Platinum Award
The Peggy Thompson Award was established in 1989 and focuses special recognition on League members who, by their sustained efforts, have been instrumental in strengthening and/or stabilizing their local LWVs and affecting their communities through their enthusiasm, motivation of others, and innovative ideas. This award was renamed in 2022.
1989 – Peggy Thompson (Mahtomedi)
1990 – Dorothy Callahan (Rochester)
1991 – Marylyn Deneen (St. Paul)
1992 – Margit Johnson (Northfield)
1993 – Betty Carr (Richfield)
1994 – Mary Lou Hill (Minneapolis)
1995 – Diane O’Connor (Eastern Carver County)
1996 – Phyllis Letendre (Woodbury/Cottage Grove)
1997 – Gertrude Ulrich (Richfield)
1998 – Marcia Brown (Rochester)
2001 – Gail Schoenfelder (Duluth)
2003 – Carol Bergeson (White Bear/North Oaks/Mahtomedi)
2005 – Ann Berry (Roseville/Maplewood/Falcon Heights)
2007 – Rosemary Guttormsson (Duluth) and Florence Sprague (Roseville/Maplewood/Falcon Heights)
2009 – Florence Pendergrast (Willmar)
2011 – Rosie Loeffler-Kemp (Duluth)
2013 – Bonnie Jean Flom (Northfield/Cannon Falls)
2015 – Sue Hnastchenko (South Tonka)
2017 – Mary Santi (White Bear Lake)
2019 – Paula Stein Clark (Dakota County)
2021 – Rita Mills (Roseville Area)
2022 – Sally Munger (Duluth)