W. P. SANDFORD AWARD
Sandford served as President in 1930 and 1931. He was a Professor of English and Rhetoric at University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. Sandford published numerous scholarly articles in a variety of journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Speech, throughout the 1930s and 1940s. The Sandford award is in recognition of exceptional service to the Association over an extended period of years and significant contributions to the field of speech and theatre.
Past W. P. Sandford Award Winners
Pre-1971: Mary Blackburn, Martin Holcomb, F.L.D. Holmes, Clara K. Mawhinney, Clarence Nystrom, Ian Rehn, Roberta Poos.
1971 G. Bradford Barber, Jessie Frederick, & Ruth Yates
1972 E. Dorothy Peterson
1973 Kenneth Burns, Earl Davis, Wanda B. Mitchell, & C. Horton Talley
1974 Paul Crawford & Charlotte Lee
1975 Ralph Micken, Halbert Gulley, & L.E. Norton
1976 Birdine Groshong, R.P. Hibbs, Marion Kleinau, & Margaret Wood
1977 Carl Dallinger
1978 Jeanette Lloyd
1979 Margaret Crowley
1980 Marie J. Robinson
1981 Margaret Cadle
1982 Ralph Lane
1983 Lawrence E. Connolly
1984 Richard A. King
1985 Phillip Decker
1986 Mina Halliday
1987 Maxine Joyce
1988 Adrian Frana & George Tuttle
1989 Marvin Kleinau, Southern Illinois University
1990 Clyde Faries
1991 John Duffin
1992 Kenneth E. Anderson
1993 Richard Hunsaker, Belleville West High School
1994 Jerry Mathis
1995 Phillip Gray
1996 Elizabeth Faries
1997 E. Neal Claussen
1998 Douglas R. Springer
1999 John B. Davis
2000 Morris Snively, Belleville East High School
2001 Connie Link, Heyworth High School
2002 Jan Heiteen, Downers Grove South High School
2003 Deb Woodard, Warren High School
2004 Robert Neuleib, University High School
2005 Douglas K. Jennings, Illinois State University
2006 Craig W. Cutbirth, Illinois State University
2007 Ken Hawkinson, West Illinois University
2008 Henry Hertz, Thornton Fractional South High School
2009 Betty Jane Lawrence, Bradley University
2010 Carol Harms, Belleville East High School
2011 Allan Kimball, Southeastern Illinois College
2012 Tom Pace
2013 Elighie Wilson, Prairie State College, & Tina Winings
2014 Eric Ewan, Pekin High School
2015 Judy Santacanterina, Northern Illinois University
2016 Lauren Morgen, College of DuPage
2017 Ed Jodlowski, Olympia High School
2018 Ed Schwarz, Prairie State College
2019 No Award Given
2020 No Award Given
2021 No Award Given
2022 Jeff Przybyło, Harper Community College