AES Gold Medal Award
Formerly The John H. Potts Memorial Award. Given in recognition of outstanding achievements and sustained contributions over a period of years in the field of Audio Engineering.
Awards
Celebrating Excellence in Audio
Celebrating the individuals whose contributions to audio engineering, technology, and service have advanced the field for generations.
A Tradition of Recognition
Each award recognizes a different kind of contribution, from sustained achievement to individual milestones in the field.
Silver Medal Award
Formerly the Emile Berliner Award. Given in recognition of outstanding development or dissemination of knowledge of audio engineering.
Bronze Medal Award
Formerly the AES Award. Given to a person who has helped significantly in the advancement of the Society’s goals and technical mission.
Distinguished Service Medal Award
Given in recognition of extraordinary service to the Society over a period of years. This award celebrates the dedication and leadership that maintains the American Engineering Society as the global authority in professional audio standards and community development.
Publications Award
Given each year to an author under 35 years of age for the most outstanding paper published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.
Past Awards Recipients:
| Name | Award | Year | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Soulodre | Gold Medal Award | 2024 | for extraordinary contributions to audio, including the creation of the loudness meter that helped address loudness issues in music and broadcast |
| Jonathan Wyner | Fellowship Award | 2024 | given to AES Members who have provided prominent service to the Society, made a valuable contribution to the advancement or dissemination of knowledge of audio engineering, or made a valuable contribution to the application of audio engineering |
| Dante Fazio | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2024 AES International Conference on Forensic Audio in Denver, Colorado |
| Michael Hagen | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the 155th AES Convention in New York |
| Juan Jimenez | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES Latin American Conference 2023 in Quito, Ecuador |
| Steve Martz | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2024 Audio for Games Conference in Tokyo, Japan |
| Jeanne Montalvo | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the 155th AES Convention in New York |
| Arica Rust | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2024 Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement Conference in Le Mans, France |
| Michael Santucci | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2024 AES International Conference on Hearing Disorders in Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Erisa Sato | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2024 Audio for Games Conference in Tokyo, Japan |
| Kazutaka Someya | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2024 Audio for Games Conference in Tokyo, Japan |
| Jonathan Wyner | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of chairing the 2024 AES Symposium on AI and the Musician in Boston, Massachusetts |
| Renato Zamora | Board of Governors Award | 2024 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES Latin American Conference 2023 in Quito, Ecuador |
| Fernando Bacigalupo | Board of Governors Award | 2023 | In recognition of chairing the AES Latin American Conference 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| John Krivit | Board of Governors Award | 2023 | In recognition of chairing the 2023 AES International Conference on Audio Archiving, Preservation & Restoration in Culpepper, USA. |
| Jonathan Wyner | Board of Governors Award | 2023 | In recognition of chairing the 153rd AES Convention in New York. |
| Chips Davis | Fellowship Award | 2023 | For outstanding contributions to the conceptual, acoustical, and technical design of studios, critical listening spaces, and entertainment venues. |
| Mark Dodd | Fellowship Award | 2023 | For his innovative achievements in theoretical and applied research in transducers, loudspeakers, and FEA modeling and optimization. |
| Gary Gottlieb | Fellowship Award | 2023 | For outstanding long-term service to the AES, its members, and its worldwide mission. |
| Kurt Graffy | Fellowship Award | 2023 | For innovation in the design, integration, evaluation, and computer simulation of high-performance audio, AV, and acoustical systems, and for contributions to the AES. |
| Darcy Proper | Fellowship Award | 2023 | In recognition of the artistic application of audio technology as a mastering engineer and for generously sharing knowledge and experience. |
| Susan Rogers | Fellowship Award | 2023 | In recognition of significant contributions to the art of music recording and innovations in the areas of music cognition and psychoacoustics. |
| Michael Santucci | Fellowship Award | 2023 | In recognition of devotion to hearing loss prevention research and education, and for pioneering work in in-ear monitoring. |
| Jim Starzynski | Fellowship Award | 2023 | For his role as a driving force in the pursuit of broadcast audio quality and his tireless efforts on AES Standards and Technical Committees. |
| Christopher Plunkett | Distinguished Service Medal | 2023 | For his tireless and dedicated support of AES's operations over the past four decades. |
| Frank Wells | Distinguished Service Medal | 2023 | In recognition of three decades of outstanding service at the local, regional, and international levels of AES governance and administration. |
| Rafael Kassier | Board of Governors Award | 2023 | In recognition of chairing the 152nd AES Online Convention. |
| Jamie Angus-Whiteoak | Gold Medal | 2023 | For extraordinary contributions as an innovator and inventor in the fields of audio science, acoustics, and signal processing. |
| Bert Kraaijpoel | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of chairing the 152nd AES Convention in The Hague. |
| Carlos Caballero | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of chairing the AES Latin American Conference in September 2021 in Medellin, Colombia. |
| Lawrence Schwedler | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of co-chairing the 2022 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality in Redmond, USA. |
| Rémi Audfray | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of co-chairing the 2022 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality in Redmond, USA. |
| Alex Kosiorek | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of co-chairing the 151st AES Online Convention. |
| Brian (Bt) Gibbs | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of co-chairing the 151st AES Online Convention. |
| Jorge Valencia | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of co-chairing the AES Latin American Conference in September 2021 in Medellin, Colombia. |
| Roger Shively | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of chairing the 2022 AES International Conference on Automotive Audio in Detroit, USA. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of co-chairing the 151st AES Online Convention. |
| Zoe Thrall | Board of Governors Award | 2022 | In recognition of co-chairing the 151st AES Online Convention. |
| Sascha Dick | Fellowship Award | 2022 | For outstanding contributions to scientific advancement and the dissemination of knowledge in the field of perceptual audio coding. |
| Richard Factor | Gold Medal | 2021 | For making the world sound better – and often weirder – through the continuous development of signal processors that inspire users and delight listeners. |
| Tony Agnello | Gold Medal | 2021 | For making the world sound better – and often weirder – through the continuous development of signal processors that inspire users and delight listeners. |
| Ian Dennis | Fellowship Award | 2021 | for his contributions to the improvement of digital audio quality through the continuing development and enhancement of A/D and D/A converters, and test and measurement techniques. |
| Mark Ethier | Fellowship Award | 2021 | in recognition of significant contribution to the advancement of audio signal processing technology, innovation and accessibility. |
| Paul Gallo | Fellowship Award | 2021 | for decades of commitment to the growth and ongoing health of the professional audio industry and for unflagging advocacy for, and dedication to, the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Leslie Gaston-Bird | Fellowship Award | 2021 | for her ongoing commitment to audio education, for her years of AES section and regional leadership and as the inaugural Chair of the AES Diversity and Inclusion Committee. |
| Alexey Lukin | Fellowship Award | 2021 | in recognition of significant innovations and contributions in the areas of audio signal processing and audio education. |
| Doug McClement | Fellowship Award | 2021 | for decades of foundational contributions to the art of remote recording and for his crucial role in the education of countless audio professionals. |
| Valerie Tyler | Fellowship Award | 2021 | for her tireless contributions to AES Events and to the leadership of the Society. |
| Aníbal Ferreira | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2019 International AES Conference on Audio Forensics. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 147th AES Convention in New York. |
| Joel Brito | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2020 International AES Latin American Conference, Virtual Rio. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 149th AES Convention – AES Show 2020. |
| Paul Womack | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 149th AES Convention – AES Show 2020. |
| Jonathan Wyner | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 149th AES Convention – AES Show 2020. |
| Ruud Kaltofen | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 150th AES Convention. |
| Bert Kraaijpoel | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 150th AES Convention. |
| Michael Fleming | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2021 Audio Education Conference. |
| Bill Crabtree | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2021 Audio Education Conference. |
| David Bialik | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Rob Byers | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Jim Coursey | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Eelco Grimm | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Bob Katz | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Scott G. Norcross | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Robert Orban | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Shawn Singh | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Jim Starzynski | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Alessandro Travaglini | AES President’s Award | 2021 | for Outstanding Technical Achievement as a member of the TC-BOD drafting group whose exhaustive work resulted in the publication of the TC document TD1008: ‘Recommendations for Loudness of Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution |
| Eddy Bøgh Brixen | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2019 International AES Conference on Audio Forensics |
| Patrick Hegarty | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2019 International AES Conference on Headphone Technology. |
| Matt Klassen | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2020 International AES Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality |
| César Lamschtein | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2020 International AES Latin American Conference, Virtual Rio. |
| Piotr Majdak | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 148th Convention "Virtual Vienna". |
| Agnieszka Roginska | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 147th Convention in New York. |
| Lawrence Schwedler | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2020 International AES Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality |
| Christopher J. Struck | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2019 International AES Conference on Headphone Technology. |
| Alfred J. Svobodnik | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of chairing the 2019 International AES Conference on Automotive Audio. |
| Nadja Wallaszkovits | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 148th Convention "Virtual Vienna". |
| Jonathan Wyner | Board of Governors Award | 2021 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 147th Convention in New York. |
| Dan Dugan | Fellowship Award | 2021 | for his development of gain sharing automatic microphone mixing benefitting live sound in broadcast, events, conferences, and theater. |
| Bill Foster | Fellowship Award | 2021 | for life lived on the cutting edge of digital audio and decades of service to the AES in a broad range of critical technical and management roles. |
| Richard King | Fellowship Award | 2021 | for his outstanding work in research, education, and practice of sound recording spanning over three decades. |
| Bozena Kostek | Distinguished Service Medal | 2021 | in recognition of more than thirty years of dedicated service to the Society as a Section Officer, Governor, three times as Vice President, and as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society from 2011 to 2020. |
| Imogen Heap | Honorary Membership | 2020 | for outstanding contributions to the world of music and technology. |
| Jorge Azama | Board of Governors Award | 2020 | in recognition of chairing the highly successful AES Latin American Conference in September 2019 in Lima, Perú. |
| Karrie Keyes | Honorary Membership | 2020 | for leadership in creating opportunities for girls and women in the field of live sound. |
| Peter Craven | Fellowship | 2020 | for decades of commitment to the growth and ongoing health of the professional audio industry and for unflagging advocacy for, and dedication to, the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Umberto Zanghieri | Fellowship | 2020 | in recognition of his work advancing the application of audio design and digital interconnectivity and for extraordinary service to the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Jackie Green | Fellowship | 2020 | for contributions to the sciences of microphone design and manufacture, microphone performance measurement and to microphone and wireless mic system education |
| Enda Bates | Board of Governors Award | 2020 | in recognition of co-chairing the 146th AES Convention in Dublin |
| Thomas Miller | Fellowship | 2020 | for valuable contributions to the development of miniature transducer design. |
| Don Puluse | Distinguished Service Award | 2020 | for his leadership of the AES Educational Foundation as its longtime President, securing and awarding opportunity to deserving AES Student Members. |
| Peter Chapman | Board of Governors Award | 2020 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2017 International AES Conference on Sound Reinforcement. |
| Filippo Maria Fazi | Fellowship Award | 2020 | for significant contributions to acoustics and sound field reproduction |
| Ben Kok | Board of Governors Award | 2020 | in recognition of co-chairing the 146th AES Convention in Dublin |
| Heather Lane | Fellowship Award | 2020 | in recognition of over 40 years of service to the AES including 33 years as Administrator of the British Section. |
| Damian Murphy | Board of Governors Award | 2020 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2019 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio |
| Ingemar Ohlsson | Fellowship Award | 2020 | for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the development of the Swedish audio industry |
| Maryam Safi | Board of Governors Award | 2020 | in recognition of exceptional leadership of the AES Student Delegate Assembly from 2017-2019 |
| Al Schmitt | Fellowship Award | 2020 | in recognition of his extraordinary career of musical creation influencing generations of recording engineers and making a lasting musical imprint on the world |
| Robert Schulein | Board of Governors Award | 2020 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Hearing Disorders. |
| Tony Agnello | Fellowship Award | 2019 | for the continuous invention of influential disruptive audio technologies |
| Jamie A. S. Angus-Whiteoak | Silver Medal Award | 2019 | for a lifetime of important contributions to audio engineering and instruction |
| Marina Bosi | Silver Medal Award | 2019 | in recognition of outstanding achievements in the development and standardization of audio and video coding and of secure digital rights management |
| Joel Brito | Fellowship Award | 2019 | for advancing the audio industry in Brazil and Latin America through decades of broad contributions to the Society |
| John Dawson | Fellowship Award | 2019 | in recognition of his outstanding audio hardware design achievements and contributions to the Society over many years |
| Martha de Francisco | Fellowship Award | 2019 | for conspicuous commitment to audio education and mentorship and support of the Audio Engineering Society |
| Louis D. Fielder | Silver Medal Award | 2019 | for extraordinary contributions to the field of perceptual audio coding, and service to the Audio Engineering Society |
| Grandmaster Flash | Honorary Member | 2019 | for pioneering revolutionary and influential implementations of audio and music technologies for performance |
| Paul Gallo | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 143rd and 145th AES Conventions in New York |
| Toru Kamekawa | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Spacial Reproduction |
| Gavin Kearney | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2019 AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio |
| Michael Kelly | Fellowship Award | 2019 | for significant contributions to the Society's leadership in Game Audio |
| John Krivit | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Audio Archiving, Preservation & Restoration |
| John Krivit | Fellowship Award | 2019 | for conspicuous commitment to audio student education and mentorship |
| Mariana Lopez | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 146th AES Convention in Dublin |
| Garry Margolis | Distinguished Service Medal | 2019 | in recognition of more than 20 years of dedicated service to the Society as a Section Officer, Governor, Treasurer and President |
| Pat Parker | Citation | 2019 | for over 40 years of invaluable contributions to Audio Engineering Society conventions |
| Jan Abildgaard Pedersen | Fellowship Award | 2019 | for advancements in the field of loudspeaker design and for his substantial contributions to the Audio Engineering Society |
| Josh Reiss | Fellowship Award | 2019 | for valuable contributions to, and for encouraging and guiding the next generation of researchers in, the development of audio and musical signal processing |
| Michael Santucci | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Hearing Disorders. |
| Jim Starzynski | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | for outstanding leadership and contributions to the AES Audio Guidelines for Over the Top Television and Video Streaming Technical Group within the Broadcast and Online Delivery Technical Committee. |
| Jim Starzynski | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | for outstanding leadership and contributions of the AES Audio Guidelines for Over the Top Television and Video Streaming Technical Group within the Broadcast and Online Delivery Technical Committee |
| Takehiro Sugimoto | Fellowship Award | 2019 | in recognition of his diverse contributions to the development and standardization of 22.2 multichannel sound broadcasting systems |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 145th AES Convention in New York |
| Christian Uhle | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2017 International AES Conference on Semantic Audio |
| Yuko Watanabe | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Spatial Reproduction |
| Terri Winston | Fellowship Award | 2019 | for providing training, resources, and leadership, greatly expanding the participation of young girls and women in the field of audio engineering |
| Jonathan Wyner | Board of Governors Award | 2019 | in recognition of co-chairing the 145th AES Convention in New York |
| David Bialik | Distinguished Service Medal | 2018 | for over three decades of service to AES convention committees and the creation and development of the conventions' broadcast track. |
| Gustavo Borner | Fellowship | 2018 | for outstanding achievements in the field of audio production and for their work in the worldwide dissemination of audio knowledge. |
| Eddy Bøgh Brixen | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2017 International AES Conference on Sound Reinforcement. |
| Edgar Choueiri | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Audio for Augmented and Virtual Reality. |
| Christopher Freitag | Fellowship | 2018 | for 22 consecutive years of honorable and dedicated service to the Society overseeing and insuring the integrity of AES Elections. |
| Linda Gedemer | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Audio for Augmented and Virtual Reality. |
| Leslie Ann Jones | Fellowship | 2018 | for recognition of decades of exemplifying the highest standards of audio production, for selflessly sharing her knowledge and experience, and for championing the role of women in the audio industry. |
| Maurycy Kin | Board of Governors | 2018 | for outstanding contributions to the professional audio community in Poland through international and local AES events. |
| Matt Klassen | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Audio for Augmented and Virtual Reality. |
| Hyunkook Lee | Fellowship | 2018 | for achievements in research, the advancement of audio science and technology and contributions in the Society's Technical Committees. |
| Andres Mayo | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2017 AES Latin America Conference in Havana, Cuba. |
| Andres Mayo | Fellowship | 2018 | for dedicated service to the Society in various leadership positions and outstanding achievement in the audio recording industry. |
| Bruce Olson | Fellowship | 2018 | for outstanding contributions to AES Standards and to sound reinforcement system design and practices. |
| Valeria Palomino | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2017 AES Latin America Conference in Havana, Cuba. |
| Alberto Pinto | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 144th AES Convention in Milan. |
| Xiaojun Qiu | Fellowship | 2018 | for outstanding contributions to the advancement of active noise control technology and in the development of audio-acoustical products. |
| Daniel Rappaport | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2017 International AES Conference on Forensics. |
| Agnieszka Roginska | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 143rd AES Convention in New York. |
| Rafa Sardina | Fellowship | 2018 | for outstanding achievements in the field of audio production. |
| Lawrence Schwedler | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of chairing the 2018 International AES Conference on Audio for Augmented and Virtual Reality. |
| Jeff Smith | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2017 International AES Conference on Forensics. |
| Sascha Spors | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition for co-chairing the 142nd AES Convention in Berlin, Germany, May 20-May 23, 2017. |
| Nadja Wallaszkovits | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition for co-chairing the 142nd AES Convention in Berlin, Germany, May 20-May 23, 2017. |
| Nadja Wallaszkovits | Board of Governors | 2018 | in recognition of co-chairing the 144th AES Convention in Milan. |
| Frank Wells | Fellowship | 2018 | for advancing the audio industry through decades of broad contributions to the Society, as a technologist and as a professional audio journalist. |
| Mark Davis | Silver Medal | 2017 | in recognition of several decades of outstanding achievements and developments in psychoacoustically informed audio engineering for cinema and home entertainment, including early-breakthrough analog signal processing, novel phased-array loudspeaker design, the dbx/MTS stereo television noise-reduction system, the AC-3 algorithm (basis for Dolby Digital cinema soundtracks), key elements of Dolby Atmos, plus dissemination of the understanding and application of audio technology innovations. |
| Linda Gedemer | Board of Governors | 2017 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2016 International AES Conference on Audio for Augmented and Virtual Reality in Los Angeles, USA, September 30-October 1, 2016. |
| Malcolm Omar Hawksford | Gold Medal | 2017 | in recognition of many decades of consistent and influential contributions to the audio industry and education. |
| Philip Jackson | Board of Governors | 2017 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2016 AES International Conference on Sound Field Control. |
| Maurycy Kin | Board of Governors | 2017 | for outstanding contributions to the professional audio community in Poland through international and local AES event organization. |
| Wolfgang Klippel | Silver Medal | 2017 | in recognition of outstanding achievements in the understanding, modeling and control of the behavior of loudspeaker and headphone transducers. |
| Clair Krepps | Citation | 2017 | in acknowledgment of his participation in the formative days of the Audio Engineering Society and for service to the audio industry. |
| Tapio Lokki | Fellowship | 2017 | for bringing sensory evaluation to research of concert hall acoustics. |
| Michael MacDonald | Board of Governors | 2017 | in recognition of co-chairing the 137th AES Convention in Los Angeles, USA, October 9-12, 2014. |
| Michael MacDonald | Board of Governors | 2017 | in recognition of co-chairing the 141st AES Convention in Los Angeles, USA, September 29-October 2, 2016. |
| Daniel Mapes-Riordan | Fellowship | 2017 | for significant contributions to DSP design and development of sound reinforcement products, and more than 20 years of activity as a reviewer and associate technical editor of the JAES. |
| Andres Mayo | Board of Governors | 2017 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2016 International AES Conference on Audio for Augmented and Virtual Reality in Los Angeles, USA, September 30-October 1, 2016. |
| Mandy Parnell | Fellowship | 2017 | in recognition of her tireless efforts to stimulate interest and enthusiasm for the craft of audio mastering amongst AES's student community, whilst also generously sharing her knowledge and professional expertise with the wider audio industry. |
| Ville Pulkki | Silver Medal | 2017 | in recognition of exceptional contributions in the understanding and development of spatial audio techniques for audio production and reproduction. |
| Tim Ryan | Board of Governors | 2017 | for outstanding work in organizing and overseeing the Central Region AES Student Summit. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors | 2017 | in recognition of co-chairing the 141st AES Convention in Los Angeles, USA, September 29-October 2, 2016. |
| Toon van Waterschoot | Board of Governors | 2017 | in recognition of chairing the 60th AES International conference on Dereverberation and Reverberation of Audio, Music, and Speech. |
| Michael Williams | Board of Governors | 2017 | in recognition of chairing the 140th AES Convention in Paris, France, June 4-7, 2016. |
| Mark Yonge | Distinguished Service Medal | 2017 | in recognition of exceptional contributions to, and management of, AES standards. |
| Jim Anderson | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition for co-chairing the 139th AES Convention in New York City, USA, October 29-November 1, 2015. |
| Mauricio Ardila | Fellowship | 2016 | for outstanding contributions to the field of audio education and the dissemination of the understanding and application of audio technology developments and innovations particularly in Latin America. |
| David Bialik | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition of his three decades of service to the society promoting education and best practices in the field of broadcast audio and specifically for his efforts in creating the Empire State Building events during the 139th AES Convention. |
| Diana Deutsch | Gold Medal | 2016 | in recognition of her lifelong contributions to the understanding of the human hearing mechanism and the science of psychoacoustics. |
| Filippo Fazi | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition for co-chairing the 2016 AES International Conference on Sound Field Control, Guildford, UK, July 18-20, 2016. |
| Andres Felipe Millan | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition for co-chairing the Conferencia Latinoamericana AES 2016, Bogotá, Colombia, July 21-23, 2016. |
| Dave Fisher | Fellowship | 2016 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of audio education. |
| Paul Gallo | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition for co-chairing the 139th AES Convention in New York City, USA, October 29-November 1, 2015. |
| Dorte Hammersh¿i | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition of his chairing the 58th International Conference in Aalborg, Denmark, in June, 2015. |
| Patrick Hegarty | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition for co-chairing the 2016 AES International Conference on Headphone Technology, Aalborg, Denmark, August 24-26, 2016. |
| David Josephson | Fellowship | 2016 | in recognition of his significant contributions to the science of microphone design, to AES Standards initiatives, and for conspicuous service to the AES Board of Governors and management staff. |
| Bob Katz | Fellowship | 2016 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of professional audio worldwide, over a sustained number of years. |
| D. B."Don" Keele, Jr. | Gold Medal | 2016 | for outstanding and significant research, design and product development, over a period of more than 45 years, of loudspeakers and loudspeaker systems providing broadband constant-coverage performance. |
| Michael Kelly | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition for co-chairing the AES 61st International Conference on Audio For Games, London, UK, February 10-12, 2016. |
| Ralph Kessler | Fellowship | 2016 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development of professional audio over a sustained number of years. |
| Bert Kraaijpoel | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition of his many years dedicated service to the Society, and in particular to the Netherlands AES Section. |
| Brian C. J. Moore | Fellowship | 2016 | in recognition of his significant contributions to the understanding of human auditory perception, particularly in relation to sound reproduction and hearing aids. |
| Fabio Nicholls | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition for co-chairing the Conferencia Latinoamericana AES 2016, Bogotá, Colombia, July 21-23, 2016. |
| Rozenn Nicol | Fellowship | 2016 | in recognition of her pioneering research in the field of binaural audio. |
| Sean Olive | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition for co-chairing the 2016 AES International Conference on Headphone Technology, Aalborg, Denmark, August 24-26, 2016. |
| Kazuho Ono | Fellowship | 2016 | in recognition of his conspicuous contributions to the development of high-quality professional-use microphones. |
| Don Puluse | Silver Medal | 2016 | in recognition of his lifetime achievement of engineering quality audio recordings. |
| Juan San Martin | Citation | 2016 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the dissemination of professional audio in Latin America, over a sustained period of time. |
| Neil Shaw | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the organization of the 57th AES Conference in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in March, 2015. |
| Natalia Sotelo | Citation | 2016 | in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the dissemination of professional audio in Latin America, over a sustained period of time. |
| Humberto Teran | Citation | 2016 | for his outstanding contributions to the enhancement of classical music production in Latin America. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors | 2016 | in recognition of her Chairing the 137th AES Convention in Los Angeles, CA, in October, 2014. |
| Linda Gedemer | Citation | 2015 | in recognition of her substantial contributions as Student Volunteer Coordinator for the 57th AES Conference in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in March, 2015. |
| William (Bill) F. Hanley, Jr. | Fellowship | 2015 | for his contributions as a pioneering live sound visionary. |
| Michael Kelly | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his chairing the 56th International Conference in London, UK, in February, 2015. |
| Bozena Kostek | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of her co-chairing the 138th AES Convention in Warsaw, Poland, in May 2015. |
| Cesar Lamschtein | Citation | 2015 | for outstanding commitment to audio education in Latin America. |
| Bob Ludwig | Gold Medal | 2015 | in recognition of years of excellence in audio mastering, audio education, and service to the AES. |
| Peter Mapp | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his co-chairing the 59th International Conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in July, 2015. |
| David Moulton | Fellowship | 2015 | for outstanding contributions to the fields of audio education and loudspeaker design. |
| Valeria Palomino | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of her Co-chairing the AES Latin America Conference 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico in April, 2015. |
| Agnieszka Roginska | Fellowship | 2015 | in recognition of excellence in audio research and service to the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Lauri Savioja | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his Chairing the 55th AES International Conference in Helsinki, Finland in August, 2014. |
| Ulrike K. Schwarz | Fellowship | 2015 | for creative contributions to the recording of acoustic music. |
| Howard Sherman | Citation | 2015 | for his many years of work with the Audio Engineering Society as a partner in public outreach and communication. |
| Jeff M. Smith | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his Chairing the 54th International Conference in London, UK, in June, 2014. |
| Sascha Spors | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his Chairing the 136th AES Convention in Berlin in 2014. |
| Jorge Urbano | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his co-chairing the AES Latin America Conference 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico in April, 2015. |
| Wieslaw Woszczyk | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his co-chairing the 59th International Conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in July, 2015. |
| Umberto Zanghieri | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his co-chairing the 138th AES Convention in Warsaw, Poland, in May 2015. |
| Umberto Zanghieri | Board of Governors | 2015 | in recognition of his Chairing the 136th AES Convention in Berlin in 2014. |
| Tom Ammerman | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his work for more than a decade in new areas of surround, headphone surround, and 3D audio production, and related innovative software design. |
| Jim Anderson | Board of Governors | 2014 | in recognition of his Chairing the 131st AES Convention in New York in 2011. |
| Jim Anderson | Board of Governors | 2014 | in recognition of his Chairing the 135th AES Convention in New York in 2013. |
| Juha Backman | Board of Governors | 2014 | in recognition of his Chairing the 51st AES International Conference in Helsinki, Finland, in August, 2013. |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg | Board of Governors | 2014 | in recognition of his co-chairing the 53rd AES International Conference in London, UK, in January 2014. |
| Alex Case | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his service to the Audio Engineering Society and excellence in audio education. |
| Mark F. Davis | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his significant work in audio signal processing including the dbx/MTS stereo television noise-reduction system, loudspeaker design, and dissemination of the understanding and application of audio technology developments and innovations. |
| Christian Dittmar | Citation | 2014 | in recognition of his services to the Semantic Audio Analysis Technical Committee in helping to organize the AES 42nd and 53rd International Conferences on Semantic Audio. |
| Gyorgy Fazekas | Citation | 2014 | in recognition of his services to the Semantic Audio Analysis Technical Committee in organizing the 53rd AES International Conference, Semantic Audio. |
| Natanya Ford | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of her work in spatial audio and her contributions to the improvement of the listening experience and quality evaluation. |
| Christopher Freitag | Citation | 2014 | in recognition of his continuing and significant work for the society. |
| Roger Furness | Distinguished Service Medal | 2014 | in recognition of his 17 years of contribution to the Society as its Executive Director. |
| Mark Gander | Bronze Medal | 2014 | in recognition of his significant contributions in the field of loudspeaker development and for mentoring a generation of audio engineering researchers. |
| Tin Jonker | Board of Governors | 2014 | in recognition of the significant, wide-ranging and long-term contributions to the AES Netherlands section. |
| Jim Kaiser | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his significant and important contributions to the development of the AES, serving at most levels of our organization including as a past President of the Society. |
| Bob Lee | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his significant contributions to the development of the AES, serving at different positions in our organization including four years in the Executive Committee as Secretary. |
| Steve Lillywhite | Honorary Membership | 2014 | in deep appreciation for over four decades of exemplary contributions to music and recording industry, involving many of the most revered and successful musicians of this time. |
| Peter Mapp | Bronze Medal | 2014 | in recognition of his significant and dedicated contributions to the work of the Society, including technical committees, standards activity, tutorials, British Section Committee, and conventions. |
| Subir Pramanik | Distinguished Service Medal | 2014 | in recognition of his lifetime of service to the AES Danish Section, and to the wider AES Community in numerous volunteer positions and functions, including as a past President of the AES. |
| Francis Rumsey | Board of Governors | 2014 | in recognition of his Chairing the 52nd AES International Conference in Guildford, UK, in September, 2013. |
| Francis Rumsey | Bronze Medal | 2014 | in recognition of his outstanding long-term contributions to the AES, providing leadership to the Membership Committee, Regions and Sections, and the Technical Council, in addition to remarkable and sustained editorial contributions to the Journal of the AES. |
| Mark Sandler | Board of Governors | 2014 | in recognition of his co-chairing the 53rd AES International Conference in London, UK, in January 2014. |
| Dietrich Schüeller | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his engagement in sound archiving and preservation, and for the relevance of his contribution to digital archiving and migration. |
| Bruce Swedien | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his musical application of technology in recording and production, and his impact in creating a sonic reference in modern popular music. |
| Floyd Toole | Gold Medal | 2014 | in recognition for outstanding contributions to theory, practice, and international standards in the area of subjective and objective evaluation of loudspeakers in rooms. |
| Edmund Welly | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his high level of commitment to the Society and in particular, for being instrumental in reforming the Atlanta Section in 2001. |
| James Yeary | Fellowship | 2014 | in recognition of his outstanding leadership, service, and dedication to the AES Atlanta Section, and for achieving quality audio projects at Turner Studios over a long period. |
| William Crabtree | Board of Governors | 2013 | in recognition of co-chairing the 50th International AES Conference"Audio Education" in Murfreesboro, TN, USA, on July 25- 27, 2013. |
| Lawrence Fincham | Silver Medal | 2013 | in recognition for a sustained series of significant contributions to electroacoustics and signal processing in the area of domestic sound reproduction. |
| Michael Fleming | Board of Governors | 2013 | in recognition of co-chairing the 50th International AES Conference"Audio Education" in Murfreesboro, TN, USA, on July 25-27, 2013. |
| Janos Gyori | Board of Governors | 2013 | in recognition of his chairing the 132nd International AES Convention in Budapest, Hungary, on April 26-29, 2012. |
| Michael Kelly | Board of Governors | 2013 | in recognition of his chairing the 49th International AES Conference"Audio for Games" in London, UK, on February 6-8, 2013. |
| Bozena Kostek | Citation | 2013 | in recognition for her outstanding efforts as Editor to improve the quality, responsiveness, and impact of the AES Journal. |
| Zbigniew Kulka | Fellowship | 2013 | in recognition of his outstanding and continued contributions to audio technology education of many generations of engineers and students, his scientific achievements in audio converter technology, and for his activity dedicated to Polish Section of the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Theresa Leonard | Fellowship | 2013 | for her professional achievements and dedication to the Audio Engineering Society and to its education initiatives. |
| Joel A. Lewitz | Fellowship | 2013 | for contributions to the design of electroacoustics systems in architectural spaces, teaching and mentoring within the industry, and long association with the AES. |
| Jim McTigue | Board of Governors | 2013 | in recognition of co-chairing the 133rd International AES Convention in San Francisco, CA, USA, on October 26-29, 2012. |
| Jan Abildgaard Pedersen | Board of Governors | 2013 | in recognition of his chairing the 48th International AES Conference"Automotive Audio" in Munich, Germany, on September 21-23, 2012. |
| Lauri Savioja | Fellowship | 2013 | in recognition for contributions to virtual acoustics and parallel computing in audio. |
| Robert B. Schulein | Bronze Medal | 2013 | in recognition for outstanding service in the advancement of the Audio Engineering Society, sustained over a period of more than 40 years. |
| Timothy Shuttleworth | Fellowship | 2013 | for significant contributions to digital audio product design and many years of service to the AES. |
| Floyd Toole | Gold Medal | 2013 | in recognition for outstanding contributions to theory, practice, and international standards in the area of subjective and objective evaluation of loudspeakers in rooms. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors | 2013 | in recognition of co-chairing the 133rd International AES Convention in San Francisco, CA, USA, on October 26-29, 2012. |
| Ronald E. Uhlig | Honorary Membership | 2013 | in recognition of his pioneering engineering achievements to enhance the film sound experience for the audience, including the development of international standard setting technology that allowed stereo variable area soundtracks to replace monaural film sound, and later, the development of digital data read/write capability for 35mm digital audio. |
| Rudolph Van Gelder | Gold Medal | 2013 | in recognition for creating the legendary sound of jazz during six outstanding decades of recording. |
| Umberto Zanghieri | Board of Governors | 2013 | in recognition of his chairing the 134th International AES Convention in Rome, Italy, on May 4-7, 2013. |
| Umberto Zanghieri | Citation | 2013 | in recognition for the great work he has done for the Italian section of the Audio Engineering Society and for his dedication and commitment to the growth of our community. |
| Juha Backman | Fellowship | 2012 | for his contribution to bringing about high-quality audio for mobile devices. |
| David Bialik | Fellowship | 2012 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to AES activities in the field of radio broadcast engineering. |
| Nathan Brock | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of chairing the AES 44th International Conference on"Audio Networking" in San Diego, CA, USA, November 18-20, 2011 |
| Kyungwhoon Cheun | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of co-chairing the 43rd AES International Conference in Rohang, Korea, September-October 2011. |
| Poppy Crum | Fellowship | 2012 | for her work in neuroscience and psychoacoustics, allowing a better understanding of how we listen to audio. |
| Ricardo Escallon | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2010 Latin American Conference in Bogota, October 2010. |
| Julius (Jay) P. Fouts | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of his work on behalf of the Audio Engineering Society during more than half a century. |
| Woon-Seng Gan | Fellowship | 2012 | for contributions to signal processing, education, and research leadership in the field of Audio Engineering. |
| Carlos Indio Gauvron | Citation | 2012 | in recognition of outstanding contribution to the dissemination of audio knowledge in Latin America. |
| Cesar Lamschtein | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of chairing the 2011 Latin America Conference in Montevideo, August-September 2011. |
| Garry Margolis | Fellowship | 2012 | in recognition of his many years of activities in audio engineering, having worked in areas as diverse as loudspeaker development and digital audio coding. |
| Gunther Melendez | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of chairing the 2012 Latin America Conference in Guatemala, Guatemala, August 2012. His award will be accepted on his behalf by Joel Brito. |
| Jorge Moreno | Fellowship | 2012 | in recognition of his many ears of work in researching new technologies in audio measurement as well as his dedication to audio education in Latin America. |
| John (Jong-Hoon) Oh | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of co-chairing the 43rd AES International Conference in Pohang, Korea, September-October 2001. |
| Ville Pulkki | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of chairing the 45th AES International Conference on Application of Time-Frequency Processing in Audio in Helsinki, Finland, in March 2012. |
| Michael Santucci | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of chairing the 47th AES International Conference on Music Induced Hearing Disorders in Chicago, USA, in June 2012. |
| Jeff M. Smith | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of chairing the 46th AES International Conference on Audio Forensics in Denver, USA, in June 2012. |
| John Storyk | Fellowship | 2012 | in recognition of his decades of work in audio engineering in the areas of room design, acoustical treatment, and modification. |
| Vesa Valimaki | Fellowship | 2012 | for his contribution to the development of advanced digital signal processing for audio applications. |
| John Vanderkooy | Distinguished Service Medal | 2012 | in recognition of his many years of work as AES Journal Editor and as a member of the Board of Governors. |
| Marcela Zorro | Board of Governors | 2012 | in recognition of co-chairing the 2010 Latin American Conference in Bogota, October 2010. |
| Marc Aubort | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of a long career of excellence in the recording arts. |
| Jan Berg | Board of Governors | 2011 | in recognition of chairing the AES 38th International Conference on"Sound Quality Evaluation" in Sweden, June 13-15, 2010. |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg | Board of Governors | 2011 | was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award in recognition of co-chairing the AES 42nd International Conference on"Semantic Audio" in IImenau, Germany, July 22-24, 2011. |
| Andrze Brzoska | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition for continuing excellence in audio production and achievements in audio technology. |
| Robin Caine | Bronze Medal | 2011 | for substantial contributions to AES standards for digital audio, sustained over many years, and for the wisdom and guidance that has helped to develop these standards to be fresh and relevant for a new generation. |
| Peter Eastty | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to digital audio systems design and signal processing. |
| Geoff Emerick | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of his significant contributions to popular music recording which have inspired generations of recording engineers and artists. |
| Christof Faller | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition for achievements in the capturing and the transmission of spatial audio. |
| Gary Gottlieb | Citation | 2011 | in recognition of his outstanding service to the Society and to its professional and student members throughout the midwestern U.S., advancing the growth, appreciation, and knowledge of audio and technology. |
| Kimio Hamasaki | Board of Governors | 2011 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 40th International Conference on"Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space" in Tokyo, October 8-10, 2010. |
| Harry Hirsch | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of over 50 years of pioneering work in the recording industry and important contributions to the Audio Engineering Society's Oral History Project. |
| Toru Kamekawa | Board of Governors | 2011 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 40th International Conference on"Spatial Audio: Sense the Sound of Space" in Tokyo, October 8-10, 2010. |
| Michael Kelly | Board of Governors | 2011 | in recognition of chairing the AES 41st International Conference,"Audio for Games" in London, February 2-4, 2011. |
| Frank Laico | Honorary Membership | 2011 | in recognition for achievements in the recording arts, and in Gratitude for sharing techniques and experiences with the members of the AES Pacific Northwest Section. |
| Michael Lannie | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of his conspicuous service to the Moscow AES Section and the Society. |
| Aki Makivirta | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of his bringing professional studio monitors into the digital era. |
| Peter Mapp | Board of Governors | 2011 | in recognition of chairing the AES 130th Convention in London, May 13-16, 2011. |
| Andres Mayo | Citation | 2011 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Latin American Professional Audio Community. |
| Jim McTigue | Board of Governors | 2011 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 129th Convention in San Francisco, November 4-7, 2010. |
| Glenn Meadows | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of his outstanding service to the society promoting, facilitating and exemplifying technical and artistic excellence in audio. |
| Rupert Neve | Gold Medal | 2011 | in recognition of contributions to analogue audio designs and mixing consoles and in honor of a career spanning over 60 years, influencing generations of audio designers. |
| Eugene Patronis | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of many years of contributions to the Audio Engineering Society, the advancement of audio and in education. |
| Ronald Prent | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of artistry in surround sound mixing and auditory design. |
| Don Puluse | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition of excellence in the recording arts, education and service to the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Phil Ramone | Gold Medal | 2011 | in recognition of more than four decades of exceptional and innovative service to the music and recording industries as a recording and mixing engineer, record producer, audio systems designer, and mentor. |
| Sandra Requa | Citation | 2011 | in recognition of many years of outstanding service and dedication to the Society. |
| Mark Sandler | Board of Governors | 2011 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 42nd International Conference on"Semantic Audio" in IIimenau, Germany, July 22-24, 2011. |
| Yoshizo "Steve" Sohma | Bronze Medal | 2011 | in recognition for his commitment in developing the Japanese AES Section and other AES activities. |
| Masami "Sam" Toyoshima | Fellowship | 2011 | in recognition for his transcendent acoustic design for recording studios and contributions to the field of architectural acoustics. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors | 2011 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 129th Convention in San Francisco, November 4-7, 2010. |
| Saul Walker | Silver Medal | 2011 | was presented with the AES Silver Medal Award in recognition of decades of innovative analogue designs that have raised the bar on audio quality while offering solutions that empower the creative side of all audio engineers. |
| Ronald Aarts | Silver Medal | 2010 | in recognition for outstanding contributions to research and applications of signal processing in acoustics and sound reproduction. |
| Wolfgang Ahnert | Publications Award | 2010 | for their paper,"Methods and Limitations of Line Source Simulation," volume 57, number 6 (2009, June). |
| Joel Vieira de Brito | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of chairing the AES Latin American Conference on"Audio for HDTV and Beyond" in Sao Paulo, May 26 - 28, 2009. |
| Eddy Bøgh Brixen | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of chairing the AES 39th International Conference on"Audio Forensics" in Denmark, June 17 - 19, 2010. |
| Stefan Feistel | Publications Award | 2010 | for their paper,"Methods and Limitations of Line Source Simulation," volume 57, number 6 (2009, June). |
| John Grant | Fellowship | 2010 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to audio networking and standards. |
| Steven Green | Fellowship | 2010 | in recognition for two decades of valuable contributions to mixed-signal audio design and implementation. |
| Francisco Miranda Kirchner | Fellowship | 2010 | in recognition of his significant contributions to AES activities and professional audio education in Latin America. |
| Bozena Kostek | Fellowship | 2010 | in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of audio. |
| Sir George Martin | Honorary Membership | 2010 | in recognition of services to the music and recording industry, sustained over a period of more than fifty years. |
| Jan Abildgaard Pedersen | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of chairing the AES 37th International Conference on"Class D Power Amplification" in Hiller¿d, August 2009. |
| Ville Pulkki | Fellowship | 2010 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the reproduction, perception, and modeling of spatial sound. |
| Josh Reiss | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of chairing the AES 128th Convention in London May 22 - 25, 2010. |
| Agnieszka Roginska | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of chairing the AES 127th Convention in New York, October 9-12, 2009. |
| John Strawn | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 125th Convention in San Francisco, October 2 - 5, 2008. |
| Ron Streicher | Distinguished Service Medal | 2010 | in recognition of more than three decades of dedication, leadership, and service to the AES. |
| Hiroaki Suzuki | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of chairing the AES 14th Regional Convention,"Feature the Future with Sound" in Tokyo, July 2009. |
| Ambrose Thompson | Publications Award | 2010 | for their paper,"Methods and Limitations of Line Source Simulation," volume 57, number 6 (2009, June). |
| Alan Trevena | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of chairing the AES 36th International Conference on"Automotive Audioâ Sound in Motion" in Dearborn, June 2 - 4, 2009. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 125th Convention in San Francisco, October 2 - 5, 2008. |
| Salvador Castaneda Valdes | Citation | 2010 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to training and to disseminating the understanding of applied audio technologies in Latin America. |
| Martin Wohr | Board of Governors | 2010 | in recognition of chairing the AES 126th Convention in Munich, May 2009. |
| Mark Yonge | Fellowship | 2010 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to AES Standards. |
| Ioan Allen | Silver Medal | 2009 | was presented with the AES Silver Medal Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions, sustained over four decades, to motion picture sound, including audio recording and playback technology, operational standards, equipment and the acoustics of cinemas. |
| Jan Berg | Board of Governors | 2009 | for chairing the AES 28th International Conference on The Future of Audio Technology: Surround and Beyond" in 2006. |
| Kalus Blasquiz | Board of Governors | 2009 | for chairing the AES 120th Convention in 2006. |
| Peter Cook | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the AES web site. |
| Michael Fleming | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the AES web site. |
| Kimio Hamasaki | Board of Governors | 2009 | for chairing the AES Japan Regional Convention in 2003. |
| Irv Joel | Distinguished Service Medal | 2009 | in recognition of his many years of service to the New York Section, to AES Conventions both as a committee member and contributor, to the Historical Committee and in particular the Oral History Project, and to the Standards Committee, of which he was a founder member. |
| Steve Johnson | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the AES web site. |
| Jean-Marc Jot | Fellowship | 2009 | in recognition of his valuable contributions to the development of spatial sound processing, multi-channel audio coding, and artificial reverberation |
| Toru Kamekawa | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition for chairing the AES Japan Regional Convention in 2005. |
| Michael C. Kelly | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of chairing the AES 35th International Conference on"Audio for Games" in 2009. |
| Francisco Miranda Kirchner | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES Latin American Conference in Mexico City in 2008. |
| Shinji Koyano | Board of Governors | 2009 | for chairing the AES Japan Regional Convention in 2007. |
| Tapio Lokki | Board of Governors | 2009 | for co-chairing the AES 30th International Conference on Intelligent Audio Environments" in 2007." |
| Andres Mayo | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES Latin American Conference in Buenos Aires in 2007. |
| Juha Merimaa | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 30th International Conference on"Intelligent Audio Environments" in 2007. |
| Shawn Murphy | Fellowship | 2009 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the craft of recording and mixing of film music, and to the advancement of surround sound experience in cinema. |
| Jiri Ocenasek | Board of Governors | 2009 | for dedicated service to the Czech AES Section for many years as Secretary and Treasurer, and for his commitment to the AES. |
| John Oh | Board of Governors | 2009 | for chairing the AES 34th International Conference on Audio for Mobile and Handheld Devices" in 2006." |
| John Oh | Board of Governors | 2009 | for chairing the AES 34th International Conference on Audio for Mobile and Handheld Devices" in 2008." |
| Mercedes Onorato | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES Latin American Conference in Buenos Aires in 2007. |
| Jan Abildgaard Pedersen | Board of Governors | 2009 | for chairing the AES 32nd International Conference on DSP for Loudspeakers" in 2007." |
| Ray Rayburn | Fellowship | 2009 | in recognition of his contributions to the art and science of sound system design, digital signal processing and routing, and electromagnetic compatibility. |
| Josh Reiss | Board of Governors | 2009 | for chairing the AES 31st International Conference on New Directions in High Resolution Audio" in 2007." |
| Richard Sanders | Board of Governors | 2009 | (posthumous) in recognition of chairing the AES 33rd International Conference on"Audio Forensics - Theory and Practice" in 2008. |
| Ivan Stamac | Bronze Medal | 2009 | for contributing to the advancement of the Audio Engineering Society by promoting and stimulating interest in the society and by the support given to sections within Southern Europe. |
| Han Tendeloo | Distinguished Service Medal | 2009 | in recognition of his significant service and contributions to the development and management of the society, sustained over more than 30 years. |
| Joshua Tidsbury | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the AES web site |
| Emil Torick | Distinguished Service Medal | 2009 | in recognition of his 50 years of outstanding service to the society, including 25 years as president of the AES Educational Foundation. |
| Jorge R. Urbano Calva | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES Latin American Conference in Mexico City in 2008. |
| Rudolph Van Gelder | Fellowship | 2009 | in recognition of his achieving exceptional quality in recorded sound and creating the legendary sound of jazz during five decades of outstanding recording. |
| Daniel Weiss | Fellowship | 2009 | in recognition of his valuable contributions to the advancement in engineering practice and applications in the fields of digital audio mastering and signal processing. |
| Martin Woehr | Fellowship | 2009 | for outstanding contributions to audio recording and broadcasting of Wagner operas and for pioneering work introducing surround sound broadcasting services. |
| Nick Zacharov | Board of Governors | 2009 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the AES web site |
| Jonathan Abel | Fellowship | 2008 | for outstanding contributions to audio effects processing and digital emulation of vintage analog audio processors. |
| Jim Anderson | Board of Governors | 2008 | in recognition of chairing the AES 123rd Convention in New York, October 5-8, 2007. |
| Jens Blauert | Gold Medal | 2008 | for outstanding contributions to audio engineering, communication acoustics, electro-acoustics, and spatial hearing sustained over more than 40 years. |
| Werner Deutsch | Board of Governors | 2008 | in recognition of chairing the AES 122nd Convention in Vienna, May 5-8, 2007. |
| Angelo Farina | Fellowship | 2008 | for consistently contributing to the science of audio measurements over many years. |
| Roger S. Grinnip III | Publications Award | 2008 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper"Advanced Simulation of a Condenser Microphone Capsule," volume 54, number 3, (2006 March). |
| Keith Johnson | Silver Medal | 2008 | for outstanding contributions, sustained over 40 years, to the advancement of audio quality of recordings through innovations in the areas of analog and digital recording technology, transducers, and music recording techniques. |
| Rob Maher | Fellowship | 2008 | for research contributions in, teaching of, and service relating to digital audio signal processing. |
| Peter Mapp | Fellowship | 2008 | for work on sound reinforcement and speech intelligibility. |
| George Massenburg | Gold Medal | 2008 | in recognition of outstanding achievement in technical innovation serving audio engineering, acoustic and equipment design, music recording and production accomplished consistently over more than 40 years. |
| Jay McKnight | Distinguished Service Medal | 2008 | in recognition of extraordinary service to the Society and of contributions to the advancement of knowledge in magnetic recording over a period of more than 50 years. |
| Christoph Musialik | Fellowship | 2008 | for outstanding contributions in the development of advanced digital signal processing tools used in the restoration and filtering of audio signals. |
| Neil Shaw | Fellowship | 2008 | for contributions to engineering acoustics, sound reinforcement, and service to the Society. |
| Julius Smith | Fellowship | 2008 | for research contributions in, teaching of, and service relating to digital audio signal processing in music. |
| Gerald Stanley | Fellowship | 2008 | for significant contributions to power amplifier design and electronic networking of communications systems. |
| Peter Swarte | Board of Governors | 2008 | in recognition of chairing the AES 124th Convention in Amsterdam, May 17-20, 2008. |
| Guenther Theile | Silver Medal | 2008 | for outstanding contributions, sustained over more than 25 years, to research on stereophony, binaural and multichannel sound involving perception, standardization, audio recording, and reproduction systems related to broadcasting. |
| Alexander Voishvillo | Fellowship | 2008 | in recognition of outstanding achievement in modeling and assessing the nonlinearities of horn drivers and other audio equipment. |
| William Whitlock | Fellowship | 2008 | for outstanding contributions to the understanding of grounding, shielding, and balanced interfaces in audio systems. |
| David Bialik | Citation | 2007 | in recognition for making broadcast audio an important part of the AES mission. |
| Graham Blyth | Fellowship | 2007 | in recognition of his distinguished career in mixing console design and service to the Society. |
| Oscar Bonello | Fellowship | 2007 | |
| Claude Cellier | Fellowship | 2007 | for outstanding contributions to the development of high-performance, high-resolution audio workstations. |
| Andrzej Dobrucki | Fellowship | 2007 | in recognition of his substantial contributions to audio-related science and education. |
| Libor Husnik | Citation | 2007 | in recognition of his dedicated service to the AES Czech Section. |
| Francisco Miranda Kirchner | Citation | 2007 | in recognition of his dedication to and promotion of the activities of the AES in Mexico. |
| Bob Ludwig | Fellowship | 2007 | for outstanding contributions to the art and practice of audio mastering, and to the advancement of sound quality in recorded music |
| John Meyer | Silver Medal | 2007 | in recognition of his outstanding achievement in source independent measurement of public address systems and the advancement of quality in sound reinforcement. |
| John Mourjopoulos | Fellowship | 2007 | in recognition of his significant work in the fields of room reverberation analysis, digital speech coding, and perceptual modeling of the auditory system. |
| Neil Muncy | Fellowship | 2007 | for outstanding contributions in the fields of noise susceptibility and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) in audio systems . |
| Phil Ramone | Fellowship | 2007 | for outstanding contributions in the fields of audio recording, music productions, and the innovative use of technology. |
| Gerhard Steinke | Gold Medal | 2007 | for outstanding contributions to audio engineering, sustained over almost sixty years in the areas of radio and television broadcasting, studio acoustics, sound reinforcement, multichannel sound, and international standardization of audio. |
| John Strawn | Board of Governors | 2007 | in recognition of chairing the AES 121st Convention in San Francisco, October 5-8, 2006. |
| Ferenc Takacs | Board of Governors | 2007 | in recognition of his dedicated service and long-term contributions to the AES as Secretary and subsequently Chair of the Hungarian Section. |
| Herman A. O. Wilms | Distinguished Service Medal | 2007 | for over thirty-five years of dedicated service to the AES and to the European Region and conventions in particular. |
| Joerg Wuttke | Silver Medal | 2007 | was presented with the AES Silver Medal Award for outstanding contributions to development of small diaphragm condenser microphones, microphone electronics, and to training of microphone users. |
| Josef Zikovsky | Fellowship | 2007 | in recognition of his substantial contributions in the field of electroacoustic applications. |
| Jim Anderson | Board of Governors | 2006 | in recognition of chairing the AES 119th Convention in New York City, New York, October 7-10, 2005. |
| Jim Anderson | Fellowship | 2006 | for service to the Society, education, and excellence in sound recording. |
| Eloi Batlle | Board of Governors | 2006 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 118th Convention in Barcelona, Spain, May 28-June 1, 2005. |
| Luis Ortiz Berenguer | Board of Governors | 2006 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 118th Convention in Barcelona, Spain, May 28-June 1, 2005. |
| Benjamin Bernfeld | Board of Governors | 2006 | was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award in recognition of chairing AES papers committees for over decades. |
| Fabio Blasizzo | Publications Award | 2006 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper A New Thermal Model for Loudspeakers |
| Marshall Buck | Distinguished Service Medal | 2006 | in recognition of his dedication and service as an officer of the Society for more than twenty-five years. |
| John Chester | Fellowship | 2006 | in recognition of his dedicated service to the activities of the Society for a number of years |
| Hrvoje Domitrovic | Board of Governors | 2006 | was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award in recognition of dedicated service to the AES Croatian Section and as faculty advisory to the Croation Student Section. |
| Kevin Gross | Fellowship | 2006 | in recognition of his significant contributions to high quality audio networking. |
| John Hall | Silver Medal | 2006 | for nearly 40 years of innovative work in the development of phonograph and tape recording and reproduction equipment, stereophonic technology, mixing consoles, and signal processing equipment. |
| Malcolm O. Hawksford | Silver Medal | 2006 | for major contributions to engineering research in the advancement of audio reproduction systems. |
| Tomlinson Holman | Silver Medal | 2006 | for more than three decades of work in the advancement of audio electronics, multichannel sound techniques, and motion picture sound production and reproduction standards. |
| Matti Karjalainen | Silver Medal | 2006 | in recognition of outstanding scientific contributions to the audio industry in acoustics, auralization, and digital signal processing and synthesis. |
| Konstantin Kounov | Citation | 2006 | in recognition of service to the AES Bulgarian Section. |
| Michel C. Lavoie | Publications Award | 2006 | for their paper"Objective Measures of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Surround Systems, Volume 51, Number 9, September 2003. |
| David Murphy | Fellowship | 2006 | for dedication to audio education and service to the Adelaide Section. |
| Rupert Neve | Fellowship | 2006 | in recognition of his enormous contribution to analog audio designs and mixing consoles - a career that spans over 60 years and has influenced generations of audio designers. |
| Scott G. Norcross | Publications Award | 2006 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper"Objective Measures of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Surround Systems, Volume 51, Number 9, September 2003. |
| Mercedes Onorato | Citation | 2006 | in recognition of extraordinary service to the Latin American Region. |
| Jan Abildgaard Pedersen | Board of Governors | 2006 | in recognition of chairing the AES 27th International Conference in Hiller¿d, Denmark, September 2-4, 2005. |
| Roy Pritts | Board of Governors | 2006 | in recognition of chairing the AES 26th International Conference in Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 2005. |
| Schuyler Quackenbush | Fellowship | 2006 | for significant contributions to the development and standardization of perceptual audio coding. |
| Gilbert A. Soulodre | Publications Award | 2006 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper"Objective Measures of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Surround Systems," Volume 51, Number 9, September 2003. |
| Michael Williams | Fellowship | 2006 | in recognition of exemplary service and dedication to the Audio Engineering Society's dissemination of engineering knowledge. |
| Jan Adamczyk | Board of Governors | 2005 | for dedicated service to the Polish Section of the Audio engineering Society. |
| Irina Aldoshina | Fellowship | 2005 | for outstanding dedication to audio education in Russia and her pioneering work in the establishment of the AES Sections in St. Petersburg and Moscow. |
| Akira Asakura | Fellowship | 2005 | for significant contributions to phonograph cartridge technology and standards. |
| John Grant | Board of Governors | 2005 | for chairing the AES 25th International Conference in the U.K., June 2004. |
| Kimio Hamasaki | Fellowship | 2005 | for contributions to multichannel audio systems with natural spatial impression. |
| Bob Moses | Fellowship | 2005 | for significant contributions to audio network design theory and practice. |
| John Nunn | Distinguished Service Medal | 2005 | for outstanding service to the Society as Chair of the AES Standards Committee and for elevating the quality of the standards contributions to the audio industry. |
| Johannes Romijn | Fellowship | 2005 | for contributions to building acoustics and service to the AES Netherlands Section. |
| Reinhard Sahr | Board of Governors | 2005 | for chairing the 116th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society in Berlin, Germany, May 2004. |
| Marianna Sankiewicz | Fellowship | 2005 | for outstanding contributions to audio education and to the Audio Engineering Society. |
| John Strawn | Board of Governors | 2005 | for chairing the 117th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society in San Francisco, California, October 2004. |
| Christopher Struck | Fellowship | 2005 | for valuable contributions to transducer test and measurement in the audio and hearing industries. |
| Zoe Thrall | Board of Governors | 2005 | for chairing the 115th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society in New York City, October 2003. |
| Juergen Wahl | Fellowship | 2005 | for significant educational presentations at AES Conventions and to many Student Sections throughout the Society. |
| James Angus | Fellowship | 2004 | for achievements in research and education in electroacoustics, particularly for pioneering work on sigma-delta modulation. |
| Barry Blesser | Publications Award | 2004 | for his paper"An Interdisciplinary Synthesis of Reverberation Viewpoints," volume 49, number 10, 2001 October. |
| Jim Brown | Fellowship | 2004 | for achievements in sound reinforcement design and contributions to standardization. |
| Ronald Goh | Fellowship | 2004 | was presented with the AES Fellowship Award for his contributions to professional sound system engineering. |
| George Massenburg | Fellowship | 2004 | for services to the Audio Engineering Society and for extraordinary contributions to the arts and sciences of recording. |
| Ville Pulkki | Publications Award | 2004 | for his paper Localization of Amplitude-Panned Virtual Sources II: Two- and Three-Dimensional Panning |
| Daniel von Recklinghausen | Distinguished Service Medal | 2004 | for long-term outstanding service as Editor of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Rhonda Wilson | Fellowship | 2004 | for her contributions to accurate reproduction of recorded music. |
| Takeo Yamamoto | Silver Medal | 2004 | for five decades of contributions to analog and digital audio engineering and for work on high-resolution digital audio. |
| Bill Allen | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of chairing the AES 111th Convention in New York City, December 2001. |
| John G. Beerends | Fellowship | 2003 | was presented with the AES Fellowship Award for successful application of principles of perception and cognition to objective quality measurement of audio-visual signals. |
| John G. Beerends | Publications Award | 2003 | for their paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Roland Bitto | Publications Award | 2003 | for their paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Rinus Boone | Fellowship | 2003 | for his work in the fields of Outdoor Noise Propagation, Audio Transducers, Multichannel Sound Reproduction, Simulation, and Auralization. |
| Marina Bosi | Fellowship | 2003 | for her contributions to the standardization of audio and video coding and digital secure content. |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg | Publications Award | 2003 | for their paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Catherine Colomes | Publications Award | 2003 | for their paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Wesley Dooley | Silver Medal | 2003 | for his contributions to the development of new techniques and hardware for audio recording. |
| Bernhard Feiten | Publications Award | 2003 | for their paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Julius (Jay) Fouts | Honorary Membership | 2003 | in recognition of the dedicated years of contributions to the Society as lawyer and as legal advisor to the Board of Governors and Executive Committee. |
| Jyri Huopaniemi | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 22nd International Conference in Espoo, Finland, June 15-17, 2002. |
| Nickolay Ivanov | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of chairing the AES 21st International Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 1-3, 2002. |
| Michael Keyhl | Publications Award | 2003 | for their paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Theresa Leonard | Board of Governors | 2003 | was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award in recognition of chairing the AES 24th International Conference in Banff, Canada, June 26-28, 2003. |
| Arthur Ngiam | Fellowship | 2003 | for his contributions to the development of audio test equipment and high-speed audio duplication. |
| Per Rubak | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of chairing the AES 23rd International Conference in Copenhagen, May 23-25, 2003. |
| Christian Schmidmer | Publications Award | 2003 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Robert Sherwood | Honorary Membership | 2003 | in recognition of the dedicated years of contributions to the Society as accountant and as financial advisor to the Board of Governors and Executive Committee. |
| Thomas Sporer | Publications Award | 2003 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Gerhard Stoll | Publications Award | 2003 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Peter Swarte | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of chairing the AES 114th Convention in Amsterdam, March 2003. |
| Thilo Thiede | Publications Award | 2003 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Floyd E. Toole | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of chairing the AES 113th Convention in Los Angeles, October 2002. |
| William C. Treurniet | Publications Award | 2003 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper The ITU Standard for Objective Measurement of Perceived Audio Quality |
| Martin Wohr | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of chairing the AES 112th Convention in Munich, May 2002. |
| Nick Zacharov | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 22nd International Conference in Espoo, Finland, June 15-17, 2002. |
| Nick Zacharov | Fellowship | 2003 | for his contributions to understanding the perception of spatial sound quality and methodologies for subjective audio evaluation. |
| Daniel Zalay | Board of Governors | 2003 | in recognition of chairing the AES 108th Convention in Paris, February 2000. |
| Eva Arato-Borsine | Board of Governors | 2002 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 20th International Conference in Budapest, October 2001. |
| Durand Begault | Fellowship | 2002 | for his contributions to our understanding of spatial hearing and its applications. |
| Masahiro Fujimoto | Board of Governors | 2002 | in recognition of chairing the AES 10th Regional Convention in Tokyo, June 2001. |
| Gabor Heckenast | Board of Governors | 2002 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 20th International Conference in Budapest, October 2001. |
| Ulrich Horbach | Fellowship | 2002 | for pioneering work in surround technology. |
| Helmut Jahne | Fellowship | 2002 | for outstanding contributions in AD and DA converters and in audio signal processing. |
| Elmar Leal | Citation | 2002 | for outstanding work over many years in South America culminating in the formation of the Latin America Region. |
| Hirokazu Nakashima | Citation | 2002 | in recognition of significant contributions to the Japan Section and the Promotion of AES in Japan. |
| Johan Nielsen | Publications Award | 2002 | for their paper Errors in MLS Measurements Caused by Time Variance in Acoustic Systems |
| Roy Pritts | Board of Governors | 2002 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 109th Convention in Los Angeles, September 2000. |
| Daniel Queen | Distinguished Service Medal | 2002 | for extraordinary service to the AES over the past 40 years. |
| Masaki (Mick) Sawaguchi | Fellowship | 2002 | |
| Dietrich Schueller | Board of Governors | 2002 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 20th International Conference in Budapest, October 2001. |
| Fritz Sennheiser | Gold Medal | 2002 | in recognition for outstanding achievements in audio and microphone technology. |
| Gilbert Soulodre | Fellowship | 2002 | for his significant contributions in procedures for subjective testing of audio systems. |
| Ronald Streicher | Board of Governors | 2002 | was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award in recognition of co-chairing the AES 109th Convention in Los Angeles, September 2000. |
| Peter Svensson | Publications Award | 2002 | for their paper Errors in MLS Measurements Caused by Time Variance in Acoustic Systems |
| Peter Swarte | Board of Governors | 2002 | |
| Roland Tan | Citation | 2002 | for his work in Southeast Asia, especially in the formation and continuation of the Singapore Section. |
| Carson Taylor | Fellowship | 2002 | in recognition of lifelong contributions to the art and science of music recording techniques. |
| Gunther Theile | Board of Governors | 2002 | in recognition of chairing the AES 19th International Conference in Bavaria, June 2001. |
| Heinz H.K. Thiele | Citation | 2002 | for his lifetime work in audio, particularly in the field of Historical Archiving. |
| Roberto Beppato | Fellowship | 2001 | in recognition of conspicuous and long-term contributions to the growth of the AES in Italy and Europe. |
| Elizabeth Cohen | Citation | 2001 | for pioneering the technology enabling collaborative multichannel performance over the broadband internet. |
| Doug Cook | Board of Governors | 2001 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 107th Convention in New York, September 1999. |
| Jeremy Cooperstock | Citation | 2001 | for pioneering the technology enabling collaborative multichannel performance over the broadband internet. |
| Martin Dietz | Fellowship | 2001 | for outstanding work in the advancement of audio coding. |
| Wesley Dooley | Fellowship | 2001 | in recognition of significant contributions to the recording technology. |
| Biserka Flajpan | Citation | 2001 | for initiating the Croatian AES section and also for establishing the Croatian Student Section and giving young students the crucial help in starting their section. |
| Akira Fukada | Fellowship | 2001 | in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of recording and broadcasting technologies. |
| Miloslav M. Kulhan | Citation | 2001 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the recording industry and particularly the promotion of the AES in the Czech Republic. |
| Patricia Macdonald | Honorary Membership | 2001 | for extraordinary contributions to the audio engineering publications and to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. |
| Josef Merhaut | Fellowship | 2001 | in recognition of outstanding contributions in the fields of acoustics and electroacoustics. |
| Rob Metkemeijer | Fellowship | 2001 | was presented with the AES Fellowship Award in recognition of an outstanding career of continued contributions to acoustics and audio reinforcement systems. |
| Eichi Miyasaka | Fellowship | 2001 | in recognition of outstanding work in the fields of speech recognition and perception and subjective evaluation of audio signals. |
| Bob Moses | Board of Governors | 2001 | in recognition of chairing the AES 18th International Conference in San Francisco, March 2001. |
| Gerhard Picklapp | Citation | 2001 | was presented with the AES Citation Award in recognition of his exceptionally competent organization of the facilities for two successive AES Conventions in Munich 1997 and 1999. |
| Subir Pramanik | Fellowship | 2001 | in recognition of significant contributions to the AES over a number of years. |
| Zack Settel | Citation | 2001 | for pioneering the technology enabling collaborative multichannel performance over the broadband internet. |
| Stephen Spackman | Citation | 2001 | for pioneering the technology enabling collaborative multichannel performance over the broadband internet. |
| Hiroaki Suzuki | Fellowship | 2001 | in recognition of continued contributions to acoustics and studio design as well as his leading role in the development of DVD-Audio (DVD Forum WG-4). |
| Ernst-Joachim Voelker | Board of Governors | 2001 | in recognition of substantial efforts in the inauguration of new student sections in Germany and for his support in student activities at the European AES conventions. |
| Martin Wohr | Board of Governors | 2001 | in recognition of chairing the AES 106th Convention in Munich, May 1999. |
| Wieslaw Woszczyk | Citation | 2001 | for pioneering the technology enabling collaborative multichannel performance over the broadband internet. |
| Aoxiang Xu | Citation | 2001 | for pioneering the technology enabling collaborative multichannel performance over the broadband internet. |
| Junichi Yoshio | Fellowship | 2001 | for significant contributions to development and standardization of DVD technology. |
| Irina Aldoshina | Citation | 2000 | for her significant contribution to new Russian AES Sections foundation and development. |
| Kira Asakura | Citation | 2000 | for contribution to the AES Japan Section as a founder of the Section and 48 years of service as a Section Officer. |
| Eric Benjamin | Fellowship | 2000 | in recognition of outstanding contributions to the AES for more than twenty years, including many innovative ideas that have been researched and reported in the AES Journal and other publications. |
| Philip Jeffrey Bloom | Fellowship | 2000 | in recognition of significant contributions to digital time-warping signal processing techniques. |
| Marina Bosi | Board of Governors | 2000 | for co-chairmanship of the AES 17th International Conference in Florence, Italy, September 1999. |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg | Board of Governors | 2000 | for co-chairmanship of the AES 17th International Conference in Florence, Italy, September 1999. |
| Laurel Cash-Jones | Distinguished Service Medal | 2000 | in recognition of more than twenty years of dedicated service to the Society as a Section Officer, Governor, twice as a Vice President, and as the spearhead of the AES in the Schools" program." |
| Andrzej Czyzewski | Fellowship | 2000 | for his pioneering achievements in applications of soft computing techniques to audio engineering and for numerous related publications. |
| Markus Erne | Fellowship | 2000 | in recognition of extraordinary contributions in DSP algorithms and outstanding efforts to establish a formal education program for audio engineers in Switzerland. |
| Bernhard Grill | Fellowship | 2000 | in recognition of participation, technical inventions, and service in the MPEG audio arena, and in particular work on scalable coding, and as editor of the MPEG-4 Audio Standards. |
| Sidney Harman | Honorary Membership | 2000 | in recognition of contributions to the international development of audio product engineering and manufacture and for services to music and its appreciation by young people. |
| Malcolm Omar Hawksford | Publications Award | 2000 | for his paper Digital Signal Processing Tools for Loudspeaker Evaluation and Discrete-Time Crossover Design |
| Toshio Kikuta | Citation | 2000 | for contribution to sound recording engineering and education. |
| Kathleen Mackay | Board of Governors | 2000 | in recognition of co-chairing the AES 107th Convention in New York, September 1999. |
| Gavin R. Putland | Publications Award | 2000 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper Thermal Time Constants and Dynamic Compressibility of Air in Fiber-Filled Loudspeaker Enclosures |
| Mark Sandler | Fellowship | 2000 | in recognition of pioneering work in Digital Audio Amplification. |
| John Snell | Fellowship | 2000 | for significant contributions to digital audio architecture and to electronic music. |
| Ivan Stamac | Fellowship | 2000 | in recognition of innovative work in acoustics and very agile work as an AES Vice President. |
| Vytautas Stauskis | Citation | 2000 | in recognition of his important contribution to architectural acoustics and for the foundation of the Lithuanian AES Section. |
| Chet Atkins | Honorary Membership | 1999 | in recognition of his many years of contribution to recorded sound. |
| Juha Backman | Board of Governors | 1999 | for chairmanship of the AES 16th International Conference in Rovaniemi, Finland, April 1999. |
| Harold Boxer | Fellowship | 1999 | for a lifetime of contribution and innovation in the recording and broadcast of American music, to audio education, and to the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Rod Brown | Board of Governors | 1999 | for chairmanship of the AES 6th Regional Convention in Melbourne, September 1996. |
| Jerry Bruck | Fellowship | 1999 | for conspicuous services to the audio community. |
| Peter G. Craven | Publications Award | 1999 | for their paper A High-Rate Buried-Data Channel for Audio CD |
| Diemer de Vries | Fellowship | 1999 | in recognition of his contributions to the implementation of wave field synthesis. |
| Michael A. Gerzon | Publications Award | 1999 | for their paper A High-Rate Buried-Data Channel for Audio CD |
| Christer Grewin | Fellowship | 1999 | for important contributions to development of international standards in coding digital audio for broadcasting. |
| Villy Hansen | Fellowship | 1999 | for pioneering work in digital loudspeaker measurements. |
| Jyri Huopaniemi | Citation | 1999 | for exceptional contribution to the AES 16th International Conference organization in Rovaniemi, Finland, April 1999. |
| Kees A. Schouhamer Immink | Gold Medal | 1999 | for recent advances in consumer audio technology. |
| Irving L. Joel | Bronze Medal | 1999 | for extraordinary service to the society over many decades. |
| Matti Karjalainen | Fellowship | 1999 | for significant contribution to the areas of audio signal processing and education in audio. |
| Lorin Maazel | Honorary Membership | 1999 | for advancing the course of audio arts in recording. |
| Helen Meyer | Citation | 1999 | for promotion of the application of audio in practice, for creativity in creating a forum of artists to speak about audio, and for her work in increasing audio awareness through her involvement in youth programs. |
| Norio Ohga | Honorary Membership | 1999 | for his activities as the driving force behind numerous audio products. |
| Mara Rahkila | Citation | 1999 | for exceptional contribution in the development of electronic media processes for AES conferences. |
| David Robinson | Board of Governors | 1999 | for co-chairmanship of the AES 105th Convention in San Francisco, September, 1998. |
| Peter G. Schreiner, III | Fellowship | 1999 | for extraordinary service to the audio community in his leadership of the MPEG Audio Subgroup standards committee and for his oversight in the creation of MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding and the MPEG-4 audio standards. |
| Steve (Yoshizo) Sohma | Fellowship | 1999 | was presented with the AES Fellowship Award for innovation in development of phonograph stylus and extraordinary service to the AES. |
| Ferenc Takacs | Citation | 1999 | for his dedicated service to the Society in establishing the Hungarian Section. |
| Han Tendeloo | Board of Governors | 1999 | for chairmanship of the AES 104th Convention in Amsterdam, May 1998. |
| Valerie Tyler | Board of Governors | 1999 | was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award for co-chairmanship of the AES 105th Convention in San Francisco, September 1998. |
| Jan Voetmann | Board of Governors | 1999 | for chairmanship of the AES 15th International Conference in Copenhagen, October 1998. |
| Nick Zacharov | Board of Governors | 1999 | for vice chairmanship of the AES 16th International Conference in Rovaniemi, Finland, April 1999. |
| Ronald Aarts | Fellowship | 1998 | for major contributions to sound reproduction and assessment. |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg | Silver Medal | 1998 | for sustained innovation and leadership in the development of art and science of perceptual encoding. |
| Rod Brown | Board of Governors | 1998 | |
| Jerry Bruck | Fellowship | 1998 | |
| Russell O. Hamm | Board of Governors | 1998 | for chairmanship of the AES Goes Gold 103rd Convention in New York, September 1997. |
| Aurika Hays | Board of Governors | 1998 | for co-chairmanship of the AES 14th International Conference in Seattle, June 1997. |
| David S. Johnson | Board of Governors | 1998 | for co-chairmanship of the AES 14th International Conference in Seattle, June 1997. |
| Ken C. Pohlman | Board of Governors | 1998 | for co-chairmanship of the AES 14th International Conference in Seattle, June 1997. |
| Douglas Preis | Fellowship | 1998 | for significant contributions in the area of the psychoacoustics of phase perception. |
| Roy Pritts | Fellowship | 1998 | for pioneering and long-serving leadership in educational development for musical and engineering aspects of audio. |
| Daniel Queen | Citation | 1998 | in recognition for the nurturing and development of the early standards activities of the Society. |
| Marianna Sankiewicz | Citation | 1998 | for outstanding contribution in European Regional development. |
| Gerhard Stoll | Fellowship | 1998 | for significant contributions in the area of bit-rate reduction audio coding. |
| Kunimaro Tanaka | Silver Medal | 1998 | for pioneering contribution to digital multitrack recording. |
| Van Webster | Board of Governors | 1998 | for chairmanship of the AES 101st Convention in Los Angeles, November 1996. |
| Jens Blauert | Fellowship | 1997 | for fundamental contributions and publications in the areas of spatial hearing and binaural technology. |
| Eddy Bogh Brixen | Board of Governors | 1997 | for sustained contributions to the Danish Section and the Society. |
| Douglas Button | Fellowship | 1997 | for significant contributions in the area of loudspeaker transducers. |
| Laurel Cash-Jones | Citation | 1997 | for tireless efforts and development of educational activities and student sections in the society. |
| Stefan de Koning | Fellowship | 1997 | for contributions to loudspeakers and electroacoustics. |
| William Gardner | Publications Award | 1997 | for his paper Efficient Convolution Without Input-Output Delay |
| Jurgen Herre | Fellowship | 1997 | for significant contributions in the area of bit-rate reduction audio coding. |
| Wolfgang Hoeg | Fellowship | 1997 | for outstanding technical contributions in the subjective assessment of audio signals quality and multichannel sound. |
| James Johnston | Fellowship | 1997 | for significant contributions in the area of bit-rate reduction audio coding. |
| Wolfgang Klippel | Fellowship | 1997 | for pioneering work in assessing the non-linear distortions of loudspeakers and their digital compensation. |
| Christopher Langhart | Board of Governors | 1997 | for 17 years of service to the AES as New York convention facilities committee member. |
| Elmar Leal | Citation | 1997 | was presented with the AES Citation Award for significant efforts in expanding the Society membership and in representation of the Spanish and Portuguese areas of the world. |
| Cal Perkins | Fellowship | 1997 | for contributions to sound reinforcement technology. |
| Donald J. Plunkett | Distinguished Service Medal | 1997 | for extraordinary service to the AES since its inception (1948), as Executive Director, President, and numerous other positions. |
| Henrick Staffeldt | Fellowship | 1997 | for fundamental contributions in the subjective evaluation of reproduced sound and its relationship to the interface between the loudspeaker and the acoustic environment. |
| Akihiko Takasu | Board of Governors | 1997 | for the chairmanship of the AES 8th Regional Convention in Tokyo, Japan, in June 1997. |
| Gunther Theile | Board of Governors | 1997 | for the chairmanship of the AES 102nd Convention in Munich, Germany, in March 1997. |
| Craig Todd | Fellowship | 1997 | for significant contributions in the area of bit-rate reduction audio coding. |
| Van Webster | Board of Governors | 1997 | |
| Herman A.O. Wilms | Bronze Medal | 1997 | for many years of dedicated service to the AES in the development of the European Region. |
| John Woodgate | Fellowship | 1997 | for significant contributions to the development of AES standards. |
| Robert Adams | Publications Award | 1996 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper Theory and VLSI Architectures for Asynchronous Sample-Rate Converters |
| Soren Bech | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to perception and understanding the subjective evaluation of sound fields. |
| Dennis A. Bohn | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to equalizer and crossover theory and design. |
| Hamilton Brosious | Board of Governors | 1996 | for his co-chairmanship of the 99th AES Convention in New York in October 1995. |
| Robin Caine | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to digital audio and standardization of digital audio. |
| John Chester | Board of Governors | 1996 | for 17 years of service to the AES as New York convention facilities committee member. |
| Carolyn Davis | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to audio education. |
| Cor L. Doesburg | Board of Governors | 1996 | for long term contributions to the Dutch Section. |
| Donald M. Eger | Fellowship | 1996 | for long term service to the AES in standards committee activities. |
| Michael Falk | Board of Governors | 1996 | for chairmanship of the 5th Australian Regional Convention in Sydney in April 1995. |
| David Griesinger | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to improved sound recording techniques and the realization of electronic architectural enhancements. |
| David Griesinger | Silver Medal | 1996 | for outstanding contributions to the understanding of reverberation and its synthesis. |
| Russell O. Hamm | Board of Governors | 1996 | for co-chairmanship of the 99th AES Convention in New York in October 1995. |
| Torn Kwan | Publications Award | 1996 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper Theory and VLSI Architectures for Asynchronous Sample-Rate Converters |
| Bart N. Locanthi | Gold Medal | 1996 | (posthumous) for a life-time of exemplifying the highest standards of audio engineering. |
| Sean E. Olive | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to the understanding of psychoacoustics in the interactions of loudspeakers, listeners, and rooms. |
| Subir Pramanik | Board of Governors | 1996 | for his chairmanship of the 100th AES Convention in Copenhagen in May 1996. |
| Richard H. Small | Gold Medal | 1996 | for significant contributions to the understanding and modeling of loudspeakers. |
| Steve (Yoshizo) Sohma | Board of Governors | 1996 | for organization of the 7th Tokyo Regional Convention in June 1995. |
| John Strawn | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to digital signal processing in electronic music. |
| Ronald Streicher | Fellowship | 1996 | for work in stereo recording and microphone techniques, and in audio education. |
| Robert Stuart | Fellowship | 1996 | for important insights into the models of auditory perception and their applications to audio technology. |
| Jean-Claude Thobois | Board of Governors | 1996 | for his chairmanship of the 98th AES Convention in Paris in February 1995. |
| Floyd E. Toole | Silver Medal | 1996 | for significant developments in the subjective and objective evaluation of audio devices. |
| Arthur van Maurik | Board of Governors | 1996 | |
| Wieslaw Woszczyk | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to graduate level education and training and for service to the AES |
| Wladyslaw Wygnanski | Fellowship | 1996 | for contributions to recording console design. |
| Takeo Yamamoto | Board of Governors | 1996 | was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award for organization of the 7th Tokyo Regional Convention in June 1995. |
| Robert Adams | Silver Medal | 1995 | was presented with the AES Silver Medal Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of digital audio technology. |
| Wolfgang Ahnert | Fellowship | 1995 | for contributions to advancing the state-of-the-art in sound system modeling and the implementation of large-scale sound reinforcement systems. |
| Jeffrey Barish | Fellowship | 1995 | for significant work in developing algorithms for source/listener image modeling in acoustical spaces. |
| Benjamin Bernfeld | Bronze Medal | 1995 | for outstanding service to the Society, acting as papers chairman for many European conventions and also serving as vice president Europe Region and president of the AES. |
| John Bonner | Fellowship | 1995 | for outstanding achievements sustained over a period of years in the advancement of audio engineering for film sound. |
| Marc Bonneville | Publications Award | 1995 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper The Effects of Loudspeaker Placement on Listener Preference Ratings |
| Marina Bosi | Board of Governors | 1995 | for her co-chairmanship of the 97th AES Convention in San Francisco in November 1994. |
| Elizabeth Cohen | Fellowship | 1995 | for contributions to understanding the acoustics and psychoacoustics of sound in rooms. |
| Leo de Gar Kulka | Fellowship | 1995 | was presented with the AES Fellowship Award for significant contributions to audio recording practice and education. |
| Vance Dickason | Citation | 1995 | for contributions to audio education and the industry, through the dissemination of information related to loudspeaker measurements, systems, and components. |
| Neil Gilchrist | Fellowship | 1995 | for important contributions to digital audio technology and standards. |
| Arthur Gruber | Distinguished Service Medal | 1995 | for his extraordinary and extended 22-year service as treasurer of the Society, and for his commitment to AES regional and sectional growth since 1978. |
| Bruce Hofer | Fellowship | 1995 | for his significant contributions to audio measurement techniques and technology. |
| John Mosely | Fellowship | 1995 | for his many important contributions to audio recording techniques and technology. |
| Sean E. Olive | Publications Award | 1995 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper The Effects of Loudspeaker Placement on Listener Preference Ratings |
| David Robinson | Board of Governors | 1995 | for his co-chairmanship of the 97th AES Convention in San Francisco in November 1994. |
| Torn Roseberry | Board of Governors | 1995 | for his co-chairmanship of the 13th AES International Conference in Dallas in December 1994. |
| Francis Rumsey | Fellowship | 1995 | for significant contributions in the field of audio education, including the application of digital techniques to audio equipment and practices. |
| Sharon Sally | Publications Award | 1995 | for their paper The Effects of Loudspeaker Placement on Listener Preference Ratings |
| David Scheirman | Board of Governors | 1995 | for his co-chairmanship of the 13th AES International Conference in Dallas in December 1994. |
| Peter Schuck | Publications Award | 1995 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper The Effects of Loudspeaker Placement on Listener Preference Ratings |
| David Schwind | Fellowship | 1995 | for significant contributions to architectural acoustics and sound design. |
| Ronald Streicher | Bronze Medal | 1995 | for long-standing dedication to the goals of the AES and for continued work on its behalf. |
| Han Tendeloo | Board of Governors | 1995 | for chairing the 96th Convention in Amsterdam. |
| Akira Asakura | Board of Governors | 1994 | for his chairmanship of the 6th Japanese Regional AES Convention in Tokyo in June 1993. |
| Soren Bech | Board of Governors | 1994 | for chairmanship of the 12th International Conference in Copenhagen, June 1993. |
| Roberto Beppato | Board of Governors | 1994 | for significant work in section and national AES congress activities. |
| Gualtiero Berlinghini | Board of Governors | 1994 | for significant work in section and national AES congress activities. |
| Peter Blackmore | Board of Governors | 1994 | for his chairmanship of the 4th Australian Regional AES Convention in Melbourne in August 1993. |
| Karlheinz Brandenburg | Fellowship | 1994 | for significant work in perceptual audio coders and psychoacoustics. |
| Marshall Buck | Fellowship | 1994 | in recognition of significant contributions to loudspeaker development, psychoacoustics, and for his many years of continuing service to the Society. |
| Laurel Cash-Jones | Fellowship | 1994 | in recognition of her significant contributions to the Convention Workshop Program and many years of continuing service to the Society. |
| Friedrich K. Engel | Fellowship | 1994 | for significant work in the history of and standards in magnetic tape recording. |
| Leonard Feldman | Board of Governors | 1994 | for chairmanship of the 95th Convention in New York, October 1993. |
| Roger K. Furness | Fellowship | 1994 | in recognition of many years of continuing service to the Society. |
| Mark R. Gander | Fellowship | 1994 | for significant developments in low frequency transducer design and measurement, and in loudspeaker systems for large scale music reinforcement. |
| Irving L. Joel | Board of Governors | 1994 | for his acting chairmanship of the 95th AES Convention in New York in October 1993. |
| Stanley P. Lipshitz | Publications Award | 1994 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for their paper Quantization and Dither: A Theoretical Survey |
| John T. Mullin | Silver Medal | 1994 | was presented with the AES Silver Medal Award for outstanding contributions to the development of magnetic recording and for his tireless efforts in the preservation of audio history. |
| Reinhard O. Sahr | Board of Governors | 1994 | for chairmanship of the 94th Convention in Berlin, March 1993. |
| Reinhard O. Sahr | Fellowship | 1994 | for sustained leadership of section and convention activities. |
| Gunther Theile | Fellowship | 1994 | for significant work in audio standards and perceptual research. |
| Heinz H.K. Thiele | Board of Governors | 1994 | for his significant contribution in organizing audio history events during the 94th AES Convention in Berlin |
| A. Neville Thiele | Silver Medal | 1994 | for pioneering work in loudspeaker simulation. |
| John Vanderkooy | Publications Award | 1994 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for their paper Quantization and Dither: A Theoretical Survey |
| Robert A. Wannamaker | Publications Award | 1994 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for their paper Quantization and Dither: A Theoretical Survey |
| Peter J. Baxandall | Silver Medal | 1993 | for his significant contributions in the field of audio electronics. |
| John J. Bubbers | Distinguished Service Medal | 1993 | in recognition of his dedicated and creative service for more than 20 years, serving as president, secretary, and treasurer of the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Raymond E. Cooke | Silver Medal | 1993 | for significant contributions in the fields of loudspeaker development and measurement techniques. |
| Peter D'Antonio | Fellowship | 1993 | was presented with the AES Fellowship Award for his significant developments in research into room acoustics for both performance and reproduction, and design and measurement of architectural surfaces for controlling the directionality and character of reflected sound. |
| Leo de Gar Kulka | Board of Governors | 1993 | for his chairmanship of the AES 93rd Convention in San Francisco in October 1992. |
| Carl G. Eilers | Fellowship | 1993 | for his significant developments in FM Stereo Broadcasting and continuing audio industry service over many years involving technical standards work. |
| Gabor Heckenast | Fellowship | 1993 | for outstanding contributions in the fields of magnetic audio recording and for his international standardization work. |
| Erwin Kerschbaum | Board of Governors | 1993 | for his chairmanship of the AES 92nd Convention in Vienna in March 1992. |
| Wolfgang Klippel | Publications Award | 1993 | for his paper The Mirror Filterâ A New Basis for Reducing Nonlinear Distortion and Equalizing Response in Woofer Systems |
| Helmut Krueger | Honorary Membership | 1993 | for his outstanding contributions in the advancement of stereophonic recording and broadcasting. |
| Stanley P. Lipshitz | Silver Medal | 1993 | for his outstanding contributions to our knowledge of and insight into transducer performance of loudspeakers, microphones, and digital audio processors, achieved by both mathematical simulation and laboratory measurement. |
| Ilpo Martikainen | Fellowship | 1993 | for significant contributions in the field of loudspeaker development. |
| Kurt Masur | Honorary Membership | 1993 | |
| Fancher Murray | Fellowship | 1993 | for his significant development in analysis and design of high frequency compression drivers and high power air modulators. |
| Douglas D. Rife | Fellowship | 1993 | for his significant developments in theory and application of maximum length sequences to measurement of loudspeakers and room acoustics. |
| John Vanderkooy | Silver Medal | 1993 | for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of acoustics, audio signal processing, and transducers, creatively using the disciplines of physics and engineering. |
| Joerg Wuttke | Fellowship | 1993 | for his many and significant contributions in the field of microphone technology. |
| Takeaki Anazawa | Silver Medal | 1992 | for his work in digital audio. |
| Jeffrey A. Baker | Board of Governors | 1992 | for his chairmanship of the AES 10th International Conference in London in September, 1991. |
| Jerry Bruck | Board of Governors | 1992 | for his chairmanship of the AES 91st Convention in New York in October, 1991. |
| Richard C. Cabot | Board of Governors | 1992 | for his chairmanship of the AES 11th International Conference in Portland in May, 1992. |
| E. Carel Dijkmans | Fellowship | 1992 | for his many contributions to the design of high-quality analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion systems for use in digital audio. |
| Ray M. Dolby | Gold Medal | 1992 | was presented with the AES Gold Medal Award for introducing the era of improved reproduction in the theater, studio, and home, through unique methods of noise reduction. |
| Robert O. Fehr | Distinguished Service Medal | 1992 | was presented with the AES Distinguished Service Medal Award for over twenty years of selfless and dedicated service as editor of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 1969-1991. |
| Louis D. Fielder | Fellowship | 1992 | for his overall contributions to the society, his work on standards committees, and his work on psychoacoustics for low bit-rate coders. |
| Masahiro Fujimoto | Board of Governors | 1992 | for his chairmanship of the AES 5th Regional Convention in Tokyo in July, 1991. |
| Daniel W. Gravereaux | Bronze Medal | 1992 | for significant and competent help in the advancement of the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Brian K. Horman | Board of Governors | 1992 | for his chairmanship of the AES 6th Regional Convention in Melbourne in August, 1991. |
| Kees A. Schouhamer Immink | Silver Medal | 1992 | was presented with the AES Silver Medal Award for his pioneering work in coding techniques and his work on the design of the Compact Disc system, among other notable achievements that include research and development on the CDV and DCC systems, for which he holds over 30 separate patents. |
| John P. Nunn | Fellowship | 1992 | for his many contributions in the development of audio standards, particularly in the digital domain. |
| Douglas D. Rife | Publications Award | 1992 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper Transfer-Function Measurement with Maximum-Length Sequences |
| Tim Shelton | Fellowship | 1992 | for his unstinting contribution to digital audio standardization. |
| Tamas Tarnoczy | Honorary Membership | 1992 | in recognition of heading the ultrasonics research group at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1950 to 1981, and for over 40 years of exemplary research output. |
| Jean-Claude Thobois | Board of Governors | 1992 | for his chairmanship of the 90th Convention in Paris in 1991. |
| John Vanderkooy | Publications Award | 1992 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper Transfer-Function Measurement with Maximum-Length Sequences |
| Robert Adams | Fellowship | 1991 | for his significant influence on the theory and practical realization of high-precision oversampling analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters and their measurement. |
| Alex Balster | Board of Governors | 1991 | for his contribution as a founder of the Dutch AES Section, and as both Chairman, and Committee member, and as a supporting member of the Dutch AES Section for the past 17 years. |
| John D. Jr. Bullock | Fellowship | 1991 | for his service to the Society and to electroacoustics education for many years through his active participation in the AES Technical Council, the Midwest Acoustics Conference, and the AES Chicago Section. |
| David Clark | Board of Governors | 1991 | for his chairmanship of the AES's Car Audio Mini-Conference in Detroit in 1991. |
| Robert O. Fehr | Honorary Membership | 1991 | was presented with the AES Honorary Member Award for his outstanding contributions in furthering the aims of the Society through the improvement and expansion of the activities of the Publications Office. |
| Leonard Feldman | Fellowship | 1991 | for his long, meritorious service to the audio industry and the AES through equipment reviews, popular writings, and activities in audio measurement standardization. |
| Robert A. Finger | Fellowship | 1991 | was presented with the AES Fellowship Award for his important contributions to the analysis and development of techniques for the measurement of digital audio systems and their quantization errors. |
| Michael A. Gerzon | Gold Medal | 1991 | for over 20 years of continuous development of the theoretical basis of surround-sound reproduction systems in general and of the means to realize them in practice; in particular, the award honors his outstanding contributions to the theory, analysis, and design of the Ambisonic surround-sound system and of the soundfield microphone. |
| Kenneth Jacob | Fellowship | 1991 | |
| Kenneth Jacob | Publications Award | 1991 | was presented with the AES Publications Award for his paper Correlation of Speech Intelligibility Tests in Reverberant Rooms with Three Predictive Algorithms |
| J.H.M. Janssen | Fellowship | 1991 | for his outstanding research and development activities resulting in advanced digital audio processing, mixing, and satellite transmission for broadcasting. |
| Peter Joss | Board of Governors | 1991 | for his 11-year long term contribution as Secretary, and later as Chairman of the Swiss AES Section, improving in both quality and quantity the section activities, and for his sustaining support during the three past conventions in Montreaux. |
| Wolfgang Kraak | Honorary Membership | 1991 | for his career-long contributions to the field of acoustic engineering and education that have resulted in numerous celebrated concert halls, instrumental help for the hard of hearing, better understanding of the effects of noise on humans, and engineering advancements in room acoustics. |
| James A. Moorer | Silver Medal | 1991 | for his many seminal contributions in the areas of digital music synthesis, digital audio editing technology, and digital audio signal processing. |
| Ole Juhl Pedersen | Fellowship | 1991 | was presented with the AES Fellowship Award for his pioneering work in psychoacoustics, his teaching and research in Denmark, and his numerous contributions to noise control engineering. |
| Luciano Perego | Fellowship | 1991 | for his outstanding improvement of quality of high speed cassette tape duplication equipment through electronic developments, mechanical precision, and digital technologies. |
| John W. Reiser | Board of Governors | 1991 | was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award for his dedicated service for over 15 years to the Society's Washington, DC, Section. |
| Mario Rossi | Board of Governors | 1991 | for his contribution as chairman of the 88th AES Convention in Montreaux, March 1990. |
| Ann Smyth | Citation | 1991 | (posthumous) for her many years of dedicated service to the Audio Engineering Society in the New York Office and, in particular, for her capable and friendly organizational work in connection with the Society's convention and conference activities. |
| Ronald Streicher | Board of Governors | 1991 | for his chairmanship of the AES 89th Convention Los Angeles in 1990. |
| John Watkinson | Fellowship | 1991 | for his outstanding contributions educating the public and the engineering community about digital audio through his teaching, training, and definitive books and articles. |
| Bernard Weingartner | Fellowship | 1991 | for his outstanding contributions to the field of audio connectors by improving precision and for the development of audio test equipment. |
| Wieslaw Woszczyk | Board of Governors | 1991 | for his chairmanship of the AES 9th International Conference in Detroit in 1991. |
| Eberhard Zwicker | Gold Medal | 1991 | for his career-long outstanding contributions to the science of hearing; in particular, for his research work on loudness perception, with the concept of Frequenzgruppen" or auditory critical bandwidths and development of loudness measuring devices |
| Glen Ballou | Board of Governors | 1990 | |
| Michael Dorrough | Fellowship | 1990 | |
| Robert A. Finger | Bronze Medal | 1990 | |
| Randall Hoffner | Board of Governors | 1990 | |
| Masaru Ibuka | Honorary Membership | 1990 | for his engineering and visionary guidance in the early stages of transistor radio and tape recorder development. (Honorary Chairman, Sony Corporation) |
| Yoshinobu Ishida | Fellowship | 1990 | |
| Kenneth Jacob | Fellowship | 1990 | |
| Bart N. Locanthi | Silver Medal | 1990 | |
| John G. McKnight | Board of Governors | 1990 | |
| Sean E. Olive | Publications Award | 1990 | |
| Victor M.A. Peutz | Silver Medal | 1990 | |
| Skip Pizzi | Board of Governors | 1990 | |
| Ken C. Pohlman | Fellowship | 1990 | |
| Dan Popescu | Fellowship | 1990 | |
| Reinhard O. Sahr | Board of Governors | 1990 | |
| John Strawn | Board of Governors | 1990 | |
| Heinz H.K. Thiele | Fellowship | 1990 | |
| Jean-Claude Thobois | Board of Governors | 1990 | |
| Floyd E. Toole | Publications Award | 1990 | |
| Marshall Buck | Board of Governors | 1989 | |
| Andrew Duncan | Publications Award | 1989 | |
| Francois Eckert | Board of Governors | 1989 | |
| Susumu Matsuoka | Board of Governors | 1989 | |
| John McClure | Fellowship | 1989 | |
| H. Peter Meisinger | Fellowship | 1989 | |
| Heitaro Nakajima | Gold Medal | 1989 | |
| Ken C. Pohlman | Board of Governors | 1989 | |
| Rune E.T Rosander | Fellowship | 1989 | |
| Mario Rossi | Fellowship | 1989 | |
| William Savory | Fellowship | 1989 | |
| Karl Schwartz | Fellowship | 1989 | |
| Johannes P. Sinjou | Gold Medal | 1989 | |
| Joseph Sunday | Board of Governors | 1989 | |
| Jean-Claude Thobois | Board of Governors | 1989 | |
| Peter J. Walker | Silver Medal | 1989 | |
| Takeo Yamamoto | Board of Governors | 1989 | |
| Titia K.S. Bakker | Bronze Medal | 1988 | |
| Barry A. Blesser | Board of Governors | 1988 | |
| Per V. Bruel | Silver Medal | 1988 | |
| Laurel Cash-Jones | Board of Governors | 1988 | |
| John M. Eargle | Board of Governors | 1988 | |
| J. Jacek Figwer | Fellowship | 1988 | |
| Larry R. Frandsen | Board of Governors | 1988 | |
| Roger K. Furness | Board of Governors | 1988 | |
| Earl Geddes | Fellowship | 1988 | |
| Arie J.M. Kaizer | Fellowship | 1988 | |
| David H. Kaye | Fellowship | 1988 | |
| Bart N. Locanthi | Board of Governors | 1988 | |
| John Prohs | Fellowship | 1988 | |
| Thomas G. Jr. Stockham | Board of Governors | 1988 | |
| Floyd E. Toole | Publications Award | 1988 | |
| Chris Van de Lest | Citation | 1988 | |
| William E. Windsor | Fellowship | 1988 | |
| Robert Adams | Publications Award | 1987 | |
| Robert Berkovitz | Fellowship | 1987 | |
| Jacques-Robert Dewevre | Fellowship | 1987 | |
| Sidney Feldman | Bronze Medal | 1987 | |
| John C.G. Gilbert | Bronze Medal | 1987 | |
| Ralph Gittleman | Fellowship | 1987 | |
| Tony Griffiths | Fellowship | 1987 | |
| Kenneth Gundry | Fellowship | 1987 | |
| Malcolm Omar Hawksford | Fellowship | 1987 | |
| David L. Klepper | Silver Medal | 1987 | |
| Jacob Rabinow | Fellowship | 1987 | |
| Reinhard O. Sahr | Board of Governors | 1987 | |
| David M. Smith | Fellowship | 1987 | |
| Thomas G. Jr. Stockham | Gold Medal | 1987 | |
| Robert Adams | Publications Award | 1986 | |
| Wilhelm Andriessen | Fellowship | 1986 | |
| Friedrich W.O. Bauch | Honorary Membership | 1986 | for a life-time to audio technology in all its forms, in particular his early developments in magnetic recording. |
| Diana Deutsch | Fellowship | 1986 | |
| Richard Garrido | Board of Governors | 1986 | |
| Grover Harned | Fellowship | 1986 | |
| John K. Hilliard | Honorary Membership | 1986 | for contributions to acoustic transducer technology. |
| Alf Kurzeder | Fellowship | 1986 | |
| Barney Pisha | Fellowship | 1986 | |
| Gerhard Steinke | Fellowship | 1986 | |
| John Vanderkooy | Fellowship | 1986 | |
| Sten Wahlstrom | Fellowship | 1986 | |
| Amar Bose | Honorary Membership | 1985 | for his significant contributions to consumer audio in the design of unconventional loudspeakers. |
| Carl Ceoen | Fellowship | 1985 | |
| David Clark | Fellowship | 1985 | |
| Emory Cook | Silver Medal | 1985 | |
| Hugh Ford | Fellowship | 1985 | |
| Hermann R. Franz | Honorary Membership | 1985 | for the development and start of production of the compact disk. |
| John G. Frayne | Honorary Membership | 1985 | for his lifelong contributions to audio, including the technologies of variable density film recording and 45/45 stereo cutting systems. |
| John French | Board of Governors | 1985 | |
| Kees A. Schouhamer Immink | Fellowship | 1985 | |
| Cornelis P. Janse | Publications Award | 1985 | |
| Arie J.M. Kaizer | Publications Award | 1985 | |
| Friedrich Krones | Honorary Membership | 1985 | for his early work in magnetic recording. |
| Francis F. Lee | Silver Medal | 1985 | |
| Dale Manquen | Board of Governors | 1985 | |
| Harry McCune | Honorary Membership | 1985 | for innovations in the field of sound reinforcement for the performing arts. |
| Jacob Menger | Board of Governors | 1985 | |
| John Meyer | Fellowship | 1985 | |
| Douglas Preis | Publications Award | 1985 | |
| Douglas Sax | Honorary Membership | 1985 | for the development of modern direct-to-disc recording and for the reawakening of consumer interest in sound quality. |
| Claude E. Shannon | Gold Medal | 1985 | |
| Glyn Adams | Publications Award | 1984 | |
| Peter K. Burkowitz | Honorary Membership | 1984 | for pioneering work in the technical and artistic aspects of sound recording and the promotion of the Society in Europe. |
| Max Byer | Certificate of Appreciation | 1984 | |
| Robert Trabue Davis | Board of Governors | 1984 | |
| Toshi T. Doi | Silver Medal | 1984 | |
| John M. Eargle | Bronze Medal | 1984 | |
| Richard Factor | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Martin Fouque | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Richard Greiner | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| John Hall | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Russell O. Hamm | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Cyril M. Harris | Gold Medal | 1984 | |
| Philip M.S. Hedgeland | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Brian Ingoldsby | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Stefan Kudelski | Gold Medal | 1984 | |
| Guy McNally | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Christopher Moore | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Stephen P.B. Roe | Publications Award | 1984 | |
| Joerg Sennheiser | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Kunimaro Tanaka | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Han Tendeloo | Board of Governors | 1984 | |
| Jiri Tichy | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Emil L. Torick | Bronze Medal | 1984 | |
| Ted Uzzle | Fellowship | 1984 | |
| Bjorn Bluthgen | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| John M. Bowsher | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| Carolyn Davis | Board of Governors | 1983 | |
| Larry R. Frandsen | Board of Governors | 1983 | |
| Wilhelm Franz | Honorary Membership | 1983 | for his pioneering work in the development and making of audio instruments and recording and broadcast studio equipment. (posthumous) |
| Rudolf Gorike | Honorary Membership | 1983 | for fundamental contributions to the development and making of electroacoustical tranducers. |
| Max Grundig | Honorary Membership | 1983 | for lifelong application of radio, television, and audio engineering to the design and making of consumer electronic products. |
| Richard C. Heyser | Silver Medal | 1983 | |
| Roger Lagadec | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| George Maling | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| Max Mathews | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| Angus McKenzie | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| Milton T. Putnam | Honorary Membership | 1983 | for lifelong contributions to studio design and to the design and making of audio instruments and equipment. |
| G.A.V. Sowter | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| Theo Staar | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| Roland Zavada | Fellowship | 1983 | |
| Hugh S. Jr. Allen | Honorary Membership | 1982 | for decades of untiring services to the recording community and to the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Rudiger Barth | Board of Governors | 1982 | |
| Cecil R. Cable | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| Almon H. Clegg | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| Duane H. Cooper | Gold Medal | 1982 | |
| Jacques-Robert Dewevre | Board of Governors | 1982 | |
| Werner H. Freitag | Board of Governors | 1982 | |
| Hans-Joachim Griese | Silver Medal | 1982 | |
| Clifford A. Henricksen | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| W. Rex Isom | Bronze Medal | 1982 | |
| James M. Kates | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| Geoffrey M. Langdon | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| Jacques Lemonne | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| Stanley P. Lipshitz | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| Bart N. Locanthi | Board of Governors | 1982 | |
| John G. McKnight | Publications Award | 1982 | |
| John H. Nakamura | Board of Governors | 1982 | |
| Victor M.A. Peutz | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| Joerg Sennheiser | Bronze Medal | 1982 | |
| Fritz P. Sippl | Fellowship | 1982 | |
| Richard H. Small | Silver Medal | 1982 | |
| Willi Studer | Gold Medal | 1982 | |
| Eberhard Zwicker | Honorary Membership | 1982 | for fundamental contributions to the understanding and interpretation of physiological hearing phenomena. |
| Raymond W. Bayliff | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| James W. Beauchamp | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Barry A. Blesser | Silver Medal | 1981 | |
| Paul C. Buff | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Timothy A. Cole | Board of Governors | 1981 | |
| Julius Futterman | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Jan J. Geluk | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Hans-Joachim Griese | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| David Harrison | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Wayne Hetrich | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Tomlinson Holman | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Arthur C. Keller | Gold Medal | 1981 | |
| James A. Moorer | Publications Award | 1981 | |
| Harold F. Jr. Mosier | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Martin Polon | Board of Governors | 1981 | |
| Jean W. Remouit | Board of Governors | 1981 | |
| William L. Robinson | Honorary Membership | 1981 | for technical leadership and pioneering in the fields of broadcast and recording operations; for his encouragement of close liaison of technical personnel with those in the performing arts; and for his work in initiating and organizing the AES conventions in Los Angeles. |
| Naraji Sakamoto | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Melvin C. Sprinkle | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Derek Tilsley | Bronze Medal | 1981 | |
| Ernst-Joachim Voelker | Fellowship | 1981 | |
| Herman A.O. Wilms | Board of Governors | 1981 | |
| Ioan R. Allen | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Peter J. Baxandall | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Michael Berman | Publications Award | 1980 | |
| Benjamin Bernfeld | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Gregory A. Bogantz | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Richard C. Cabot | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Richard T. Cassidy | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Almon H. Clegg | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Max Cohen | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Raymond E. Cooke | Bronze Medal | 1980 | |
| Toshi T. Doi | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Howard M. Durbin | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Lawrence R. Fincham | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Lawrence R. Fincham | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Lawrence R. Fincham | Publications Award | 1980 | |
| Edward J. Foster | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Werner H. Freitag | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| J. James Gibson | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Oskar Heil | Honorary Membership | 1980 | for pioneering contributions in semiconductor technologies, electron physics, and transducers. |
| Bent Hertz | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Takeshi Itow | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| J. Christopher Jaffee | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Hans C. Jorgensen | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Derk Kleis | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Geoffrey M. Langdon | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| W. Marshall Jr. Leach | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Leonard M. Marcus | Honorary Membership | 1980 | for editorial leadership in the musical and audio arts. |
| Susumu Matsuoka | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Robert A. Moog | Silver Medal | 1980 | |
| James A. Moorer | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Harold Mosier | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Gerd M. Nathan | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Erland K. Persson | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Erik A. Porterfield | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Walter L. Rand | Honorary Membership | 1980 | for eminence in record production throughout the world. |
| David Robinson | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Robert Rypinski | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Robert B. Schulein | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Joerg Sennheiser | Board of Governors | 1980 | |
| Fritz Sennheiser | Honorary Membership | 1980 | for eminence in studio invention and development. |
| Donovan E.L. Shorter | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Kobert Reyneirson Smith | Honorary Membership | 1980 | for pioneering contributions in broadcasting, recording and reproduction, and record manufacturing. |
| Jiri Struska | Honorary Membership | 1980 | for eminence in magnetic recording and electroacoustics. |
| Erich R. Vogl | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Peter J. Walker | Fellowship | 1980 | |
| Yoshiharu Abe | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Barry A. Blesser | Publications Award | 1979 | |
| Jean Bonzon | Citation | 1979 | |
| John N. Borwick | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Pierre Boulez | Honorary Membership | 1979 | in recognition of his distinguished contributions to music and his continuing support of the interests of musical acoustics. |
| John M. Bowsher | Citation | 1979 | |
| Richard H. Campbell | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Jacques-Robert Dewevre | Citation | 1979 | |
| Masahiro Fujimoto | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Masuo Hayashi | Citation | 1979 | |
| Alastair M. Heaslett | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Walter G. Jung | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| D. Broadus Jr. Keele | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| John G. McKnight | Honorary Membership | 1979 | for eminence in the fields of magnetic recording and standardization. |
| John F. Pfeiffer | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Bradley Plunkett | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Donald W. Powers | Honorary Membership | 1979 | for eminence in the field of voice communication. |
| Michael Rettinger | Honorary Membership | 1979 | for leadership in acoustics and magnetics in the arts and sciences of sound recording and reproduction. |
| Fritz P. Sippl | Citation | 1979 | |
| Daniel B. Talbot | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| A. Neville Thiele | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Emil L. Torick | Honorary Membership | 1979 | for eminence in the science of audio engineering. |
| Ronald H. Turnpenny | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Saul Walker | Fellowship | 1979 | |
| Alan D. Blumlein | Citation | 1978 | |
| Peter K. Burkowitz | Bronze Medal | 1978 | |
| Peter K. Burkowitz | Citation | 1978 | |
| John M. Eargle | Honorary Membership | 1978 | for his contributions to sound recording and reproduction and services to the Audio Engineering Society. |
| Michael A. Gerzon | Fellowship | 1978 | |
| Jerome B. Halter | Fellowship | 1978 | |
| Ryosuke Ito | Fellowship | 1978 | |
| Mead C. Killion | Fellowship | 1978 | |
| Paul W. Klipsch | Silver Medal | 1978 | |
| Hugh S. Knowles | Gold Medal | 1978 | |
| DeWitt F. Morris | Citation | 1978 | |
| Ethel R. Morris | Citation | 1978 | |
| Matti N.T. Otala | Fellowship | 1978 | |
| Douglas Preis | Publications Award | 1978 | |
| Thomas G. Jr. Stockham | Fellowship | 1978 | |
| Daniel R. von Recklinghausen | Gold Medal | 1978 | |
| Robert L. Jr. Wallace | Fellowship | 1978 | |
| Walter L. Welch | Honorary Membership | 1978 | for his contributions to the preservation of US cultural heritage in early phonograph recordings. |
| Leon A. Wortman | Fellowship | 1978 | |
| George L. Augspurger | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Alex Balster | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Klaus Bertram | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Victor Brociner | Citation | 1977 | |
| John J. Bubbers | Citation | 1977 | |
| Mahlon D. Burkhard | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Abraham B. Cohen | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Lothar W. Cremer | Honorary Membership | 1977 | for his contributions to the field of architectural acoustics and his many years as an educator of scientists and engineers. |
| James Cunningham | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Robert O. Fehr | Bronze Medal | 1977 | |
| Nico V. Franssen | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Albert Grundy | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Arthur C. Haddy | Honorary Membership | 1977 | for his contributions to the art and science of sound recording over many years. |
| Toshiya Inoue | Silver Medal | 1977 | |
| Stefan Kudelski | Honorary Membership | 1977 | in recognition of his achievements in the development of miniature professional magnetic recording devices. |
| Richard Marcucci | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Edmond A. May | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Etsuro Nakamichi | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Donald J. Plunkett | Honorary Membership | 1977 | in recognition of his many years of service and dedication to the society. |
| Horst Redlich | Silver Medal | 1977 | |
| Walter Reichardt | Honorary Membership | 1977 | in recognition of contributions to the science of acoustics and transducers and his many years as an educator of scientists and engineers. |
| Jean W. Remouit | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Karl Schoeps | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Robert B. Schulein | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Robert B. Schulein | Publications Award | 1977 | |
| Richard H. Small | Publications Award | 1977 | |
| Han Tendeloo | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Herbert von Karajan | Honorary Membership | 1977 | in recognition of his outstanding contributions to recorded music that have effectively employed an understanding of recording technology. |
| James V. White | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Bert Whyte | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Klaus J. Wischgoll | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Takeo Yamamoto | Fellowship | 1977 | |
| Hugh S. Jr. Allen | Bronze Medal | 1976 | |
| Karl Otto Bader | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| David E Blackmer | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| Per V. Bruel | Honorary Membership | 1976 | in recognition of contributions to the advancement of acoustic and audio engineering instrumentation and methods and for many efforts toward the education of scientists and engineers. |
| Duane H. Cooper | Honorary Membership | 1976 | in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the advance of recording technology. |
| Howard M. Durbin | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| Robert O. Fehr | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| John G. Frayne | Gold Medal | 1976 | |
| John C.G. Gilbert | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| Katsuya (Vic) Goh | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| Jacqueline Harvey | Citation | 1976 | |
| W. Rex Isom | Honorary Membership | 1976 | in recognition of his achievements in audio engineering technologyespecially in the manufacture of phonograph records. |
| Vitheim L. Jordan | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| Gunter Lutzkendorf | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| Erik R. Madsen | Honorary Membership | 1976 | in recognition of many years of devotion to the advancement of the science of acoustics, electronics, and transducers. |
| Georg Neumann | Gold Medal | 1976 | |
| Eugene Ormandy | Honorary Membership | 1976 | in recognition of his musical achievements and the consistent high quality of both artistic and technological achievements in his recordings. |
| Fritz Sennheiser | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| Willi Studer | Silver Medal | 1976 | |
| Herman A.O. Wilms | Fellowship | 1976 | |
| Hugh S. Jr. Allen | Citation | 1975 | |
| Titia K.S. Bakker | Citation | 1975 | |
| G. Allan Ballantine | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| Gilbert A. Briggs | Honorary Membership | 1975 | in recognition of his significant contributions to loudspeaker technology and of his pioneer work for the audio engineering industry through his many books and his promotion of concert hall demonstrations. |
| Richard W. Burden | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| Elmer Carlson | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| Raymond E. Cooke | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| Avery Fisher | Honorary Membership | 1975 | in recognition of many years devoted to the advancement of quality in audio equipment and to the industry that has evolved from his pioneering efforts. |
| Edward C. Fox | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| Mark B. Gardner | Honorary Membership | 1975 | in recognition of his many contributions to the increase in knowledge of psychoacoustic phenomena. |
| Daniel W. Gravereaux | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| Arthur E. Gruber | Bronze Medal | 1975 | |
| Howard S. Holzer | Citation | 1975 | |
| Hal Kaitchuck | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| D. Broadus Jr. Keele | Publications Award | 1975 | |
| Saul B. Marantz | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| John W. Maunder | Citation | 1975 | |
| John W. Maunder | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| DeWitt F. Morris | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| John T. Mullin | Citation | 1975 | |
| John T. Mullin | Honorary Membership | 1975 | for his truly significant contributions to the development of the magnetic tape recording technology and the industry that evolved. |
| Johan L. Ooms | Honorary Membership | 1975 | in recognition of his zeal and dedication in furthering the development of audio engineering in Europe. |
| Alexander M. Poniatoff | Honorary Membership | 1975 | in recognition of his achievements in pioneering and the continuous development of audio and video magnetic tape recording systems. |
| Donald L. Richter | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| Dorothy H. Spronck | Citation | 1975 | |
| Joseph F. Wells | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| Geoffrey L. Wilson | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| John M. Woram | Fellowship | 1975 | |
| George Alexandrovich | Fellowship | 1974 | |
| C. Roger Anderson | Fellowship | 1974 | |
| Karl Otto Bader | Citation | 1974 | |
| Donald A. Barlow | Fellowship | 1974 | |
| George W. Bartlett | Citation | 1974 | |
| Klaus Bertram | Citation | 1974 | |
| Barry A. Blesser | Publications Award | 1974 | |
| John J. Bubbers | AES Award | 1974 | |
| John C.G. Gilbert | Citation | 1974 | |
| Floyd K. Harvey | Gold Medal | 1974 | |
| Toshiya Inoue | Fellowship | 1974 | |
| Francis F. Lee | Publications Award | 1974 | for his paper, "Time Compression and Expansion of Speech by the Sampling Method", volume 20 , number 9 (1972, November) |
| John W. Maunder | Citation | 1974 | |
| James Moir | Fellowship | 1974 | |
| John H. Nakamura | Fellowship | 1974 | |
| James F. Novak | Fellowship | 1974 | |
| Tomas Salava | Fellowship | 1974 | |
| Takeo Shiga | Silver Medal | 1974 | |
| Paul G.A.H. Voight | Honorary Membership | 1974 | in recognition of his pioneering achievements in the pickup, recording, and reproduction of sound. |
| Klaus J. Wischgoll | Citation | 1974 | |
| Roy F. Allison | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| William S. Bachman | Honorary Membership | 1973 | for his long record of achievements in stereophonic recording. |
| Peter K. Burkowitz | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Richard S. Burwen | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Edward Tatnail Canby | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Murray G. Crosby | Honorary Membership | 1973 | for contributions to the technical advances in stereophonic FM multiplex broadcasting. |
| C. Robert Fine | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Arthur C. Haddy | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Cyril M. Harris | Honorary Membership | 1973 | for outstanding contributions in the field of architectural acoustics. |
| Irving L. Joel | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Erik R. Madsen | Silver Medal | 1973 | |
| Edmund W. Mortimer | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Kenzo Nagai | Honorary Membership | 1973 | for pioneering in magnetic recording research and as a revered teacher to generations of magnetic recording engineers. |
| Robert A. Orban | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Donald W. Powers | Bronze Medal | 1973 | |
| Henry E. Roys | Gold Medal | 1973 | |
| Arnold Schwartz | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Ludwig W. Sepmeyer | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Takeo Shiga | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| Richard H. Small | Fellowship | 1973 | |
| J. Guy Woodward | Honorary Membership | 1973 | for his long record of developments in magnetic recording and disc recording technology. |
| J. Robert Ashley | Fellowship | 1972 | |
| Cedric R. Bastiaans | Fellowship | 1972 | |
| Benjamin B. Bauer | Honorary Membership | 1972 | for productive innovation and leadership on the frontiers of audio technology. |
| Barry A. Blesser | Fellowship | 1972 | |
| Murray G. Crosby | Fellowship | 1972 | |
| Donald B. Davis | Fellowship | 1972 | |
| David Hafler | Fellowship | 1972 | |
| Irving L. Joel | Citation | 1972 | |
| Hugh S. Knowles | Honorary Membership | 1972 | in recognition of his career of service to the science and the arts of transduction. |
| Winston E. Kock | Honorary Membership | 1972 | for his long record of achievement on frontiers of audio and its allied disciplines. |
| Bart N. Locanthi | Fellowship | 1972 | |
| Johan L. Ooms | AES Award | 1972 | |
| Henry E. Roys | Honorary Membership | 1972 | for sustained dedication to recording technology and standards. |
| Peter Scheiber | Fellowship | 1972 | |
| Manfred R. Schroeder | Gold Medal | 1972 | |
| Edgar M. Villchur | Silver Medal | 1972 | |
| Percy Wilson | Honorary Membership | 1972 | for half a century of devotion ot the diffusion of understanding and appreciation of audio. |
| Hugh S. Jr. Allen | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| Leo L. Beranek | Gold Medal | 1971 | |
| Ray M. Dolby | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| Ray M. Dolby | Silver Medal | 1971 | |
| John M. Eargle | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| William S. Halstead | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| Edward R. Hanson | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| W. Rex Isom | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| John P. Jarvis | AES Award | 1971 | |
| John P. Jarvis | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| Erik R. Madsen | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| John G. McKnight | AES Award | 1971 | |
| Georg Neumann | Honorary Membership | 1971 | for more than forty years of basic research in the field of condenser microphones and for his many contributions to the technology of disc recording and cutterhead design. |
| Erik A. Porterfield | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| Donald W. Powers | Citation | 1971 | |
| Donald W. Powers | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| Peter W. Tappan | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| Stephen F. Temmer | Fellowship | 1971 | |
| Fred P. Beguin | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| Rudi T. Bozak | John H. Potts | 1970 | |
| Marvin Camras | Honorary Membership | 1970 | for his discovery of high coercive acicular oxide for magnetic tapes and for his leadership in the development of magnetic sound for motion pictures, home, industry, and government. |
| John D. Colvin | Citation | 1970 | |
| William G. Dilley | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| Mark B. Gardner | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| Arthur C. Haddy | Emile Berliner | 1970 | |
| Philip Kantrowitz | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| David L. Klepper | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| James J. Noble | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| Arnold P.G. Peterson | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| Daniel Queen | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| William L. Robinson | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| Willi Studer | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| Charles F. Swisher | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| Edward H. Uecke | Honorary Membership | 1970 | for outstanding contributions to recording and sound motion pictures over a span of forty years, both as engineer and research director. |
| Percy Wilson | Fellowship | 1970 | |
| George W. Bartlett | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| John J. Bubbers | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| Marvin Camras | John H. Potts | 1969 | |
| Peter C. Goldmark | Honorary Membership | 1969 | for contributions to development of the long-playing record system and continued contributions to allied fields. |
| Arthur E. Gruber | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| William W. Lang | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| Daniel W. Martin | AES Award | 1969 | |
| Alex McKee | Citation | 1969 | |
| Robert B. Monroe | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| Robert A. Moog | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| Johan L. Ooms | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| Arthur R. Soffel | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| Emil L. Torick | Fellowship | 1969 | |
| Charles F. Wiebusch | Emile Berliner | 1969 | |
| C. Paul Boner | Fellowship | 1968 | |
| Duane H. Cooper | Emile Berliner | 1968 | |
| William H. Greenbaum | Fellowship | 1968 | |
| Marvin R. Headrick | Citation | 1968 | |
| Earle L. Kent | Fellowship | 1968 | |
| Erich Leinsdorf | Honorary Membership | 1968 | in recognition of excellence in presentation in the field of music, and gracious cooperation in programs for live and recorded transmissions. |
| Carl S. Nelson | Fellowship | 1968 | |
| Harry W. Pearson | Fellowship | 1968 | |
| Arnold P.G. Peterson | John H. Potts | 1968 | |
| Ralph A. Schlegal | Citation | 1968 | |
| William Snow | John H. Potts | 1968 | |
| John S. Boyers | Fellowship | 1967 | |
| L.R. Burroughs | Fellowship | 1967 | |
| Pierce Evans | Fellowship | 1967 | |
| Sherman M. Fairchild | Honorary Membership | 1967 | for his work and devotion to the Society. |
| Floyd K. Harvey | AES Award | 1967 | |
| Keith O. Johnson | Fellowship | 1967 | |
| Adolph R. Morgan | Fellowship | 1967 | |
| Robert M. Morris | Emile Berliner | 1967 | |
| Hubert W. Pierce | Fellowship | 1967 | |
| Samuel B. Snow | John H. Potts | 1967 | |
| Alexander C. Angus | Fellowship | 1966 | |
| Warren L. Braun | Fellowship | 1966 | |
| Duane H. Cooper | Fellowship | 1966 | |
| Ralph E. Cousino | Fellowship | 1966 | |
| Donald J. Plunkett | AES Award | 1966 | |
| Horst Redlich | Fellowship | 1966 | |
| William L. Robinson | AES Award | 1966 | is recognized as one of the first to translate audio engineering practices into Spanish, and for improving the state of the art in remote broadcasting. |
| Lawrence J. Scully | Emile Berliner | 1966 | |
| John E. Volkmann | John H. Potts | 1966 | |
| Percy Wilson | Citation | 1966 | |
| Rudi T. Bozak | Fellowship | 1965 | |
| Frank A. Comerci | Fellowship | 1965 | |
| Walt Disney | Honorary Membership | 1965 | for his outstanding reputation and eminence in the use of multichannel stereophonic motion picture sound systems, and for developments in audio animatronics. |
| Wesley M. Fujii | Fellowship | 1965 | |
| Howard S. Holzer | Fellowship | 1965 | |
| Frederick V. Hunt | John H. Potts | 1965 | |
| R.A. Isberg | Fellowship | 1965 | |
| Robert Z. Langevin | Fellowship | 1965 | |
| John T. Mullin | Emile Berliner | 1965 | |
| Harry F. Olson | AES Award | 1965 | |
| Hubert W. Pierce | AES Award | 1965 | |
| Chester A. Rackey | Citation | 1965 | |
| Arthur W. Schneider | Fellowship | 1965 | |
| Victor Brociner | Fellowship | 1964 | |
| Norman H. Dieter | Fellowship | 1964 | |
| Gilbert F. Dutton | Emile Berliner | 1964 | |
| Ernst A. Guillemin | Honorary Membership | 1964 | for his contributions in the field of audio engineering though his Advanced Mathematical Analyses in Circuit Theory. |
| Ronald D. Klumpen | AES Award | 1964 | |
| Vern O. Knudsen | John H. Potts | 1964 | |
| John E. Volkmann | Fellowship | 1964 | |
| George R. Yenzer | Fellowship | 1964 | |
| Benjamin B. Bauer | John H. Potts | 1963 | |
| Edward E. Jr. David | Fellowship | 1963 | |
| Sherman M. Fairchild | Fellowship | 1963 | |
| Richard C. Heyser | Fellowship | 1963 | |
| Irving L. Joel | AES Award | 1963 | |
| Daniel W. Martin | Fellowship | 1963 | |
| Donald J. Plunkett | Fellowship | 1963 | |
| Michael Rettinger | Fellowship | 1963 | |
| Manfred R. Schroeder | Fellowship | 1963 | |
| J. Guy Woodward | Emile Berliner | 1963 | |
| Arthur C. Davis | John H. Potts | 1962 | |
| Floyd K. Harvey | Fellowship | 1962 | |
| Arthur C. Keller | Emile Berliner | 1962 | |
| Mahlon W. Kenney | Citation | 1962 | |
| C.J. LeBel | Honorary Membership | 1962 | for his pioneer work in illuminants, hearing aids, electronic measuring instruments, disc recording, magnetic tape recording, and recording and hearing aid standards. |
| Ross H. Snyder | AES Award | 1962 | |
| Emil P. Vincent | Fellowship | 1962 | |
| Daniel R. von Recklinghausen | Fellowship | 1962 | |
| J. Guy Woodward | Fellowship | 1962 | |
| Roy Dally | Emile Berliner | 1961 | |
| Sherman M. Fairchild | AES Award | 1961 | |
| John K. Hilliard | John H. Potts | 1961 | |
| Frank C. McIntosh | Citation | 1961 | for recognition of his contributions in design of high-quality high-efficiency amplifying systems. |
| Frank C. McIntosh | Honorary Membership | 1961 | for his early and lasting contributions to consumer and professional audio. |
| Walter O. Stanton | Citation | 1961 | |
| S.J. Begun | John H. Potts | 1960 | |
| George A. Brettell | Fellowship | 1960 | |
| Otto W. Kornei | Honorary Membership | 1960 | in recognition of basic physical research in ferrite materials and the phenomena surrounding them, and in the field of mechanical recording. |
| John G. McKnight | Fellowship | 1960 | |
| William J. Jr. Moreland | Fellowship | 1960 | |
| Miklos Rozsa | Honorary Membership | 1960 | for being an outstanding composer-conductor, devoted to the new art of music for spectacular motion pictures, and especially for his work with the medium of recording as a participating dramatic element in the production of films. |
| Harvey Jr. Sampson | AES Award | 1960 | |
| Rene Snepvangers | Emile Berliner | 1960 | |
| Edgar M. Villchur | Fellowship | 1960 | |
| W.W. Wetzel | Honorary Membership | 1960 | to honor his fundamental contributions in mechanical and chemical technology toward the practical creation of magnetic recording media. |
| Daniel H. Wiegand | Fellowship | 1960 | |
| John H. Beaumont | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| Leonard Bernstein | Honorary Membership | 1959 | in recognition of his inspired use of audio and visual mass communications devices in the musical education of the American public. |
| E. Power Biggs | Honorary Membership | 1959 | in recognition of the musical and technological scholarship implicit in his contributions to the art of pipe organ recording. |
| Harold S. Black | John H. Potts | 1959 | |
| Norman H. Crowhurst | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| John G. Frayne | Emile Berliner | 1959 | |
| Peter C. Goldmark | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| Frank G. Jr. Lennert | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| George Lewin | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| C.G. McProud | Citation | 1959 | |
| James A. Miller | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| Rein Narma | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| Richard S. O'Brien | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| Milton T. Putnam | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| Walter T. Selsted | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| F. Langford Smith | Honorary Membership | 1959 | in recognition of the importance of his Radiotron Designer's Handbook to the education of a generation of audio engineers. |
| Walter O. Stanton | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| Russell J. Tinkham | Fellowship | 1959 | |
| Glenn E. Wallichs | Certificate of Appreciation | 1959 | |
| William S. Bachman | Fellowship | 1958 | |
| Alan D. Blumlein | Citation | 1958 | |
| Hendrik W. Bode | Honorary Membership | 1958 | for developing the asymptotic magnitude and phase plot. |
| Walter W. Jr. Carruthers | Citation | 1958 | |
| Roy Dally | Fellowship | 1958 | |
| Charles C. Davis | Emile Berliner | 1958 | |
| Charles C. Davis | Fellowship | 1958 | |
| Gilbert F. Dutton | Honorary Membership | 1958 | for his work as the Head of Recording Research in EMI's Central Research Laboratories. |
| Harvey S. Fletcher | John H. Potts | 1958 | |
| John G. Frayne | Fellowship | 1958 | |
| James B. Lansing | Citation | 1958 | for his work on loudspeaker systems. |
| Charles Jr. Lauda | Fellowship | 1958 | |
| William S. Miltenburg | Fellowship | 1958 | |
| Les Paul | Honorary Membership | 1958 | in recognition of his work as a guitarist, innovator, and modern recording pioneer. |
| Bob Hugh Smith | Fellowship | 1958 | |
| Robert Stephens | Citation | 1958 | |
| Leopold Stokowski | Honorary Membership | 1958 | for his work as a conductor. |
| Loy E. Barton | Honorary Membership | 1957 | for setting forth the principle of high-level Class B plate modulation. |
| Chester Boggs | Fellowship | 1957 | |
| Herbert E. Farmer | AES Award | 1957 | |
| Warren P. Mason | Honorary Membership | 1957 | for having been granted 191 patents and being the most prolific inventor in the history of Bell Telephone Laboratories. |
| Harry Nyquist | Honorary Membership | 1957 | for his important work on thermal noise, the stability of feedback amplifiers, telegraphy, facsimile, television, and other important communications problems. In 1932 he published a classical paper on stability of feedback amplifiers. The Nyquist stability criterion can now be found in all textbooks on feedback control theory. |
| Harry F. Olson | Honorary Membership | 1957 | in recognition of developing microphones for the broadcasting and motion picture industries, improving loudspeakers, and making significant contributions to magnetic tape recording. |
| Henry E. Roys | Emile Berliner | 1957 | |
| Carleton K. Sawyer | AES Award | 1957 | |
| Edward C. Wente | John H. Potts | 1957 | |
| Walter S. Barrell | Honorary Membership | 1956 | |
| S.J. Begun | Emile Berliner | 1956 | |
| Warren D. Birkenhead | AES Award | 1956 | |
| Herbert E. Farmer | Citation | 1956 | |
| O.B. Hanson | John H. Potts | 1956 | |
| J. Warren Horton | Honorary Membership | 1956 | |
| Peter L. Jensen | Honorary Membership | 1956 | for pioneering the development of sound reproduction and co-inventing the dynamic horn loudspeaker. |
| J.A. Pierce | Honorary Membership | 1956 | |
| Edwin S. Pridham | Honorary Membership | 1956 | for pioneering the development of sound reproduction and co-inventing the dynamic horn loudspeaker. |
| H. J. von Braunmuhl | Fellowship | 1956 | |
| H.J. von Braunmuhl | Honorary Membership | 1956 | for co-inventing (with Walter Weber) the Gefell M7 capsule used in U47 and M49, and AC high frequency bias for tape recording. |
| Ralph E. Allison | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| William S. Bachman | Emile Berliner | 1955 | |
| Alexis Badmeiff | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| Leo L. Beranek | Honorary Membership | 1955 | for devising new methods for the measurement of impedance and for designing a new type of anechoic chamber. (Associate professor of communications engineering MIT) |
| Emmanuel Berlandt | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| William L. Cara | Certificate of Recognition | 1955 | |
| Arthur C. Davis | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| Lee deForest | John H. Potts | 1955 | |
| William L. Everitt | Honorary Membership | 1955 | for being a radar pioneer and authoring basic texts on radio engineering and communication. He invented automatic telephone equipment, a time compressor" to accelerate recorded speech |
| Sherman M. Fairchild | John H. Potts | 1955 | |
| C.T. Kierulff | Certificate of Recognition | 1955 | |
| Boyd E. McKnight | Citation | 1955 | |
| William A. Palmer | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| Norman C. Pickering | AES Award | 1955 | |
| Julius B. Postal | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| Harry N. Reizes | Certificate of Recognition | 1955 | |
| Albert Sainte-Hilaire | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| Albert St. Hillaire | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| William V. Stancil | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| F.E. Terman | Honorary Membership | 1955 | for being widely credited (along with William Shockley) as being the father of Silicon Valley. (Stanford professor) |
| Howard M. Tremaine | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| Edward H. Uecke | Fellowship | 1955 | |
| Benjamin B. Bauer | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Leo L. Beranek | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Harold S. Black | Honorary Membership | 1954 | for inventing the concept of negative feedback amplifiers. |
| Harry L. Bryant | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| John D. Colvin | AES Award | 1954 | |
| W. Robert Dresser | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Cyril M. Harris | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Richard F. Hastings | Citation | 1954 | |
| Frederick V. Hunt | Emile Berliner | 1954 | |
| Edward W. Kellogg | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Hugh S. Knowles | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Harold J. Leak | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Walter E. Lehnert | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Vincent J. Liebler | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Theodore Lindenberg | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| J.P. Maxfield | John H. Potts | 1954 | |
| C.G. McProud | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| William H. Jr. Offenhauser | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Vincent Salmon | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Ralph A. Schlegal | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Harold T. Sherman | Citation | 1954 | |
| W. Oliver Summerlin | Fellowship | 1954 | |
| Howard A. Chinn | Fellowship | 1953 | |
| Harry C. Harrison | Emile Berliner | 1953 | |
| Edward W. Kellogg | John H. Potts | 1953 | |
| C.J. LeBel | Fellowship | 1953 | |
| C.G. McProud | AES Award | 1953 | |
| Chester A. Rackey | Fellowship | 1953 | |
| Henry E. Roys | Fellowship | 1953 | |
| Edward C. Wente | Honorary Membership | 1953 | for his research and inventions related to acoustics and acoustical instruments; with special reference to their application to the transmission, recording and reproduction of speech and music; developmented the condenser microphone, the first really high-quality transmitter. |
| W. Lindsay Black | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Harold Burris-Myer | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Isabel Capps | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Frank L. Capps | John H. Potts | 1952 | |
| James Y. Dunbar | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Price E. Fish | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Harvey S. Fletcher | Honorary Membership | 1952 | for being the"Father of Stereophonic Sound"; original research into Critical Bands; Fletcher-Munson Loudness. |
| Ernest W. Franck | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Lewis S. Goodfriend | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| John K. Hilliard | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Frederick V. Hunt | Honorary Membership | 1952 | for proposing the idea of low-frequency sonar while being a Harvard physicist. |
| William F. Jordan | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Vern O. Knudsen | Honorary Membership | 1952 | for his work as an American acoustical physicist, author, and the UCLA Chancellor. |
| Samuel F. Lybarger | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| John T. Mullin | Fellowship | 1952 | for his work in promotion, development, and practical application of magnetic tape recording. |
| Harry F. Olson | Fellowship | 1952 | for his extensive research and development in the fields of acoustics and audio engineering, and for authorship of leading texts on these subjects. |
| Norman C. Pickering | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| John Preston | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Albert A. Pulley | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Richard H. Ranger | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| H.I. Reiskind | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Carleton K. Sawyer | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Ralph A. Schlegal | AES Award | 1952 | |
| Herman H. Scott | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| J.P. Jr. Smith | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| S. Edward Sorenson | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| W. Earl Stewart | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| Myron J. Stolaroff | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| William J. Temple | Fellowship | 1952 | |
| F. Sumner Hall | AES Award | 1951 | |
| Herman H. Scott | John H. Potts | 1951 | |
| Howard A. Chinn | John H. Potts | 1950 | |
| Chester A. Rackey | AES Award | 1950 | |
| C.J. LeBel | AES Award | 1949 | |
| Harry F. Olson | John H. Potts | 1949 |
