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The Axion Award is the highest award offered by HAPS.  It is an honor
bestowed upon outstanding persons of Hellenic ancestry who have
demonstrated leadership and have made a significant contribution to
his/her field and to their community.  Recipients must:
  1. Be of Hellenic ancestry
  2. Resident of the Greater Bay Area, including Monterey to the
    border of Sacramento
  3. Reached high goals in his/her field of endeavor
  4. Made a significant achievement in a professional, academic, or
    scientific field or in the humanities
  5. Made a contribution to the Hellenic community or to society in
    general

2010 Application: Nominations for the 2010 AXION award
are now closed as of September 30, 2009.  The AXION
committee will be meeting to determine the recipient in
the coming months and he/she will be announced at the
annual Greek Letters Day on Sunday, February 14, 2010.


Past Axion Award Recipients

1978    Dr. Diogenes Angelakos*
       Dr. Pan Yotopoulos
1979     Professor Ann Arpajolu*
       Professor Alex Scordelis
       Frank Agnost
1980     Hon. George Christopher*
       Hon. Nicholas Petris
1981     Professor Thanasis Maskaleris
1982     Dr. James Counelis
1983     The Very Reverend Dr. Leonidas Contos*
       Dr. Homer Balabanis*
1984     Dr. Nicholas Petrakis
1985     Virginia Lagiss
       Fanis Economidis
1986     Board honored Hellenic Students.
1987     Dr. E. Panagopoulos*
       Hon. George Agnost*
1988     Roxanni Gillespie
       Dr. James Liontas
1989     Nicholas Rozakos*
       Dr. A.K. Simonidis
       Dr. Tikey Zes
1990     Anastasia Condas*
1991     George Maneatis
       George Marcus
1992     Dr. Beata Panagopoulos
       Dr. Theodore Bogdanos
1993     Hon. Theodore Laliotis
       Anna Counelis
1994     Dr. Peter Haikalis
1996     Dr. George Daskarolis*
1997     Dr. George A. Condas
1998     Dr. John B. Cladis
       Dr. George Costouros
       Irene Papan*
1999     Hon. Peter Tamaras
       Anna Efstathiou*
2000     Paul Manolis
2002     His Eminence, Metropolitan Anthony*
       Anna Mountanos Konstantopoulos*
2003     Honored Dennis Chaconas
2004     Rev. Thomas J. Paris
        Dr. Kenneth Frangadakis
        George H. Konstantopoulos
2005      Peter A. Bagatelos, Esq.
        Patricia Kay Lagiss
2006      Steven G. Cardiasmenos
2007      Loula C. Anaston
        Dr. Leonidas Petrakis
2009      George Mattis

* DECEASED
Axion Award