Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award

The Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award (formerly the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award and ANA Distinguished Service Award ) is the highest honor conferred by the American Numismatic Association. The award was formerly named after Farran Zerbe, a one-time president of the American Numismatic Association. It is given in recognition of numerous years of outstanding, dedicated service to numismatics. The criteria for the nominee should be that the individual is considered someone who has rendered numerous years of outstanding service to the ANA as well as the field of numismatics. An additional qualification is that the nominee should be a former Medal of Merit and Glenn Smedley Memorial Award recipient. The award is limited only to members of the ANA.

In 2021, the ANA Board of Governors voted to change its name to the ANA Distinguished Service Award, following an investigation that uncovered accusations of fraudulent behavior on Zerbe's part. In May 2022, the award was re-named in honor of Chester L. Krause, the founder of Krause Publications.

1950s

 * 1951 – M. Vernon Sheldon
 * 1952 – June T. Pond
 * 1953 – Col. Joseph Moss
 * 1954 – Lewis M. Reagan
 * 1955 – Dr. J Hewitt Judd
 * 1956 – Richard S. Yeoman
 * 1957 – No Award Given
 * 1958 – Burton H. Saxton
 * 1959 – Louis S. Werner

1960s

 * 1960 – Glenn B. Smedley
 * 1961 – Dr. John F. Lhotka, Jr.
 * 1962 – Lee F. Hewitt
 * 1963 – Elston G. Bradfield
 * 1964 – Jack W. Ogilvie
 * 1965 – Lionel C. Panosh
 * 1966 – J. Douglas Ferguson
 * 1967 – Dr. John S. Davenport
 * 1968 – Oscar H. Dodson
 * 1969 – Eric P. Newman

1970s

 * 1970 – Charles M. Johnson
 * 1971 – Don Sherer
 * 1972 – Abe Kosoff
 * 1973 – Matt H. Rothert
 * 1974 – Herbert Berge
 * 1975 – Margo Russell
 * 1976 – Fred C. Bowman and Maurice M. Gould
 * 1977 – Chester L. Krause
 * 1978 – William C. Henderson
 * 1979 – John J. Gabarron

1980s

 * 1980 – John Jay Pittman
 * 1981 – Virgil Hancock
 * 1982 – George D. Hatie
 * 1983 – Clyde Hubbard
 * 1984 – Charles L. Krause and Clifford Mishler
 * 1985 – Adna G. Wilde, Jr.
 * 1986 – Charles H. Wolfe
 * 1987 – Virginia Culver and Edward C. Rochette
 * 1988 – Adeline and Aubrey E. Bebee
 * 1989 – Harry X. Boosel

1990s

 * 1990 – James L. Miller
 * 1991 – Q. David Bowers
 * 1992 – Paul R. Whitnah
 * 1993 – Robert L. Hendershott
 * 1994 – Florence M. Schook
 * 1995 – Dorothy C. Baber and Bill Fivaz
 * 1996 – Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
 * 1997 – Ruthann Brettell
 * 1998 – Bert and Kenneth E. Bressett
 * 1999 – Kenneth L. Hallenbeck

2000s

 * 2000 – Arthur M. Kagin
 * 2001 – Harry J. Forman
 * 2002 – Anthony J. Swiatek
 * 2003 – Lighthouse Family and Charles J. Ricard
 * 2004 – Gene R. and Patricia Hynds
 * 2005 – Joseph E. Boling
 * 2006 – Larry J. Gentile, Sr.
 * 2007 – Nancy Opitz Wilson and John Wilson
 * 2008 – Gene Hessler
 * 2009 – John Eshbach

2010s

 * 2010 – Beth Deisher
 * 2011 – Anthony Terranova
 * 2012 – Arthur M. Fitts III and Prudence Fitts
 * 2013 – David Schenkman
 * 2014 – Neil Shafer
 * 2015 – Donn Pearlman
 * 2016 – Mark Lighterman and Myrna Lighterman
 * 2017 – Brian Fanton
 * 2018 – Cindy Wibker
 * 2019 – Thomas Hallenbeck

2020s

 * 2020 – Walt Ostromecki
 * 2021 – Kerry Wetterstrom
 * 2022 - Thomas J. Uram
 * 2023 - Mike Fuljenz
 * 2024 - Dwight N. Manley