Each year members of the Greater Cleveland graphic communications community gather to honor outstanding individuals who have given of their time and talents to help further the goals of the Council and stand as a representative of the best the industry has to offer. These individuals are honored for their long-term contributions. For additional information please contact the Graphic Arts Council Office.

Hall of Distinction Members

1978 Harry Abrams* Bruce Biggar* Creighton Davies* George Dively* Arthur Earley Oliver Emerson William Feather, Sr.* Robert Freeman* Clay Herrick* George Houck* Mary Jane Kenney* Manual Kleinman* Benjamin Krieger John Kuentz, Sr.* G. Richard Lezius Lewis McCreary George Paajanen Elsie Schultz* Robert Seltzer D.W. “Bill” Stock* Irving Stone Al Sutphin* Horace Treharne* Richard Tullis* Walter Votteler Raymond E. Weaver* Ben D. Zevin* 1979 Russell R. Brewer* Robert Bryant* Kenneth Daley William Feather, Jr. Carl F. Lezius* Robert Niederhauser* Eduoard W. Petrequin* Harry Porter* W. Carl Schaefer* Robert Silverman 1980 John E. Braun, Jr. E.E. “Tom” Carpenter* Ben Kozak* Donald Morrison 1981 Richard Amendola Arno Otto Bohme* Joseph M. Castiglione* Ernest T. Engle* Henry T.S. Heckman Joanna Merrifield 1982 Carl W. Behl* David Gould* Arthur W. Hogling* Albert E. Prokupek Rose L. Vormelker* 1983 Mario DiSantis* Milton Grant Robert G. Haney Anthony Mazzolini Edward T. Samuel* George E. Schultz* Raymond R. Yarano*

1984 Ray Janos Ronald Meredith Robert L. Wing 1985 Dennis J. Castiglione Edward D. Hill* 1986 A.W. “Bert” Benkendorf Joseph A. Chinnici* Donald A. Samuel Joseph Schultz* Carl A. Zellers* 1987 Alex Kariotakis Rudolph Perlmuter* Paul J. Ullmann 1988 Alfred E. Meixner* Thomas W. Wood  1989 Sal F. Marino James H. Sutphin 1990 Robert L. Schaefer 1991 Ronald Abrams Barry H. Leaventon Daniel T. Taussig* 1992 Jack Glasser John J. Nesnadny* 1993 Harry E. Hobson Robert S. Martin James R. Schultz 1994 Ted J. Gramines* Bernard "Ben" Kaufman* 1995 William M. Carran, Jr. Robert E. Toth Jack Kuentz 1996 Nancy Fierle G. Ray Simpson Wendy Weaver 1997 Tim Leitch Leslie Jones

1998 Sheldon A. Freedman Bob Rateno 1999 Marc Leaventon Deborah McCreery Tracy R. Meredith 2000 Dinah Howey David Margiotta Dennis Weaver 2001 Kim Weber 2002 Vince Hvizda Bob Lyons Francis Joseph “Bud” Newberry, III* Dennis Rak 2003 Keven French Robert J. Schultz 2004 William J. Delgado 2005 Mary Allen Linda Amstutz Janet Von Gunten 2006 John Czelusniak 2007 Robert A. Gray Dean Hanisko 2008 Jim Leitch Thomas Chubb 2009 Robert J. (Bob) Dagostino Stanley C. Ritter 2010 David Kaufman 2011 Sam Forgione Paul Hvizda 2012 Rich Amendola Patrick Bush   * Deceased

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