporter of the Society and one of the founders of Kiva. The Victor R. Stoner Award may be given for outstanding contributions in leadership or participation in the Society; fostering historic preservation; or bringing anthropology, history or a related discipline to the public.

Father Victor Rose Stoner at Awatovi - 1938
Father Victor Rose Stoner at Awatovi – 1938

Recipients of the Victor R. Stoner Award

1987 – Otis H. Chidester
1988 – Clara Lee Tanner, Louie F. Curtis
1989 – Richard C. Lange, Sharon F. Urban
1990 – Henry F. Dobyns, Bernard L. Fontana
1991 – Jacki Breheney, John W. Hohmann
1992 – Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr.
1993 – John L. Murray
1994 – E. Charles Adams, Peter J. Pilles, Jr.
1995 – Charles Gilbert, Gayle H. Hartmann, William J. Robinson,
Grace Schoonover
1996 – Norton Allen, Ethel Allen
1997 – Alfred E. Dittert, Jr., Steward Peckham
1998 – Donald E. Dove, Carol A. Gifford
1999 – Richard A. Bice, Helga K. Teiwes
2000 – Linda L. Mayro
2001 – Patrick H. Beckett, Jerry B. Howard
2002 – David Grant Noble
2003 – James B. Walker
2004 – Gary E. Yancy
2005 – Helen Crotty, Jay Crotty, Mike Jacobs
2006 – Mary Estes
2007 – Agnese Nelms Haury, Adriel Heisey
2008 – James S. Griffith, Winston Hurst
2009 – Maria Elisa Villalpando
2010 – James M. Copeland, William H. Doelle
2011 – Richard W. Lord, Florence B. Lord, John H.  Madsen
2012 – G. Donald Kucera, Lyle M. Stone
2013 – Jim Britton, Marie Britton, Don Burgess
2014 – Robert G. Bruenig, Katherine M. Cerino
2015 – Ann Howard, John Ware
2016 – Allen Dart, Jeffrey H. Altschul
2017 – Homer Thiel, David Doyel
2018 – Beth Grindell. T.J. Ferguson
2019 – Mary E. Graham, Harry J. Winters, Jr.
2020 – Nancy N. Odegaard, Christine R. Szuter
2021 – Diana Hadley, James Neely
2022 – Bernard Siquieros, Sarah Her
2023 –  Stewart Koyiyumptewa, Allen Denoyer