HMGS Legion of Honor and the Scruby Award

In 1989, Historical Miniature Gaming Society (HMGS) members created the Legion of Honor, an organization that recognized contributing individuals to the hobby of historical miniature wargaming. Since that time, the Legion of Honor has added members in an ad-hoc fashion until 1995, where a large batch were inducted. Since then, it has inducted two members per year. Here’s the list of Legion of Honor members to date:

Legion of Honor Members

Year Inducted First Name Last NameDate of Passing
1989DonFeatherstone9/2/13
1991RichardBryant
1993PatCondray4/2/15
1995ScottBowden
1995FrankChadwick
1995Bob Coggins7/30/14
1995ToddFisher
1995JamesGetz
1995JohnsonHoodPassed
1995EdMohrmann
1995DukeSeifried9/29/18
1995WallySimons5/30/05
1995DickSossi
1995CharlieSweetPassed
1997PhilBarker
1997JayHadley3/12/15
1998LarryBromPassed
1998LeoCronin8/6/21
1999GregNovakPassed
1999HalThinglum
2000DuncanMacfarlane5/27/21
2000CraigTaylorPassed
2001ArtyConliffe
2001PeterPanzeri
2002JohnHill9/26/15
2002DavidWaxtel
2003BobBeattie
2003RussellDunaway
2004FredHubig
2004GregScott
2005BillHarting2/01/22
2005RichardHasenauer
2006JimBirdseye
2006WilburGray
2007GlennKidd
2007BillRutherford
2008BobGiglio
2008JeanLochet
2009DonPerrin
2009PhilipViverito
2010MattDelamater
2010BuckSurdu
2011ChristopherDuffy11/16/22
2011ScottMingus
2012John-PaulBrisigotti
2012MichaelKoznarsky
2013HeatherBlush
2013TodKershner
2014WilliamMoreno6/27/23
2014DeanWest
2015BarryHilton
2015JohnStallard
2016AlanPerry
2016MichaelPerry
2017ScottFisher
2017HowardWhitehouse
2018RichardBorg
2018RichardClark
2019RickPriestly
2019FrankPreziosa
2020MartyFenelon
2020DanMurawski1/10/2022
2021MikeBlake
2021NigelMarsh
2022JimPetrie
2022DaveRyan
2023HenryHyde
2023JimMcWee

The Legion of Honor, every two years, chooses the winner of the Scruby Award. It is an award recognizing extreme efforts by the individual and the value of the individual to the hobby of historical miniature wargaming.The winners are:

Scruby Award Winners

Scruby First Name Last Name
1989 Donald Featherstone
1991 Richard Bryant
1993 Pat Condray
1995 Bruce “Uncle Duke” Seifried
1997 Phil Barker
1999 Robert Coggins
2001 Frank Chadwick
2003 Jay Hadley
2005 Hal Thinglum
2007 Scott Bowden
2009 Todd Fisher
2011 Russell Dunaway
2013 Bob Giglio
2015 Arty Conliffe
2017 Alan Perry
2017 Michael Perry
2019JohnStallard
2022MikeBlake
2023DonPerrin

Legion Officers

To keep the Legion of Honor running, there are two positions within the organization. The first is the Commandant. He is usually the oldest surviving member of the Legion of Honor, and has the duties of being the figurative lead of the Legion.  The second is the Adjutant. He is usually a member recruited by the last Adjutant, to serve a four-year term. His or her duties are to administer the functions of the Legion of Honor, especially to maintain the Legion Bylaws, and to conduct the voting inof new members and voting for the next Scruby Award. Those who have held these positions are:

Commandants

Year First Name Last Name
1995-2013 Donald Featherstone
2013-2018 Bruce “Uncle Duke” Seifried
2018-Present Richard Bryant

Adjutants

Year First Name Last Name
1997-2001 Frank Chadwick
2001-2005 Greg Novak
2005-2009 Wilbur Gray
2009-2012 Donald Perrin
2012-2020 Michael Koznarsky
2020-2023JimBirdseye

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