American Institute of Graphic Arts medal
The physical medal was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser in 1920.[a]
Awarded for	Exceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of graphic design and visual communication
Presented by	American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
First award	1920; 106 years ago (1920)
Website	www.aiga.org

Since 1920,^[1] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has awarded medals "to individuals in recognition of their exceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of graphic design and visual communication."^[2] Below is a list of AIGA medalists.

Nine medals were awarded in the 1920s, seven in the 1930s, eight in the 1940s, twelve in the 1950s, ten in the 1960s, 13 in the 1970s, 13 in the 1980s, and 33 in the 1990s. Since 2000, a larger number of medals have awarded; 45 were awarded from 2000 to 2009.

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• Elizabeth Resnick
• Robin Landa
• Rick Griffith
• Dorothy E. Hayes

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• Andrew Satake Blauvelt
• Emily Oberman
• Louise Sandhaus

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• Archie Boston, Jr.
• Cheryl D. Miller
• Terry Irwin
• Thomas Miller (honorary)

2019 Alexander Girard[6] Geoff McFetridge [7] Debbie Millman[8] 2018 Aaron Douglas Arem Duplessis Karin Fong Susan Kare Victor Moscoso 2017 Art Chantry [1] Emmett McBain [2] Rebeca Méndez [3] Mark Randall [4] Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell [5] Lance Wyman [6] 2016 Ruth Ansel [7] Richard Grefé [8] Maira Kalman [9] Gere Kavanaugh [10] Corita Kent [11] 2015 Paola Antonelli [12] Hillman Curtis [13] Emory Douglas [14] Dan Friedman [15] Marcia Lausen [16]

2014 Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka [17] Charles S. Anderson [18] Dana Arnett [19] Kenneth Carbone and Leslie Smolan [20] David Carson [21] Kyle Cooper [22] Michael Patrick Cronan [23] Richard Danne [24] Michael Donovan and Nancye Green [25] Stephen Doyle [26] Louise Fili [27] Bob Greenberg [28] Sylvia Harris [29] Cheryl Heller [30] Alexander Isley [31] Chip Kidd [32] Michael Mabry [33] J. Abbott Miller [34] Bill Moggridge [35] Gael Towey [36] Ann Willoughby [37] 2013 John Bielenberg [38] William Drenttel [39] Tobias Frere-Jones [40] Jessica Helfand [41] Jonathan Hoefler [42] Stefan Sagmeister [43] Lucille Tenazas [44] Wolfgang Weingart [45] 2011 Ralph Caplan [46] Elaine Lustig Cohen [47] Armin Hofmann [48] Robert Vogele [49] 2010 Steve Frykholm [50] John Maeda [51] Jennifer Morla [52]

2009 Pablo Ferro [53] Carin Goldberg [54] Doyald Young [55] 2008 Gail Anderson [56] Clement Mok [57] LeRoy Winbush [58] 2007 Edward Fella [59] Ellen Lupton [60] Bruce Mau [61] Georg Olden [62] 2006 Michael Bierut [63] Rick Valicenti [64] Lorraine Wild [65] 2005 Bart Crosby [66] Meredith Davis [67] Steff Geissbühler[9]

2004 Joseph Binder [68] Charles Coiner [69] Richard, Jean and Patrick Coyne [70] James Cross [71] Sheila Levrant de Bretteville [72] Jay Doblin [73] Joe Duffy [74] Martin Fox [75] Caroline Warner Hightower [76] Kit Hinrichs [77] Walter Landor [78] Philip Meggs [79] James Miho [80] Silas Rhodes [81] Jack Stauffacher [82] Alex Steinweiss [83] Deborah Sussman [84] Edward Tufte [85] Fred Woodward [86] Richard Saul Wurman [87] 2003 B. Martin Pedersen [88] Woody Pirtle [89] 2002 Robert Brownjohn [90] Chris Pullman [91] 2001 Samuel Antupit [92] Paula Scher [93] 2000 P. Scott Makela and Laurie Haycock Makela [94] Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Fred Seibert [95] Michael Vanderbyl [96]

1999 Tibor Kalman [97] Steven Heller [98] Katherine McCoy [99] 1998 Louis Danziger [100] April Greiman [101] 1997 Lucian Bernhard [102] Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans [103] 1996 Cipe Pineles [104] George Lois [105] 1995 Matthew Carter [106] Stan Richards [107] Ladislav Sutnar [108]

1994 Muriel Cooper [109] John Massey [110] 1993 Alvin Lustig [111] Tomoko Miho [112] 1992 Rudolph de Harak [113] George Nelson [114] Lester Beall [115] 1991 Colin Forbes [116] E. McKnight Kauffer [117] 1990 Alvin Eisenman [118] Frank Zachary [119]

• Paul Davis, 1989 [120]
• Bea Feitler, 1989 [121]
• William Golden, 1988 [122]
• George Tscherny, 1988 [123]
• Alexey Brodovitch, 1987 [124]
• Gene Federico, 1987 [125]
• Walter Herdeg, 1986 [126]
• Seymour Chwast, 1985 [127]
• Leo Lionni, 1984 [128]
• Herbert Matter, 1983 [129]
• Massimo Vignelli and Lella Vignelli, 1982 [130]
• Saul Bass, 1981 [131]
• Herb Lubalin, 1980 [132]

• Ivan Chermayeff and Thomas Geismar, 1979 [133]
• Lou Dorfsman, 1978
• Charles and Ray Eames, 1977
• Henry Wolf, 1976 [134]
• Jerome Snyder, 1976
• Bradbury Thompson, 1975
• Robert Rauschenberg, 1974
• Richard Avedon, 1973
• Allen Hurlburt, 1973
• Philip Johnson, 1973
• Milton Glaser, 1972
• Will Burtin, 1971
• Herbert Bayer, 1970

• Dr. Robert L. Leslie, 1969
• Dr. Giovanni Mardersteig, 1968
• Romana Javitz, 1967
• Paul Rand, 1966
• Leonard Baskin, 1965
• Josef Albers, 1964
• Saul Steinberg, 1963
• William Sandberg, 1962
• Paul A. Bennett, 1961
• Walter Paepcke, 1960

• May Massee, 1959
• Ben Shahn, 1958
• Dr. M. F. Agha, 1957
• Ray Nash, 1956
• P. J. Conkwright, 1955
• Will Bradley, 1954
• Jan Tschichold, 1954
• George Macy, 1953
• Joseph Blumenthal, 1952
• Harry L. Gage, 1951
• Earnest Elmo Calkins, 1950
• Alfred A. Knopf, 1950

• Lawrence C. Wroth, 1948
• Elmer Adler, 1947
• Stanley Morison, 1946
• Frederic G. Melcher, 1945
• Edward Epstean, 1944
• Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, 1942
• Carl Purington Rollins, 1941
• Thomas M. Cleland, 1940

• William A. Kittredge, 1939
• Rudolph Ruzicka, 1935
• J. Thompson Willing, 1935
• Henry Lewis Bullen, 1934
• Porter Garnett, 1932
• Dard Hunter, 1931
• Henry Watson Kent, 1930

• William A. Dwiggins, 1929
• Timothy Cole, 1927
• Frederic W. Goudy, 1927
• Burton Emmett, 1926
• Bruce Rogers, 1925
• John G. Agar, 1924
• Stephen H. Horgan, 1924
• Daniel Berkeley Updike, 1922
• Norman T. A. Munder, 1920

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