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"Citizen of the Year" was only one project of the Wellesley Board of Trade.   The award recognized an individual
who has made a significant contribution to his or her community. 

Many thanks to the November 2012 issue of  Wellesley Is ... for this list of Wellesley's Citizen of the Year. 
1974 Jim Erb
1975 Orval Janzen
1976 Adolph Hafemann
1977 Earl Coxon
1978 Paul Weber
1979 Wilbert Wagner

1980 Larry Roth
1981 Erwin Leis
1982 Albert Erb
1983 Lorne Hackbart
1984 Emily Hafemann
1985 Harold Leis
1986 Hilda Koch
1987 Glen Roth
1988 Verna Metcalfe
​1989 Ruth Leis



​1990 Norman Jacques
1991 Eileen Stroh
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1992 Richard Cook
​1993 William Dietz
1994 Robert Reid
1995 Joe Nowak
1996 Gerry Bowes
1997 Richard Vollmer
1998 Gary Leis
1999 Elinor Cook

2000 Ross Kelterborn
2001 Ron Bisch
2002 Wendy Sauder
2003 Terry Dennerley
2004 Steve Jantzi
2005 Marg Runstedler
2006 Mary Lichty
2007 Hal Schneider
​2008 Pat Bremner
​2009 Jean Horne
2010 Ron Futher
2011 Murray Schlueter