Honor presented annually at PRSA-LA’s PRism Awards for distinguished service to the profession, excellence either for a single program or for outstanding career achievements.
Honorees include:
2019 Bob Gold, Bob Gold & Associates
2018 Brian O’Connor, Princess Cruises
2015 Jill Hazelbaker, Snapchat
2014 Howard Bragman, Reputation.com
2013 Dave Barthmuss, General Motors
2012 Judy Johnson, Golin
2011 Michael Roth, Vice President Communications, AEG
2010 Don Spetner, Executive Vice President, Korn/Ferry International
2009 Daryl R. McCullough, CEO, PainePR
2008 Bill Imada, Founder, Chairman and CEO, IW Group, Inc.
2007 Ron A. Hartwig, Vice President, Communications, J. Paul Getty Trust
2006 David Olson, Sr Vice President Corporate Communications, Health Net
2005 Richard Licata, Executive Vice President, Entertainment Public Relations, Showtime
2004 Greg Waskul, APR, President & CEO, Waskul World Wide Communications
2003 Rhoda Weiss, PhD, APR Fellow PRSA, Marketing & Public Relations Consultant
2002 Joann Killeen, APR Fellow PRSA, President, Killeen Furtney Group
2001 Joe Cerrell, Co-Founder, Cerrell Associates)
2000 Jerry Swerling, Director, PR Studies and Strategic PR Center, USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism
1999 Lynne Doll
1998 David H. Simon, APR, Fellow, PRSA
1997 Nat Read, APR, Fellow PRSA
1996 Martin M. Cooper, APR
1995 Tomas Harrison, APR Fellow PRSA
1994 Bill Duke, APR, Fellow PRSA
1993 Tom Sanger, APR, Fellow PRSA
1992 Sue Bohle, APR, Fellow PRSA
1991 Ronald Rogers
1990 Melvyn S. Rifkind
1989 Lloyd B. Dennis
1988 Kirk Hallahan
1987 Richard Tyler, APR, Fellow PRSA
1986 Cliff Dektar, APR, Fellow PRSA
1985 Ralph Wright
1984 Stephen Baer, APR, Fellow PRSA
1983 Ward Stevenson
1982 Richard K. Moore
1981 David Hurford
1980 Hank Reiger
1979 Robert Garrick
1978 Don Hoyt
1978 Martin Seifert
1977 Roger Beck
1976 Jack Heeger
1975 Ben Wahrman
1974 Hal Shawlee
1973 Clyde Tussey
1972 Joe Roos
1972 Kenneth O. Smith
1971 Wallace Jamie
1970 Frank Sullivan
1969 Pat Penney
1968 H. Dixon Trueblood
1967 Robert Wolcott
1966 John Canaday
1964 Burns Lee