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	LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

AAEA Lifetime Achievement Awards

The AAEA Lifetime Achievement Award is designed to honor current and former members of the organization, including those who may be deceased, for outstanding professional and personal achievements and leadership, with specific emphasis on contributions toward improvement of the viability and value of AAEA. This award is reserved for those who have adhered to high standards of professionalism in all aspects of their endeavors.

Members may be nominated by another member or they may nominate themselves for the award. Click here for the nomination form, which is due April 30.

The AAEA Lifetime Achievement Award is open to all members based on the following criteria:

- Years of membership in AAEA

- Leadership activity within AAEA

- Achievements in AAEA-sponsored professional improvement award programs (writing, photography, design, etc.)

- Involvement in AAEA-sponsored professional improvement activities (annual meetings, regional workshops, writing workshops, design workshops, etc.)

- Participation in and achievements in non-AAEA professional activities

- Participation in and achievements in personal activities outside of AAEA and the ag communications profession

- Contributions to AAEA that have helped make the organization a better, more viable and more valuable organization

The Legacy Committee will select the winner(s) and may, at their discretion, select to honor up to three nominees annually, including at least one deceased member.

Members selected to receive the 2010 AAEA Lifetime Achievement Award will be honored at the Ag Media Summit in St. Paul, Minn., July 24-28. This program is sponsored annually by CHS, Inc.

AAEA Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
2009 - Betty Lou Denton, Bill Fleming, Jim Lilly
2008 - Claude Gifford, Larry Harper
2007 - Wilson Carnes, Bob Rupp, Charlie Scruggs, Jim Thomson, Cordell Tindall
1990 - Wheeler McMillen