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Elton Fawks Receives Conservation Award 
Elton Fawks of East Moline, Field Notes Editor and a former Director of the 
Illinois Audubon Society, was named “Illinois Wildlife Conservationist of the 
Year” at the second annual Conservation Achievement Award Dinner on 
Oct. 29, 1966 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. In the picture above, 
Elton Fawks (at right) is receiving the bison trophy from Ralph Smith of 
the Illinois Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs. 
The Illinois Federation and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation co-sponsored 
the state awards. State Conservationists of the Year automatically become 
eligible for consideration as National Conservationist of the Year. The state 
winners are invited to attend the Second Annual National Conservation 
Achievement Program Dinner in Washington, D. C. in January, 1967, under 
co-sponsorship of the National Wildlife Federation and the Sears-Roebuck 
Foundation. 
Other state awards presented at the dinner in the Conrad Hilton Hotel 
were: Michael J. Janiszewski, Lisle, Youth Conservationist of the Year; 
Capt. John T. Kelly, Deputy Chief, the Chicago Police Department, Con- 
servationist of the Year; Harvey Duck of the Chicago Daily News, Con- 
servation Communicator; Lyman K. Shawler, West Union, Land Con- 
servationist of the Year; the late Walter Sherry, Joliet, Water Conserva- 
tionist of the Year; Max H. Lane, Benton, Forest Conservationist of the 
Year; Mrs. Hallie McCormick, Genoa, Conservation Educator of the Year; 
C. R. Ratcliffe, Beardstown, Conservation Legislator of the Year; and the 
Illinois Women’s Club, Conservation Organization of the Year. 
