The purpose of the Lifetime Achievement Award is to acknowledge and honor a medical illustrator who has been a Professional AMI Member for at least 30 continuous years, and whose life, work and accomplishments have significantly contributed to the profession and fellow illustrators.
This award is the highest honor bestowed by the AMI to an individual, reaching beyond the service awards and the list of charter and distinguished members, to recognize a special person who has enriched our lives and influenced our ideals.
2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Brochure
Current and Past Recipients:
2022 John Daugherty
2021 Linda Wilson-Pauwels
2019 Cynthia Turner
2018 William Andrews
2017 Sue Seif
2016 Christine Young
2015 Marcia Hartsock
2014 Gary Schnitz
2013 Timothy Hengst
2012 Steve Harrison
2011 Robert Benassi
2010 Bill Westwood
2009 Bill Brudon and Ruth Wakerlin
2008 Jane Hurd
2007 Martin E. Finch
2006 Victor Doray
2005 Alice Katz
2004 Don Biggerstaff
2003 Gary P. Lees
2002 Craig Gosling
2001 Edith Tagrin
2000 Carol Donner
1999 Herb R. Smith
1998 Eleanor A. Sweezey
1997 Neil O. Hardy
1996 Margaret Croup
1995 Laurel V. Schaubert
1994 William J. Stenstrom
1993 Melford D. Diedrick
1992 George C. Lynch
1991 Ernest W. Beck
1990 Leon Schlossberg
1989 Robert J. Demarest
1988 Gerald P. Hodge
1987 Ranice W. Crosby
1986 Russell L. Drake