Vanguard Award
Selected by the Executive Committee, this award recognizes a member of the Board of Directors for outstanding service to members and for leadership in fulfilling the mission of the Academy. In 2004, the award was broadened from its original name, the Regional Director or College President of the Year Award.
Past Recipients
| 2009 | Penny S. Schmiege, RRT, MLE, FAAMA, FACCA |
| 2008 | Alan J Burgess, CFAAMA, FACHE |
| 2007 | Marilyn M Henry, FAAMA, FACCA |
| 2006 | Dale A Golgart, FAAMA |
| 2005 | Michael K Petty |
| 2004 | R Kyle Kramer |
| 2003 | Joseph M Spallina |
| 2001 | James G Easter |
| 2000 | John D Harbaugh |
| 1999 | Janet L Jones |
| 1998 | Judith K Pritt |
| 1997 | Larry A Mullins |
| 1996 | Larry A Mullins |
| 1995 | Bernadine E Braithwaite |
| 1994 | Robert K Zentmyer |
| 1993 | David L Woodrum |
| 1992 | B H Corum, PhD |
| 1991 | Ewing H Crawfis |
| 1990 | Edwin D McMeen |
| 1989 | Patrick C Wrenn |
| 1988 | Nancy J Taylor |
| 1987 | William E Bennett |
| 1986 | Gary V Morton |
| 1985 | Richard A Harley |
| 1984> | A Hardie Lord |
| 1983 | J Barry Johnson |
| 1982 | Charles E Ehredt |
| 1981 | Joseph A Howarth |
| 1980 | James E Bagley |
| 1979 | Austin Letson |
| 1978 | David D’Eramo, PhD |
| 1977 | Willie Melvin, Jr |
| 1976 | Eugene J Nieto |
| 1975 | William J Clegg, Jr |
| 1974 | Ruth L Frazier |
| 1973 | Harry Shubin, MD |
| 1972 | Harold M Salkind |