Larry Rowen Remele Award

Larry Rowen Remele

Larry Rowen Remele

Established by the Northern Great Plains History Conference to honor the memory of Larry Rowen Remele, this award is presented annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to the betterment of the conference. Remele, a long-time editor of North Dakota History, worked energetically to promote and enhance the conference and was serving as council chair at the time of his premature death in 1988.

The 2025 recipient of the Larry Rowen Remele Award is Larry Peterson.

Larry Peterson

Dr. Larry R. Peterson attended his first Northern Great Plains History Conference in 1977 in Bismarck as a fresh American Studies PhD from the University of Minnesota. Over the years, he has delivered 13 papers and served as a chair and/or commentator for 18 sessions. During his 17 years chairing the North Dakota State University History Department, they had the good fortune to host the conference twice. At NDSU in addition to creating history courses on women in America, families in America, and race in the United States, he was active in general education, anti-racism organizing, gay rights, and women's studies. Although he was less active for a few years in the Northern Great Plains History Conference because of his extensive involvement in general education at the state and national levels, after retiring he returned regularly to NGPHC, this wonderful academic home. He currently coordinates the Red River Rainbow Seniors oral history project, Breaking Barriers: Harvesting LGBTQ Stories from the Northern Plains and researches and writes about the history of the LGBTQ communities in Fargo and Moorhead.

Past Recipients of the Larry Rowen Remele award:

  • 1989: D. Jerome Tweton

  • 1990: Archer Jones

  • 1991: Lawrence H. Larsen

  • 1992: James M. Skinner

  • 1993: William E. Lass

  • 1994: William C. Pratt

  • 1995: R. Alton Lee

  • 1996: David B. Danbom

  • 1997: Hans Burmeister

  • 1998: Dana Miller

  • 1999: Malcolm Muir, Jr.

  • 2000: Nancy Tyson Koupal

  • 2001: Harl A. Dalstrom

  • 2002: J. Michael McCormack

  • 2003: Charles M. Barber

  • 2004: Janet Daley

  • 2005: Edward Pluth

  • 2006: Gerald Anderson

  • 2007: Robert C. Hilderband

  • 2008: Frank E. Vyzralek

  • 2009: Joseph C. Fitzharris

  • 2010: James Naylor

  • 2011: Kathleen K. Davison

  • 2012: Lori Ann Lahlum

  • 2013: Anne Kaplan

  • 2014: Kimberly K. Porter

  • 2015: Gordon L. Iseminger

  • 2016: Mark Harvey

  • 2017: Perry Hornbacher

  • 2018: Betsy Glade

  • 2019: Terrence Lindell

  • 2021: Robert J. Gough

  • 2022: Steven J. Bucklin

  • 2023: Selika Ducksworth-Lawton

  • 2023: Oscar B. Chamberlain

  • 2024: Barbara Handy-Marchello