The following members have been awarded Life Membership in the National Conference of Editorial Writers for exceptional service to the Conference. 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.

*M. Carl Andrews, THE ROANOKE (Va.) WORLD‑NEWS, May 1, 1971

Joan Armour, Armour & Armour, Nashville, Tenn. April 12, 2008

*Lloyd R. Armour, THE TENNESSEAN, Nashville, Tenn., August 15, 1988

Margorie Arons-Barron, WCVB-TV (Ret.); Barron Assoc. Worldwide, Inc., Sept. 22, 2012

*Robert T. Barnard, THE COURIER‑JOURNAL/LOUISVILLE (Ky.) TIMES, June 9, 1986

Creed C. Black, Knight Foundation, Akron, Ohio, August 15, 1989

*Warren G. Bovee, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., July 21, 1994

*Harry E. Boyd, THE CEDAR RAPIDS (Iowa) GAZETTE, March 2, 1972

*Millard C. Browne, BUFFALO (N.Y.) EVENING NEWS, April 25, 1980

*Clifford E. Carpenter, DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 1, 1969

*Van A. Cavett, THE MORNING CALL, Allentown, Pa., April 8, 1995

Richard B. Childs, THE FLINT (Mich.) JOURNAL, April 20, 1979

*Reese Cleghorn, University of Maryland, College Park, April 23, 1990

*James A. Clendinen, THE TAMPA (Fla.) TRIBUNE, June 9, 1986

*Ralph Coghlan, ST. LOUIS (Mo.) POST‑DISPATCH, Nov. 14, 1956

*Will C. Conrad, THE MILWAUKEE, (Wis.) JOURNAL, Oct. 4, 1967

Gilbert Cranberg, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Feb. 18, 1983

*Frank H. Crane, THE INIDANAPOLIS (Ind.) STAR, April 25, 1980

Tommy Denton, THE ROANOKE (V.A) TIMES, April 15, 2005

Jerry F. Dhonau, THE NEWS‑JOURNAL, Daytona Beach, Fla., April 29, 2000

*Brian W. Dickinson, PROVIDENCE (R.I.) JOURNAL BULLETIN, August 12, 1993

*Wilbur E. Elston, THE DETROIT (Mich.) NEWS, Oct. 17, 1978

*Robert H. Estabrook, THE WASHINGTON (D.C.) POST, Nov. 11, 1964

Clayford T. (Tom) Everett, Everett Associates, Rockville, Md., April 20, 2002 (Honorary)

Cora Everett, Everett Associates, Rockville, Md., April 20, 2002 (Honorary)

*David V. Felts, DECATUR (Ill.) HERALD, Oct. 4, 1967

Laura T. (Tomi) Fontaine, Everett Associates, Rockville, Md., April 20, 2002 (Honorary)

G. Donald Gale, Bonneville International Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 25, 1998

Paul Greenberg, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT‑GAZETTE, Little Rock, Ar., June 9, 1997

*Willis S. Harrison, PHILADELPHIA (Pa.) BULLETIN, August 15, 1988

Phil Haslanger, THE CAPITAL TIMES, Aug. 1, 2011

Ed Hinshaw, WTMJ‑AM and WTMJ‑TV, Milwaukee, Wis., March 19, 2003

Rick Horowitz, columnist, Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 6, 2010

*W. Lawrie Joslin, CALGARY (Alberta) HERALD, July 21, 1994

Edward Jones, THE FREE LANCE‑STAR, Fredericksburg, Va., April 24, 2004

*Robert E. Kennedy, THE CHICAGO (Ill.) SUN‑TIMES, Oct. 9, 1973

James J. Kilpatrick, Washington (D.C.) Star Syndicate, Oct. 9, 1973

*Curtis D. MacDougall, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., Sept. 30, 1970

*Calvin W. Mayne, THE TIMES‑UNION, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 9, 1973

Morgan McGinley, THE DAY, New London, CT. April 14, 2007

*Paul McKalip, TUCSON (Ariz.) CITIZEN, March 2, 1984

*S Ann Lloyd Merriman, THE RICHMOND (Va.) NEWS LEADER, April 23, 1990

*Leslie Moore, WORCESTER (Mass.) TELEGRAM & GAZETTE, April 19, 1959

Frank Partsch, OMAHA WORLD HERALD, April 12, 2008

Robert T. Pittman, ST. PETERSBURG (Fla.) TIMES, Aug. 25, 1991

*Paul Ringler, THE MILWAUKEE (Wis.) JOURNAL, May 6,1972

*Donovan M. Richardson, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Mass., March 25, 1962

*Vermont C. Royster, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, New York, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1972

Sue Ryon, THE MILWAUKEE (Wis.) JOURNAL SENTINEL (retired), Sept. 16, 2006

Kenneth F. Rystrom Jr., Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg, Va., April 13, 1992

*Dwight E. Sargent, Nieman Foundation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 11, 1964

*Kay Semion, Volusia Literacy Council, Aug. 6, 2010

LeRoy E. Smith, THE BUFFALO, (N.Y.) NEWS, March 2, 1984

William D. Snider, GREENSBORO (N.C.) NEWS and RECORD, Feb. 18, 1983

*Lauren K. Soth, DES MOINES (Iowa) REGISTER & TRIBUNE, May 1, 1976

Chuck Stokes, WXYZ-TV Detroit, Sept. 22, 2012

*Desmond Stone, DEMOCRATE & CHRONICLE, Rochester, N.Y., May 10, 1985

*Joe Hinton Stroud, DETROIT (Mich.) FREE‑PRESS, Sept.4, 1996

John H. Taylor, Jr., THE NEWS JOURNAL, Wilmington, Del., April 14, 2007

Clarke M. Thomas, PITTSBURGH (Pa.) POST‑GAZETTE, Feb. 18, 1983

*Paul Trescott, PHILADELPHIA (Pa.) BULLETIN, Oct. 2, 1963

*Charles J. Wellner, LOCKPORT (N.Y.) UNION‑SUN & JOURNAL, May 1, 1976

John Zakarian, THE HARTFORD (Conn.) COURANT, April 21, 2001

                          * Deceased