Trustees Award

 

spacerThe Trustees Awards is the highest honor that the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences bestows on an individual. Established in 1957, it was presented for the first time as part of the Tenth Annual Awards telecast on April 15, 1958.

spacerThe Trustees Award is a special award. It was created to remove the confinement of category – defined awards by allowing the Trustees to acknowledge and to honor unusual or enduring achievements or contributions to the arts and sciences of television. There is no limit to the number of Trustees Awards which may be given in any year, nor is there any requirement that the Trustees make such a presentation each year. The Trustees Award traditionally includes a citation which gives the reason for the presentation of this special honor.

spacerThere is no better confirmation of the importance of the Trustees Award than the list of previous winners. Their achievements are so profound, they need no explanation.

1957-58: spacer Jack Benny

1958-59: spacer Bob Hope

1959-60: spacer Dr. Frank Stanton

1960-61: spacer National Educational Television
spacerJoyce C. Hall, Pres. Hallmark Cards

1961-62: spacer CBS News for “A Tour of the White House”
spacerJacqueline Kennedy
spacerHeads of News Departments at ABC, CBS and NBC
spacerBrigadier General David Sarnoff

1962-63: spacer American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Dick Powell

1965-66: spacer Edward R. Murrow
spacerXerox Corporation

1966-67: spacer Sylvester L. “Pat” Weaver, Jr.

1967-68: spacer Donald H. McGannon

1968-69: spacer William R. McAndrew
spacerApollo VII, VIII, IX, X Space Missions

1969-70: spacer Presidents of Network News Division
spacerElmer Lower, ABC
spacerRichard Salant, CBS
spacerReuven Frank, NBC

1970-71: spacer Ed Sullivan

1971-72: spacer Dr. Frank Stanton
spacerWilliam Lawrence

1974-75: spacer Elmer W. Lower
spacerDr. Peter Goldmark

1978-79: spacer William S. Paley

1979-80: spacer Leonard H. Goldenson

1980-81: spacer Agnes Nixon

1981-82: spacer Walter Cronkite

1982-83: spacer Bob Short

1983-84: spacer Vladimir Zworykin

1984-85: spacer Roone Arledge
spacerJulius Barnathan (ABC for the Olympics)

1985-86: spacer Dr. William F. Baker

1987-88: spacer Peggy Charren (Children’s Television)

1989: spacer Lawrence P. Fraiberg

1990: spacer R.E. “Ted” Turner (CNN and the Superstation)

1991: spacer Robert J. Wussler (President, CBS &
spacerCOMSAT, SR. VP TBS)

1992: spacer Frank A. Bennack, Jr. (President, CEO
spacerHearst Corp.)

1995: spacer James C. Dowdle (President,
spacerThe Tribune Corporation)

1997: spacer Sumner Redstone (Viacom)

1998: spacer Bob Wright (Pres. & CEO NBC)

1999: spacer Gerald M. Levin (Chairman & CEO
spacerTime Warner Inc.)

2003: spacer Ralph Roberts (Comcast Founder)

2004: spacer Richard D. Parsons (Chairman & CEO
spacerTime Warner Inc.)

2005: spacer Robert A. Iger (CEO The Walt Disney Corporation)