Catalog Success recognizes four industry professionals named to the top honors among catalogers.

By Reported Donna Loyle

DiGiovanni entered Arizona State University in 1970 to study accounting and intended to graduate and move as far away as possible from both his father and Autom. But when Ignatius died in 1973, Paul instead opted to stay so the family could keep its business.

“I guess it was the emotional tug or family pride,” he says of the decision. “I didn’t say, ‘I must do this.’ But I had a spiritual side, and I knew the business and the customers, so it was a natural thing.”