HA

LL O

F FA

ME

The idea to establish a Promotional Products Hall of Fame was conceived in 1973 to

honor those individuals whose contributions to the products industry are not only

noteworthy but go beyond their own companies. The nominations for the first Hall of Fame candidates took place in 1976 and resulted in the induction of seven

candidates in 1977.

The highest distinction that the promotional products industry bestows on its

professional is induction into the PPAI Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recognizes

exceptional contributions to and long-term involvement with PPAI and the industry.

Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame 01

1977

1978

Horace K. Atkins*

Leonard J. Bray*Joseph M. Segel

Edmund B. Osbourne*

Harold A. Lufkin*

James Y. Canfield*

William F. Vernon, Sr. *

Jay Sadler Shaw*

Richard H. McCleery*

Raymond A. Geiger, CAS*

Charles A. Ward*

Carl E. Rosenfeld, MAS*

H A L L O F F A M E

I N D U C T E E S

Robert E. Yaw* Fred O. Coble, CAS* Jasper Freemont Meek*

Dean C. Mathews*

Thomas D. Murphy*

Robert C. Rollings MAS* James T. Albert* Herbert Huse Bigelow* Herman F. Grotte*

J. Howard Pecher, CAS* Harry S. Rosenberg, CAS Russell H. Woodlief*

Harry J. Friedman*

1979

1981

1983

1984 1985

1982

Stanley V. Linham, CAS* Sidney X. Shore, CAS* Almand “Bo” Carroll*

Hall of Fame 02

Jay F. Shaw, CAS* William F. Vernon, Jr., CAS Collins T. Dawson, CAS* Ford Thomas Rose, MAS*

Ann Morrissey-Roelfs, CAS* Jack Nadel* N. Donald Edwards, CAS

Maurice W. Cohn* George L. Herpel, Ph. D.*

T. R. Gerlach*

Benjamin S. Whitehead*C. Ralph Loder*

Stephen E. Slack* Glen R. Holt, MAS, CIP* Margaret Custer-Ford, MASMarshall Sipkins*

1986

1990 1991

1988

1992 1993 1994

1989

1987

Hall of Fame 03

Mark S. Gilman, CAS Gene P. Cesario, MAS*

Charles B. Wright, Sr.* Vincent J. Arena, Sr.* Ernest Hazel III, CAS*

H. Ted Olson, MAS*

Marvin Spike, MAS*

H. Wayne Roberts, MAS

Joseph G. Lipic, Sr., MAS Willis M. Bywater Frank A. Geiger* John G. Hiles, Sr.*

Charles L. Chelstrom, CAS* George C. Matteson, Jr., CAS* H. D. “Joe” Stratton, MAS*

Russell B. French

1996

1998

2000

2003 2004

2001 2002

1999

1997

Hall of Fame 04

Russell M. Searle* William W. Schwartz, CAS* Barry Chase, CAS Dan Bagley III, Ph.D., CAS

Robert Burnham, CAS* Lorraine Hempen, CAS Richard G. Ebel

Jo-an G. Lantz, MAS H. Wingfield Hughes, MAS Kurt Reckziegel

Robert B. Lederer, CAS

Robert A. Waldorf, CAS

Wayne Greenberg, MAS Bob Davis, CAS

* Deceased

Max Scharf, CAS* Paul Lage, MAS

2005

2008

2009

2011 2012

2010

2006 2007

Hall of Fame 05

Don Lafferre, CAS*

Margie Price, MAS

G. Stephen Slagle, CAE

* Deceased

2014

2017

2016

Hall of Fame 06

Fran Ford Jr., CAS

Joel D. Schaffer, MAS

2015

Paul Kiewiet, MAS+

2018

Janelle Nevins* David Woods, MAS