Recipients of CSPRA's Award for
Honorary California State Park Ranger
Alphabetical listing - since inception of the award in 1965 - links below connect to web pages which include the original text, where available, from the Park Conference Brochure or General Executive Council minutes.
2012 Recipient Bobby Shriver

photo by Mark Edward Harris
Recipients listed by year awarded.
Some years had multiple awards, some had no recipient.
Harry Blaisdell, Sr. 1965
Walt Disney 1965
Newton B. Drury 1965
Verna Dunshee 1965
Percy French 1965
Joe Knowland 1965
Everett Powell 1965
Joseph C. Houghteling 1966
Laurance S. Rockefeller 1966
Phil Geiger 1968
William Goodall 1968
Harriett "Petey" Weaver 1971
Pearl Chase 1972
Earl P. Hanson 1972
Edward F. Dolder 1973
Claude A. "Tony" Look 1973
Josephine Read 1974
Helen "Harriet" Allen 1978

Harold Biswell 1985
John B. DeWitt 1985
Roscoe Poland 1986
Wilma Poland 1986
Sally Altick 1987
Victoria Araujo 1988
Harry M. Daniel 1988
Phil Frank 1990
David Brower 1991
William Alsup 1993
Roma Philbrook Rentz 1996
Bertram "Bert" Dunshee 1978
William Penn Mott, Jr. 1979
Howard King 1980
Vern Whitaker 1981
James Whitehead 1981
Ansel Adams 1984
Catherine Stone 1984

Joe Stone 1984
L.W. "Bill" Lane 1997
Margaret Owings 1998
Les Strnad 1998
Andrea Mead Lawrence 1999
Verl Clausen 2000
Doug McConnell 2001
Claire Schlotterbeck 2002
Susan Smartt 2003
Huell Howser 2004
George Cardinet, Jr. 2005
Caryl Hart 2007
Henry F. Trione 2008
Dr. Helen Henry Smith 2009
Fred Keeley 2010
Diane Porter Cooley 2011
Don Cooley 2011
Bobby Shriver 2012
Updated January 25, 2011 from information researched by Jeff Price
Updated January 20, 2012 by Michael G Lynch and Jeff Price