Finis Davis

The Finis E. Davis Fellowship has been created to honor the memory of Kentucky’s first and only President of Lions Clubs International.  PIP Finis served as President in 1960-1961.  Then in 1967-68 he was President of the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation.  He spearheaded the drive to raise the first two million dollars to build the Kentucky Lions Eye Research Institute, which is now a world-class center, and dedicated his life to Lionism.

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The fellowship is available to everyone, not just Lions, Lioness or Leos. It may also be given as a memorial.

The Davis Fellowship may be obtained by a contribution of $500 or more to the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation.  The contribution may be made over a period of time by making payment of not less than $100.  The Fellowship will be presented upon receipt of the final payment.  Checks should be made to the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation.  The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. 

The recipient of the Finis E. Davis Fellowship from the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation President, a personalized plaque, patch & pin.

The following list of 541 Finis E. Davis recipients was last updated 3/25/2020. 

The list is updated quarterly.  If you see a correction that is needed to this list please contact JenniferHunt@kylionseye.org. 

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*Progressive Finis Davis Fellow (1 Diamond Level)

** Progressive Finis Davis Fellow (2 Diamond Level)

*** Progressive Finis Davis Fellow (3 Diamond Level)

**** Progressive Finis Davis Fellow (4 Diamond Level) 

A. C. Brown

Abner Pike

Adam Ruschival

Albert Mitchell

Albert Rich

Alicia Pontius

Allen Stephens

Angela Wilmoff

Ann Elsea

Anna L. Walkup

Annette Walkup Auth

Anonymous

Anonymous

Anthony "Tony" Bishop

Arnold "Tom" Van Etten****

Arvin D. Crafton

Avis Mason

B. J. Arnold

Bea Brearey

Ben Lowe

Ben P. Linton

Bennie J. Deaton

Betty Haydon

Betty Thompson

Betty Witten

Betty York

Bill Barlow

Bill Bender

Bill Cox

Bill Floyd

Bill Poor

Bill Van Hoose

Billy Blackburn

Billy Gorman, Jr.

Billy Ray Dunn

Bland Dorris

Bob Cahoon

Bob Fierstos

Bob Swett

Bobby A. Proctor

Boyd Hmamond

Brad Sand

Brandon Johnson

Brett Hines**

Brian Dennis

Bruce Langlois

Burt Boyer

Byron Watkins

C. B. Owens

C. Jack Johnston

C. Shea Nickell

C. Thomas Radden, Sr.

C. Tom Warren

C. William Polack

Calvin T. (Skip) Zehnder

Carl Foster

Carl Payne

Carla Ruschival

Carol Dahmke

Carol Higdon

Carol Hollander

Carolyn Chism

Carrie McKenzie

Cathy Roby

Cecil Ritchie

Charles Brodt

Charles Duffy

Charles F. Schott**

Charles Garnett

Charles Gray

Charles R. Brown

Charles Sledd

Charles W. Logsdon

Charlotte Arnett

Charlotte Miller Stengel

Charyn H. Lonneman**

Chelsey Kessy

Chester Stevenson

Christine Conley

Chuck Carlson***

Chuck Danison

Chuck Donahue

Chuck Masters

Cindy Francis

Clarence Qualls

Claud Ethridge

Colin 'Cokie' Cox

Coo-Ee Parks

Crystal Balentine

Curt Flannery

Dale Irwin

Dan Reasons

Daniel Combs

Daniel F. Reasons

Daniel M. Weber, Jr.

Danny Maggard

Darlene Horton****

Darrell Sallee

Dave Satterly

David A. Overby

David Adams

David Caldwell

David Collins

David Faxon

David Madison

David Mason

David McClure

David O. Keller

David Oliver

David Strange

David Winters

Deanna Shelton

Debbie Graven

Debra A. Day

Debra M. Bell

Dennis Armstrong

Derek Pedigo

Deryck Chambers

Diane Nelson

Dick Piercefield

Dick Root

Don Blanton

Don Holt

Don R. Jacobson

Don Rosser

Don Thompson

Donald Whitehouse

Donald Wright

Donna Taulbee

Donnie Bussell

Dora Clark

Doug Ison

Douglas L. Foster

Dr. Ali Haider

Dr. Ashima Gupta

Dr. Charles R. Conley

Dr. Greg Hagedorn

Dr. Hank Kaplan

Dr. James E. Monin

Dr. James J. Traxel

Dr. John P. Lyles

Dr. Maurice E. Fuchs

Dr. Ralph Stengel**

Dr. Rand Paul

Dr. Roy L. Ross

Dr. Tuck Tinsley, III

Dumont Stringer

Dwight Spayth

Dwight Whisman

Earl "Chic" Chism

Earl Alford

Earl Halleran

Earl Preher

Earl Rodgers

Ed Wallace

Eddie Abraham

Edward A. Whaley

Edward C. Prescott

Edward Jerry Ehlman

Edward Rubenacker

Edwin Young

Eileen Ehlman

Elbert Johns

Eldon G. Pontius

Elfreide Latendresse

Everett Gale Strom

Frank J. Metzmeier

Frank Latendresse

Fred Barr

Fred Flowers

Fred Schlatter

Frederick Wright

Gary Dearborn

Gary Logan

Gary Miles

Gary Philpott

Gary Poynter

Gayl Bostic

Gene Stinnett

Gene Vogel

George Freas

George Howell

George Lonneman**

George Roederer

Gerald Moss

Gerald Wedding

Gezi Desi

Gilbert Scott

Glenila Tharpe

Glynn Gregory

Gravice Douglas

Greg Dutton

Greg T. Lemons

Greta Borwn

Guy Hollander

Hap Cox

Harold Smith

Harold Strange

Harvey Petry

Helen Piercefield

HenryL. Smith

Herman Chiles

Howard Cook

Howard McCullough

Ira Johnston

J. Dustin Rose

J. Paul Browning

Jack Cohen

Jack Conte

Jack Ellis

Jack Haydon

Jack Phillips

Jacquelyn Burrell

James "JC" Cook

James A. Brell, Jr.

James Alton Pike

James Archey**

James C. Wilburn

James Castle

James Conn

James Cook

James Goodwin

James I. Nance

James L. Rogers

James O. Janes

James P. Alcorn

James Pettit

James R. Whitaker

James R. Wooton

James Rogers

James Tincher

James Todd

James Wagoner

Jan Swett

Jan Wygal

Janet Morgan

Janice Plain

Janice Pullium

Janis K. Friend

Jay Miller

Jeanie Sullivan

Jeff Hurn

Jeff Lorenzen

Jennifer Mossotti

Jerry "Peanuts" Gaines

Jerry Bennett*

Jerry Dawson

Jerry Sheehan

Jim Deneen

Jim Edwards

Jim Frazier

Jim Hatfield

Jim Roethemeier

Jim Sandidge

Jimmy Orr

Jo Ann Benson

Joe Bille

Joie Mills

Joe Turner

Joe Westerman**

John Arney

John Berry Jr.

John Bunnell

John C. Zeitz*

John Clay Rogers

John Collins

John Daily

John Dunhoft

John Evans

John F. Sledd

John Fairey

John Girvin

John Horton****

John Hynear

John J. Johnson, III*

John Johns

John Lair

John M. Keith, Jr.

John M. Tomlin

John Mason

John Paul Jackson

John Price

John S. Lynn

John Shouse

John Warren, Jr.

Johnny Friend

Johnny Lawson

Jordan Coomes

Jordan Coomes

Jordan Evans

Joseph P. Payne

Joseph W. Williams

Joyce Clifford

Joyce VanHoose

Juanita Ray

Judy Moose

Judy Wright

Juliann Davis Edwards

Julius Jay Lasslo

Karen Adams

Karen Kallio

Karen L. Ladd

Karen Nitschke

Karl Krause

Kay Mills*

Keith Cartwright

Ken Mizoguchi

Kenneth C. Steimle

Kenneth Phillips

Kenneth Whalen

Kester Halcomb, Jr.

Kevin Bishop

Kew Taybi****

Kim Jessie

L. B. Hoover, Jr.

L. C. Woodcock

LaMar Nichelson

Larry C. Rogers

Larry Jones

Larry Lail

Larry M. Munson**

Larry Ray

Larry Washam

Laverne Hopkins

Lee Hillman

Leon Thomas**

Lewis Jean

Linda Allen

Linda Crawford

Linda Davis Broecker

Linda Dunne

Linda M. Riden

Linda Smith***

Linda Stokes

Lindy Lamkin

Lois Newton

Lois Shinkle

Louise Carrier

Lowell Orman

Lynda Wooton

Lyndon E. Eberly, Jr.

Lynton H. Thomas

Mac Ferguson

Madeleine T. Baugh

Marilyn Bostic

Marina Jenkins

Mark Fietsch***

Mark Kelly

Mark T. Mitchum

Mark Webster

Mark Wilkins

Marsha Jones

Marsha Pater

Martha Goss

Marty Mills*

Mary Ann Van Etten

Mary James

Mary Lesousky

Mary P. Steimle

Mary Wethington

Marybel Davis Black

Matt Buckman

Meghan Boland

Mel Robinson

Melissa V. Lowe***

Melvin C. Gilbert

Meridith Henninger

Michael Aldridge

Michael Buis

Michael Corriston**

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Michael E. Jones

Michael P. Massey

Michael Pawula

Michael Peyton

Mike Brock

Mike Chambers

Mike Higgins

Mike Kouns

Mike Levinson

Mike McKenzie

Mike Perkins

Mike Robbins

Mike Sapp

Mike Thomas

Milton Carl Stoess

Mitch Dahmke

Mitchell Judy

Mitchell D. Stewart

Mona Collette

Morris Bottoms

Nadine Abel

Nancy Pence

Nelson Plain

Noel E. Hardwick

Noel Hardwick

Noel Ison

Norman Jones

Omar Rogers*

Ottis E. LaRue

Pam Elrod

Pat Howell

Pat Ryan

Pat Sullivan

Paul Ambler

Paul C. Connelly

Paul Constant

Paul D. Brearey

Paul Douglas Hampton

Paul Ferrell

Paul Hinton

Paul L. Sullivan

Paul O'Flynn

Paul Powell

Paul R. Griffith

Paul Sullivan

Paul Thomas

Paul Walkup

Paul Wiese

Paul Young

Penny Hardwick

Perri Ann Friend

Phillip Catron****

R.T. Tom Swaidner

Ralph E. Bartley

Ralph Edrington

Ralph Taulbee

Randall Johnson

Ray Langston

Raymond H. Stephens, Jr.

Renee Knies

Richard Paul Beck

Richard Botkin

Richard Crowe

Richard K. Cundiff

Richard A. Johnson

Richard "Ricky" Rogers

Richard E. Titsworth

Rick Brown

Rick Chasteen

Ricky Ricks

Rita Edwards

Robert "Bob" Crosno

Robert Berry

Robert Bob Adams

Robert Budde

Robert C. Smith

Robert Cannoy

Robert Elsea

Robert Futrell

Robert Gayheart

Robert Heightchew

Robert Hoover

Robert Hunt

Robert Mobley

Robert Seefeldt

Robert Stephens

Robert Vaughn

Roebert 'Bob' Wade

Robert Werner

Ron Burnette

Ron Dawson

Ron Green

Ron Herrington`

Ron Phillips

Ron White

Ronald Mossotti

Ronald Walsh

Rose Wheeler

Roy Grimes

Ruby B. Holzhauser

Rudy Stone

Rufus K. Backer, Jr.

Russ Evans

Russell Hamlett

Rusty Newton

Ruth Hardy

Sam Alexander

Sam Underwood***

Samuel E Humphrey

Sandy Constant

Sara Ceresa

Sara Smith

Sarah S. Hubbard

Scott Vincent

Sharon Bensinger*

Sharon Gilmore-Beyke

Sharon Woods

Sheila Johnson

Shelby C. Trimble

Shirley Moore

Simon Mortimer

StanleyBaugh

Steve Hargis

Steve J. Balentine

Steven "Digger" Carson

Stewart Jaggers

Stuart "Smokey" Smotherman

Sue Collins

Susan Alexander

Susan Davis

Susan Dearborn

Susan H. Nall

Susan Lemons

Susanne S. Wolford

Susanne S. Wolford

Ted Gyorffy

Teresa Halliwell

Terry Jones

Themla Halcomb

Theresa F. Long

Thomas Davis

Thomas Murphy

Thomas W. Burks

Tim Francis

Tim Greene

Tim Griefenkamp

Tinker Zimmerman

Todd Stansberry

Tom Carter

Tom Conley

Tom Matney

Tom Temple

Tom Thieneman, Sr.

Trisha Jenkins

Valerie Bennett Jones

Vicki Madison

Vicki Northcutt

Virda Hendry

W. Lee Morrison, Jr.

Wallace Hardy

Walt Coleman

Walter B. McGee

Walter Prater

Wanda Marsh

Wenda Owen

Wilbur Frye

William Abel

William Arndt

William B. Cox, Jr.

William Boggs

William Dean Crawford

William Dean Smith

William Durbin

William G. Carroll

William Horn

William K. Rice

William Michael Jones

William Mitchell

William Monhollon

William Moody

William Prewitt

Willie Cyphers

Yancey Watkins

Young Choi

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Finis Davis Recipients

To honor someone with a Finis Davis Fellowship  or Progressive Finis Davis Fellowship please click the link below to download the application. 

The following list was last updated 3/25/2020. 

The list is updated quarterly.  If you see a correction that is needed to this list please contact JenniferHunt@kylionseye.org. 

4 Diamond Level

$10,000+

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Darlene Horton 
John Horton 

Kew Taybi

Phillip Catron
Tom VanEtten
 

3 Diamond Level

$5,000 - $9,999

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Chuck Carlson

Linda Smith

Mark Fietsch
Melissa Lowe
Sam Underwood
 

2 Diamond Level

$1,000 - $4,999

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Brett Hines

Charyn Lonneman

Chuck Schott

Doc Stengel

George Lonneman

Jim Archey

Joe Westerman

Larry Munson

Leon Thomas
Michael Corriston

1 Diamond Level

$500 - $999

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Jerry Bennett

John Johnson,III

John Zeitz

Kay Mills
Marty Mills
Omar Rogers
Sharon Bensinger