| 2024 | | Russell Croman | | Astrophotograher and founder of RC Astro from Austin, TX has created innovative solutions for astronomical image processing that enable all astrophotographers to transform their raw image data into magnificent depictions of the universe. |
2023 | | Dan Margulis | | Recognized for the authoritative work in the field of digital color correction of photographs |
| 2022 | | Harold Davis | | For the development of a high key digital HDR workflow and set of techniques involving specific kinds of back lighting that make it possible to create luminous translucent imagery. |
| 2021 | | Jack Griffith | | For the development and application of techniques to enable photography through the lens of the electron microscope. |
| 2020 | | No award given | | |
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2019
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Steve Van Slyke and Ching W. Tang
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Invention of the OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode)
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2018
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Philippe Kahn
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Created the first camera phone
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2017
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Dr. Nick Holonyak
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Inventor and creator of the first viable (LED) Light Emitting Diode
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2016
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Masuji Suto
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Creator of the StereoPhotoMaker stereo image editor
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2015
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Nick Woodman and the GoPro Corporation
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Creators of GoPro Cameras
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2014
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Sir Timothy Berners-Lee
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Inventor of the World Wide Web
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2013
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Kenneth Lauren Burns
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For his informative, historical and documentary abilities
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2012
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Dr. Fujio Masuoka
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Inventor of flash memory
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2011
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Nobukazu Teranishi
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Outstanding and critical contributions to digital photography.
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2010
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Art Wolfe
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Photographer, author, environmentalist
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2009
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Felice Frankel
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Clarification of science through photography
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2008
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Minoru Usui
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Micro Piezo Inkjet printing technology
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2007
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Frans Lanting
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Environmental photographer
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2006
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Steven J. Sasson
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Conceived first digital camera
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2005
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Larry J. Hornbeck
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DLP projection technology
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2004
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David Muench
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Landscape photographer
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2003
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Eric R. Fossum
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Developer, CMOS chip
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2002
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John Shaw
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Nature photographer, educator and author
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2001
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Thomas Knoll
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Co-Creator Adobe Photoshop
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John Knoll
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Co-Creator Adobe Photoshop
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2000
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Dr. Robert Q. Fugate
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Adaptive optics
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1999
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Dr. Tung H. Jeong
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Developments in Holography
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1998
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George D. Lepp
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Nature photographer; author, inventor
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1997
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Lennart Nilsson
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Medical field video
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1996
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Scott A. Brownstein
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Photo CD inventor
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1995
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Dr. Albert L. Sieg
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Many patents contributing to photographic science in area of graphic arts
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1994
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no award given
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1993
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Dr. David F. Malin
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Deep sky photography
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1992
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Gordon Parks
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Photojournalist; writer, director, film producer
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1991
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Jack S. Kilby
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Integrated circuit co-inventor
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Robert N. Noyce
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Integrated circuit co-inventor
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1990
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Freeman Patterson
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Photographer, author
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1989
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Eliot Porter
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Photographer
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1988
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Dr. Robert Edward Booms
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T-grain emulsion development
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Dr. James T. Kofron
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T-grain emulsion development
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1987
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Photojournalist
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1986
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Willard S. Boyle
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Charge couple device development
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George E. Smith
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Charge couple device development
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1985
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Arthur Rothstein
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Photojournalist
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1984
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Clifton C. Edom
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Photojournalism educator
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1983
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John G. Mulder
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Film coating, international standards
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1982
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Herbert T. Robinson
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Carousel slide projector inventor
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1981
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Paul Arnold
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Standards for film, cartridge, holder
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1980
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Allan MacLeod Cormack
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Cat scan technique
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1979
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Godfrey N. Hounsfield
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Cat scan technique
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1978
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Allen G. Stimson
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Inventor, exposure meter devices
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1977
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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Undersea photography research
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1976
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Dr. Wesley T. Hanson Jr.
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Kodacolor film research
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1975
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Dr. John Nash Ott
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Time lapse & photo biology
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1974
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HarrisB. Tuttle
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Medical, sports, forensic photography
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1973
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H. Lou Gibson
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Medical, technical, nature photography
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1972
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Dr. Katherine Burr Blodget
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Non-reflective glass development
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1971
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Dr. Victor Hasselblad
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Camera creator
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1970
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Leopold Godowsky
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Kodachrome film co-inventor
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1969
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Ansel Adams
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Photographer, author
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1968
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C.B. Neblette
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Educator, editor, author
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1967
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Capt. Edward J. Steichen
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Navy, Family of Man curator
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1966
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Adolf Fassbender
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Photographer & educator
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1965
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Beaumont Newhall
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Historian, author & curator
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1964
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Dr. Deane Rowland White
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Physicist, photo standards development
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1963
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Dr. Melville Grosvenor
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President & editor National Geographic
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1962
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Dr. Herman Hans Duerr
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High speed mono & color research
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1961
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Lloyd E. Varden
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Educator, historian
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1960
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Dr. Edwin H. Land
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Camera, light polarizing material
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1959
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W.R. Hunter
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Space research photography
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Dr. D.M. Packer
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Space research photography
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J.D. Purcell
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Space research photography
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Dr. Richard Tousey
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Space research photography
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1958
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Roy E. Stryker
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Government photo agencies chief
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1957
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Edward Weston
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Photographer
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1956
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Dr. John I. Crabtree
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Chemistry & motion picture development
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1955
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Dr. Harold E. Edgerton
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Electronic flash development
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1954
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Henry R. Luce
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Life Magazine editor-in-chief
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1953
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no award given
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1952
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Walt Disney
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Motion picture art contributions
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1951
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Col. George Goddard
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Chief Air Force photo lab, Dayton, OH
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1950
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Dr. Lloyd A. Jones
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Kodak field of sensitometry
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1949
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J. Dudley Johnston
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Clubs & societies development
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1948
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Dr. C.E.K. Mees
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Technical achievement & literature
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