The Howard Parmele Award is the highest honor the screen printing and graphic imaging industry has to offer. Named in tribute to one of the Association's founders, the Parmele award is considered the "Oscar" or "Emmy" of the screen printing and graphic imaging industry, and has been awarded since 1955. The Parmele Award is conferred upon someone whose dedication and accomplishments reflect an ongoing commitment to improve the industry's products, services and image.
Past Howard Parmele Award Winners
- John Simmons, ’55
- Louis D’Autremont, ’56
- Herb Sperry, ’57
- Thomas Farrell, ’58
- Joe Ulano, ’59
- Robert Fossett, ’60
- Bert Zahn, ’61
- Jerry Zalkind, ’62
- Ralph Karsten, ’63
- Robert Levisson, ’64
- Robert Vandenbossche, ’65
- Al Kosloff, ’66
- Ernest Rich, ’67
- Joe Switzer, ’68
- Joseph E. Podgor, ’69
- Franz Weiss, ’70
- Stan Cygan, ’71
- James Black, ’72
- Frank Mayer, ’73
- Mervyn Mason, ’74
- Dave R. Swormstedt, Sr., ’75
- John W. Key, ’76
- M.O. “Mo” Kirsch, ’77
- William Isherwood, ’78
- William Richardson, ’79
- Hans Gerd-Scheer, ’80
- Leonard A. Knopf, ’81
- Dag Bille, ’82
- Robert Webster, ’83
- Rene Garcia Zua Zua, ’84
- Robert Conyers, ’85
- Nat Velardi, ’86
- Ake Svantesson, ’87
- Elmar Messerschmitt, ’88
- Eugene Landesman, ’89
- Melvin & Sheldon Green, ’90
- Dale Sloan, ’91
- John Kimber, ’92
- Stan Kelley, ’93
- Hans Muller, ’94
- Don Pettry, ’95
- Scott Fresener, ’96
- Dennis Grady, ’97
- Vern Rylander, ’98
- William L. Goetsch, ’99
- Ron Mason, ’00
- Mark Coudray ’01
- John M. Crawford ’02
- Harold Johnston ’03
- Pat Corcoran ’04
- Fred B. Johnston ’06
- Rich Hoffman ’07
- Ben Landesman ’08
- David Landesman ’08
- Larry Graefen ’09
- Michel Caza ’10