The Gari Melchers
Memorial Medal
award to a person or an organization that has materially furthered the interest of the profession of the fine arts.
The medal was established in 1945 to commemorate the late artist’s generous services to the Fellowship, his genial comradeship, and his sympathetic understanding and great goodwill for artists.
The Gari Melchers Memorial Medal has been presented to the following:
1945 – Corrine L. Melchers 1946 – Hon. James W. Donoghue 1947 – Ringland Kilpatrick 1948 – Henry R. Luce 1949 – Mrs. Edward MacDowell 1950 – Archer M. Huntington 1951 – George Zabriskie 1952 – Chester Dale 1953 – Thomas J. Watson 1954 – Rush H. Kress 1955 – Huntington Hartford 1956 – Silvio Valerio 1957 – Not Awarded 1958 – State of North Carolina 1959 – Ernest W. Watson 1960 – Not Awarded 1961 – William B. Connor 1962 – Emily Lowe 1963 – Atlanta Art Association 1964 – Aileen O. Webb 1965 – Edward S. Shorter 1966 – Anna Hyatt Huntington 1967 – Henry E. du Pont 1968 – Alexander J. Wall 1969 – Norman Kent 1970 – Thomas S. Buechner 1971 – Edward G. Robinson 1972 – Dr. Peter Sammartino 1973 – Edgar P. Richardson 1974 – Stewart Klonis 1975 – Whitney North Seymour 1976 – Avery Fisher
1977 – Joseph Veach Noble 1978 – Ada Louise Huxtable 1979 – W. McNeil Lowry 1980 – Russell Lynes 1981 – John Brademas 1982 – National Academy of Design 1983 – Roy R. Neuberger 1984 – Dean Krakel 1985 – Tom Wolfe 1986 – Howard E. Wooden 1987 – The Municipal Art Society of N.Y. 1988 – Sylvan Cole, Jr. 1989 – Newark Museum/Samuel C. Miller 1990 – Ambassador Daniel J. Terra 1991 – The Art Students League of N.Y. 1992 – Dr. William H. Gerdts 1993 – Brendan Gill 1994 – Senator Roy M. Goodman 1995 – Butler Institute of American Art 1996 – Hilton Kramer 1997 – National Arts Club/O. Alden James, Jr. 1998 – Pastel Society of America/Flora Giffuni 1999 - New York Landmarks Conservancy 2000 – The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 2001 – Salmagundi Club/Richard Pionk 2002 – LymeAcademy College of Fine Arts 2003 – Pollock-Krasner Foundation 2004 – New York City Department of Parks & Recreation/Adrian Benepe 2005 – Vermont Studio Center 2006 – Museum of the city of New York/Susan Henshaw Jones 2007 – Montclair Art Museum/Patterson Sims
