Programs and Projects: Griggs Award

The Alexander Griggs Award recognizes exceptional personal efforts to preserve Grand Forks’ built and cultural history. It is named for Captain Alexander Griggs, the founder of the city of Grand Forks, and presented by the Grand Forks Historic Preservation Commission. Recipients’ names are added to the permanent plaque that hangs in City Hall Council Chambers.

Griggs Award Honorees:

2007 — Curt Siewert
2006 — Fred Schneider
2004 — Andy Swanson
2001 — Bill and Wanda Graveline
2000 — Lonny B. Winrich
1998 — Hal and Kathy Gershman; Mike Maidenberg
1993 — William C. Sherman
1992 — Gary Malm
1991 — Larry Loendorf
1990 — Dan Rylance; D. Jerome Tweton
1986 — Jack Hagerty; Emma Lou Hariman; Frances Kannowski; Jack Mayfield; and Valborg Oslund