2001 Winners

The people honored on this page brought libertarian ideas to literally millions of people in 2001. The 2001 Lights of Liberty awards were given by the Advocates for Self-Government to libertarians who accomplished any one of these three vital outreach activities: (see program description for details)

• 3 or more published letters to the editor
• 3 or more speeches
• 3 or more Operation Politically Homeless (OPH) booths

Many of the people below went far beyond the minimum requirement for the awards, as noted beside their names. Eleven libertarians even won what became dubbed the "Libertarian Triathlon" -- winning awards in all three categories. They are:

Lights of Liberty letter writers reached millions of Americans via newspapers across the country. Lights of Liberty speakers took libertarian ideas to service clubs, classrooms, political rallies, televised debates, and more. Operation Politically Homeless booth activists met thousands of people one-on-one, introducing them to libertarian ideas at fairs, political rallies, flea markets, gun shows, and other events.

We hope to see YOUR name on the list of winners for next year!

Congratulations to all of these outstanding activists!

** qualified in 2 areas
*** qualified in all 3 areas - Libertarian Triathlon Winners

Alaska
Al Anders
**Michael K Mitchell
Vicki Pate

California
John Ballard
Bradley Bobbs
Judy Cook
Brian Lee Cross
Martha de Forest
Elmer Fruit
Jason Heath
Philip Heath
Paul Ireland
Paula Kaylyn
***Paul Marsden
Chuck McGlawn
Ethel Mohler
Rick Newhouse
Doug Scribner
Mark Selzer
Serena Sharpe
Kelly Russell Simpson
***Starchild
Anna Vondruska
William Wagener
**Jonathan Zwickel

Colorado
Steve Adams
W Earl Allen
James Bass
Elizabeth Bennett
Audrey Bray
Ken Bray
Jay Carper
John Ford
Carol Geltemeyer
John Geltemeyer
Ross Glidewell
Ed Goodrich
Nancy Graves
Scott Graves
Steve Gresh
Larry Hamilton
**Joseph Johnson
Erik Kubinski
John Larkin
Michael McKinzie
Tony Middleton
Tom Owens
Tom Parker
RJ Pooch
Judd Ptak
Hans Romer
Katrina Sailer
Walter Schlomer
Brian Schwartz
Lydia Seebeck
***Mike Seebeck
Ralph Shnevlar
Betterose Smith
Lori VanBuren
Gregory S Woods
Chuck Wright
Jeff Wright
John Wright
Chris Yoder
Matt Zenthoefer

Connecticut
**Edwin Vare

Florida
**William Clifford
Dean Crumley
Brian Daugherty
Mark S Eckert
William P Elliott
Joe Haynes
Daryl Henegar
Jason Jewell
Stuart Kaminsky
Jon Kueny
**UCF Liberty Knights
Jeff Proper
Bob Rettie
Dan Scupin
**Randy Wilbourn Jr

Idaho
**Ted Dunlap

Illinois
**Austin L Hough
Douglas Kelley
Jim Reynolds
Kyle Sing

Indiana
**Charles Carnes
**Sheri Conover-Sharlow
**Sam Goldstein
**Erin Hollinden
Alex Houze
Michael Houze
**Brad Klopfenstein
Victoria Martin
Deanna Newton
Jeff A Smith
Daniel Stevens
Kent Van Cleave

Kentucky
Stephen Voss

Louisiana
Jack Simanonok
Massachusetts
Michael Cloud
Carla Howell

Michigan
Brian Kluesner
Lisa Peck
Trevor Peck
Paul Sherbeck
Greg Willis

Missouri
R S Davis
Albert Dedicke
Beatrice Jordan
John W Williams

North Carolina
**Pete Camp
Christy Dunovant
***Steve Griffith
Sean Haugh
**Brian Irving
Rodney Laurie
Edwin Sineath
Elizabeth Vance
Clark Walter
Beverly Wilcox
R Lee Wrights
Jack Wyatt
**Clarence Young

New Hampshire
James Maynard
Richard Tomasso
Howard Wilson

New Jersey
John Paff

New Mexico
James H Bentley PhD
Frank Clinard
Derril Gleim
**Susan Ruch
**Tony Seno

Nevada
Richard Adams
**Emily Rhan
**Brendan Trainor
Bob Tregulis

Ohio
Linda Comstock
***Steven R Linnabary
Louie Michelli
Doug Rausch
Rick Sargent
Jim Schrader
Kathy Schrader
Barbara Sikora
Sid Stone

Oklahoma
Tom Laurent
Robert Murphy

Pennsylvania
Mark D Crowley
Alfred W Ellsworth
Tom Giles
Thomas Gillooly
Ronald L Goodman
**Ken Krawchuk
Brandon Magoon
**William Steigerwald

Tennessee
Harry Browne
Chris Fortner
Desiree Hutson
Ray Ledford
***Richard E Pearl Sr
***Steve Trinward

Texas
Clyde Garland
Robert Hansen
Keith Johnson
Steve Kirby
Vincent J May
Garry Reed
Dave Spaller
Mark Wilson

Virginia
Jules Blazej
Ron Crickenberger
Jacob Hornberger
***James W. Lark, III
Roy B. Scherer
**Gerhard Schoenthal
James Simpson
Nathan Wood
Wilbur Wood

Washington
Jesse Brocksmith
**Ed Donaldson
Charles Novy
Tim Perman
Jesse Phillips
Kitty Phillips
Ryan Phillips
Steve Phillips

Washington DC
Neil Steyskal

Wisconsin
**Scott Colson

West Virginia
Richard Kerr
**Vicki Shelton

Wyoming
Timothy A DeLany

Australia
Ronald Bradley

Canada
Chris Bours
***Peter Jaworski

Seychelles
Terrence Joubert