Graydon Carter, one of the longest serving editors in the Condé Nast empire, was named to the Hall of Fame of the American Society of Magazine Editors.
Carter last year inked a new multiyear agreement to stay at the helm of Vanity Fair in what many expect may be his final three-year contract.
“Few journalists are as influential — and as well known — as Graydon Carter,” said Sid Holt, the CEO of the ASME.
Carter was appointed editor of Vanity Fair in 1992, jumping from The New York Observer and succeeding Tina Brown. He got off to a bumpy start his first year as advertisers fled, but hit his stride in subsequent years, earning Ad Age Magazine Editor of the Year honors and twice picking up Editor of the Year awards from Adweek.
Invitations to his Oscar-night bashes became among the most sought-after invitations on Academy Awards night and he turned his New Establishment list into a lucrative franchise.
Carter won 14 National Magazine Awards, including two for General Excellence.
The 64-year-old executive also embarked on a second career as a co-owner of three New York City restaurants: The Waverly Inn, the Monkey Bar and the Beatrice Inn.
The Toronto-born Carter started his New York publishing career at Time magazine, where he first met Kurt Andersen. The duo teamed up with Tom Phillips in 1988 to launch Spy magazine, which blazed a new trail in graphics and in its irreverent way of covering media and society.
Carter is going to be formally inducted into the Hall at the National Magazine Awards annual dinner at the Marriott Marquis in New York on May 1.