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.
2021
Martin Smith-Rodden
2020
Jeanie Adams-Smith
2019
Josh Meltzer
2018
Marcy Nighswander
2017
Bob Gould
2016
Bethany Swain
2015
Tim Broekema
Loret Steinberg
2014
David Nolan
2013
Bradley Wilson
2012
Seth Gitner
Randy Piland
2011
Jim Veneman
2010
Bruce Strong
2009
Jim Brown
2008
Kevin Moloney
2007
Ed Wheeler
2006
Terry Eiler
Boyd Huppert
Al Tompkins
2005
John B. Zibluk
2004
Julianne Newton
2003
David Sutherland
2002
Fred Shook
2001
John Freeman
2000
Larry Nighswander
1999
Claude Cookman
1998
John Premack
1997
Patricia Reksten
1996
Kenneth Kobre
1995
James McNay
1994
Nelson Wadsworth
1993
Jack Corn
1992
Bill Kuykendall
1991
David LaBelle
1990
George Tuck
1989
Michael Morse
1988
Donald Doll, S.J.
1985
R. Pierson Smith
1986
I. Wilmer Counts
1987
David Hamer
Larry Hatteberg
1984
Jimmy Bedford
1983
David B. Eisendrath
1982
Angus McDougall
1981
John W. Ahlhauser
1980
Joseph Costa
1979
Charles L. Scott
1978
Rich C. Clarkson
1977
Ernie Crisp
1976
Robert E. Gilka
1975
Harvey A. Weber
1974
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