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Lifetime AOJ Members

The following material is preserved from the original AOJ website as of December 2016 and should be considered historical.

Life Members

The following members have been awarded Life Membership in the National Conference of Editorial Writers 1947-2012 (Association of Opinion Journalists since 2012) for exceptional service to NCEW-AOJ. 

The newspaper or organization listed is the one with which the member was associated or retired from at the time of the selection. The date of the Executive Board's decision is also shown. The list is largely alphabetical by last name. Italics denote a deceased member, along with a date of death if available.

  • M. Carl Andrews, May 1, 1971
    • THE ROANOKE (Va.) WORLD NEWS
  • Joan Armour, April 12, 2008
    • Armour & Armour, Nashville, Tenn.
  • Lloyd R. Armour, August 15, 1988
    • THE TENNESSEAN, Nashville, Tenn.
  • Margorie Arons-Barron, Sept. 22, 2012
    • WCVB-TV (Ret.); Barron Assoc. Worldwide, Inc.
  • Robert T. Barnard, June 9, 1986
    • THE COURIER JOURNAL/LOUISVILLE (Ky.) TIMES
  • Creed C. Black, August 15, 1989
    • Knight Foundation, Akron, Ohio
  • Warren G. Bovee, July 21, 1994
    • Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • Harry E. Boyd, March 2, 1972
    • THE CEDAR RAPIDS (Iowa) GAZETTE
  • Millard C. Browne, April 25, 1980
    • BUFFALO (N.Y.) EVENING NEWS
  • Clifford E. Carpenter, Oct. 1, 1969
    • DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, Rochester, N.Y.
  • Van A. Cavett, April 8, 1995
    • THE MORNING CALL, Allentown, Pa.
  • Richard B. Childs, April 20, 1979
    • THE FLINT (Mich.) JOURNAL
  • Reese Cleghorn, April 23, 1990
    • University of Maryland, College Park
  • James A. Clendinen, June 9, 1986
    • THE TAMPA (Fla.) TRIBUNE
  • Ralph Coghlan, Nov. 14, 1956
    • ST. LOUIS (Mo.) POST DISPATCH
  • Will C. Conrad, Oct. 4, 1967
    • THE MILWAUKEE, (Wis.) JOURNAL
  • Gilbert Cranberg, Feb. 18, 1983
    • University of Iowa, Iowa City
  • Frank H. Crane, April 25, 1980
    • THE INIDANAPOLIS (Ind.) STAR
  • Tommy Denton, April 15, 2005
    • THE ROANOKE (V.A) TIMES
  • Jerry F. Dhonau, April 29, 2000
    • THE NEWS JOURNAL, Daytona Beach, Fla.
  • Brian W. Dickinson, August 12, 1993
    • PROVIDENCE (R.I.) JOURNAL BULLETIN
  • Wilbur E. Elston, Oct. 17, 1978
    • THE DETROIT (Mich.) NEWS
  • Robert H. Estabrook, Nov. 11, 1964
    • THE WASHINGTON (D.C.) POST
  • Clayford T. (Tom) Everett, April 20, 2002 (Honorary)
    • Everett Associates, Rockville, Md.
  • Cora Everett, April 20, 2002 (Honorary)
    • Everett Associates, Rockville, Md.
  • David V. Felts, Oct. 4, 1967
    • DECATUR (Ill.) HERALD
  • Laura T. (Tomi) Fontaine, April 20, 2002 (Honorary)
    • Everett Associates, Rockville, Md.
  • G. Donald Gale, April 25, 1998
    • Bonneville International Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Paul Greenberg, June 9, 1997
    • ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE, Little Rock, Ar.
  • Willis S. Harrison, August 15, 1988
    • PHILADELPHIA (Pa.) BULLETIN
  • Phil Haslanger, Aug. 1, 2011
    • THE CAPITAL TIMES
  • Neil Heinen, October 15, 2013
    • WISC-TV, Madison, Wis.
  • Ed Hinshaw, March 19, 2003
    • WTMJ AM and WTMJ TV, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • David Holwerk, Nov. 14, 2015
    • retired newspapers, Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio
  • Rick Horowitz, Aug. 6, 2010
    • columnist, Milwaukee, Wis.
  • W. Lawrie Joslin, July 21, 1994
    • CALGARY (Alberta) HERALD
  • Edward Jones, April 24, 2004
    • THE FREE LANCE STAR, Fredericksburg, Va.
  • Robert E. Kennedy, Oct. 9, 1973
    • THE CHICAGO (Ill.) SUN TIMES
  • James J. Kilpatrick, Oct. 9, 1973
    • Washington (D.C.) Star Syndicate
  • Jill R. Labbe, Nov. 14, 2015
    • retired Fort Worth Star-Telegram, JPS Health Network
  • Curtis D. MacDougall, Sept. 30, 1970
    • Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
  • Calvin W. Mayne, Oct. 9, 1973
    • THE TIMES UNION, Rochester, N.Y.
  • John R. McClelland, Sept. 23, 2014
    • Roosevelt University, Chicago
  • Morgan McGinley, April 14, 2007
    • THE DAY, New London, CT.
  • Paul McKalip, March 2, 1984
    • TUCSON (Ariz.) CITIZEN
  • S Ann Lloyd Merriman, April 23, 1990
    • THE RICHMOND (Va.) NEWS LEADER
  • Leslie Moore, April 19, 1959
    • WORCESTER (Mass.) TELEGRAM & GAZETTE
  • Frank Partsch, April 12, 2008
    • OMAHA WORLD HERALD
  • Robert T. Pittman, Aug. 25, 1991
    • ST. PETERSBURG (Fla.) TIMES
  • Paul Ringler, May 6,1972
    • THE MILWAUKEE (Wis.) JOURNAL
  • Donovan M. Richardson, March 25, 1962
    • CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Mass.
  • Vermont C. Royster, Nov. 14, 1972
    • THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, New York, N.Y.
  • Sue Ryon, Sept. 16, 2006
    • THE MILWAUKEE (Wis.) JOURNAL SENTINEL (retired)
  • Kenneth F. Rystrom Jr., April 13, 1992
    • Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg, Va.
    • (d August 2013)
  • Dwight E. Sargent, Nov. 11, 1964
    • Nieman Foundation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Kay Semion, Aug. 6, 2010
    • Volusia Literacy Council
  • LeRoy E. Smith, March 2, 1984
    • THE BUFFALO, (N.Y.) NEWS
  • William D. Snider, Feb. 18, 1983
    • GREENSBORO (N.C.) NEWS and RECORD
  • Lauren K. Soth, May 1, 1976
    • DES MOINES (Iowa) REGISTER & TRIBUNE
  • Chuck Stokes, Sept. 22, 2012
    • WXYZ-TV Detroit
  • Desmond Stone, May 10, 1985
    • DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, Rochester, N.Y.
  • Joe Hinton Stroud, Sept.4, 1996
    • DETROIT (Mich.) FREE PRESS
  • John H. Taylor, Jr., April 14, 2007
    • THE NEWS JOURNAL, Wilmington, Del.
    • (d April 2015)
  • Clarke M. Thomas, Feb. 18, 1983
    • PITTSBURGH (Pa.) POST GAZETTE
  • Paul Trescott, Oct. 2, 1963
    • PHILADELPHIA (Pa.) BULLETIN
  • Charles J. Wellner, May 1, 1976
    • LOCKPORT (N.Y.) UNION SUN & JOURNAL
  • John Zakarian, April 21, 2001
    • THE HARTFORD (Conn.) COURANT
    • (d 3/28/2014)