A Life Membership is awarded in recognition of outstanding service in the field of weekly newspaper journalism and a sustaining interest in the affairs of the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association during a distinguished career as a weekly editor and publisher.
Recipients of Life Memberships
- Coleen Campbell Taber Times
- Paul Rockley Okotoks Western Wheel
- Fred Gorman Ponoka News
- Barry Hibbert Sylvan Lake News
- Mary Readman Consort Enterprise
- George Meyer Claresholm Local Press
- Greg Foster High River Times
- Don Sinclair St. Albert Saint City News
- Al Blackmere Barrhead Leader
- Allan Treleaven Lacombe Globe
- Peter Pickersgill Vulcan Advocate
- *A.H. Avery Taber Times
- Howie Bowes Leduc Representative
- *Tom Brinsmead Bashaw Star
- *Charles A. Clark Jr High River Times
- *Charles A. Clark Sr High River Times
- *S.R.P. Cooper Vermilion Stardard
- *Ashley Cooper Vermilion Standard
- *Leon D’Albertanson Wainwright Star Chronicle
- *Wm. W. Draayer Wetaskiwin Times
- *Phil Galbraith Red Deer Advocate
- Jack Gieg Leduc Representative
- *H.T. Halliwell MacLeod Gazette
- Dick Hawk Nanton News
- *Oliver Hodge Bow Island County Commentator
- *Sam Hodson Okotoks Western Wheel
- *A.L. Horton Vegreville Observer
- *Clyde Jessup Nanton News
- *Fred Johns Leduc Representative
- *Rae L. King Camrose Canadian
- *Ben P. Knowles The Fort Record
- *Walter Koyanagi Taber Times
- *Harold Long Lethbridge Herald
- *John MacDonald Westlock News
- *C.A. MacLean Camrose Canadian
- *Hec MacLean Peace River Gazette
- *Walter Mandick Stony Plain Reporter
- Hal Martin Westlock Witness
- *Art Menzies High Level Echo
- *R.C.R. “Bob” Munro Vulcan Advocate
- *Gordon Neale Claresholm Local Press
- *Len Nesbitt Brooks Bulletin
- *Ron Newsom Bashaw Star
- *Jack Parry Rimbey Record
- *Ken Patridge Camrose Canadian
- *Evelyn Rogers Athabasca Echo
- *Grace Schierholtz Rocky Mountain House Mountaineer
- *H.G. Thunell Viking News
- *Roy Willis Stettler Independent
Honorary Life Members
- Colleen Wilson Alberta Press Council
- Ross Halseth Stettler Independent
- Ralph Brinsmead Calgary
- Mike Warmington Edmonton
- *Barry Barnes Sylvan Lake
- Cecil Lamont Calgary
- *A.W. MacIntyre Edmonton
- *W.E. “Bill” Ross Calgary
- *Abe Schnitka Edmonton
- *Jack Fleming Calgary
- Gordon H. Milligan Calgary
- *Larry Iveson Edmonton
- Howard James Vancouver
- *Grant MacEwan Calgary
- *Howard Patterson Medicine Hat
- *R.H. “Dick” Cowie Calgary
- *Tim Finnis Priddis
- Mills Parker Edmonton
- Bill McKay Edmonton