"The Amarillo College Matney Mass Media Program is pleased to announce that it will honor Tony Freeman, who has served as printer and mentor for the College’s award-winning student magazine “AC Current” since its inception in 1971.
Freeman, general manager of Cenveo Amarillo, formerly Trafton Printing, will be added to the prestigious Mass Media Wall of Fame during a formal ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 in the Panhandle PBS Studio at AC.
From choosing paper to the various aspects of layout and design, Freeman has advised AC students for 47 years, giving every new group a tour of the production facility with each passing semester.
“For decades now, Tony Freeman has selflessly devoted countless hours to advising AC students on all aspects of the printing process,” said Jill Gibson, Matney Mass Media Program chair.
“Tony has always been willing to partner in the teaching process,” Gibson said. “His generous contributions of support and knowledge have been instrumental in the numerous state and national awards ‘AC Current’ has won over the years.”
The Wall of Fame honors former students who have been successful in the media and others who have made significant contributions to the Matney Mass Media Program and the local media industry.
Freeman began his career in the printing industry in 1970 and in 1973 became a partner with the late Ron Trafton and the Trafton family. The company was sold to publicly held Cenveo in 1998, and Freeman remained with the firm. He has been sales manager and general manager with what is virtually the same company for 48 years.
A product of Amarillo Tascosa High School and what is now West Texas A&M University (BBA and MBA), Freeman has taught evening classes at both AC and WTAMU – in small business operations, sales management, marketing, advertising, communications and entrepreneurship.
He has served in leadership positions with the Amarillo chapter of the American Advertising Federation, the Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors Council, Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, and the Amarillo Area Rotary Baseball League.
Freeman will join 17 other honorees who have been recognized in the past and have their portraits and biographical information displayed on the Wall of Fame outside the AC student media newsroom in Parcells Hall."
-Amarillo College
