Melvin Jones
Lions Club Founder
Melvin Jones Fellowship
Honorees from District 22B
Lions Clubs International recognizes outstanding individuals by bestowing on them an award that is named for its founder, Melvin Jones. This Fellowship Award is the highest form of recognition and embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism.
The recipient of this award becomes a model because of the exemplary service to his club and the community for which it serves. Previous Melvin Jones Fellowship Award recipients meet each year to discuss potential award recipients.
Often an award is not granted each year. It is instead granted only if there is a Lion who earned it. This decision is made by previous award recipients only. The Officers, Board, and other Lions do not weigh in on this decision.
Please note this list is current as of December 31st 2023
and will be updated regularly as awards are presented.
**Clubs are listed in alphabetical order, and to save space are split into 2 columns below**
Allen Lions
Harry T. Ford Sr.
Andrew Giunta
Robert R. Hogg
Douglas D. Nichols
Clarence Parsons
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Berlin Lions
J. Russell Barrett
William M. Brown
Norman Bunting Sr.
Paul Chambers
Reese F. Cropper Jr.
Edward D. Dorang
Tom Dorman
William E. Esham
Richard G. Holland Sr,
Allen F. Hudson
Frank Kellogg
Gordon Ray McCabe
Charles E. Mumford
Everett W. Owens
Allen Lester Palmer
Robert H. Phillips
William T. Rayne
Denny E Rayne
D. Bennett Scott
John E. Shook Jr.
Walter West
C. Sam West
Gail Mae West
J. Michael Wheaton
Larry Widgeon
Gee Williams
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Betterton-Still Pond Lions
Mildred L. Dulin
Leslie M. Dulin
Arthur R. Gary
Charles A. Gloyd
Richard E. Gorsuch
Genevieve Gorsuch
Victor H. Haentze
Kathy Nau
Terry Rabinowitz
Sharon Sutton
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Cambridge Lions
Joshua R. Abbott
Glenn L. Bramble
Philip Bramble Jr.
Brian K. Burton
H. Brinsfield Cook
Thomas W. Coughlin
Raymond W. Crismond
Robert C. Davis
Christine Dominick
Raymond D. Faulkner
Dale C. Krotee
David H. Leonard
James F. McCarter
Philip G. McKelvey
Noel t. O'Connor
Donald B. Rae
Kenneth R. Thomas Jr.
Robert Swain Thomas
Mary Thrope
Joshua N. Wagner
Anne K. Whaples
Rev. Allan Whatley
Eugene T. Williams
Deborah A. Yost
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Cecilton Lions
James H Alexander
James Wells Black
Mary Alice Carroll
Alva Clough
John K Cowley
Paul Crothamel
David P Davis Jr.
George Fry
John C Magee Jr.
John R Miller
Herman H Mitchell
Joseph B Nelson
Roy C Thompson
John B Upp
Gordon L Walker
Ralph C Young Jr.
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Centreville Lions
Claude B. Anthony, Jr.
Frank Draper
Marion G Leiby
Peter C Oertel
J.O. Pippin
Royden N. Powell, Jr.
Joseph S. Quimby
Daniel Tabler
John R Whaley III
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Chesapeake City Lions
Raymond Battersby
John E Bennett
Dave M. Gearheart
Darby J. Johnson
Shirley Kidner
Bob Kidner
Linda Maiden
Bernard Malone
Carl Oas
John A Ritter
Martin Salmon
Donna Shelton
George Stubbs Jr.
Jerry Swyka
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Chestertown Lions
Edward L Athey
Wayne D. Benjamin M.D.
Elroy G Boyer
Franklin Burris
Larry L Cox
John Eliason
Robert C Emling
James K Gent
Lane Holliday
Jack E. Kieffer
Robert A. Knapp Jr.
James J Lupis Jr.
Howard L Lyons
Jerry Mc Carthy
James A Mc Cauley
Paul C Mc Donald
William D Neff
Catharine A Neff
Roy Owens
Glenn M Owens
Kenneth S Roderick
Fred C. Sherriff
Rogers Smith
Willis Wells
Richard M. Wells
Herbert S Wilkinson
Roger Williams
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Conowingo Lions
Floyd Allred Jr.
Mary C Amos
Bobby O Banks
Bernard S Brown
Madeline E. Brown
Jeffrey K Coale
Harry Horton
Robert Lange
Paul Mc Guigan
Michael L Wilson
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Crisfield Lioness-Lions
Kathy R. Crockett
Lisa E Dize
Phyllis J East
Jean R Fisher
Mamie Gargan
Rita Hirsch
Linda C. Nelson
Virginia Lee Puffinburger
Beth Ann Whitelock
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Crisfield Lions
John W Cullen
Roland P Dean
V. Paul Emely
Melvin E Higgs Jr.
Steven S Ignaccolo
Douglas W Nelson
Joseph L Penn
Richard Allen Puffinburger
Bruce C Ramsay
Elwood Rybyzynske
George D Tawes
George Lee Taylor
George L Todd Jr.
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Deal Island-Chance Lions
Thomas Roy Ford
William H Sailer
Steven C Webster
Jack Willing
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Denton Lions
H. Warren Burr
Edward Dennis Dill
Stephen B Fike
Francis Marion Flater
William Gunther Iii
Francis M Hayman
Walter G Kerslake Jr.
George G. Lacy
John Nussear
Conrad V. Scurto
Carol Zinser
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Easton Lions
James E. Apple
Paul B Ayers
Lawrence J Callahan
Robert R. Clark
Thomas K Cronshaw
James L Daffin Jr.
A. S. David
Kurt H Grumbach
James Halsey
Clifford L Hilk
William J. Holsten
Herbert T. Jump
Michael W Kavanaugh
Gary M. Molchan
John W. Morris
Melvin Newell
John A. Smith
Lawrence W Soular
Ed Wildasin
Donald Ray Yingling
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Elkton Lions
Harry D. Barnes
Ray A. Crouse
Daniel Graham
Nancy Graham
Carroll S. Ford Hamilton
Ralph A. Neal
Paul Bryan Schneiders
Linda K. Webster
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Federalsburg Lions
Frankie Bennett
Debra M Brohawn
Keith Christopher
Wayne A. Cole
Richard H. Cooper Jr.
Lee James
Millicent B. Maloney
David A. Morean
Christy Pierce
Dan E Walker Sr.
J. Harvey Williamson
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Fruitland Lions
William C. Andrews
Clayton Ball
Louis M Carey
Thomas O. Davis
Elbert Gladden
D'Arcy Lee Green
Norman Griffin
George A Hall Sr.
R. Russell Hitch
David H Howe
Frederick E Kramer
Larry Phillips
Sam Ruark
Donald M. Rutledge
R. Gale Seaton
Murray L. Shores
Steve Shores
Sylvia H. Shores
Charles William Tribeck
Eddie James Vance
Rick Vance
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Galena Lions
Wilson B. Dill
Randall Keen
Kenneth R Mac Clelland
Edward G. O'Dwyer
William A. Powell, Jr.
Charles L. Smith
S. Wickes Westcott
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Greensboro Lions
Edward L Cartrette
James B Cook
Robert Charles Dean
Stephen Fleegle
William F Gray Jr.
J. Richard Harris Jr.
Frederick Clayton Hickman
William Lemuel Kinnamon
William A. Kinnamon
John E Laddbush
Donald L Larrimore
Joseph H Mccarthy
Carlton H Porter
Joseph Riddleberger
William W Satterfield
T. Edward Schaube
Robert Schreiber
David A Spencer
Goldsborough Stafford
George Edgar Weaver
Dorsey L Wooters
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Hebron Lions
B. Frank Adkins
David O Armstrong
Donald E Beach
Mark C Benzin
Allen J Boecker
Howard E Brown Jr.
Jim English Jr.
Elston Jerry Hovatter
Carroll M Huston
Robert Lee Jones
William S Jones
Franklin Douglas Jones
William S. Jones Sr.
Samuel Lowe
Cyrus D Marter Iii
Arthur R Marvel
Bonard A Murray
A. Wayne Mynes
Ralph Phillips
Michael J Richardson
William R Robertson Jr.
Amy Sier
Charles R Smith III
Charles R. Smith Jr.
Edward Stephens
William Stephens
Virginia A. Studley
Darley T Travers
Kirby H. Travers
Charlene E. Travers
Billy Benjamin Truitt
James Ware
William Ronald Webster
Charles T. Whayland
Norman Wayne White
Robert Williams Jr.
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Hurlock Lions
William R Brown III
Mary Lou P. Brown
Lucious C Butt
Robert J Christopher
Charles N Cook
Keith Davis
Steve Disharoon
Parker J Durham
John G Haley
Robert K Harding
Dick Harris
Charles F. Hurley, Sr.
Kenneth L Hurlock Sr.
Arthur W Jones
William L. Jones
Gerald Keene
Dalton L. Mann
Timothy A. Mccarter
Joseph Edgar Mcgee Jr.
Charles A. Mock
Robert Charles Nilson
John Nossick
Brooks W Parker Sr.
Brooks Parker Jr.
Richard Price
Howard I Todd Jr.
Edward Walden
Franklin N Wilson
Linda L Wilson
David G. Wilson
Leonard D. Zeller
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Kent Island Lions
Chuck Braband
Chip Brittingham
Ben Cassell
Ronald Deel
Dorothy Disharoon
Linda Friday
Clayton Gladd
Thomas K Helfenbein
Alvin L Helfenbein
Larry L Houck Jr.
John G Kirby
Harry E Klages
John A. Lawrence
Peter B Lee
Klaus Liebig
James H Miller
Harry B Porter
Oscar A Schulz
James Sowden Sr.
C. Willard Thomas
William 'Jack' Thompson
Bonnie J Walter
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Marion Lions
James Eberhart
Carl C. Green, Jr.
Robert Hess
Philip Mahan
Cecil Schrock
Robert H. Sterling
Craig Whitelock
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Marydel Lions
Mary Le Pore
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Millington Lions
J. Carville Robinson
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North East Upper North East
Eileen M. Gochneaur
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North East
Robert L Benjamin II
Robert L. Benjamin, Sr.
Brian R Clare
Paul L Crawford
William W Dallas
Glenn Davis
John C Futty
Robert Merrill Gochneaur
Henry B Hammer
Janet Hammer
Robert Magdeburger
John L Mcmaster
Dean B Rice
Diana J Wilt
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Ocean City Lioness-Lions
Faye A. Cathell
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Ocean City Lions
Thomas Allen
Brian Bankert
Albert Berger
D. Pasher Bishop
Gregory S Burgan
William J. Burke
Wayne Cannon
Wayne Cannon
Norman H Cathell Sr.
Gregory A Cathell
Norman R Connell
Robert N. Corddry
H. Warren Crawford
Arthur T Davis
Benjamin Franklin Dawson
Leroy E Duggan
Ron Edelmann
Harold P Evans Jr.
William Greenwood
Charles Steve Harman
Robert M Hooper
Sarah Hooper
Oliver W Kahler
Michael A. Lecompte
Cynthia Malament
John Maphis
Ray P Mc Laughlin
Steven M Mcmillan
Doug Miley
Joseph M Mitrecic
Frank E. Mooney
Joseph Myles
Douglas M Parks Jr.
James C. Paulette, Jr.
J.D. Quillin III
Jeffrey Quillin
Ken Robertson
John T Roeder
Joseph Frederick Schanno
Lawrence Schissler
Melvin Stein
Omar W Todd
John L Topfer Jr.
Granville Trimper
Anthony John Villani Sr.
Samuel E Villani Sr.
Jim Waggoner
Scott Wallace Jr.
Sean Williams
William Wimbrow
Edward H. Wisch
Ron Wist
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Ocean Pines Lions
Donna Lee Cowger-Burke
Joseph C Burns
Spencer Everett
Jane Starr
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Perryville Lions
Bijoy K. Mahanti
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Pittsville Lions
Clifton B. Thaw
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Pocomoke City Lions
David C Aydelotte
John H Clarke Jr.
Paul T Corbin
Edward Vernon Davis
William P Flynn
Harrison A. Lambertson
Arthur W Lankford Jr.
Klein G Leister
William F. Shufelt
Don James Shumaker
Willard Stevenson
Patricia A Tomasovic
Thomas J Wall Sr.
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Preston Lions
Beverly S Blades
Stuart Coulbourne
Charles Kenton
C.W. Phillips
Edward W. Quidas
James W Sanders
Fredrick Schmick
G. Albert Turner
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Princess Anne Lions
Richard Barnes
Jerry Boston
Richard Boston
Timothy S. Boston
Joshua L. Boston
Adrian Nick Bozman
William R Culver
Wallace Dashiell
Orville Dryden Jr.
Margaret B. Dryden
Orville Dryden, Sr.
John Ent Sr.
Emily B. Ent
Charles Fisher
George E Godfrey
Michael N Hall
Elizabeth M Hall
James L Hinman Sr.
James L Hinman Jr.
Mary Jo Lafianza
Thomas Wrendo Mears
John Merrill
Lester E Morgan
Philip M Pryor
Jordan R. Schaub
Lloyd L Simpkins
Earl T Smith
Christopher J. Smith
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Queenstown Lions
Joseph Anthony
Carlton F Austin
Herbert Carter
William E Comegys Jr.
Thomas M Faulkner Jr
S. E. W. Friel
Hank E Gerding III
Charles Windsor Hastings
H. Melvin Kendall
Howard J King III
James O. Lewis, Sr.
Robert Edward Middleton
Richard E Middleton
Albert G. Miner
Richard K Potter
William Wesley Ridgley
Dave S Sipes
W Franklin Smith
Donald L Speakman
Robert Thomas
Elmer Whitby
Paul Whitby
James M Whitby
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Ridgely Lions
Richard P Barton
Albert D Boggess
Jesse Crook
Dave Davis
Donna L Digiacomo
Rodney P Dobson
J. Russell Griffith
Parke P Hahn
Ross D. Harper
Alfred H Kellner
Robert Magrogan
Brett Meyers
Dale Mumford
Charles A Poukish
Michael R Redgraves
Delores K Reep
Gerald A Sutton
J Warren Thomas Sr.
John E Voshell
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Rising Sun Lions
Robert H Cameron
Barry Cameron
Paul D Elwood
William D Fossett
Dana L Fritts
Joseph Fritts
Kenneth Ray Graybeal
Mary Beth Jackson
George Klusak
Dale Lofthouse
Margaret E Lucas
Robert A Lucas
Howard Mcfadden
Richard Montgomery
Richard L Moulton
William P Pare
James Powell
Marilyn H Powell
David E Price
Robert E Shallcross
Darwin Struble
Sallie Teague
Murray Zepp
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Rock Hall Lions
Charles B. Chance
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Salisbury Heritage Lions
Betty Jane Briddell
Melanie Donophan
Lynnette Miller
Peggy J Robertson
Debbie A Steele-Moore
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Salisbury Metro Lions
Mary Louise Barnes
Dorothy Culver
Anne Mc Williams
Louetta S Pryor
Judith N. Renshaw
Carol Schoonover
Helen Senkbeil
Janet B Shockley
Bertha Strachan
Joann T. Truitt
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Salisbury Mt. Hermon
Gloria M Donoho
Roger C Hornsby
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Salisbury Wicomico
Robert Hortie Sr.
John R Lloyd
Don Purcell
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Salisbury (Host) Lions
Carroll L Adams
William Bicknell
Stephen E Bounds
William B Briddell
Edward Carey
Richard Chaffinch
Osborne D Christensen Jr
Patrick Congro
Kevin Darcey
Robert H Douglas
John H Ebelein
R Ebelein
John J Griffith
Herman Stewart Haemel
W Richard Holloway
W Richard Holloway
W Richard Holloway Jr.
Seth H. Hurdle
Peter Hutchinson
Elmer Incheck
Robert Kambarn
Steven A. Kambarn
Robert F Langan
Victor G Lowe
Donald D Mariner
Gary L Mccready
Michael A. Miles
Irwin M. Moulthrop
Ronald Bruce Nelson
Herman E. Perdue
William H Powell
Jack Paul Smith
Robert W. Sterling
Bevereley Stoakley
Edward Thomas
Alfred T Truitt III
Scott M. Wade
Robert O Webster
Wirt Wolfe
Joseph P Wood Sr.
Richard S Wootten
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Sharptown Lions
James E. Atkinson
Cleophas E Bennett
Gordy B. Collins
Allen T. Dickerson
Ronald Dorr
Dale Fields
George Freeman
George C Gale
James L Goslee
Travis Lee Goslee
Vince L Goslee
Earl Harrington Jr.
C. Brinsfield Lowe
Thomas H Mooney
Louis Phillips
Jennings B. Phillips
Terry Ryan
David R. Studley
William D Tull
Herman D Wheatley
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Snow Hill Lions
George Lee Clayville
William Gordy
Otho M Mariner Jr.
Charles W Nelson Jr.
Augustus W Payne
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Sudlersville Lions
Austin Appenzeller
Virginia Brown
Richard J Brusca
W. Hearon Buttrill
Gayland Clark
James Clements
Julia S Cohey
H Hodge Coleman
Eugene F Coleman
Darlene Coleman
George H Godfrey
Thomas E Godfrey
W. Sudler Goodhand
Mathhew A Gulrich Jr.
E. Theodore Kimble
Harry Kirby Krams
Alice J. Lord
Franklin Wyatt Starkey
L. Sudler Story Jr.
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Trappe Lions
C. Lester Chance
Ernest Fisher Jr.
Edgar Harrison
Edward D Harrison
Carlton Skip Marvel
Paul Edward Moore
Edward N Nelson
John H Quidas Jr.
John H. Quidas
George Stevens
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West Side Wicomico County Lions
Frank P Antes
John B Atkins Sr.
Robert Quincy Blevins
Robert Allen Cunningham
David M. Dayton
Ralph Laurence Elsey
Bernard F Fisher Jr.
Edward A Horsman
Curtis W Insley
Harold B Kennerly Jr.
Stephen Mc Carter
Oscar W. Nelson
Richard L Pryor
William M. Rencher
Elton G Webster
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Willards Lions
Gerald W Cullen
James E Farlow
Harold J Haltman
David F Hazel
Jane Frances Piper
Crawford A Rayne
Leah T Rayne
Crawford D. Rayne
Paul F. Richardson
Dennis H Sew
Elwood Webb
Raymond E White
Raymond F White
Joseph Zumbo