The highest award the Council can bestow upon an individual in Northern California is the Chaloner Award which is annually presented for exemplary service to philately.
Here are photos of the plaques (click on thumbnail to see the full image):
Here is the list of past winners:
1951 Henry Chaloner
1952 Fred Husing
1953 Art Christensen
1954 Joseph M. Clary
1955 Fred B. Thomas
1956 Nina Thomas
1957 Jack Hughes
1958 Mervin Hertzberg
1959 Walter Frickstad
1960 Tracy W. Simpson
1961 Mel C Nathan
1962 Cyrus R. Thompson
1962 Charles McKeown
1963 Everett C. Erle
1964 Fred Wolfe
1965 Harold P. Lopes
1966 Not Awarded
1967 Jack Bettencourt
1968 Adreinne O’Neill
1969 Gil P. Roberts Jr.
1970 Maud Gilman
1971 Henri Baer
1972 Not Awarded
1973 O.R. Sanford Jr.
1974 Frank M. Holly
1975 William J. Oliver
1976 Agnes E.. Johnson
1977 Thomas J. Perkins
1978 Frank & Mae Vignola
1979 Roger D. Skinner
1980 C. Murry Niccolson
1980 J. Erle Stromberg
1981 Garvin Lohman
1982 Robert G. Birkbeck
1983 Eva Eastman
1984 Jo Skinner
1985 Richard H. Salz
1986 Betty Hole
1987 Charles R. Waller
1988 Connie Frigault
1989 Leon & Lillian Rahe
1990 Stephen Schumann
1991 Wayne Menuz
1992 Fred & Suse Justh
1993 Harriet W. Brown
1994 Don Day
1995 Leonard Holmsten
1996 William Willis
1997 George V. Shalimoff
1998 John M. Randall
1999 Ed Rosen
2000 Herbert Saylor
2001 Donald Green
2002 Charles Kasdorf
2003 Edward H. Jarvis
2004 H. James Sauer
2005 Vesma Grinfelds
2006 David McNamee
2007 Ross Towle
2007 R. Timothy Bartshe
2008 James E. Jefferson
2009 Timothy B. Burgess
2010 William P. Barlow
2011 Not Awarded
2012 Roy Teixeira
2013 Randy Tuuri
2014 Jim Dempsey
2015 Harvey & Terri Edwards
2016 Dennis Hassler
2017 Kristin Patterson
2018 Larry Crain
2019 Richard Clever
2020 Not Awarded
2021 Jim Giacommazi
2022
2023