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HALL OF FAME 2016
Despite heading up a busy company, Danny has always made time to give back to the industry. He has served multiple terms as a LIMA Board member and, in 1995, was made Chairman of the Board of Directors. However, one of his greatest contributions has been in the area of education. Danny co-developed and continues as Co-Dean of LIMA’s e Coursework in Licensing Studies program, and has co-authored three s. books on the subject of licensing, plus countless articles and columns. For 18 years he taught a course on licensing at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and still continues to lecture on the subject at other universities and law schools, as well as at seminars throughout the US and in over two dozen international markets. As a mentor and a colleague, he has taught so much to so many. Tonight we honor Danny Simon at his own ‘graduation’ into
Inset: Danny with Arnold Schwarzenegger promoting the Pump Iron licensed products.
the Hall of Fame.
Below & right: Danny outside Southfork Range, the ‘home’ of TV hit Dallas for which he developed a licensing programme.
Below right: Cheryl Stoebenau (sadly, no longer with us) was presented with her LIMA Hall of Fame plaque by Al Khan, (founder of 4Kids Entertainment and now co-founder of CraneKhan).
Above: One of Danny’s claims to fame is developing the hugely popular M*A*S* H exhibit at the Smythsonian. Seen here (second left) at a M*A*S* H Cocktail Party during Toy Fair in 1984.
The Hall Of Famers Danny Simon joins his licensing peers who are among the most accomplished and respected professionals in the industry in the licensing industry Hall of Fame. 2016 Danny Simon 2015 Cheryl Stoebenau 2014 Debra Joestra and Joanne Loria 2013 Bernard Leifer 2012 Stan Clutton Howard Roffman 2011 Leigh Anne Brodsky 2010 Alan G . Hassenfeld Stephen Hassenfeld 2009 Greg Battersby 2008 Nancy Bailey William “Bill” Battle 2007 Neil B . Friedman 2006 Shintaro Tsuji 2005 Al Kahn 2004 Brad Globe 2003 Beverly Cannady Lois N . Sloane 2002 Fred Favata 2001 Walt Disney 2000 Arnold Bolka 1999 Jack L . Weissman 1998 Pete Rozelle
P Grant George Lucas 1997 Joseph P. 1996 Marvin D. Melnikoff 1995 Daniel R. Romanelli 1994 Gary Caplan Charles Schulz 1993 Jim Davis Mark McCormack 1991 Joseph Barbera William Hanna Jim Henson 1990 Herman “Kay” Kamen Walter Wormser 1989 Charter Members - Murray Altchuler, Connie Boucher, Raymond Butman Jack Chojnacki, Jerrold Robinson and Stanley Weston
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