AWARDS & APPOINTMENTS
Southern California Region National Ski Patrol Index of Awards Recipients
- Schatzi Wood Memorial - Outstanding Large Alpine Patrol Award
- Tom Battenburg Memorial Award - Outstanding Small Alpine Patrol Award
- Outstanding Nordic Patrol Award
- Gene Williams Award - Outstanding Male Patroller
- Outstanding Female Patroller
- Outstanding Nordic Patroller
- Outstanding Auxiliary Patroller
- Outstanding 1st Year Patroller
- Outstanding Student Patroller Award
- Bernie Kingery Memorial Award - Outstanding Patrol Representative
- Terry Hunt Memorial - Outstanding Professional Patroller
- Outstanding NSP Instructor
- Don Gross Outstanding Administrative Patroller
- Dave Tollakson Memorial Award - Regional Directors Award
For Outstanding Service - Jack Moscowitz Pursuit of Excellence Award
- Distinguished Service Award
- The Neanderthal Award
Presented by So. Cal Nordics to an alpine patroller most like them. - Wailer Award
Presented by the Wailers Ski Club
NSP National Appointments
NSP National Appointments (National Numbers) (Coming back soon - Updating)
NSP National Appointments (National Numbers) to So Cal Region Patrollers
Women’s NSP National Appointments 1941-1963
List of Women’s NSP National Appointments 1941-1963 (96 KB)
It looks to me that NSP had begun issuing appointments to women patrollers in 1941 beginning with #1 on a separate list. Interestingly, the list started at the beginning of WW II, a time when there were labor shortages as many men went off to war in Europe and the Pacific. The ski industry may have experienced the same sort of labor problems that aircraft builders had as they tried to keep up with the demands for warplanes and so began utilizing women.
The practice of separate lists was discontinued in 1963 maybe because of the appearance of inequality. Women since then were added to the main list now numbering over 9000 appointments. The original 170 women do not appear to have been merged into the main list because that would have (I’m guessing) required that they be renumbered. Not a pleasant thought if you were the first women who held National Appointment #1 for twenty years.
Hopefully someone can set me straight with the facts and email me. I did not know of the separate list until Jack Moscowitz (National Appt #1514) told me of its existence. Bridget Ericsson of the national office (NSP) was able to locate it up and send it to me when I asked her about it.
When I get a chance I plan to merge the following Women’s National Number list into the master 1938-1970 list while keeping their numbers by adding them date ordered.
David Coffin
Complete Listing of NSP Leadership Commendation Appointment
Leadership Commendation Appointments are the equivalent of the National Appointment and in fact have been integrated into the National Appointment list. The Leadership Commendation Appointments are awarded by the same process as National Appointments but are awarded to Auxiliary patrollers.
As more information is obtained we will continue to add more years, more details and fill in the blanks. If any members, active or retired can help ‘fill in the blanks’ please email patroller@socalnsp.org