Silver Medal
Purpose and Overview
The AAF’s Silver Medal Award Program was established in 1959 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising, and who have been active in furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence, and responsibility in areas of social concern.
Silver Medal recipients are selected by a panel of judges who are past Silver Medal Award winners, actively involved in marketing and communications in the Triangle area. Judges use the following criteria when making their selections:
Contribution to His/Her Company
The recipient must have achieved a success in one of the following areas of work: advertising agency, advertiser, media, or advertising service.
Creative Ability
The recipient must have shown a consistent, high degree of original thinking in their field.
Contributions to the General Advancement of Advertising
The recipient must have worked to increase the stature and raise the standards of the advertising profession.
Contributions to the Community
The recipient should be someone who has been active in civic, religious, or other groups dedicated to human or social welfare.
Service to the American Advertising Federation
The honoree should have demonstrated a long-term commitment to the AAF Triangle. Service to the corresponding AAF District and AAF National further solidifies the depth of service.
Past Silver Medalists
2016 Natalie Perkins
2015 Ken Eudy
2014 Scott Burkhead
2013 Lisa Rondina
2012 Debra Hooper
2011 Frank Manson
2010 Don Curtis
2009 Sue Toth
2008 Michael Winslow
2006 Eva A. May
2005 Robert F. Lauterborn
2004 Richard D. French
2000 Mike and Lynn Harper
1999 Larry Gardner
1998 Nancy Perry Johnson
1997 Gary Yellen
1996 Frank Daniels, Jr.
1995 Charlie Gaddy
1994 Tom Bowers
1993 Arthur Sperry
1992 Carolyn MacFadyen
1991 Charles Fricke
1990 Wally Ausley
1989 James E. Goodmon
1988 Orville Campbell
1987 Robert Butler
1986 Donald H. Williams
1985 Alex MacFadyen
1984 Sheila Hale Ogle
1983 Gene Lewis
1982 Fred Fletcher
1981 Carl Bogle
1980 Fred Crisp
1979 Jim Heavner
1978 Wesley Wallace
1977 Bill Gardner
1976 William D. “Billy” Carmichael
1975 A. J. Fletcher
1973 Dick Mason
1972 Dave Jones
1971 Charles McKinney
1969 Nan Hutchins
1968 Gus Younsteadt
1967 C. Knox Massey
1966 John Mayo
1964 Mike Silver
1963 J. T. Howard
1962 T. S. Feree
1961 John Gordon
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