AAF Silver Medal
The American Advertising Federation’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.
Criteria
Silver Medal recipients are selected by a panel of judges from each local club. Judges use the following AAF criteria when making their selections:
Contribution to His/Her Company – The recipient must have achieved 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.
Nominating is easy. Simply click here to fill out the form.
All nominations must be received no later than December 31, 2025. The committee, composed of past Silver Medal recipients, will evaluate all nominations and determine this year’s honoree.
AAF Toledo Recipients of AAF Silver Medal Award Are:
1959 Bert Herron
1960 Franklyn Hawkins
1961 John I. Carr
1962 Richard J. Zimmerman
1963 Sterling Beeson
1964 Ralph Sisson
1965 J. Quinten Kenney
1966 Albert H. Rotsinger
1967 John A. Zabowski
1968 Hans W. Bluethe
1969 Kenneth R. Orwig
1970 Ken Kinney
1971 Richard Kudner
1972 Mark Widerschein
1973 Richard A. Mueller
1974 Fred J. Harrington
1975 Edward T. Roberts
1976 Thomas N. Bloomer
1977 Thomas R. Weiss
1978 Douglas L. Sinn
1979 Robert F. Martz
1980 Nancy L. Rossnagel
1981 James E. Gilbert
1982 Thomas Welly
1983 George Korhumel
1984 Thomas Hart
1985 H.W. “Buddy” Ray
1986 William D. Travis
1987 Michael J. Zapiecki
1988 Ruth H. Ray
1989 John Holmes
1990 Sunne Miller
1991 Harold Tenney
1992 John Strandberg
1993 Murray Stahl
1994 Mae Jo Ritchie
1995 Joseph Frederickson
1996 David J. Brown
1997 Debra J. Monagan
1998 Gerald Knapik
1999 Don Lea
2000 Jeff Kimble
2001 Mike Hart
2002 Stan Massey
2003 Bob Beach
2004-05 Terry Lesniewicz
2005-06 Joe Minnick
2006-07 Dr. Martha Rogers
2007-08 Mark Luetke
2008-09 William Tailford
2009-10 Martha Vetter
2010-11 Joe Pinciotti
2011-12 Jerry Brown
2012-13 Greg Shapiro
2013-14 John Gauthier
2014-15 Dan Weeks
2015-16 Jim Rohman
2016-17 Steve Hanson
2017-18 Judy McFarland
2018-19 Bill Sattler
2019-20 Mark Reiter
2020-21 Scott Greggory
2021-22 Kim McBroom
2022-23 Rhonda Sewell
2023-24 Michael Seay
2024-25 Chrys Peterson
