Hall of Fame

In addition to our annual conference awards, the National Stuttering Association Hall of Fame was created to honor individuals who have shown an unfailing commitment over time to the NSA and to the stuttering community as a whole. Past inductees are as follows:

1996 – John Ahlbach, NSA Executive Director (1981-1995)
1998 – Michael Sugarman, NSA Co-Founder
1999 – No award given
2000 – John Harrison & John Paul “Scatman” Larkin
2001 – Vivian Sheehan
2002 – Eugene Cooper, Ph.D.
2003 – Lee Reeves, NSA Chairman (1997-2003)
2004 – Annie Glenn
2005 – Marty Jezer
2006 – No award given
2007 – Annie Bradberry, NSA Executive Director (1993 – 2003) & Jim McClure
2008 – No award given
2009 – Judith Kuster
2010 – Nina Reeves
2011 – Russ Hicks
2012 – No award given
2013 – No award given
2014 – No award given
2015 – No award given
2016 – Bob Quesal
2017 – Games Family (Conference Dedication)
2018 – Bernie Weiner
2019 – Scott Yaruss
2020 – Doug Scott
2021 – Bill Smith (IL)
2022 – Pamela Mertz

Other inductees to the NSA Hall of Fame include: Fred Murray, Mel Hoffman, Rich Wells, Herb Goldberg, Dorvan Breitenfeldt.