Purpose:
The award honors an artist whose cumulative lifetime achievements in the field of medallicsculpture have been of the highest order.

Criteria:
Nominations should include the name of the nominee, address, contact information, a list ofnumismatic accomplishments, a brief biography and photographs of at least five medals - or Internetaddresses where they can be viewed. Nominators should include their addresses and contactinformation; artists may nominate themselves. Nominations must be received by noon on January 15,2015. Nominations should be submitted to Ann Rahn, Project Liaison Coordinator, The AmericanNumismatic Association, 818 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903, arahn@money.org or MelWacks, Head of NAAEMS Committee, 5189 Jeffdale Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364,numismel@aol.com.

Judges:
The NAAEMS award selection committee is headed by Mel Wacks, and includes David Alexander, one ofthe founders of Medal Collectors of America; Jeannie Stevens-Solliman, sculptor and Member of theCitizens Coinage Advisory Committee; Doug Mudd, Curator at the ANA Money Museum in ColoradoSprings; Mashiko, FIDEM USA Delegate; Donald Scarinci, member of the Citizens Coinage AdvisoryCommittee and the ANS Saltus Award Committee; and Alan Stahl, Ph.D., Professor and curator ofnumismatics at Princeton University.