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奥斯汀·弗比奖 Recipients
- 1981玛丽·J. Poston
- 1982 Dr. 罗伯特J. 帕里什
- 1983卡罗尔A. 米切尔
- 1984年托马斯·W. 邓拉普
- 1985年罗伯特·克拉姆
- 1986罗杰·W. 斯图尔特
- 1988年詹姆斯·卡斯玛
- 1989年查尔斯·威尔逊
- 卡伦·尼科尔斯
- 1991罗伯特·W. 奈伊
- 1992 Dr. E.R. Bovenizer
- 1993 Marshall Piccin
- 1994威廉L. Toothman
- 1995 Elizabeth Sproull
- 1996哈里·W. 白色
- 1997 Michael Jamison
- 2003年乔治A. 卡罗尔,小.
- 2004 Dr. 詹姆斯·W. 小牛顿,.
- 2005年Daniel L. 小Frizzi.
- 2006 Michael McTeague
- 2007 MaryLou Goodman
- 2008年约翰·毕斯博奇
- 2009年特里A. 李
- 2010年，达玛·伯克哈特
- 2012年丹尼斯S. 狐狸
- 2013 Dr. 大卫·布鲁克斯
- 2014 Keith Sommer
- 2015 Dr. 理查德Greenlee
- 2016 Dr. 约翰Mattox
- 2017丹尼斯·彭兹
- 2018年罗德尼D. Hanson and Deborah Hanson Shutler
- 2019年丹·米勒森
- 2023杰森·威尔逊