2020 Ray Zillmer Award Recipients

The Ray Zillmer Award

The Ray Zillmer Award is named after Raymond T. Zillmer, founder of Ice Age Park & Trail Foundation (now the Ice Age Trail Alliance). The award recognizes individuals whose work exemplifies the ideals that inspired the establishment of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Nominees shall have performed at least two of the following:

• Served the Ice Age Trail for at least 20 years.

• Markedly elevated public awareness of the Trail.

• Secured significant funding.

• Significantly advanced the IATA’s mission in some other way.

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Ray Zillmer Award: David Kinnamon

By Sevie Kenyon, volunteer writer for the Ice Age Trail Alliance
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David Kinnamon is a recipient of the Ray Zillmer Award, which honors those whose work exemplifies the long-range, big-picture ideals that inspired the establishment of the Ice Age Trail. Photo courtesy of David Kinnamon.
The Ray Zillmer Award recognizes individuals whose work exemplifies the ideals that inspired the establishment of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. This year, the award recipients are David Kinnamon and David Phillips, both of whom have steered the course of the Ice Age Trail Alliance’s history.

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