Herman Hennsler Award
This award is reserved for Members of the Greater Philadelphia Locksmith Association who have made exceptional contributions to the growth of our Association. Named for a founder of both GPLA and ALOA, it is the consummate expression of respect by the Association for one of its own.
Recent Herman Hennsler Award Recipients
| 2022 | Edward Fitzgerald |
| 2021 | Barry Wilensky |
| 2019 | Marty Arnold |
| 2018 | Maurice Onraet |
| 2017 | Sven K. Hellwig Sr. |
| 2016 | Paul Kline |
| 2015 | Edward Fitzgerald |
| 2014 | Nelson Dayton |
| 2013 | Clifford L. Shafer |
| 2012 | Michael Nimmo |
| 2011 | John Williams |
| 2010 | James Sundstrond III |
| 2009 | Barry Wilensky |
| 2008 | Walter Lascar |
| 2007 | Sven Hellwig |
| 2006 | Robert Thomas |
| 2005 | Dolores Mock |
| 2004 | Orvis Kline |
| 2003 | Lou Gildenberg |
| 2002 | Robert Schuetrumpf |
| 2001 | William B. Neff |
| 2000 | Nelson Dayton |
| 1999 | Edward Fitzgerald |
| 1998 | John C. Magee |
| 1997 | William Young |
| 1996 | Clifford L. Shafer |
| 1995 | Felix Radich |
| 1994 | Ronald Marcinkowski |
| 1993 | William B. Neff |
| 1992 | Robert Mock |
| 1991 | Ronald Blevins |
| 1990 | Clifford L.Shafer |
| 1989 | Robert Unger |
| 1988 | Martin Arnold |
| 1987 | Robert Gress |
| 1986 | Murray Bilker |
| 1985 | Nelson Dayton |
| 1984 | Robert Mock |
| 1983 | Steve Berger |
| 1982 | Joel Golden |
| 1981 | Paul Rosenfeld |
| 1980 | Steve Berger |
| 1979 | Robert McClatchie |
| 1978 | Thomas Woods |
| 1977 | David Newhall Jr |
| 1976 | Anthony Bueanaflor |
| 1975 | Gerald J. Connelly Jr. |
| 1974 | Martin Arnold |
| 1973 | Alfred G. Pfeil |
| 1972 | Jules De Luca |
| 1971 | Bruno Brunell Jr |
| 1970 | Wm.Van Den Bosch |
| 1969 | Edward A. Pfeil |
| 1968 | Harry Maurer |
| 1967 | Max Beckoff |
| 1966 | Eugene O’Brien |
| 1965 | Stanton Bilker |
| 1964 | John Kleinschmidt |
| 1963 | Edward A. Pfeil |
| 1962 | Isadore Chakov |