When Dr. Henry “Wade” Macomber (1894-1983) died after more than a half-century of Burlingame Rotary membership, then-President Ogden White established a memorial service award in his honor. Each year the award has renewed and fulfilled his promise: “… that the kind of steady, loyal, selfless service epitomized by Wade Macomber will not go unheralded.”
Those who are honored with the Wade Macomber Award have:
- Been a member in good standing of the Rotary Club of Burlingame for not less than ten years.
- Contributed, in a number of specifically identified ways in personal service above and beyond normal expectation, to the purpose, objectives and principles of Rotary.
- Made significant and unique contribution in personal service to the local community measured from the standpoint of personal time, effort and actual accomplishment.
- Been recognized, among peers, as a leader, a doer and an accomplisher of special abilities.
- Demonstrated personal attributes and characteristics which identify the person as a truly outstanding individual.
2019 John Delaney
2018 Sheryl Young
2017 Jennifer Pence
2016 Paul Nieberding
2015 Jerry Kuehn
2014 Walt Ramseur
2013 Charles Voltz
2012 Mark Lucchesi
2012 Karen Key
2011 Bob Doerr
2010 Jim Shypertt
2009 Mike Heffernan
2008 Don Refvem
2007 Jay Plank
2006 Butch Taylor
2005 Ernie Scheppler
2004 Theodore Kruttschnitt
2003 Mark Johnson
2002 Colman Conneely
2001 Joseph Galligan
2000 Mary Janney
1999 Marilyn Orr
1998 Frederick J. Brauner, IV
1997 Lage Andersen
1996 Charley Mason
1995 Frank Hunt
1994 Basil Emery
1994 Don Lembi
1993 Gary C. Norton
1992 Aldo J. Simonetti
1991 Hjalmar W. Herman
1990 Victor Mangini
1989 Michael R. Harvey
1988 Robert M. Davidson
1987 David Carr
1986 Charles H. Eid
1986 Robert H. Showen
1985 William J. Crosby