Article by Ed Liesse; Photos by Ken Liesse

Every year the National Model Railroad Association presents several different types of awards. This year, as announced at the NMRA National Convention in Salt Lake City, the Fourth Division had three winners!

The President’s Award for Division Service was awarded to Gene Swanson, MMR. This Award is awarded by the NMRA President to one individual in a Division in each Region per year, who had done outstanding “beyond-the-call-of-duty” work to make his or her local division effective, engaging, and welcoming to Members. As we already know, Gene was presented with his award at the Spring Meet.

President’s Award for Division Service awarded to Gene Swanson (left). Photo by Ken Liesse.

The President’s Award was awarded to Di Voss, MMR, for service as the Manager of the Standards & Conformance Department. This award is given by the NMRA President for outstanding service to the NMRA. Di was in this position for about 10 or 12 years.

The Meritorious Service Award was awarded to Ken Liesse by the NMRA Marketing Department in recognition of the work he has done and continues to do administering the NMRA Facebook presence on the Internet. Ken has been doing this function for 10 years.

Di Voss (left) with President’s Award, and Ken Liesse (right) with Meritorious Service Award. Photo by BLiessePhoto.

Congratulations on your well-deserved awards Gene, Di, and Ken!

Ed