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​DISTRICT 4L6 LION OF THE YEAR Awardees

2022 - 2023   Lion Paul Walters
El Cajon Valley Lions Club

2021 - 2022   Lion Arminda Ruiz
San Diego North County Lions Club

2020 - 2021    Lion Greg Cody
San Diego Rancho Bernardo Lions Club

2019 - 2020    None Selected (Due to Pandemic)

2018 - 2019    Lion Elsa Siverts
San Diego Elite Lions Club

2017 - 2018    Lion Belen Telford
El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club

2016 - 2017    PDG Blessie Trott
Escondido Host Lions Club

2015 - 2016     Lion Bill Browning, Jr.
El Centro Host Lions Club

2014 - 2015     Lion Betty Jean Dye
San Diego Rancho Bernardo Lions Club

2013 - 2014     Lions Paul & Mercy Walters
El Cajon Valley Lions Club

2012 - 2013     Lion Garry Jones
Spring Valley Lions Club

2011 - 2012     Lions Pete & Trinidad Lustria
Escondido Host Lions Club

2010 - 2011     Lion/Lioness Patty Wilson

2009 - 2010    Lion Luz Galindez
San Diego TFC Lions Club

2008 - 2009    Lion Brad Weeks
Santee, Rancho Santee Lions Club

2007 - 2008    Lion Juan "Jay" Ruiz, Sr.
San Diego Majestic Lions Club

2006 - 2007    Lion Belen Telford
El Centro Sol de Oro Lions Club

2005 - 2006    Lion Art Arboleda
San Diego Mount Pinatubo Lions Club

2004 - 2005    Lion Joe Cruz
Spring Valley Lions Club

2003 - 2004    Lion Gary Carmack
Escondido Lunar Lions Club

2002 - 2003    Lion Buell "Stoney" Stone

2001 - 2002    Lion Jack Wyatt

2000 - 2001    Lion Art Arboleda
San Diego Mount Pinatubo Lions Club

​1999 - 2000    Lion Jerry Moiser

1998 - 1999     Lion Ken Dushanek

1997 - 1998     Lion Scott Leslie
Spring Valley Lions Club

1996 - 1997     Lion Hugh Greers

1995 - 1996     Lion Jo Jacobsen

1994 - 1995     Lion Martin Altbaum

1993 - 1994     Lion Richard Brumley

1992 - 1993     Lion Lou Salas

1991 - 1992     Lions Dick & Betty Walworth
Pauma Valley Lions Club

1990 - 1991     Lion Ike Enzenauer

1989 - 1990     Lion Enrique Martinez

1988 - 1989     Lion Phil Factor

1987 - 1988     Lion Harvey Rose

1986 - 1987     Lion Warren Simon

1985 - 1986     Lion Donald Pifer
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​1984 - 1985     Lion Hank Martin
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LIONS VETERAN OF THE YEAR

2023 - 2024  Lion Juan "Jay" Ruiz, Sr. USN (San Diego TFC Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Commander Howard Milligan, USN, USS Tripoli LHA-7
Pictures provided by District Photographer -Lion Zeny Ply  https://photos.app.goo.gl/SQpmPaXoTQ4YSw8S6
LVOY Program of Nov. 12, 2023, click here


2022 - 2023   PDG Norm Mackenzie, USMC (San Marcos Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Colonel Christopher "Chris" Keen, USMC, Retired

2021 - 2022   Lion Armando Abayon, USN (San Diego Cosmopolitan Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Captain Gervy Alota, USN
LVOY Flyer, click here   LVOY Program October 24, 2021, click here

2019 - 2021  No LVOY Event

2018 - 2019   Lion Elizabeth Yoe, Ph.D., USN (San Diego Miramar Lions Club)
Keynote Speaker - Captain Dan Gruta, USN, Retired
LVOY Flyer, click here   LVOY Program October 3, 2018, click here

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CURRENT MEMBERS WHO ARE LIFE MEMBERS as of November 11, 2023

Chula Vista Host Lions Club
Paul Bullock III, Lucy Freitas, Al Hooper, Betty Permaksozoglu and Evan Weddle

Coronado Lions Club
Susan Valko

El Centro Host Lions Club
John Hunga and Glen Tom Mixon

El Centro Sol de Oro
Louis Lyndel Dale

Encinitas Lions Club
PID Bill Crawford, David Vieira, Jr. and PDG Richard Walworth

La Mesa Lions Club
PDG Jan Gustavel and George Jones

San Diego North Park Lions Club
James P. Knott and Charles Robbins

San Diego Majestic Lions Club
Melba Cunanan, Carmen Labaco and Ceferina Pulgar-Ruiz

San Diego TFC Lions Club
PDG Art Arboleda and Juan "Jay" Ruiz, Sr.