In 1980, the Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies (FOTAS) established the Raymond Head and Ernest May Altruism Award to honor a person or persons that have contributed in an exemplary fashion to one or more FOTAS clubs financially or otherwise. Below is a list of winners.
1980 – Hazel Hall
1981 – Hal Collins
1982 – Keith Arnold
1983 – Ed Makowski
1984 – Bob Christenson
1985 – Lou Harris
1986 – Silva St. Germain
1987 – Buck Hall
1989 – Kenneth L. Bennight, Jr.
1990 – Dan Martin
1991 – Caroline Estes
1992 – Grape & Peggy Winkles
1993 – Mike Wortman
1995 – Barbara Buzek
1997 – Kenneth L. Bennight, Jr.
2001 – Keith Arnold
2002 – Hal Collins & Kathy Sterns
2003 – Terri Wilkinson
2007 – Marvin England
2008 – Dave Schumacher
2009 – Caroline Estes
2010 – Charles Jones
2011 – Robert Coffee
???? – Irene Bozak
???? – Ralph DeBoard
2022 – Gerald Griffin