AIC and FAIC Awards and Recipients
The American Institute for Conservation recognizes outstanding and distinguished contributions to the field of conservation. This page lists past award recipients. For more on the award categories and how to nominate for awards visit AIC's website.
Awards for Teaching, Mentoring and Professional Practice[edit | edit source]
Robert L. Feller Lifetime Achievement Award[edit | edit source]
2024: Donna K. Strahan and Abgail Quandt
2023: Susan Buck, Sarah Wagner, and Jeanne Marie Teutonico
2022: Stephen Koob
2021: Pamela Hatchfield
2019: Scott Carrlee
2018: Alan Phenix and Bruno Pouliot
2017: Margaret Loew Craft
2016: James Druzik
2015: Terry Drayman-Weisser
2012: Dan Kushel
2011: Robert L. Feller
Sheldon and Caroline Keck Award[edit | edit source]
2024: Henry Michael and Ann Shaftel
2023: Jiuan Jiuan Chen and Carherine McLean
2022: Glenn Wharton and Ronald Harvey
2021: Michele Marincola and Kate Smith
2020: Joyce Hill Stoner
2019: Beverly Perkins and Lynn Grant
2018: Norman Weiss, Frank Matero, and Consuela Metzger
2017: Judith Levinson, James Hamm and Gary Albright
2016: Robert Waller and Mary Striegel
2015: Sylvia Rodgers Albro and Renee Stein
2014: Vicki Cassman and Stephen Koob
2013: Marian Kaminitz and Jonathan Thornton
2012: Cathleen Baker and Cleo Mullins
2011: Thomas Edmondson
2010: Betsy Palmer Eldridge and Bruno Pouliot
2009: Nancy Odegaard, Thornton Rockwell, and Ellen Pearlstein
2008: Terry Drayman-Weisser and Craigen W. Bowen
2007: John Krill, Martin Radecki, James Bernstein, and Debra Evans
2006: Nora Kennedy and Catharine Hawks
2005: Irene Bruckle and Martin Weaver
2004: Debra Hess Norris
2003: Margaret Holben Ellis
2001: Virginia Greene and Molly Faries
2000: Jose Orraca and Christa Gaehde
1999: Roy Perkinson
1998: Sidney Williston and Bernard Rabin
1997: Christopher Tahk
1996: Mary Wood Lee and Bettina Jessell
1995: Elisabeth Cornu
1994: Perry Huston and Dan Kushel
Honorary Membership[edit | edit source]
2024: Anthony Sigel
2023: Nancy Odegaard and Shannon Zachary
2022: Katherine Singley and Eryl P. Wentworth
2021: Rustin Levenson
2020: Debra Evans
2019: Paul Whitmore and Judith Walsh
2018: Dan Kushel
2017: Stephen P. Koon and Terry Drayman-Weisser
2016: Eric Pourchot and H.F. Shurvell
2015: Gloria Fraser Giffords and Catherine A. Metzger
2014: Walter Henry
2013: Jean D. Portell
2012: Kathryn A. Makos
2011: Perry Huston
2010: Mary Wood Lee
2009: Ross Merrill, Virginia Greene, and Jose Orraca
2008: Robert H. Brill and Arthur Beale
2007: Roy Perkinson and Susanne P. Sack
2006: Konstanze Bachmann and Marjorie B. Cohn
2005: Mary-Todd Glaser and Don Etherington
2004: Jacqueline Olin
2003: Nobuko Kajitani and Marigene H. Butler
2002: Donald K. Sebera and Monona Rossol
2001: W. Thomas Chase
2000: Heather Lechtman
1999: Kathryn O. Scott
1997: Ellen McCrady and Nathan Stolow
1996: Mary-Lou Florian
1993: Walter C. McCrone
1991: Gustav A. Berger
1990: Paul N. Perrot
1989: Marilyn Kemp Weidner
1987: Anne F. Clapp and Lawrence J. Majewski
1985: Louis Pomerantz
1982: Robert L. Feller and Carolyn Horton
1977: Elisabeth Packard and Richard D. Buck
1976: Sheldon Keck and Caroline Keck
1975: George Stout
1974: Rutherford John Gettens
Fellows[edit | edit source]
Visit the AIC Fellows page for a full listing of individuals who have been awarded peer-reviewed fellowship status
Award for Excellence in Practice[edit | edit source]
New in 2025
Publication Award[edit | edit source]
2024: Dr. Blythe McCarthy and Dr. Jennifer Glaccai, and Thea Van Oosten,
2022: Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa. Mooring a Field: Paul N. Banks and the Education of Library and Archives Conservators (2019) and Museum Lighting: A Guide for Conservators and Curators by David Saunders
2021: Lisa Elkin and Chris Norris. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage (2018).
2020: Gwen Spicer. Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums & Cultural Institutions (2019).
2019: Constance (Connie) McCabe, ed. Platinum and Palladium Photographs: Technical History, Connoisseurship, and Preservation, American Institute for Conservation (2018).
2016: Arlen Heginbotham and Jodie Lee Utter. Charles M. Russell: Watercolors 1887-1926. Amon Carter Museum of American Art (2016).
2015: Sylvie Pénichon. Twentieth-Century Color Photographs: Identification and Care, Getty Conservation Institute (2013).
2013: Irene Bruckle and Gerhard Banik. Water and Paper: A Guide for Conservators, Butterworth (2011).
2012: Dr. Cathleen Baker. From the Hand to the Machine, Nineteenth-Century American Paper and Mediums, Technologies, Material and Conservation, Legacy Press (2010).
Awards for Advocacy and Service[edit | edit source]
Rutherford John Gettens Award[edit | edit source]
2022: Anisha Gupta and Anya Dani
2021: Sanchita Balachandran
2020: Karen Pavelka
2019: Theodore (Ted) Stanley
2018: Rachael Perkins Arenstein
2016: Richard L. Kerschner
2015: Sarah Fisher; Catharine Hawks
2011: Shannon Zachary
2010: Elizabeth Kaiser Schulte
2009: Maria Grandinette, Nancy Schrock, and Paul Whitmore
2008: Walter Henry and Helen Mar Parkin
2007: Jay Krueger
2006: Jerry Podany and Rebecca Rushfield
2004: Catherine Sease
2003: Chandra L. Reedy
2001: Margaret Loew Craft and Amparo Torres
2000: Mary Todd Glaser
1999: Martin Burke
1998: Debra Hess Norris and Sara Wolf
1997: Margaret Holben Ellis
1996: Paul Himmelstein and Virginia Naudé
1994: Lambertus van Zelst
1993: Sarah Z. Rosenberg
1992: Eleanor McMillan and Carolyn Rose
1991: Barbara Appelbaum, Murray Lebwohl, and Joyce Hill Stoner
1990: Marjorie B. Cohn, Elisabeth FitzHugh, Susanne P. Sack, and Marilyn Weidner
1989: Terry Drayman-Weisser
David Magoon-University Products Conservation Advocacy Award[edit | edit source]
2019-present
2023: David Goist
2021: Barbara Appelbaum and Paul Himmelstein
2020: M. Susan Barger
2019: Mona Jiminez
Conservation Advocacy Award (2010-2018)
2018: Gregory Dale Smith
2017: Ann Frellsen
2016: John R. Watson
2014: Suzanne Davis
2013: Dr. Nancy Odegaard
2012: Rosa Lowinger
University Products Award (1995-2010)
2010: Ann Russell
2010: William Shank
2008: Debra Hess Norris
2007: Constance McCabe
2004: Chris Stavroudis
2004: F. Christopher Tahk
2003: Joyce Hill Stoner
2002: Hugh Phibbs
2001: Inge-Lise Eckmann
2000: Robert Feller*
1999: Walter Henry
1998: Tom Chase
1997: Carolyn Rose*
1996: Marilyn Weidner
1995: Arthur Beale
President's Award[edit | edit source]
2024: Malia Van Heukelem and Liane Naauao
2023: Jennifer Hain Teper, Ronel Hamde, and Sally Kim
2022: Margaret Holben Ellis and Sarah Reidell
2021: Deborah Lee Trupin
2020: Nancy R. Pollak
2019: Steven Pine and Deborah Morrow
2017: Patti Dumbaugh
2016: James M. Reilly
2015: Michele Derrick
2014: Lisa Goldberg
2013: Catharine Hawks
2012: Rachael Perkins Arenstein
2010: Toby Raphael
2007: David Bayne
2005: Susan Nichols
2003: Barbara Wolanin
Emerging Leader Award[edit | edit source]
2024: Abed Haddad
2023: Hector J. Berdecia-Hernandez and Sally G. Kim
2022: LaStarsha McGarity
Allied Professional Recognition[edit | edit source]
Forbes Medal[edit | edit source]
2024: Debra Hess Norris
2022: Alison Gilchrest
2008: Anne-Imelda Radice
2005: Angelica Rudenstine
2000: Lawrence L. Reger
Allied Professionals Special Recognition[edit | edit source]
2022: Dr. Scott Williams
2021: Dr. Jontyle Robinson, PhD
2020: Samuel Anderson
2019: Dr. Matthew Eckleman
2018: none
2017: Teri Rofkar
2016: Dr. Bruce Kaiser and Dr. Michael J. Ware
2014: Monona Rossol
2013: Steven Puglia
2012: Charles Hummel; Charles Rhyne
2011: James Black
2010: Dr. Robert Blanchette; Joel Jurgens; Benjamin Held
2008: Dennis Ertel
2006: John Johnston; Mark Golden
College Art Association-American Institute for Conservation Award[edit | edit source]
2024: Dr.Han Neevel and Dr. Birgit Reissland
2023: Michele Marincola and Lucretia Kargere
2022: Zahia Veliz
2021: Nancy Odegaard
2020: Jeanne Marie Teutonico
2019: Karl D. Buchberg and JodiHauptman
2018: Paul Messier
2017: Tom J.S. Learner
2016: Debra Hess Norris
2015: Melanie Gifford
2014: Glenn Wharton
2013: Lance Meyer and Gay Myers
2012: Francesca G. Bewer
2011: Joyce Hill Stoner
2010: David Bomford
2009: Carol Stringari and Chris McGlinchy
2008: Elizabeth S. Bolman
2007: Lawrence Becker
2006: Don Kalec and John Thorpe
2005: Paolo Cherchi Usai
2004: Carol Mancusi-Ungaro
2003: Ernst van der Wetering
2002: Harry Cooper and Ron Spronk
2001: Andrea S. Kirsh and Rustin S. Levenson
2000: ChristaC.Mayer Thurman
1998: W. Thomas Chase
1997: HenryW. Lie
1996: Marjorie B. Cohn
1995: Molly Ann Fairies
1994: Maryan Ainsworth
1993: Arhthur Wheelock
1992: Robert L. Feller
1991: Gridley McKim-Smith, Greta Andersen-Bergdoll, Richard Newman, and Andrew Davidhazy
Specialty Group Awards[edit | edit source]
Paintings Award[edit | edit source]
2024: Michael Duffy
2023: Rustin Levenson
2022: Barbara A. Buckley
2013: Chris Stavroudis
2011: Joyce Hill Stoner
2010: Richard Wolbers
Photographic Materials Award: Extraordinary Achievement/Contribution in Photographic Conservation Recognition[edit | edit source]
2025: -Gary Albright
2016: Peter Adelstein
2013: Mogens S. Koch
2001: Peter Krauze
1991: Klaus B. Hendriks
Textiles Award[edit | edit source]
2024: Patricia Ewer
2022: Kathy Francis
2021: Christine Giuntini
2020: Denyse Montegut
2019: Vicki Cassman
2018: Margaret Anderson (formerly Margaret Fikioris)
2017: Joy Gardiner
2016: Lucy Commoner
2015: Harold F. Mailand
2014: Patsy Orlofsky
2013: Leslie Melville Smith
2012: R. Bruce Hutchinson (awarded posthumously)
2011: Mary Ballard
2010: Jane Merritt
Awards for Organizations[edit | edit source]
Distinguished Award for Advancement of The Field of Conservation[edit | edit source]
2017: The Library of Congress
2009: Getty Conservation Institute
2005: National Center for Preservation Training & Technology
2004: Leo and Karen Gutmann Foundation and Stanford University Libraries
2003: American Academy in Rome
1996: Andrew Mellon Foundation, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and Getty Grant Program
Ross Merrill Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections[edit | edit source]
2024: The Walters Art Gallery
2022: Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
2020: Bell Museum
2019: The Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden
2017: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
2016: Harvard University
2014: Tudor Place
2013: Henry Morrison Flagler Museum; Indianapolis Museum of Art
2012: Alaska State Museum; Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame
2011: Maymont Foundation
2010: The Architect of the Capitol; Friends of the Iolani Palace
2009: Historic Cherry Hill; Shelburne Museum
2008: Arizona State Museum; Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
2007: Cleveland Public Library
2006: Historical Society of Frederick County, Maryland
2004: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History; The Henry Ford; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
2003: LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden; Winterthur, An American Country Estate; Canadian Museum of Nature
2002: City of Buffalo Arts Commission; New York Academy of Medicine; Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance
2001: The Central Park Conservancy; Judson Memorial Church; the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections; the Sculpture Center
2000: Fairmount Park Art Association; the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Bata Shoe Museum
1999: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
