Robert S. Carson
Robert S. Carson Memorial Award
The Robert S. Carson Memorial Award is considered ONPA’s highest honor. The award is presented for outstanding contribution to photojournalism in Ohio. Recipients are not required to be members of ONPA.
The award was created in memory of the late Robert S. Carson of Akron, an ONPA founder and camera repair extraordinaire whose desire to help news photographers was second to none.
Carson kept photographers cameras operating in top order, he contributed heavily to ONPA financially and was always available to help his clients.
While camera repair was his business, he was first a photographer.
Robert S. Carson Award Recipients
2023 – Karl Kuntz The Columbus Dispatch
2020 – Ali Ghanbari
WJW-TV, Cleveland
2018 – Kimberly Barth
Akron Beacon Journal
2017 – Marcy Nighswander
Ohio University
2016 – Ed Suba Jr,
Akron Beacon Journal
2015 – Bob DeMay
Akron Beacon Journal
2014 – Craig Holman
The Columbus Dispatch
2005 – Ron Kuntz
Freelance
2001 – Mark Duncan
Associated Press
1995 – Chuck Scott
Ohio University
1994 – Tom Hubbard
Ohio State University
1988 – Larry Nighswander
Cincinnati Post
1987 – Skip Peterson
Dayton Daily News
1984 – Joan Gordon
1984 – Herral Long
The Blade
1980 – Marci Robins
Nikon
1979 – Jim Gordon
Bowling Green State University
1978 – Francis C. (Chuck) Goodwin
WJW-TV, Cleveland
1977 – Tom Brunk
Nationwide Insurance
1974 – Richard C. Bixler
Pix by Bix
1972 – Elinor M. Taylor
City Editor Wooster Daily Record
1972 – Julius Greenfield
Akron Beacon Journal
1971 – Paul R. Schell
Youngstown Vindicator
1970 – Walter J. Wolfe
Goodyear Aerospace Corp.
1969 – Robert Quinlan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
1968 – Brady Black
Editor Cincinnati Enquirer
1968 – George a. Smallsreed Jr.
U.S. Trotting Association
1967 – Louis B. Seltzer
Retired Editor of Cleveland Press
1967 – Frank Kuchirchul
King Features Syndicate
1966 – Ed Mason
FBI
1966 – Robert L. Coon
B.F. Goodrich Tire & Rubber Co.
1965 – George Sturgis
Former Editor Kettering Oakwood Times and PIO Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
1965 – John S. Knight
Publisher Akron Beacon Journal
RECIPIENTS UNKNOWN DATE
Terry Bochatey
UPI
Allan Kain
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ben Maidenburg
Publisher Akron Beacon Journal
Warren Nelson
Ohio Highway Safety Director
Paul Block
Publisher of The Toledo Blade
Jane Scott, Wife of Ohio University Professor Chuck Scott