Taxidermy Awards
Entered competition arena in 1987, winning numerous first- and
second-place awards at the state, regional, and national and world levels.
1987 — International Guild of Taxidermy
Second Place Masters Division
1988 — Ohio Taxidermist Trade Register
Best of Category Small Mammals
Ohio Habitat Award
Best All-Around Taxidermist
1988 — World Taxidermy Championship
Second Place Masters Division
Third Best In World Whitetail
1989 — National Taxidermists Association
Henry W. Inchumuk Award
1990 — Ohio Association of Taxidermists
Best of Category Small Mammals
Award of Artistic Excellence
1991 — International Guild of Taxidermy
First Place Masters Division
First Place Masters Division
Second Place Masters Division
1992 — World Taxidermy Championship
First Place Masters Division
Second Best in World Lifesize Mammal
1992 — National Taxidermists Association
First Place
Henry W. Inchumuk Award
Award of Excellence - Mammals
1993 — National Taxidermists Association
First Place
First Place - Division of Excellence
North American Small Mammal Champion
Award of Excellence - Game Heads
1993 — Western Regional Championships
First Place
First Place
"Best of the West" Small Mammal
1997 — National Taxidermists Association
First Place
Second Place
1998 — International Guild of Taxidermy
Best of Category Large Lifesize Masters
Best International Mammal
Best of Show
Other Taxidermy-Related Achievements
Developed exclusive line of squirrel mannikin mounting systems
Developing a line of mammal forms, how-to video tapes, and manuals
marketed through Wildlife Artist Supply Company
Continuing the development of a full line of reference photo albums and
death masks available to the taxidermy and wildlife art trade.
Written numerous taxidermy articles for Taxidermy Today and the
In-Taxidermist Journal
Regular contributing author to Breakthrough Magazine
Authored a chapter in the Breakthrough Reptile Taxidermy Manual
Authored, illustrated, and photographed
the Breakthrough — Art of the Big
Cat — Manual — Now available!
Judged and given seminars in the states of Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana,
Arkansas, Pennsylvania,
the 1992 World Taxidermy Championship,
and the 1993 International Taxidermy Competitions in Moose Jaw, Canada
Given private taxidermy lessons and taught for the Fairborn City Schools
Adult Education Classes, Ohio
