1942 Col. William Spottiswoode Cameron 1943 William Dobson Chapman 1944 Sir Thomas Peirson Frank 1945 Thomas Wilfred Sharp 1946 Henry William James Heck 1947 Sir James Reginald Howard Roberts 1948 James Whirter Renwick Adams 1949 Sir George Lionel Pepler 1950 Lt-Col. Henry Philip Cart De Lafontaine 1951 Ernest Hone Ford 1952 Samuel Leslie George Beaufoy 1953 Lord Holford 1954 Ernest Harvey Doubleday 1955 Sir Desmond Heap 1956 Maurice James Hellier 1957 Bernard John Collins 1958 Udolphus Aylmer Coates 1959 Joseph Stanley Allen 1960 Rowland Nicholas 1961 John Jefferson 1962 Denis Wearing Riley 1963 Sir Colin Douglas Buchanan 1964 Leslie William Lane 1965 Lewis Bingham Keeble 1966 Nathaniel Lichfield 1967 Sir Wilfred Burns 1968 Arthur George Ling 1969 Phipps Turnbull 1970 Walter George Bor 1971 Francis John Clarke Amos 1972 John Stanley Millar 1973 Graham William Ashworth 1974 Sylvia Law 1975 Ewart West Parkinson 1976 Sir John Keyworth Boynton 1977 Tom Clarke 1978 Gordon Cherry 1979 Geoffrey Booth 1980 John Frederick Norman Collins 1982 Andrew Thorburn 1983 John Edgar Finney 1984 John Stewart Anderson 1985 Stephen Philip Byrne 1986 George McDonic 1987 John Dean 1988 Francis Tibbalds 1989 Chris Shepley 1990 Robin Thompson 1991 Peter Fidler 1992 Michael Welbank 1993 Martin Bradshaw 1994 Hazel McKay 1995 Jed Griffiths 1996 Cliff Hague 1997 William Anthony Keith Struthers 1998 Trevor Roberts 1999 Brian Raggett 2000 Kevin Murray 2001 Nick Davies 2002 Mike Haslam 2003 Vincent Goodstadt 2004 Mike Hayes 2005 Ron Tate 2006 Clive Harridge 2007 Jim Claydon 2008 Janet O'Neill 2009 Martin Willey 2010 Ann Skippers 2011 Richard Summers 2012 Colin Haylock 2013 Peter Geraghty 2014 Cath Ranson 2015 Janet Askew 2016 Phil Williams 2017 Stephen Wilkinson 2018 John Acres 2019 Ian Tant 2020 Sue Manns 2021 Wei Yang 2022 Timothy David Crawshaw 2023 Sue Bridge Gold Medal The RTPI's most prestigious award is its gold medal. It is awarded at the discretion of the RTPI for outstanding achievement in the field of town and country planning. There have been 15 recipients of the Gold Medal since its inception in 1953. It's been awarded to: 1953 Sir George Pepler 1955 Sir Patrick Abercrombie 1957 Lewis Mumford 1961 Sir William Holford 1963 Sir Frederic Osborn 1967 Sir Colin Buchanan 1971 Lord Lewis Silkin 1974 Sir Robert Grieve 1978 Sir Frederick Gibberd 1983 Sir Desmond Heap 2003 Sir Peter Hall 2006 Professor Patsy Healy 2013 Alison Nimmo 2016 Professor Michael Batty 2017 Sir Terry