Robert Hillmer Award
2025 Nomination form – due April 4th, 2025
The Robert Hillmer Award is presented annually to an outstanding Business Educator. Mr. and Mrs. George Hillmer originally donated funds for this award to the Ontario Business Educators’ Association in memory of their late son, Robert. OBEA is proud to continue the tradition of this award for over 50 years. This is the highest honour awarded by OBEA and it represents a career-long contribution to education focusing on professional leadership in the school, the Board, the community, and the province. Nomination forms are sent to the Directors of Education of every Board, and, as well, they are available on the OBEA website. Any member of OBEA can nominate a worthy candidate for this prestigious award.
2019 Robert Hillmer Award – Greg Cawsey, Upper Grand DSB
The following outstanding educators have earned the Robert Hillmer Award.
- 2024 Kevin Johnstone
- 2023 Mike Atkins
- 2022 Karen Bond
- 2021 not awarded (Covid-19)
- 2020 not awarded (Covid-19)
- 2019 Greg Cawsey
- 2018 Lorie Guest
- 2017 Kathi Bogue
- 2016 Natalie Gerster
- 2015 Rosy Nadalin Kennedy
- 2014 Lynda Anstett
- 2013 Laura Pinto
- 2012 Al Samsa
- 2011 Ron Robinson
- 2010 Zenobia Omarali
- 2009 Don Lawrence
- 2008 Wai Lau
- 2007 Lucio Pavone
- 2006 Leonard Bulmer
- 2005 Doug Metler
- 2004 Linda Brown
- 2003 Madeline Dennis
- 2002 Cathy Pitt
- 2001 Betty Tamas
- 2000 Bill Costiniuk
- 1999 Dorothy Higgs
- 1998 Muriel Berry
- 1997 Phil Houston
- 1996 Andrew Hamilton
- 1995 Alan Renner
- 1994 Liz Revell
- 1993 Brian Childs
- 1992 Sandra Tuttle
- 1991 Khalid Kokar
- 1990 John Kwekkeboom
- 1989 Lori Cranson
- 1988 Lennox Borel
- 1987 Helen Mogyorody
- 1986 Ruth Kirk
- 1985 Margaret Stewart
- 1984 Lois Tarnia
- 1983 Avanell Scherer
- 1982 George Syme
- 1981 Bill McAdam
- 1980 Terry Murphy
- 1979 Esther Scott
- 1978 Mary Parfitt
- 1977 Madeline Elliott
- 1976 Evelyn McNaughton
- 1975 Margaret Anderson
- 1974 Victor D’Amico
- 1973 Muriel Dennis
- 1972 Philip Mazonne
- 1971 Dorothea McInnes