PPRC awards the BOB BUROWS AWARD
IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING PARTICIPATION AND INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN RADIO CONTROL ACTIVITIES
This club was formed in the late 50s. One of the nine original founding members was the owner of the only local hobby shop, Bob Burows. He ran Musick Drugs at the corner of Fontanero and Weber. He had a little 6 x 6 space behind one of the counters where he kept kits and other modeling supplies. He was one of the founding members and was also one of the spark plugs that kept the club going. In 1974, Ron Timroth, also one of the original nine, came up with the idea of an annual award given to the individual who did the most for the club in that calendar year, and they named it after Bob.
The rules for the award are simple. You can win only once. The previous winners choose the current winner by going through the entire club roster and gradually winnowing it down to just one person that all the voting previous winners can agree on. The winner gets to keep the large trophy for a year and the little individual plaque forever. At the end of the year, the current award winner hosts the meeting at which the next winner is chosen.

1974 |
Jack Cole |
1975 |
Jack Aycock |
1976 |
Jack Dech |
1977 |
Bill Turner |
1978 |
Jack Merritt |
1979 |
Jack de Vries |
1980 |
Harper Daniell |
1981 |
Jim Scott |
1982 |
Ed Carroll |
1983 |
Tony Paul |
1984 |
Curtis Teter |
1985 |
Ken Polley |
1986 |
Ivan Munninghoff |
1987 |
Ed Saul |
1988 |
Bob McLeod |
1989 |
Loretta Saul |
1990 |
Bud Wasserott |
1991 |
Bob Bruning |
1992 |
Heino Bohlman |
1993 |
Doug Beacham |
1994 |
Mike Weidner |
1995 |
Phil Nuckles |
1996 |
Dave Miller |
1997 |
Jack Donahue |
1998 |
Harry Lehman
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1999 |
Wayne Cooksey |
2000 |
Bill Sanderman |
2001 |
Gus Gustafson |
2002 |
Dan Brunson |
2003 |
No recipient for 2003 |
2004 |
Jim Terry
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2005 |
Frank Tuxworth
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2006 |
Keith Davis
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2007 |
Greg Moore |
2008 |
Larry Laughlin |
2009 |
Rob Waggoner |
2010 |
Duane Zinke |
2011 |
Kevin Kinzel |
2012 |
Mark "Gus" Grissom
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2013 |
Charles Brath
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