Awards

DISTINGUISHED MASTER BOOKMAN AWARD

The Distinguished Master Bookman Award is bestowed upon a BMI member who has made an extraordinary contribution to the book manufacturing industry throughout a long career.

  • 1988  Luther M. Child
  • 1997  George Q. Nichols
  • 2000  Thomas F. Sack
  • 2003  Stephen P. Snyder
  • 2008  Jerry D. Butler
  • 2009  Bruce W. Smith
  • 2010  Charles W. Nason 

SIGNATURE AWARD

The Signature Award is bestowed upon a BMI member who has made a valued contribution to the welfare of the industry and/or the Institute through the display of superior leadership qualities on an issue of particular concern to the industry or, for exhibiting such qualities over an extended period of time.

  • 1988  Lewis H. Brown, B. Carl Jones, Arthur C. Prine, Jr.
  • 1989  Stephen P. Snyder, William R. Thompson
  • 1990  George Q. Nichols
  • 1991 Donald S. Koskinen, John C. Wasson
  • 1992  Jerry D. Butler
  • 1993  Albert H. Clayburgh
  • 1995  Brian F. Payne
  • 1996  Martin H. Edwards, Nicholas A. Veliotes
  • 1997  Martin Blumberg, Carl E. Carlson
  • 1998  William A. Flavell
  • 1999  Charles W. Nason
  • 2000  Robert L. McNaughton, Herbert H. Upton
  • 2001  Mark Bawden, Luther Odom
  • 2002  Robert A. Uhlenhop
  • 2003  Bruce W. Smith
  • 2004  Patricia S. Schroeder
  • 2006  David N. Mead
  • 2007  Peter Brown
  • 2008  Robert R. Severud, William L. Upton
  • 2009  Kenneth L. Fultz, Janet McCarthy Grimm
  • 2010  George J. Doehner
  • 2011  Daniel N. Bach

CASED-IN-CLUB

Membership in the Cased-In-Club is awarded to BMI members who have served in the industry for more than twenty years and have served in the Institute with distinction.

  • A.J. Ammon [Deceased]
  • Louis F. Auriemma
  • Daniel N. Bach
  • George Banta III [Deceased]
  • Mark Bawden
  • Paul Beaudoin
  • Douglas W. Best [Deceased]
  • Augustus P. G. Biddle
  • Martin Blumberg [Deceased]
  • Edward J. Boutet
  • Ralph F. Box, Jr.
  • Donald C. Brock [Deceased]
  • Lewis H. Brown
  • John R. Buchanan
  • Jerry D. Butler
  • Carl E. Carlson
  • Luther M. Child [Deceased]
  • Albert H. Clayburgh [Deceased]
  • Charles W. Cline
  • Mike Collinge
  • Robert E. Comerford [Deceased]
  • John J. Conley
  • James F. Conway III
  • Edmund J. Corvelli, Jr.
  • William E. Curtis
  • John R. DePaul
  • Kenneth DeVito
  • John C. Dodd
  • George J. Doehner
  • Kathleen E. Doehner
  • William B. Dresser [Deceased]
  • Robert (Woody) Duncan
  • John J. Edwards
  • Martin H. Edwards [Deceased]
  • Stanley Feldman
  • Steven M. Figi
  • William A. Flavell
  • Ray Franzino
  • David G. Friesen
  • Kenneth L. Fultz
  • Steve Fyfe
  • Jac B. Garner
  • Dan Genovese
  • John W. Harris
  • Thomas H. Hicks
  • Frederick P. Hofferth [Deceased]
  • James D. Hofferth [Deceased]
  • L. Michael Holt
  • Harry F. Howard [Deceased]
  • Harold E. Howden [Deceased]
  • Robert A. Hull
  • L. Howard Jenkins, Jr. [Deceased]
  • Gerard W. Jepson [Deceased]
  • Donald S. Koskinen
  • Kent H. Larson
  • Edward E. Lane
  • William F. Lee
  • Robert J. Mauritz
  • Janet McCarthy Grimm
  • James G. McLaren
  • Robert L. McNaughton
  • David N. Mead
  • Charles W. Nason
  • George Q. Nichols [Deceased]
  • E. Wayne Nordberg
  • Luther Odom
  • Stephen F. Owen, Jr. [Deceased]
  • John R. Paeglow III
  • Donald B. Page
  • Brian F. Payne
  • John Phillips [Deceased]
  • Michael S. Phippard
  • Mark W. Pitts
  • Arthur C. Prine
  • Lester M. Reiss [Deceased]
  • Douglas B. Rhodes
  • Thomas F. Sack [Deceased]
  • Robert R. Severud
  • Robert L. Shafer
  • Bruce W. Smith
  • Morgan Smith [Deceased]
  • Stephen P. Snyder
  • Bert O. Sullivan, Jr.
  • Hugh F. Swaney [Deceased]
  • William R. Thompson
  • Herbert H. Upton
  • Joseph H. Upton
  • William L. Upton
  • Robert E. Van Horn
  • Clifford W. Wall
  • John C. Wasson [Deceased]
  • Percy W. Weatherburn [Deceased]
  • Paul Weeke [Deceased]
  • Dennis Weston
  • Nicholas C. White
  • A. Fred Wolfe [Deceased]
  • William Zanzig
  • B. C. Zevin [Deceased]

GUTENBERG AWARD

The Board of Directors will designate this award for those BMI members or non-members who have made an extraordinary contribution to the book manufacturing industry throughout their careers. Such contributions eligible for recognition could be in the areas of print production, engineering, management, or publishing which have had a profound impact on our industry and Institute. This Award shall be presented at the Annual Conference.

  • 1996 John W. Harris