The IAEE Distinguished Service Award is presented to an IAEE member in recognition of an individual who has rendered distinguished service to IAEE and to the exhibition industry as a whole.
1985
Joseph S. Cunningham, CEM
Lawson Hockman, CEM
Frederick Quellmalz, CEM
1986
Hubbard H. Erickson Jr., CEM
Sam J. Galloway Jr., CEM
1987
John Elsner, CEM
Don Freeman
1988
Douglas L. Ducate, CEM, CMP
1989
K. Sharon Godsey, CEM
Richard K. Swandby
1990
Linda R. McKinney
John Rogers, CEM
Robert B. Westover, CEM
1991
Jerry M. Barshop
1992
Edward Baugh, CEM
1993
Howard Hamm Jr., CEM
William F. Snyder
Jerry van Dijk, CEM
1994
Darlene Gudea
1995
Sheldon I. London, Esq.
Art Weldy, CEM
1996
Harriet Mogge, CEM
1997
Robert Kolinek, CEM
Patti Shock
1998
Sandra Morrow, Ph.D., CEM, CAE, ME
Lawrence Whalen, CEM
1999
Sherman Wade
2000
Lawson Hockman, CEM
Carleton Rogers, CEM
2001
Gary J. Heimes, CEM
Eric Udler, CEM
2002
Jim Lynn
Julia W. Smith, CEM
2003
Patricia Farias Barlow
Susan Schwartz, CEM
2004
Brian Casey, CEM
Dr. Curtis Love
2005
Jane Dahlroth, CEM, CMP
Rick Myers
2006
Paul Cunniffe
Bob Kelley, CEM
2007
Charles W. Allen
Felix Niespodziewanski
2008
Dennis J. Slater
2009
Lenay Gore
Carl Mitchell
2010
David Audrain, CEM
Patrick Buchen, CEM
2012
Jennifer Hoff, CEM
2013
John Patronski
2015
Tony Lee
2017
Megan Tanel, CEM
2018
Ian Sequeira
2019
Ryan Strowger, CEM
2020
Rick Simon
2021
Juan Gabriel Tamez, CVE, CEM
2022
Bob Schuler