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Inductees
February 1, 2007Gotham Hall, New York City
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Watch Thomas O. Ryder's tribute video here Watch Lewis Lapham's tribute video on You Tube
Our sincere thanks to Time4 Media, owner of Popular Science, and Quad/Graphics.
Mr. Ryder received an honorarium of $10,000 from Popular Sciences parent company, Time4 Media, a division of Time Inc. He will donate the amount to Louisiana State University, his alma mater.
Mr. Lapham received an honorarium of $10,000 from Quad/Graphics, the largest privately-held printing company in the world. At Mr. Laphams request, the honorarium will be donated to the Piedmont Foundation Krebser Fund for Rappahannock County Conservation.
About the Lifetime Achievement Awards
In January 2003, MPA and ASME jointly established their lifetime achievement awards. The Lifetime Achievement Awards combines what was formerly the Henry Johnson Fisher Awards, which were established in 1964, and ASME's Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame Award, established in 1995. The awards dinner takes place the last Wednesday of January each year.
History of The Henry Johnson Fisher Award
This Award, established in 1964, honors a magazine leader who has gained distinction through significant and long-standing contributions to the publishing business - one who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership, skill, and understanding in unifying the editorial, advertising, circulation and business aspects of magazine publishing into a successful enterprise and one who has made notable contributions to the magazine industry.
Henry Johnson Fisher - magazine publisher, civic leader and philanthropist - was Founder and Chairman of the Board of Popular Science Publishing Company. On his 90th birthday, an annual award was established to commemorate his name and his many achievements in magazine publishing spanning more than 65 years.
Each recipient of The Henry Johnson Fisher Award receives a Steuben crystal urn, a representation of "The Arts," along with a leather-bound citation. The original Award is on display at the headquarters of Magazine Publishers of America in New York. Time4 Media, owner of Popular Science magazine, provides an honorarium of ten thousand dollars to a designated project or charity on behalf of the recipient.
Magazines reflect all facets of American culture - the arts in their myriad forms, opinions and facts about the past, present and future of mankind. In sum, magazines mirror the wisdom of our civilization. Appropriately, the symbol of the Henry Johnson Fisher Award is the clear crystal urn entitled "The Arts." The urn, itself a work of art, depicts the goddess Athena, patroness of learning and the arts. Sidney Waugh, who designed the engravings, was the recipient of many honors for his designs on crystal. He was chief associate designer for Steuben Glass. The glass design is by George Thompson. "The Arts" is represented in the permanent collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Past Henry Johnson Fisher Award winners
The Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame was established in 1995 to recognize career-long achievement and excellence of a select group of magazine editors. In addition to being at the pinnacle of his/her career, the recipient should also have a record of "giving back" to the magazine industry as a whole, either through industry associations or other voluntary and cooperative forms of service.
Quad/Graphics, the largest privately-held printing company in the world, provides an honorarium of ten thousand dollars to a designated project or charity on behalf of the recipient.
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