Recognition
CBAI Recognition Programs are designed to acknowledge the efforts and achievements of member banks and bankers and include a 50-Year Service Award, Outstanding Member Award, among others. For more information on the CBAI Recognition Programs, please refer to the links listed on the right, or click on "next" below.
OUTSTANDING MEMBERS
The purpose of the CBAI Outstanding Member Award is to recognize an officer and/or director of a CBAI member who, regardless of his or her station in CBAI, goes well beyond the call of duty and expectation to significantly benefit the cause of community banking through CBAI. Criteria can include ideas and efforts which produce favorable results for community banks, either legislatively, regulatorily, or educationally from an operational standpoint; or a combination of the above.
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1999 1998 Robert "Doug" Knapp* 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 Daryl D. Barklow* 1990 1989 1988 James "Bud" Singer* 1987 *Deceased |
50 YEAR RECOGNITION
Bank employees and directors whose professional ties to banking span 50 years are eligible for recognition with a special award. Contact Valerie Johnston, CBAI senior vice president of communications at 800/736-2224.
50 Year Members
*deceased
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Raymond L. Adolphson Don Albinger Doretta Alms Andy Anderson* John Bammann* Darlene Beer Bob Beier Gordon Bennett Dorothy Bernhard F. Don Boehm Thomas F. Bolger* Darl L. Bollman Wilbert Borrenpohl* Marilyn Calvert Norma Carstens Jo Ann Colombo David Combs Earl Copeland Delbert Cox Wayne Davis Donald C. Dempsey Linda Denton Roger DeVries Sara Lee Dodd Ivan Donner E. Ray Duncan C. Dean Easton Dorothy Ege Garneta Ehlers* Timothy Eriks Mary Ewers William C. Gooch Jr. Tom Gooding Edward L. Goodwin Sara Goodgion* James J. Gregory Charles Guenzler Thomas R. Guthrie R.H. "Bud" Havens Larry Hawes Shirley Hedden G. Phil Heckel* Charles Helleny William Heinhorst Albert W. Herring* Larry Herron Georgia Hicks Barbara Hodgett Linda Holms Paul Horn* Raymond R. Hough V.N. “Newt” Howard* W. Gerard Huiskamp Frederick D. Johnson Wendell Johnson Ervin L. Jurgens* Allen Kaisor |
Irene Kruse Ken Kruse Edward R. Lake James R. "Stix" Lampe Lyle E. Leach Roger Lehmann Irving Loundy Richard Loundy James E. Malley Dr. Kenneth Malmberg Dwain Massey James L. McDaniel James A. Melvin LeRoy (Lee) Alenken Dorothy A. Mercer Stephen Narmont* Pat Noy Larry Otis Richard (Dick) Peterson Russell Plath Tom Pullen William Richelman Michael G. Ritter Rosie Schonebaum Jacquelyn Schwankhaus John C. Seaton Jr.* Mary Seaton Ronald Seymour Robert C. Shambrook Ellen Jo Shiflett William W. Smith Carl K. Spears Gerald C. Stapel B.M. (Mark) Tally Evealine Terry Larry Thicksten Charles Thomas Ray E. Thompson Alice Thorman Carl T. Tingley Judy Tisdale Gilbert H. Todd Donald Toppmeyer Pauline Turner James Veld Richard Vicenzi Sharon Wall Edwin M. Wallace Larry West Omar Wilhelms James Winningham Marilyn Wolfe* Wendell P. Woods Harlan K. Yates |
EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION BKD AWARD PRESENTED BY CBAI
The Excellence and Innovation BKD Award Presented by CBAI spotlights exemplary community banks and is sponsored by BKD LLP. An independent panel of judges selects a bank to honor at the CBAI Annual Convention. Click here to learn more. To download and complete the BKD 
Nomination Form, click here.
The Excellence and Innovation BKD Award Presented by CBAI for Excellence Winners
2018
Community First Bank of the Heartland, Mt. Vernon - "Community Love" Campaign
Honorable Mention: Community State Bank, Galva - Solar Energy Systems
2016
First Robinson Savings Bank won for its "Young Professionals Club Outreach" program.
2015
Teutoplis State Bank - "Bloom and Grow"
2014
Galena State Bank - Superstar Club and Teen Banking Club
Honorable Mention: Herrin Security Bank & Bank of Herrin - First Tiger Trust
2013
Legence Bank, Eldorado - Legence Bank University
Honorable Mention: Galena State Bank - Pink Ribbon Debit Card
2012
Peoples' Bank of Kankakee County, Bourbonnais - Peoples Bank MoneyIsland® Pilot Program
Honorable Mentions: Community Trust Bank, Irvington - Community Trust Bank's Soldier of the Month
Midwest Bank of Western Illinois, Monmouth - Downtown Monmouth
2011
Teutopolis State Bank — Stronger Community: Mission Possible
2010
Allied First Bank, Oswego — CrossTown
2009
Devon Bank, Chicago — Chicago’s Green Bank
2008
First National Bank of Dieterich — Hometown Heroes Book Project
2007
Apple River State Bank — Stagecoach Event Center/Fire Department
2006
Country Bank, Aledo — Community Band Shell Project
2005
The Bradford National Bank, Greenville — Art in Education
2004
The Bank of Marion — Jobs for Community Growth
Honorable Mention: Devon Bank, Chicago — Islamic Financing Program
2003
Bank of Springfield — A program that trained 50 employees in rescue breathing, CPR, and the Heimlich maneuver. The bank also placed defibrillators in each of the bank’ss locations.
2002
Castle Bank, N.A., DeKalb — Castle Bank Challenge
2001
Alpha Community Bank, Toluca (Washburn branch) — Community Grocery Store Project
2000
The Bradford National Bank, Greenville — Bradford Community Building Project
Honorable Mention: First National Bank of Dieterich — EJ Water District Project
1999
Two categories awarded: Community Involvement
First National Bank of Dieterich — Church/Bank Community Program
Honorable Mention: Carlinville National Bank — Carlinville Education & Financial Business Partnership Most Innovative Product or Service
Durand State Bank — Wedding Registry Account
Honorable Mention: Exchange State Bank, Lanark — Leasing and Non-bank Financial Products
CBAI CENTURIAL CLUB
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DISTINGUISHED MEMBER
A Distinguished Member is any deserving individual so chosen by the CBAI Board of Directors. Distinguished Members to date are:
B.F. "Chip" Backlund (2010)
Better Banks, Peoria
Harold Dodd* (1990)
Illinois Farmers Union, Springfield
Charles Helleny (1995)
Herrin Security Bank
Jack Impey* (2015)
CBAI former Ambassador-at-Large
Robert H. Kempton* (1986)
Marquette National Bank, Chicago
Mason A. Loundy* (1997)
Devon Bank, Chicago
M.W. “Whit” Whitlow* and Kathryn Whitlow* (1992)
East Dubuque Savings Bank
*Deceased
To nominate an individual, please contact the CBAI Department of Communications at 217/529-2265 (800-736-2224 in IL) or cbaicom@cbai.com.
DOUBLE EAGLE
Recipients are any deserving individual so chosen by the CBAI Board of Directors. Recipients to date are:
Bill Lannon*
State Bank of Saunemin
Robert J. Wingert
CBAI, Springfield
Sandra McAvoy
CBAI, Springfield
Andrea C. Cusick
CBAI, Springfield
*Deceased
COMMUNITY BANKING WEEK
This event is held annually the first week of April to coincide with National Community Banking Month. A full kit of materials is available to any CBAI member bank free-of-charge. For your bank’s kit, contact the CBAI Department of Communications at 800/736-2224 or cbaicom@cbai.com.