The Ad Club's 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award
Formerly known as the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) and per its bylaws, the Ad Club's 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award will "recognize outstanding achievement by an individual involved in advertising, public relations, media, sales promotion or other marketing-related fields."
To qualify for this award, 2008 OAA nominees:
- Must be a current or past Ad Club member in good standing
- Must have made notable contributions to a company's advertising, public relations, media, sales promotion or other marketing-related activity; and/or
- Must have made notable contributions to the general advancement of advertising public relations, media, sales promotion or other marketing-related fields; and/or
- Must have made notable contributions to the community; and/or
- Must have made notable contributions to the Ad Club
Only current Ad Club members in good standing can submit nominations for the Ad Club's 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award. Each nomination is limited to no more than two typed pages describing the nominee's fulfillment of each of the above criteria.
The deadline for submission of nominations is April 15, 2009. After that date, an Awards Selection Committee will be appointed by Ad Club President Alana Feldman of The Times Union, consisting of all five members of the Ad Club Executive Board, plus four members selected from the Ad Club's general membership. Nominees, nominator or anyone who works for or with a nominee is ineligible to serve on the Committee. The Awards Selection Committee privately reviews all properly prepared nominations then selects the nominee who, in their collective judgment, meets the highest standards of the criteria. The OAA winner will be notified in advance and publicly honored during the NORI Awards to be held on Friday, June 5th, 2009.
Submissions can be emailed to info@albanyadclub.com. Please be sure to include full contact information for both the nominee and nominator. Questions can be directed to the same email address.
Past Outstanding Achievement Award Winners
1962 Horace Hevenor
1963 William O'Brien
1964 Robert Reid
1965 James Patrick
1966 Hal Van de Car
1967 Frederick J. Bond
1968 Raymond J. Kinley
1969 Jack Goldman
1970 Al Kellert
1971 Norman D. Tillman
1972 Robert M. Peebles
1973 Stewart Sacklow
1974 David W. Feldman
1975 Mary R. Bee
1976 Ed Lewi
1977 N.C. "Bud" Johnson
1978 Murray Gans
1979 No Award
1980 Herman Schnurr
1981 Anita L. Voss
1982 Laurence G. Barnett
1983 Gloria H. Rodgers
1984 Victor J. Riley, Jr.
1985 E. Kenneth Parker
1986 Richard S. Berkson
1987 Virginia Cairns-Callan
1988 Joan Marino
1989 William J. Halpin
1990 Francis J. Lipari
1991 Mary Ann Cooper
1992 Dave Henry
1993 William A. Kellert
1994 Jay Silverman
1995 Bob Ausfeld
1996 No Award
1997 Robert Provost
1998 Harriette Sacklow
1999 Bob Hesse
2000 Ray Caouette
2001 Judy Vopelak
2002 Kathy Condon
2003 Ken Blass
2004 Dean Rueckert
2005 Patrick Sisti
2006 No Award
2007 David P. Brown
2008 Charmaine Ushkow