Larry Rowen Remele Award

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 2023 recipients of the Larry Rowen Remele Award are Selika M. Ducksworth-Lawton, Professor, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire and Oscar B. Chamberlain, Senior Lectuer Emeritus, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire in recognition of their long and sustained commitment to the Conference. Both have a long record of regular participation in the Northern Great Plains History Conference, and they hosted the conference two years in a row, in 2020 and 2021, during the difficult years of the COVID pandemic.

The previous winners of the Larry Rowen Remele Award are, in order of presentation: