FDC Past Honorees

1995
Ray Clarke Tucson Urban League
**William Clements Special Memorial Tribute, Golden Eagle Distributors
Kurt Kruetz Tucson Police Department
*George Miller City of Tucson
Lute Olson University of Arizona
Manuel Pacheco PhD University of Arizona
*Robert Piersol Roy H. Long Realty Co.
Paul Weitman Automotive Group

1996
Peter Aronoff AF Sterling
John Davis Pueblo High School
Humberto Lopez HSL Properties, Inc.
*Frank L. McClure Holmes Tuttle Ford, Inc
Ned Norris Desert Diamond Casino
Gen. Julius Parker Jr. University of Arizona
Gordon Reay Reay’s Ranch Market

1997
Jose Canchola The Canchola Group, Inc.
Steve Christy Steve Christy Chrysler Jeep
Bob Elliott Robert A. Elliott, Inc.
Richard Fink Becklin Homes
*Donald G. Shropshire Tucson Medical Center
Skip Woodward Tucson Police Department

1998
*Donald Diamond Diamond Ventures
Burton Kinerk Kinerk, Beal Schmidt & Dyer
Larry Schnebly KGUN 9
Maurice Sevigny The University of Arizona
*Joel Valdez The University of Arizona
Alfredo Valenzuela Davis Bilingual Learning Center

1999
*William Estes TEM Corp.
Fayez Ghishan MD UA Steele Children’s Research Center
*Bruce Larson Arizona Sports Television
Steve Lightman Arizona Mail Order
*James McNulty Brown & Bain
Richard Miranda Tucson Police Department

2000
Joe Cristiani Joe Cristiani’s Mobil Communications
Cris Cristiani Cristiani Enterprises
Gary Hardy Prudential Aegis Realty
*Gen. Alan Lurie Southern Arizona Home Builders Association
Tom Regina American Openings, Inc.
Mel Zuckerman Canyon Ranch Health Resorts

2001
Darryl Dobras DBD Investments, Inc.
*Karl Eller Eller Media
Jorgen Hansen Copenhagen Imports Tucson
Don Luria Cafe Terra Cotta
Jim Pignatelli Tucson Electric Power Company
*Bill Valenzuela W.G.Valenzuela Drywall
Bill Viner Pepper-Viner Homes

2002
Bruce Beach Beach Fleischman & Co. PC
Max Chavez Tohono O’odham Nation Justice Center
Richard Davis Mesch, Clark, Rothschild
Frank DiChistofano Broadway Volvo
Jack Furrier Jack Furrier’s Western Tire & Auto Care
David M. Lovitt DM Lovitt
John Shorbe Canoa Homes

2003
Steve Craddock Lennar Family of Builders/US Home
Mike Hannley Bank of Tucson
*John Huerta UA Office of Minority Programs
*Sam A. Levitz Sam Levitz Furniture
Sam R. Levitz Sam Levitz Furniture
Jim Livengood UA Athletics
John Munger Munger Chadwick

2004
John Bremond KB Home
Richard Carmona MD US Surgeon General
David Goldstein Diamond Ventures
Peter Likins PhD University of Arizona
Steve Rosenberg BizTucson Magazine
Patrick Yalung Wells Fargo Bank

2005
Bob DeMore American Openings, Inc.
Tom Doucette Doucette Homes
Darryl Jones IBM (retired)
Jim Nieto Qualified Mechanical
Steve Shentizer Shenitzer Development
Al Thomas Tucson Food Service

2006
Norm Botsford University Physicians Healthcare
Frank “Rocky” DiChristofano Broadway Volvo
Yoram Levy Triangle Ventures
Richard Schaefer Dain Rauscher
*Dave Sitton Clear Channel Outdoor

2007
Tom Chestnut Chestnut Construction
Tom Grogan MD Ventana Medial Systems, Inc.
Brian Johnson Loews Ventana Canyon
Bobby Present Shaefer Present Investment Group, RBC Dain Rauscher
Jim Ronstadt Ronstadt Insurance

2008
Mike Kasser Holualoa Companies
K.C. An Sakura & Great Wall of China
Fletcher McCusker Providence Service Corporation
Charlie Bowles Diamond Ventures
Totten K. Warfield Jr. DVM Valley Animal Hospital

2009
Les White Subway Restaurants
Gary Kippur Tucson Iron & Metal
*Rick Fink Hacienda del Sol, Zona 78 and Harvest Restaurants
Jose Rincon Pfizer Inc.

2010
Larry Aldrich University Physicians Healthcare
Michael Deitch The Providence Service Corporation
Brian Larson R&R Products, Inc.
Robert D. Ramirez Vantage West Credit Union
Mick Rusing Rusing & Lopez, L.L.L.C.

2011
David Cohen Beach Fleischman
Brad Feder Simply Bits/Nextrio/Leapscape
Joe Gootter Gootter & Associates
Michael Parseghian M.D. Tucson Orthopaedic Institute
Rick Zamorano Salpointe Catholic High School

2012
Paul Bonavia UniSource Energy and TEP
*John Rafferty President, Stewart Title & Trust of Tucson
Joaquin Ruiz Colleges of Letters, Arts and Science, University of Arizona
Gen. Ronald E. Shoopman Southern Arizona Leadership Council, USAF (retired)

2013
Stephen G. Eggen Raytheon Missle Systems (retired)
Tom Firth Zona 78, Hacienda Del Sol
Michael Hammond PICOR Commercial Real Estate Services
Jon Volpe Nova Financial & Investment Corporation
T Sgt. Chad Brady United States Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB

2014
David G Hutchens UNS Energy, TEP, UES
Omar Mireles HSL Properties
James H. Moore, Jr. The University of Arizona Foundation
Capt. Joshua Palochack US Air Force
Cody Ritchie Crest Insurance
Neal Weitman Royal Automotive Group

2015
Greg Byrne University of Arizona
MSGT Lorenzo Livingston US Air Force
Patrico P. Lopez III Partner/Attorney Rusing Lopez & Lizzardi, P.L.L.C.
Warren S. Rustand Providence Service Corp.
Mark Wheeler, MD University of Arizona UA Steele Children’s Research Center

2016
Barry Baker Endurance Private Investments/Brahma Capital
George C. Larsen Principal, Larsen Baker, LLC
John P. Lewis Commerce Bank of Arizona
Edmund F. Marquez Edmund Marquez Allstate Agencies
Colonel James P. Meger Commander, 355th Fighter Wing, United State Air Force
Thomas W. Warne MSW Development Services, Inc.

2017
Alan Levin, Port of Tucson
Major General Edward P. Maxwell, Southern Arizona Leadership Council
Luis Felipe Seldner, The Offshore Group
Robert Smith, University of Arizona
Michael V. Varney, Tucson Metro Chamber
Gregory “Greg” J. White, Raytheon Missle Systems

2018
Bill Assenmacher, CAID Industries
Rudy Dabdoub, North Face Investments, LLC
Ryan Hansen, Bon Voyage Travel
Richard Kauffman, Holualoa Companies
Msgt. Timothy D. Ledford, Davis-Monthan AFB
Tony Penn, United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona
Jonathan Rothschild, City of Tucson
**Lowell Rothschild, Special Memorial Tribute, Mesch, Clark & Rothschild

2019
Brent DeRaad, Visit Tucson
Jon Dudas, University of Arizona
Ali J. Farhang, Farhang & Medcoff Attorneys
Tony Finley, Long Realty Company
Stuart Mellan, Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona
Joe Snell, Sun Corridor Inc.