State & Locals
Lumber Person of the Year
The Lumber Person of the Year award is one of the highest honors given by one’s peers in the
lumber and building material industry and is awarded annually.
WNYLDA Past Lumber Persons of the Year
1988-2016
2016 Debbie Smith, Smith Lumber Company
2015 Russ Howe, Weyerhaeuser/Trus Joist
2013 John Krueger, North Main/HEP Sales
2010 Dick Mallory, Williamson Building Supply, LLC
2009 Mosher Lumber
*Retailer of the Year
2008 Nunda Lumber
*Retailer of the Year
2007 Sally Bliss, Elitsac Lumber
2006 Joe Lapp, Lapp Lumber Co.
2005 Bill Morse, William B. Morse Lumber Co.
2004 Glenn Stahl, Rochester Lumber
2003 Douglas Fields, Matthews & Fields Lumber Co.
2002 Dick Buck, Genesee Reserve Supply Co.
2001 John Brill, NRLA
2000 Fred Stahl, Rochester Lumber
1999 Robert Peterman, Peterman Lumber
1998 Robert Briggs, Chautauqua Brick Co.
1997 Ronald Schopf, Babcock Lumber Co.
1996 Gerald Stahl, Rochester Lumber Co.
1995 James J. Flury, Quality Lumber & Bldrs. Supply
1994 Donald Calkins, D.F. Calkins Lumber Co., Inc.
1993 Donald Lischer, Gardenville Lumber Co.
1992 William Robert “Bob” Dix, Jay E. Potter Lumber Co., Inc.
1991 Larry A. Russell, Nunda Lumber & Hardware
1990 Edward McDermid, Frontier Lumber Co.
1989 James Grant, Jr., Monroe Palburn
1988 George Hoke, Ontario Building Supply