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Liberty Bell Award

The Liberty Bell Award honors a non-attorney volunteer in the York community who has encouraged others to respect the laws and legal system, to learn more about and take an active role in the American justice system, and to take pride in our nation's system of freedom for all under the law. 

Award Recipients

1976  Harry McLaughlin*  2000 Charles E. Lehman* 
1977  Joseph Sperling* 2001 G. William Dize* 
1978  Clariece B. Schell*  2002 Jonathan Liss, M.D. 
1979  Nellie L. Stein*  2003 Daniel P. Elby
1980  Rev. William Shade  2004Gordon Freireich
1981  Norman J. Laws  2005 Michael Helfrich
1982  Susan Ruth  2006 Ryan Sattler
1983  Joseph Jenkins  2007 Jan Herrold 
1984  Jo Barnett  2008 Ray Crenshaw
1985  Rev. Carl Scott  2009 Carolyn Steinhauser
1985Rev. John Oldfield  2010Barre Shepp and Anthony Stabile 
1986 Robert L. Simpson 2011 Joanne Borders
1987  Father Bernard Pistone  2012 Robert W. Pullo
1988  Robert J. Hollis  2013 Robert J. Woods 
1989  Delilah Rumburg  2014 Delaine Toerper
1990  Thomas C. Norris  2015 Dr. Barbara A. Rupp
1991  Allan M. Dameshek*  2016 Cheril L. Chronister
1992  Thomas Westerman Wolf  2017 Don Gogniat
1993  Rabbi Irwin Goldenberg  2018 Genevieve Ray
1994  Dr. Luther B. Sowers  2019 Cheryl Peterson
1995  Rev. Joan M. Maruskin  2020 James McClure
1996 Arthur Glatfelter*  2021 Stacey A. Dietz
1997 Martha Hodges  2022 Mary Slegel
1998  Florence Jolly*  2023 Rev. Aaron Anderson
 1999 Jerri Zimmerman2024Pastor Bill Kerney
  2025 Barbara Woodmansee 

*We Remember