Each year the Rutherford Chamber of Commerce honors members
of the community who have provided exceptional effort and service.
These "Citizens of the Year" are honored at a dinner each
Spring or at the annual Chamber Holiday Parade.
| 2009 |
Long time active members of Rutherford
Little League: Jeff Casella, Walt Maser, Dr.
Daniel Mariano, Charlie O'Reilly |
| 2008 |
Boys and Girls Scouts of Rutherford |
| 2007 |
Boiling Spring Lodge #152 F & A Masons |
| 2006 |
55 Kip Center |
| 2005 |
Rutherford Ambulance Corps, in Memory of Tom
Arnold |
| 2004 |
Men & Women of Rutherford serving in the
Armed Services in Southwest Asia |
| 2003 |
Rutherford Elks Lodge #547 |
| 2002 |
Edward Gibney |
| 2001 |
Barbara Chadwick |
| 2000 |
Herbert Cutter |
| 1998 |
First Night & Festival Committees |
| 1997 |
John Daub & Richard Allen, Jr. |
| 1994 |
William H. Brown |
| 1993 |
L. Joseph Fallon |
| 1992 |
Elsie Miller & James S.T.S. Ely, Jr.
(Co-Honorees) |
| 1991 |
Robert E. Wesp |
| 1990 |
Andrew E. Bertone |
| 1989 |
Thomas G. Fuscaldo |
| 1988 |
Charles E. Clare |
| 1987 |
Dr. Murray Elters, Jr. |
| 1986 |
Willard A. & Marjorie Wood Reenstra |
| 1985 |
Dr. & Mrs. H. G. Miller |
| 1984 |
Walter Calhoun |
| 1983 |
Sylvia Sammartino |
| 1982 |
Justin Tokarski |
| 1981 |
Barry Dancy, Williams Center |
| 1980 |
Seymour Mahler & William P. King (Man of the
Year) |
| 1979 |
Peter Ferraro |
| 1978 |
Joseph Job, Sheriff |
| 1977 |
Reverend Fred Holloway, Presbyterian Church |
| 1976 |
Robert Van Winkle |
| 1975 |
William Staehle |
| 1974 |
Barbara Chadwick |
| 1973 |
Dr. Clair Black, V.P., F.D.U. |
| 1972 |
Arthur Clare |
| 1971 |
Jack Wallance, Football Coach |
| 1970 |
Mrs. Farleigh S. Dickinson, Sr. |
| 1969 |
Alvin Lugg & Charles W. Davies, W.W.I. Vets |
| 1968 |
Griswold B. Holman |
| 1967 |
Edward T. T. Williams, Chairman of the
Board, F.D.U. |
| 1966 |
Herbert Cutter |
| 1965 |
Edward Bigelman, Police Chief |
| 1964 |
Lee Moss |
| 1963 |
George Weed |
| 1962 |
Lt. John J. Knyff |
| 1961 |
Julian C. Green, Forman Mayor |
| 1960 |
Dr. Charles M. Cooper, Physician since 1915 |
| 1959 |
Harold J. Landshof, Borough Clerk |
| 1958 |
Henry Prentiss Becton |
| 1957 |
Dr. Peter Sammartino |
| 1956 |
Dr. Charles Cropsey |
| 1955 |
Thomas M. Crotzer, Boy Scouts |
| 1954 |
Dr. William Carlos Williams |
| 1953 |
Charles A. Van Winkle |
| 1952 |
W. R. Huntington, Jr., Rutherford Red Cross |
| 1951 |
Thomas N. Monroe, Dir. of Music Rutherford
Schools |
| 1950 |
Clarence A. Fetterly, Supt. of Schools |
| 1949 |
John Thomas Wilson, Sr., Editor Rutherford
Republican |
| 1948 |
Judge Guy L. Fake |
| 1947 |
Dorothy Burrows, Librarian |
| 1946 |
Edgar Williams |
