The award is given for outstanding service as a photojournalism educator. Bob Garland was a picture editor and war correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post until he joined Graflex Inc. as press technical representative after World War II. Later he became a press photography products specialist for Eastman Kodak Co. He died in December 1972.
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
Julianne Newton
2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1999
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1998
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1997
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1996
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1995
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1994
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1993
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1992
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1991
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1990
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1988
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1984
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1983
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1982
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1981
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1980
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1979
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1978
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1977
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1976
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1975
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1974
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