GCW Members

GCA CLUB AWARDS


Club Medal of Merit For exceptional contribution in horticulture, conservation, civic achievement, or leadership within the club.

1932 Mrs. Donald P. Ross

1933 Mrs. Donald P. Ross

1934 Mrs. Donald P. Ross

1968 Mrs. Horace K. Dugdale, Jr.

1972 Mrs. Samuel Wilcox, Jr. 

1973 Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr. 

1976 Mrs. W. Glasgow Reynolds

1977 Mrs. Henry B. du Pont

1978 Mrs. William M. Flook, Jr.

1979 Mrs. William C. Spruance, IV

1984 Mrs. Harold S. Schutt, Jr.

1987 Mrs. William M.W. Sharp

1989  Mrs. William H. Frederick, Jr. 

1993  Mrs. Gordon A. Bussard

1998  Mrs. Calhoun W. Wick

2006    Mrs. Walter S. Rowland

2007  Mrs. C. Ronald Maroney

2012  Mrs. David F. Eaton

2013 Mrs. James S. Bray

2014  Mrs. Alexander M. Roe

2015  Mrs. Charles Porter Schutt, Jr. 

2016 Mrs. J. Eric Russell 

Club Floral Design Achievement Award For excellence in floral design 

2009 Mrs. J. Eric Russell

Club Appreciation Award For dedicated, sustained participation in activities

1994 Mrs. Eleuthère I. du Pont

2001 Mrs. William R. Wister, Jr.

2006 Mrs. Harold S. Schutt, Jr.

2007 Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont

2013 Mrs. James S. Bray

2014 Mrs. J. Eric Russell 

2015 Mrs. Robert C. McCoy

2016    Mrs. Charles V. B. Cushman, Jr. 

2017    Mrs. Randolph Barton, Jr. 

2018 Mrs. C. Ronald Maroney

2018 Mrs. Benjamin F. du Pont

2018 Mrs. Henry C. S. Mellon

2019    Mrs. Richard F. Cairns

2020 Ms. Anne Day

2021 Mrs. Donald C. DeWees, Jr. 

2023 Mrs Henry C. S. Mellon

2023 Mrs. William H. Frederick, Jr.

Club Civic Improvement Award For outstanding service in civic improvement

2003 Mrs. Bruce Bahr 

2011 Mrs. Christopher S. Patterson

2022. Mrs. David F. Eaton

Club Communications Award For utilizing effective communications to promote the mission of GCA

2015 Mrs. David J. Butters 

2018 Mrs. Donald C. DeWees, Jr. 

2024 Mrs. J. Eric Russell

Club Historic Preservation Commendation For outstanding service to historic preservation or restoration

2004   Mrs. Rodney M. Layton

2006 Mrs. Richard A. Dobbs

Club Horticulture Award For excellence in the field of horticulture

1956 Mrs. Donald P. Ross

1957 Mrs. Julian W. Hill

1958 Mrs. D. Meredith Reese

1959 Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont

1960 Mrs. Harold S. Schutt

1961 Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr.

1962 Mrs. William A. Worth

1963 Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

1964 Mrs. George R. Edmonds

1965 Mrs. Edward R. McLean

1966 Mrs. Geoffrey S. Garstin

1970 Mrs. Henry T. Bush, Jr. 

1971 Mrs. J. Simpson Dean, Jr.

1972 Mrs. William M. Flook, Jr. 

1973 Mrs. Eleuthère I. du Pont

1974 Mrs. John R. S. Fisher

1975 Mrs. Nelson T. Shields

1976 Mrs. Ford B. Draper

1979 Mrs. William M.W. Sharp

1980 Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland

1983 Mrs. John F. MacGuigan

1985 Mrs. Anthony G. Scott

1989 Mrs. Daniel M. Kristol

1990 Mrs. Meredith Jenny

2002 Mrs. Walter S. Rowland 

2003 Mrs. David P. Roselle

2005 Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont

2024 Mrs. Joseph Carbonell III

Club Photography Award For excellence in photography

2015 Mrs. Donald C. DeWees, Jr. 

2020. Ms. Barbara Simmons

Club Conservation Achievement Award For outstanding service to conservation

1977 Mrs. Alfred E. Bissell

1979 Mrs. M. Daniel Daudon

1980 Mrs. David S. Foster

2003. Mrs. Joanne K. Barr

2004 Mrs. Christopher D. Sanger

2006 Mrs. Charles S. Cruice

2016 Mrs. Richard H. L. Laird, Jr. 

2020 Mrs. John E. Seiffert

2024 Mrs. Andrew C. Rose

Club Conservation Certificate of Acknowledgement for Non Member

1987 Delaware Wild Lands, Holger H. Harvey

1989 Delaware Nature Society

Club Civic Improvement Certificate of Acknowledgement for Non Member

1993 Delaware Center for Horticulture (The DCH)

2006 Mrs. Douglas C. Eliason

2018 Mr. Vikram Krishnamurthy, The DCH

Club Horticulture Certificate of Acknowledgement for Non Member

2003 Mrs. John Frett

2004 Sir John R. H. Thouron

2012 Ms. Melinda Zoehrer


Club Horticulture Commendation for Non Member

2016 Dr. John Frett

2021 Mr. Christopher Strand