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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. 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 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 |



