Mission Statement
"The purposes of this organization are exclusively educational and shall be to preserve, advance, and disseminate knowledge of the history of Portage County, Wisconsin."
With the above mission in mind, the Society currently operates four museums; maintains a large archives housed at the University of Wisconsin -- Stevens Point's Archive Center; is developing its own research center and maintains the Malcolm Rosholt Online Archives on this website to "disseminate knowledge of the history of Portage County, Wisconsin".
The Society holds monthly meetings beginning at 6:30 P.M. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Synagogue Museum basement. (The December meeting is usually not held due to holiday conflicts.) Its Annual Meeting is held as specified by our by-laws (currently in April) which consists of an annual report, election of board members and a presentation or tour. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend these meetings.
The current officers and members of the Board of Directors are:
- President: Tim Siebert
- Vice-Pres.: Mark Seiler
- Secretary: Karen Zinda
- Treasurer: Jeanne Regnier
Board Members:
| Anton Anday Julie Richards Mary Egle Milo Harpstead |
Judy Lyons Jessie Michelson Shirley Multhauf Jerry Rohlinger |
Dave Simonis Sam Solberg Beverly West Patty Becker |
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The Society has two awards. The Pine and Iron Award is for people who have done something of note to preserve history. The Winn Rothman History Award is for literary works regarding history. The awards are considered annually and awarded when deserving.
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PINE AND IRON AWARD 1980: None 1981: None 1982: Clifford Swanson, Alice Loberg (posthumously) 1983: None 1984: Guy Gibson, Raymond Specht 1985: Maurice Perrett 1986: John Joanis, Wendell Nelson, Justin Isherwood 1987: Jay Price, Patricia Malick 1988: William McKee 1989: John Seramur, Robert Hetchler 1990: K.B. Willett, John Anderson 1991: Tom Brown 1992: Loras Smithback 1993: Worzella Publishing, Phil Kallas 1994: Roy Menzel, William Paul 1995: Don Kottke 1996: Cheryl Jean, Dave Cash 1997: Chuck Nason, Donna Sowka 1998: Polish Heritage Awareness Society, Janet Jurgella 1999: Terry Anderson, Ed Marcks 2000: Lutheran Brotherhood, Ron Coker 2001: Carla Boettcher 2002: 2003: 2004: 2005: 2006: 2007: Fred Haase |
WINN ROTHMAN HISTORY AWARD 1977: Ellen Johnson and John Stastny 1978: Donald Isherwood 1979: Tom Marchel 1980: Wendell Nelson 1981: Malcolm Rosholt 1982: David Tesch 1983: Marjorie Bronsted & Ethelyn Aanrud 1984: Brian Hackett 1985: Wayne Guyant & Dennis Kolinski 1986: Peggy Murray 1987: Wayne Guyant & Janice Hughes 1988: Eugene Isherwood 1989: Stevens Point Historic Design & Review Commission 1990: Malcolm Rosholt, Craig Anderson, Connie Haack-Hurlbut 1991: None 1992: None 1993: Adeline Sopa & Milicent Hild 1994: Agnes Golla 1995: None 1996: Russell Haines & Justus Paul 1997: None 1998: None 1999: None 2000: None 2001: None 2002: None 2003: None 2004: None 2005: None 2006: None 2007: None |