J. Winton Lemen Fellowship Award
Awarded to those rendering continuing outstanding service in the
interests of press photography and for outstanding technical achievement
in photography (established 1948).
J. Winton Lemen was a charter member of the NPPA. In 1952, after a
distinguished career as a news photographer at the Rocky Mountain
News, Pittsburgh Press and Buffalo Times, Lemen established the photo
press markets division of the Eastman Kodak Co. and served as the
firm's liaison with the nation's news photographers.
Wint Lemen also organized four Rochester Photo Conferences and
established a scholarship in his name at Kent (Ohio) State University.
He retired from Kodak in 1970 and died in Rochester, N.Y., on July 25,
1984. He was a recipient of NPPA's Joseph Sprague Award.
1948-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000
- 2007
- Joe Weiss
- 2006
- William (Sandy) Colton
- 2005
- Mark Bell
- 2004
- Dennis Walker
- 2003
- Brian Storm
- 2002
- Joe Torelli
- 2001
- Al Tompkins
- 2000
- Karl Kuntz
- 1999
- Lon Cooper
- 1998
- Emory Kristoff
- Fuji Research Team
- 1997
- John Harcourt
- Harold G. Buell
- 1996
- Claude Petrone
- Dr. Dick Dickerson
- 1995
- Ken Tiven
- Mark Loundy
- 1994
- Dave Metz
- Sony Corp.
- 1993
- John Davidson
- George Sweers
- John Cornell
- 1992
- Paul Curtis
- 1991
- Adobe Systems Inc.
- 1990
- Laslo Vesprimi
- 1989
- Robert Caspe
- 1988
- Charles R. Freestone
- J. Scott Henry
- 1987
- Brian Horton
- 1986
- Charles Hulcher
- Fred Shook
- 1985
- Robert Gilka
- John E. Young
- 1984
- Delmar L. Borer
- William Pekala
- 1983
- Anthony J. Spina
- 1982
- Kenneth Paik
- 1981
- James Gordon
- Sheila Keyes
- Marci Robbins
- 1980
- Roone Arledge
- Amelia Ehrenreich
- 1979
- David Bowen
- 1978
- Mike Tatem
- 1977
- Martin Forscher
- 1976
- Edmund M. DiGiulio
- 1975
- Dr. Edward Lowe
- 1974
- Edward R. Farber
- James Frezzolini
- 1973
- George A. Shivers
- Gordon Yoder
- 1972
- Sam Fox
- Harvey A. Weber
- 1971
- John Faber
- 1970
- Walter Heun
- 1969
- Prince Bernhard
- Dr. Robert Richter
- 1968
- John W. Ahlhauser
- Marshall A. Dussinger
- Robert East
- 1967
- Gerald Clarke
- Leslie H. Swenson
- 1966
- Bayard F. Lawes
- Cal Olson
- 1965
- John Savage
- 1964
- Charles T. Higgins
- Don Mohler
- 1963
- J. Winton Lemen
- 1962
- James Bennett
- John Reidy
- Don Swenson
- Les Swenson
- 1961
- George Yates
- 1960
- Joseph Benetti
- Morris Berman
- James M. Godbold
- John Rammel
- 1958
- Charles Cooper
- Nelson Tiffany
- 1957
- Irvin Forbes
- Monroe B. Stoecker
- 1956
- Howard Hammersley
- Lester A. Linck
- Arthur L. Witman
- 1955
- Robert Dumke
- 1954
- Robert Boyd
- Floyd McCall
- Marvin Richmond
- 1953
- A. Aubrey Bodine
- Bates Raney
- 1952
- Ollie Atkins
- Kenneth McLaughlin
- Andy Willoner
- 1950
- John Faber
- Samuel Mellor
- Paul Threlfall
- 1949
- Joseph Costa
- Charles Mack
- 1948
- Burt Williams
