Region 6 Hybridizer Awards

Malcolm Collie Award

Presented for the best unintroduced seedling by a Region 6 hybridizer who is not a member of the host club.

This trophy was created and named by the late Malcolm Collie of Brownwood, Texas. Malcolm was a plumber by trade and fashioned out of copper tubing a piece of sculpture depicting a stalking Indian with a tomahawk. It was brought to Edna Lankart, Region 6 RVP, as a personal gift. Malcolm was quite famous with his metal art and was featured in Design, a magazine for creative arts, as well as many other publications. Edna said the more she looked at it, the more it looked like a Hem award to her. She remarked, "If the movies have their Oscar and TV has their Emmy Award, why can't we Hem Folks have our "Hemmie Award." Hence, the Malcolm Collie "Hemmie" Award was born. It was awarded for the first time at the 1966 Region 6 Meeting at Austin, to Mrs. Guy Gates for her seedling #62-95. It was a "traveling award" and was kept until the next winner was chosen.

In 1987, the Malcolm Collie Award was retired and the Indian sculpture was presented to Anna Rosa Glidden who was the last winner of this award. In 1988, the Malcolm Collie Award was replaced by the Edna Lankart Award.

In 2011, Anna Rosa Glidden donated the Malcolm Collie trophy back to Region 6 to be auctioned off at the Region 6 Meeting held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The little Indian, had been a traveling trophy for many years. Well, it really traveled in 2011 when it was accidentally sent to Pennsylvania by Maureen Valenza with some wedding gifts, instead of to Albuquerque. It was thought to be a “gag gift” for the groom. When Maureen tracked it down and retrieved it, they called her “Indian Giver.” So for all her efforts in retrieving the Indian she was presented a most appropriate daylily, Hemerocallis. ‘Indian Giver’ (Ferguson, 1991).

The trophy was auctioned off at the 2012 Region 6 Meeting held in Nacogdoches, Texas, and was purchased by Beth Zimpelman from Austin, Texas.

Year	Hybridizer	Cultivar
1966	Mrs. Guy Gates	62-95
1967	Carl Sauer	Hemerocallis 'Brazosport Hemmie'
1968	Mrs. W. K. Carson	H. 'Angel Chimes'
1969	Lucille Williamson
1970	Edgar Brown	D-107-66
1971	Herman Winniford	H. 'Squeaky'
1972	Jo Anna Lewis	H. 'Vonette Bright'
1973	Z. G. Benson	H. 'Compost'
1974	Martin McMillan	S-92-68-B2
1975	Mary Cunningham	CG 74-001-D
1976	Cora Offer	H. 'Mystical Dream'
1977	Carl Sauer	H. 'Viv'
1978	Ury Winniford	H. 'Leesa Dawn'
1979	Not Awarded
1980	John Buettner	73 J 49
1981	Rodger Croker	H. 'Apple Dumpling'
1982	Not Awarded
1983	Joyce Lewis	H. 'Albuquerque Memory'
1984	Not Awarded
1985	Carpenter-Glidden	H. 'Jack Carpenter'
1986	Anna Rosa Glidden	H. 'Sister Sarah'
1987	Anna Rosa Glidden	H. 'Velvet Curtsy'

The voter forms for 1977 and 1978 were printed wrong, and the Malcolm Collie Awards for H. 'Viv' and H. 'Leesa Dawn' were given in error. These two cultivars had already been introduced and were not eligible.

Region 6 - Hybridizer Awards