The Lou Gallo MVP Award:
In honor of Lou Gallo (1932-2004) the annual Most Valuable Participant award is named the “Lou Gallo MVP Award.” The award, which is voted on by attendees, is given annually to the person whom they thought contributed the most to make the 4F convention a big success.
| 1982-1995 | 1996-2009 | 2010-2023 |
|---|---|---|
| 1982- Karl Norman* | 1996- Pat Page* | 2010- Obie O’Brien* |
| 1983- Steve Dusheck* | 1997- Alex Elmsley* | 2011- Steve Beam |
| 1984- Bob Stencel* | 1998- Tom Gagnon | 2012- Denis Behr |
| 1985- Jerry Andrus* | 1999- Lennart Green | 2013- Dani DaOrtiz |
| 1986- Shigeo Takagi* | 2000- Bill Malone | 2014- Michael Dardant |
| 1987- Rocco | 2001- Tim Ellis & Susanne Webster | 2015- Amanda & Roger Nicot |
| 1988- Gary Kurtz | 2002- Henry Evans | 2016- Jimmy Cieslinski |
| 1989- David Williamson | 2003- David Stone | 2017- Katalina Absolon & Christian Painter |
| 1990- Juan Tamariz | 2004- Armando Lucero | 2018- Howard Hamburg |
| 1991- Aldo Colombini* | 2005- Reed McClintock | 2019- Maria Schwieter |
| 1992- Lennart Green | 2006- Flicking Fingers | 2023- Tom Craven* |
| 1993- Jim Krenz | 2007- Shoot Ogawa | 2023- Eric DeCamps |
| 1994- Steve Beam | 2008- Boris Wild | |
| 1995- Paul Daniels* | 2009- Dick Cook | |
| *Deceased. | ||