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Home > Admin Corner > Member of the Year
Member of Year
LTC Donald C. Van Roosen
Chapter 54 Member of the Year Award
This award is presented annually by Chapter 54 as a recognition for service to the chapter. LTC (Ret) Donald Van Roosen was a retired Special Forces officer and one of the founding members and former president of Chapter 54.
2025 Member of the Year
William Friberg
Bill was recognized for his many funding contributions over the past several years to include special events and as a big supporter of the chapter's two annual weapons raffles. Bill and his wife Susan sponsored the Chapter Weapons Shoot in Maine in Fall 2025. He has contributed his time for numerous chapter projects. He has been doing membership outreach to C/1/20th SFG(A) in western Massachusetts.
2024 Member of the Year
Fran O'Leary
Fran O'Leary received the Member of the Year Award in recognition of his extraordinary success selling tickets for pistol and shotgun raffles that are important sources of income for our chapter. Fran has also staffed our annual foreign weapons shoots and recruited many of his neighbors and friends to attend those events.
2023 Members of the Year
Kevin Casey and Laurie Whitlock
Kevin and Laurie were both recognized for the long service to the Chapter and their many years of service in Special Forces.
There were no nominations for 2020,
2021, and 2022 due to
very little chapter activity in a COVID environment.
2019 Member of the Year
John Friberg
John Friberg was been selected as the recipient of the 2019
Member of the Year award by Chapter 54. The presentation was
done during the 2019 Chapter 54 Christmas Party. John was
recognized for his support to the chapter and for serving as
the webmaster for the chapter website for the past few years.
John
Friberg - 2019 Member of the Year
2017 Member of the Year
Henry "Hank" Nilan
Henry Nilan has been selected as the
recipient of the 2017 Member of the Year award by Chapter 54.
On Saturday, April 7, 2018 Hank was officially recognized
for his contributions to the chapter over the past few decades.
Click here to view citation, certifcate, and pictures about
Hank Nilan - 2017 Member
of the Year
2016 Member of the Year
Vincent A. Pestilli
Vincent Pestilli was selected as the recipient of the 2016
Member of the Year award by Chapter 54. He was recognized in
December 2016 for his contributions to the chapter, conduct of
the Annual Foreign Weapons Course, and fund-raising activities
with the rifle and pistol raffles.
Vincent Pestilli - 2016 Member of the Year
2015 Member of the Year
Dennis Reardon
Dennis Reardon was selected as the recipient of the 2015 Member of the Year award by Chapter 54. He was recognized for his long-term efforts on behalf of the Chapter as the Communications Director.
Member of Year Selection Process
Nominations are submitted by the general chapter membership in December to the Chapter President. The Chapter Executive Committee meets to determine the award designee for that year.
Nomination Form (Microsoft Word document)
Nomination Form (Adobe Acrobat document)
SOP for Member of Year Award (Adobe Acrobat document)
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