Most Recent Awards
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As part of each Annual Conference Banquet, the AWA presents a series of AWA Awards. Below are the AWA Conference Awards for 2025:
The AWA Houck Award for Preservation recognizes the acquisition, preservation and documentation of an outstanding collection of electronic communication artifacts
Presented to: Felicia and Jim Kreuzer
The AWA Houck Award for Documentation recognizes quality original research and writing on the history or evolution of electronic communication technologies in a published book, several articles in the AWA Review or AWA Journal or other publicly available periodical or long running website.
Presented to: Jerry Proc
The Bruce Kelley – OTB Award is given to the individual who published an article in the AWA
Journal judged to be the most original, historical presentation of the award year
Presented to: No awardee.
The J. Albert Moore Award, named in honor of a major contributor to the Antique Radio Club of America, recognizes original writing in the AWA Journal on troubleshooting, restoration techniques, performance evaluation, and identification techniques.
Presented to: James and Felicia Kreuzer for their “Item in Question” article in Issue 63/#4 of the AWA Journal.
The Robert Murray Award is awarded in honor of Robert Murray, AWA Review Editor Emeritus, for excellence in writing in the AWA Review
Presented to: David Willenborg
The AWA President’s Award
Presented to: Fred Freer
The AWA Vice President’s Award
Presented to: Felicia and Jim Kreuzer
The Max Bodmer Award is presented in recognition of creation of works that support future scholarship in the field of electronic communication history.
Presented to: Robert Rydzewski
The Peckham Award is presented to memorialize the passing of Lauren Peckham, AWA’s third president and his many years of service to AWA.
Presented to: Edward Gable
The AWA Curator’s Award
Presented to: Mark Erdle
The AWA Conference Award
Presented to: Frank Rasada