Herman Hennsler Award

This award is reserved for Members of the Greater Philadelphia Locksmith Association who have made exceptional contributions to the growth of our Association. Named for a founder of both GPLA and ALOA, it is the consummate expression of respect by the Association for one of its own.


1962 Isadore Chakov
1963 Edward A. Pfeil
1964 John Kleinschmidt
1965 Stanton Bilker
1966 Eugene O'Brien
1967 Max Beckoff
1968 Harry Maurer
1969 Edward A. Pfeil
1970 Wm.Van Den Bosch
1971 Bruno Brunell Jr
1972 Jules De Luca
1973 Alfred G. Pfeil
1974 Martin Arnold
1975 Gerald J. Connelly Jr
1976 Anthony Bueanaflor
1977 David Newhall Jr
1978 Thomas Woods
1979 Robert McClatchie
1980 Steve Berger
1981 Paul Rosenfeld
1982 Joel Golden
1983 Steve Berger
1984 Robert Mock
1985 Nelson Dayton
1986 Murray Bilker
1987 Robert Gress
1988 Martin Arnold
1989 Robert Unger
1990 Clifford L.Shafer
1991 Ronald Blevins
1992 Robert Mock
1993 William B. Neff
1994 Ronald Marcinkowski
1995 Felix Radich
1996 Clifford L. Shafer
1997 William Young
1998 John C. Magee
1999 Edward Fitzgerald
2000 Nelson Dayton
2001 William B. Neff
2002 Robert Schuetrumpf
2003 Lou Gildenberg
2004 Orvis Kline
2005 Dolores Mock
2006 Robert Thomas
2007 Sven Hellwig
2008 Walter Lascar
2009 Barry Wilensky
2010 James Sundstrond III

2011 John Williams

  1962 Isadore Chakov      
  1963 Edward A. Pfeil      
  1964 John Kleinschmidt      
  1965 Stanton Bilker      
  1966 Eugene O'Brien