1988: Bob Provost 1989: Howard Mathias 1990: Corinne Schommer 1991: Joe Shields 1992: Marty Rossini 1993: John Palmer 1994: Fred Schreiber 1995: Duane Mettler 1996: Frank Thissen and Lloyd Belford 1997: Mike Meyers 1998: Marv Keogh and Dennis Caughey 1999: Carl Buraglio 2000: Dave Stodola 2001: Warren DeMuth
	2002: Joe Christensen 2003: Joe Meyerring 2004: Harold Olsen 2005:
Each year the Minnesota Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association presents the Matt Barry Award of Excellence for outstanding contribution to traffic safety education. Frank Thissen wrote this explanation of who Matt Barry was.
"Matt Barry was an educator and business person in Minnesota. I first met Mr. Barry in the autumn of 1945 when he accepted the position of principal of Blooming Prairie (MN) High School. I was in the junior year of high school and fortunately for me and my algebra classmates, Mr. Barry, in addition to serving as our principal, also taught one hour of advanced mathematics each day. I was in his class. He was a very good mathematics teacher in addition to being a fine principal. After a few years Mr. Barry left Blooming Prairie and entered the theater business in Winona, MN. Subsequently he moved to Pipestone, MN and entered the education field again. Among other professional duties and responsibilities in education he became a driver education teacher too. In 1969 I had another productive educational experience with Mr. Barry. Several driver education teachers and I enrolled in a driver education visual-perception workshop at Winona State College (now Winona State University). Mr. Barry was the professor of this very valuable driver education learning experience. Mr. Barry continued his work in driver education and was an active MDTSEA member for many years. The "Matt Barry Award of Excellence" is an example of his heritage. Mr. Barry is remembered for his many contributions to our important field of driver education!" Frank Thissen

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