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 Name
Date of Passing
1989
Don
Featherstone
9/2/13
1991
Richard
Bryant
1993
Pat
Condray
4/2/15
1995
Scott
Bowden
1995
Frank
Chadwick
1995
Bob
Coggins
7/30/14
1995
Todd
Fisher
1995
James
Getz
1995
Johnson
Hood
Passed
1995
Ed
Mohrmann
1995
Duke
Seifried
9/29/18
1995
Wally
Simons
5/30/05
1995
Dick
Sossi
1995
Charlie
Sweet
Passed
1997
Phil
Barker
1997
Jay
Hadley
3/12/15
1998
Larry
Brom
Passed
1998
Leo
Cronin
8/6/21
1999
Greg
Novak
Passed
1999
Hal
Thinglum
2000
Duncan
Macfarlane
5/27/21
2000
Craig
Taylor
Passed
2001
Arty
Conliffe
2001
Peter
Panzeri
2002
John
Hill
9/26/15
2002
David
Waxtel
2003
Bob
Beattie
2003
Russell
Dunaway
2004
Fred
Hubig
2004
Greg
Scott
2005
Bill
Harting
2/01/22
2005
Richard
Hasenauer
2006
Jim
Birdseye
2006
Wilbur
Gray
2007
Glenn
Kidd
2007
Bill
Rutherford
2008
Bob
Giglio
2008
Jean
Lochet
2009
Don
Perrin
2009
Philip
Viverito
2010
Matt
Delamater
2010
Buck
Surdu
2011
Christopher
Duffy
11/16/22
2011
Scott
Mingus
2012
John-Paul
Brisigotti
2012
Michael
Koznarsky
2013
Heather
Blush
2013
Tod
Kershner
2014
William
Moreno
6/27/23
2014
Dean
West
2015
Barry
Hilton
2015
John
Stallard
2016
Alan
Perry
2016
Michael
Perry
2017
Scott
Fisher
2017
Howard
Whitehouse
2018
Richard
Borg
2018
Richard
Clark
2019
Rick
Priestly
2019
Frank
Preziosa
2020
Marty
Fenelon
2020
Dan
Murawski
1/10/2022
2021
Mike
Blake
2021
Nigel
Marsh
2022
Jim
Petrie
2022
Dave
Ryan
2023
Henry
Hyde
2023
Jim
McWee
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
2019
John
Stallard
2022
Mike
Blake
2023
Don
Perrin
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: