Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals at 1645 Brook Lynn Dr., Ste 2, Dayton, OH 45432-1933 US - Past Winners of the Personal Achievement Award

1966   Ralph Blumberg -WBOX, Bogolusa, Louisiana

1967   John Secondari and Jeanne Rogers - producers, Saga of Western Man series on ABC-TV

1968   William McAndrews - president, NBC News

1969   Doris Ann - manager of religious programming, NBC News

1970   Dr. Everett C. Parker - chair, National Council of Churches Broadcast and Film Commission

1971   Dr. Herman Gockel - program director, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

1972   Most Rev. Agnellus Andrew, OFM - founding president of Unda-USA; director, National Catholic Radio and Television Center, Great Britain and

       Rev. Edward Willingham, Jr. - Metropolitan Detroit Council of Churches Department of Radio and Television

1973   Robert Hyland, Jr. - vice president, CBS Radio; KMOX AM-FM, St. Louis

1974   Pamela Ilott - director, Cultural and Religious Broadcasts, CBS News

1975   Fredrick Wiseman - documentary film-maker, Zipporah Films, Boston

1976   Scott Craig - documentary producer, WBBM-TV, Chicago

1977   Donald McGannon - president. Westinghouse Broadcasting Company

1978   Fred Rogers - creator, host, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

1979   Robert Beusse - former Secretary of Communications, United States Catholic Conference

1980   Walter Cronkite - reporter, anchor, managing editor, CBS Evening News

1981   Rev. Ellwood Kieser, CSP - executive producer of Insight; founder of Humanitas Award and

       Jim Henson - president of Henson Associates; creator of The Muppets

1982   Robert Keeshan - executive producer, performer; Captain Kangaroo and Robert Keeshan Associates and

       Bill Moyers - executive producer, news anchor; Creativity With Bill Moyers

1983   Helen Hayes - actress, The Best Years

1984   Mother Angelica - founder, Eternal Word Television Network

1985   Charles Osgood - writer, anchor; Newsbreak, The Osgood File

1986   Steve Allen - actor, comedian, producer, writer

1987   Michael Landon - writer, producer, actor; Highway to Heaven, Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza

1988   James Duffy - president, ABC Communications, Capital Cities/ABC and

       Lloyd Kaiser - president, Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting--Project Literacy U.S.

1989   William Hannah and Joseph Barbera - Hanna-Barbera Productions; 50-year commitment to family and values productions

1990   Rev. Derek Simons, SVD - founder and president of Ethnic Communications

1991   Charles Kuralt - CBS News Sunday Morning (watch)

1992   No winner

1993   Ted Koppel - ABC News Nightline (watch)

1994   Angela Lansbury - actress, Murder She Wrote

1995   Hugh Downs - ABC News 20/20 (audio)

1996   Joe Garagiola - NBC sportscaster and Today Show

1997   Willard Scott - NBC weather reporter, Today Show (watch)

1998   Dr. William F. Baker - President and CEO, Thirteen-WNET, New York

1999   Della Reese - singer and actress, Touched by an Angel

2000   Ricardo Montalban - actor, Fantasy Island, Star Strek (watch)

2001   Art Linkletter − broadcast entertainer, Art Linkletter’s House Party, People are Funny, Kids Say the Darndest Things (watch)

2002   Mike Farrell, actor, Providence, M*A*S*H

2203   Bob Abernethy,veteran television news correspondent, Religion & Ethic Newsweekly (watch)