The NHYR Annual Gipper Award
The Gipper Award is given each year at the
Annual Convention to an outstanding
NHYR who has worked hard to spread the
Republican message and has encourage
other YR's to get involved. The recipient of
the Gipper award demonstrates that same
qualities of Republicanism and party loyalty
that the late President Reagan embodied
The recipient of this award is selected by
the NHYR Executive Committee which
solicits nominations from the general
members (Any Republican ages 18 to 40).
In some years, two recipients, a male and
a female, have been chosen.
In appreciation of the honorees service to
the NHYR organization and to the party as a
whole, each winner has his or her name
added to the base of a bust of the Gipper
himself. The bust of President Reagan is
displayed at the New Hampshire
Republican State Committee office in
Concord.
The bust was generously donated to the
NH Young Republicans by Steve Duprey,
former New Hampshire Young Republican
State Committee Chairman and former
chair of the New Hampshire Republican
State Committee.
Gipper Award winners are also given
plaque worthy of display in their homes or
office that describes the qualification
necessary to receive such an award: "For
outstanding effort in promoting New
Hampshire's youth in the political
process and the Republican cause."
Jayne Millerick - 2001
Grant Bosse - 2002
Kerry Marsh - 2003 Chuck Mcgee - 2003
Stu Beckett - 2004
Jen Wrobleski - 2005 Marc Newhall - 2005
Paul Smith - 2006
Katie Dangel - 2007 BJ Perry - 2007
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Ronald Reagan
40th president of US (1911 - 2004)
2007 Gipper and former NHYR Chairman, BJ PErry with President George W. Bush
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2006 Gipper, former State Rep and former NHYR Secretary Paul Smith
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2005 Gipper and former Nashua YR Chapter Chairman, Marc Newhall with former NHGOP Chairman Warren Henderson
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2005 Gipper and former Executive Director for the NHGOP, Jennifer Wrobleski with BJ Perry at the 2004 Republican National Convention
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2003 Gipper and Chair of the NHYR's, Kerry Marsh with former Presidential candidate and entrepreneur, Steve Forbes.
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