2025 Newport Chamber Honors – Citizen of the Year ED SELICH – Business Person of the Year RON SALISBURY – Chamber Awards
Online reservations are now closed. Please call 949-729-4400 for possible seating.
You are invited to attend the 2025 Newport Beach Chamber Honors Dinner
At this event, we will recognize our Business Person of the Year, RON SALISBURY and our Citizen of the Year, ED SELICH.
In addition, the Newport Beach Chamber will honor its special awardees.
These awards honor the significant contributions and dedicated efforts in leadership, philanthropy and investment in the community of Newport Beach.
For reservations, please use the link below. For sponsorship, please contact Steve Rosansky at 949-729-4404.
Past Newport Beach Citizens of the Year
1949
Robert “Bob” Murphy
1950
Harry Welch
1951
Robert Callis
1952 Myford Irvine
1953
O.W. “Dick” Richards
1954
Dora O. Hill
1955
Joseph A. Beek
1956
Edward Milum, M.D.
1957
J.L. “Les” Steffensen | James “Jim” Edwards
1958
William “Bill” Spurgeon
1959
David Nielsen, M.D.
1960
Gerald Lynch
1961
Carroll Beek
1962
Paul A. Palmer
1963
Dr. Basil H. Peterson
1964
Robert Reed
1965
Isabel Pease
1966
Theodore Robins
1967
John Murdy
1968
Judge Robert Gardner | Walter Longmoor
1969
A. Vincent Jorgenson
1970
Fred Schope
1971
John Macnab | Doreen Marshall
1972
John Lawson
1973
Phil Tozer
1974
George Hoag
1975
Richard “Dick” Stevens
1976
Ray Watson
1977
Arvo Haapa
1978
Robert Wynn
1979
T. Duncan Stewart
1980
Robert Shelton
1981
William P. Ficker | Bill Banning
1982
Harry Babbitt
1983
J. Peter Barrett
1984
William D. Lusk
1985
Charley Hester
1986
Jackie Heather
1987
Bob McCurdy
1988
Hans Prager
1989
Bill Hamilton
1990
Paul Salata
1991/92
Jim Dale
1992/93
Art Gronsky
1993/94
Bob Robins
1994/95
Michael Stephens
1995/96
Lucille Kuehn
1997
Rush N. Hill, II
1998
Marian Bergeson
1999
Clarence “Bus” Turner
2000
Thomas C. Edwards
2001
Dayna Pettit
2002 Bill Grundy
2003
Scott Paulsen
2004
William Ring
2005
Seymour Beek
2006
Dennis O’Neil
2007
Evelyn Hart
2008
Lula Halfacre
2009
Norm Loats, E.d.D
2010
Ralph Rodheim
2011/12
Tom Johnson
2013
Jean Watt
2014
Jack and Nancy Skinner
2015
Paul Watkins
2016
John and Elizabeth Stahr
2017
Homer Bludau
2018
Debbie Snavely
2019
Nancy Gardner
2020
Joe Stapleton
2021
Walt Howald
2022
David Beek
2023
Laird Hayes
2024
Marie Case