Past Award Banquets

 The Annual Awards Banquet is a historic event and one that members love to attend.  It is always held the Friday before Thanksgiving. 
 
2012 - 103rd Annual Awards Banquet - November 16, 2012 at the New York Athletic Club, NY.  David Sumner is the Keynote Speaker..  Click here to see information on the Technical Symposium.  Click here to view the RCA Banquet Program.   Click here for more information on the Program and to view the Technical Symposium Presentations.
2011- 102nd Annual Awards Banquet - November 19, 2011 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX. Deputy Chief Charles F. Dowd was Keynote Speaker.   Technical Symposium - Speakers were Cynthia Wenzel Cole, Paul Gierow, Paul Z. Gilbert, Carole Perry, and Austin Shaller.
2010 -101st Annual Awards Banquet  - November 19, 2010 at the Park Central Hotel in NY, NY.  Martin Cooper was Keynote Speaker. Technical Symposium - Speakers were Andrew Seybold, David Bart and John Facella.  Click here to see Presentors and Bios.
2009 - Centennial Celebration - the 100th Anniversary Banquet and Awards -held at the Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center in Washington, DC on Saturday, November 21, 2010, .  This was a 2 day event.
2008 Annual Awards Banquet - Keynote Speaker, Dr. Paul Jacobs.  Technical Symposium, Dale P. Clement, Mark Madden, Kelly McNair, and Dr. Kenneth C. Budka

2007 - Annual Awards Banquet  - Speaker, Andy Rooney .  Technical Symposium - Dana Dulabone & Allan Margulies
2006 - Annual Awards Banquet - Speaker, Karim Khoja
2006 Technical Symposium- Leonard Kahn & Hugo Gaggioni
2005 - Annual Awards  Banquet - Speaker, Nobuharu Ono
2004 Banquet and Speaker, Steve Largent, President & CEO of CTIA
2003 Banquet and Speaker, William F. Baker, President & CEO of thirteen/WNET New York
2002 - Banquet and Speaker, NYFD Vincent Dunn
2001 Banquet and Speaker, Steve Forbes, President & CEO, Forbes
2000 Banquet and Speaker, Gloria Everett, Executive Vice President of Operation and Sales for Globalstar LP
1999 Banquet and Speaker, Morgan O'Brien, Vice Chairman of Nextel Communicaitons Inc.
1998 Banquet and Speaker, George Schmitt, President of Omnipoint Communications Service & Exec VP Omnipoint Corp.
1997 Banquet and Speaker, Pat Campbell, Exec VP of Corporate Strategy and Bus Dev of Ameritech
1996  Banquet  - Nov 22, 1996 - Speaker Dennis Strigl, Chairman and CEO of Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile and chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association  at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1995 Banquet - November 17, 1995 - Speaker - Ms. Marchesa Elettra Marconi, Princess Giovanelli, Daughter of Gugliemo Marconi. at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1994 Banquet - November 18, 1994 - Speaker - John N. Palmer, Mtel Corp Chairman and CEO, at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1993 Banquet -November 19. 1993 - Speaker - Jack A. Shaw, chairman and CEO of Hughes Network Systems at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1992 Banquet - November 20, 1992 - Speaker - Thomas S. W. Lewis Ph.D, author of Empire of the Air: The Mem Who Made Radio.
1991 Banquet - November 22, 1991 - Speaker - Mr. Jerry S. Stover spoke in the absence of Lt. Gen Walter E. Lotz Jr due to illness at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1990 Banquet - November 16, 1990 - Speaker - Frank A. Gunther  at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1989 Banquet - November 17, 1989 - Speaker - G. William Troxler Ph. D., President Capitol College, Laurel, MD at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1988 Banquet - November 18, 1988 - Speaker - William O. Hunt at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1985 Banquet - November 22, 1985 - Speaker - James C. McKinney, Chief of the Mass Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1984 Banquet - November, 1984 - Speaker Morris Tannenbaum, Chairman and CEO of AT&T Communications at the NYAC, New York, NY.
1980 Banquet - November 21, 1980 - Speaker - Andrew F. Inglis, President of RCA American Communications Inc. (Americom) at the Sheraton Hotel in New York.
1975 Banquet - Speaker Bill Nicol.
1958-  49th Anniversary Banquet held at the Columbia University Club N. Y. C. December 5th. Guest speaker William R. Hutchins.
1957-  48th Anniversary Banquet held at the Columbia University Club N. Y. C. December 6th. Guest Speaker Robert B. Stecker. 
1956-  47th Anniversary Banquet held at the Columbia University Club N. Y. C. December 15th. Guest Speaker Dr. Kenneth L. Franklin. Armstrong Medal to Melville Eastham. 
1955-  46th Anniversary Banquet held at the Columbia University Club N. Y. C. December 9th. Guest Speaker Dr. John R. Dunning. 
1954-  45th Anniversary Banquet held at the Columbia University Club N. Y. C. December 10th. Guest Speaker General George L. Van Deusen.
1953-  44th Anniversary Banquet held at the Columbia University Club N. Y. C. December 11th. Armstrong Medal to Raymond A. Heising. 
1952-  43rd Anniversary Banquet held at the Advertising Club N. Y. C. Guest Speaker Captain L. V. Berkner, U. S. N. R. Armstrong Medal to Captain Henry J. Round. 
1951-  42nd Anniversary Banquet held at the Advertising Club N. Y. C. December 4th. Guest of Honor Dr. Millard C. Faught, A.B., Ph.D. 
1950-  41st Anniversary Banquet held at the Advertising Club N. Y. C. December 1st. Guest of Honor Rear Admiral J. R. Redmond U. S. N. 
1949-  40th Anniversary Banquet held at the Advertising Club N. Y. C. December 2nd. Guest of Honor Major General Harry C. Ingles. 
1948-  39th Anniversary Banquet held at the Advertising Club N. Y. C. December 9th. Special Program Honoring Station 1BCG. Armstrong, Amy, Burghard, Cronkhite, Godley, Grinan, and Inman. 
1947-  38th Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. December 5th. Guest Speaker Major General William J. Donovan. Armstrong Medal to John V. L. Hogan and Stuart Ballantine.
1946 - Note: No Banquet was held in 1946.
1945-  37th Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. December 7th. Guest of Honor Captain Pierre H. Boucheron U. S. N. Armstrong Medal to C. R. Runyon Jr.
1944-  35th Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. December 1st. Guest Speaker Captain F. R. Furth U. S. N.
1943-  34th Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. December 10th Master of Ceremonies George E. Burghard.
1942-  33rd Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. November 20th.
1941-  32nd Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. October 31st. Guest Speaker Rear-Admiral S. C. Hooper. Armstrong Medal to Harry W. Houck.
1940-  31st Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. November 1st. Guest Speakers Major General J. O. Mauborgne, Brigadier General Dawson Olmstead. Armstrong Medal to Greenleaf Whittier Pickard.
1939-  30th Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. November 29th. Guest Speaker Lenox R. Lohr.
1938-  29th Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. November 4th. Guest of Honor Egbert Von Lepel. Armstrong Medal to Dr. Harold H. Beverage.
1937-  28th Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. October 29th. First Armstrong Medal to Alan Hazeltine.
1936-  27th Anniversary Banquet held at the Engineers Club N. Y. C. October 29th. Toastmaster, Thomas Styles.