Larry Rowen Remele Award

Larry Rowen Remele

Larry Rowen Remele

Established by the Northern Great Plains History Conference to honor the memory of Larry Rowen Remele, this award is presented annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to the betterment of the conference. Remele, a long-time editor of North Dakota History, worked energetically to promote and enhance the conference and was serving as council chair at the time of his premature death in 1988.

The 2026 recipient of the Larry Rowen Remele Award is the Society for Military History.

While the concept of an organization for the study of military history in the United States dated back to the 1890s, the Society for Military History dates to the establishment of the American Military History Foundation in 1933, which was then renamed the American Military Institute in 1939. While initially created as a non-profit to support the U.S. Army’s Historical Section, the American Military Institute evolved to include military historians from outside U.S. military and government organizations. In 1990, with its membership and academic fields expanded outside of the United States, the organization rebranded once more as the Society for Military History. The American Military Institute first sponsored panels and papers at the Northern Great Plains History Conference prior to the creation of the conference council in 1987. Since then, the Society for Military History regularly sponsored at least one panel in every time slot and eventually provided representation on the council. Throughout its years of participation, the Society for Military History funded awards for a best undergraduate paper and best graduate paper presented at the conference. Additionally, the Society played a significant role in attracting participants from locations far beyond the Northern Great Plains. Today, the Society for Military History remains a significant partner of the Northern Great Plains History Conference through its panel sponsorship and continued support for undergraduate and graduate student participation.

Past Recipients of the Larry Rowen Remele award:

  • 1989: D. Jerome Tweton

  • 1990: Archer Jones

  • 1991: Lawrence H. Larsen

  • 1992: James M. Skinner

  • 1993: William E. Lass

  • 1994: William C. Pratt

  • 1995: R. Alton Lee

  • 1996: David B. Danbom

  • 1997: Hans Burmeister

  • 1998: Dana Miller

  • 1999: Malcolm Muir, Jr.

  • 2000: Nancy Tyson Koupal

  • 2001: Harl A. Dalstrom

  • 2002: J. Michael McCormack

  • 2003: Charles M. Barber

  • 2004: Janet Daley

  • 2005: Edward Pluth

  • 2006: Gerald Anderson

  • 2007: Robert C. Hilderband

  • 2008: Frank E. Vyzralek

  • 2009: Joseph C. Fitzharris

  • 2010: James Naylor

  • 2011: Kathleen K. Davison

  • 2012: Lori Ann Lahlum

  • 2013: Anne Kaplan

  • 2014: Kimberly K. Porter

  • 2015: Gordon L. Iseminger

  • 2016: Mark Harvey

  • 2017: Perry Hornbacher

  • 2018: Betsy Glade

  • 2019: Terrence Lindell

  • 2021: Robert J. Gough

  • 2022: Steven J. Bucklin

  • 2023: Selika Ducksworth-Lawton

  • 2023: Oscar B. Chamberlain

  • 2024: Barbara Handy-Marchello

  • 2025: Larry Peterson

 
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