Friend of the Rottweiler
The American Rottweiler Club offers this award to the person (or group) who has done the most for the Rottweiler breed in the United States in the calendar year. An individual may only be won once (unless the individual receives the award as part of a group). Recipients need not be ARC members.
The award is presented at the Awards event at the National Specialty. Nominations may be submitted by individuals or by clubs listed in the Local and Regional Clubs list.
Past Recipients
- Muriel Freeman
- Doris Baldwin
- Bruce Billings
- Revera “Vee” Wayburn
- Nicki Giesy & Betty Gerber
- Judy Beaupre
- ARC Herding Committe (Tricia Millsap, Carol Krickeberg, James Hoyt, Mid Rothrock & Roger Myer)
- Jeanette Quay
- Greg Benkiser
- Jump Heights Committee (Mrs. Bernard Freeman, Nancy Gaffney, Mary Ann Pecen, Donna Rice, Jeff Shaver, Cathy Thompson & Emmy Verkosen)
- Rottweiler Health Foundation Founders (Donna Rice, Revera “Vee” Wayburn, Patrice Lee & Susan Reis, DVM)
- Doreen LePage
- Grace Acosta
- Frank Nelson
- Ron & Teri MacArthur
- Glenn Elizabeth Pollock
- Geula Resnick
- Junior Showmanship Committee (Lew Olson, Cindy Earich Leibert & Connie Fountain)
- Hurricane Katrina Rescue (Linda Stoltz & Lew Olson)
- ARC Legislative Committee (Leisa Boysen, Karen Brinkley, Jan Cooper, Lynn Lopez, Karen Perry & Jeff Shaver.)
- Jan Cooper
- ARC Disaster Committee & Volunteers (Patricia R. Carmel, Cindy Childers, Tina Church, Ann Glynn, Pamela J. Grant, Evie L. & Manson Johnson, Gene Norman, Lew Olson, Elissa O’Sullivan, David A. Roberts, Erik Lee Scott, Carolyn Zembrodt & all others who helped out in rescue work in relation to Hurricane Ike)
- Barbara Haywood
- Dr. David Waters
- Carolyn Zembrodt
- Kelly M. Skiptunas
- Karen S. Riddle
- Joan Sweeney
- Angie Ruiz
- Seminole Rottweiler Club of North Central Florida, Linda Garvey & Tonya Williamson
- Staff at Brookdale Kingston (TN) Assisted Living
- Carl Joseph Chinnici