The Association for Recorded Sound Collections

ARSC Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Service to Historical Recordings Awards

ARSC annually presents a Lifetime Achievement Award to an individual in recognition of a life's work in recorded sound research and publication. The Award for Distinguished Service to Historical Recordings honors a person who has made outstanding contributions to the field, outside of published works or discographic research.

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ARSC Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Guido van Rijn (2024)

Henry Sapoznik (2023)

John Cowley (2022)

Dan Morgenstern (2021)

Christopher Lornell (2020)

Bill C. Malone (2019)

Michael Kinnear (2018)

Walter Bruyninckx (2017)

Dietrich Schüller (2016)

Tony Russell (2015)

Larry Lustig (2014)

Allan Sutton (2013)

Ronald Dethlefson (2012)

Michael Gray (2011)

John Bolig (2010)

Cristóbal Díaz-Ayala (2009)

Jerry Weber (2008)

Alan Kelly (2007)

Allen Koenigsberg (2006)

Chris Strachwitz (2005)

Tim Brooks (2004)

Dick Spottswood (2003)

Pekka Gronow (2002)

Leonard Kunstadt (2001)

Charles Wolfe (2000)

Colin Escott (1999)

Rainer E. Lotz (1998)

Frank Andrews (1997)

Harold Barnes (1996)

Michel Ruppli (1995)

William R. Moran (1994)

Raymond R. Wile (1993)

Brian Rust (1992)

Jim Walsh (1991)


ARSC Distinguished Service to Historical Recordings Award Winners

Charles Richardson (2024)

Ron Hutchinson (2023)

Dennis D. Rooney (2022)

Jon Samuels (2021)

Douglas Pomeroy (2020)

Senator Ron Wyden (2019)

David Lennick (2018)

Seth Winner (2017)

Dean Blackwood (2016)

Marcos Lacerda (2015)

Mark Obert-Thorn (2014)

Steven Lasker (2013)

Richard Weize (2012)

Judith McCulloh (2011)

Steve Smolian (2010)

Ward Marston (2009)

Sam Brylawski (2008)

Gerald D. Gibson (2007)

Franz Lechleitner (2006)

John R. T. Davies (2005)

Jack Towers (2004)

David Hall (2003)


ARSC Special Recognition


Barry Ashpole (2017)

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