Distinguished Advertising Educator Award

Awarded annually, the Distinguished Advertising Educator Award recognizes the best advertising professors in the country.

Eligibility

• The professor should demonstrate excellence in teaching and student advisement.
• The professor must have a record of scholarly research, publications and professional experience.
• The professor should have a record of participation in advertising organizations, the industry, academia and the community.

Nominations (.pdf, 357k)

Nominations will be accepted only from individuals. Members of the academic committee are not eligible to be nominated. Click here for a printable nomination kit. To view the nomination kit, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software version 5.0 or higher. If you do not have Acrobat Reader software, you can download it for free at the Adobe Web site.

AAF Distinguished Advertising Educators

2009
Mary Ann Stutts
Texas State University

2008
Alice Kendrick
Southern Methodist University

2007
Thomas A. Bowers
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2005
W. Ronald Lane
University of Georgia

2004
Esther Thorson
Missouri School of Journalism

2003
Leila (Lee) Wenthe
University of Georgia/South Carolina

2000
Jerome Jewler
University of South Carolina

1999
Howard S. Cogan
Ithaca College

1998
Frances Rutland Lacher
Fashion Institute of Technology

1997
Robert E. Ellis
Northwood University

1996
Bruce Vanden Bergh
Michigan State University

1995
Walter Weir
Michigan State University; Temple University; University of Tennessee

1994
Elsie Hebert
Louisiana State University

1993
Don E. Schultz
Northwestern University

1992
Kim Rotzoll
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1991
John Philip Jones
Syracuse University

1990
William Goodrich
University of South Carolina

1989
Billy I. Ross
Texas Tech University

1988
S. Watson Dunn
University of Missouri, Columbia

1987
Philip Ward Burton
Indiana University