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Dwiggins Award

In the 1956-1957 season the Bookbuilders membership voted to give an award to an individual in the book industry for the most outstanding contribution to book building in New England. After the death of our extraordinary member W.A. Dwiggins in 1956, it was further voted to name the award in his honor. In so doing, the membership set a very high standard of excellence for the annual selection of individuals.

The Dwiggins Award honors the unusual contribution of one person out of a community of highly skilled and active people. It is awarded to someone who exemplifies the ideals of Bookbuilders; has the highest personal standards of craftsmanship and devotion to his/her work; has demonstrated an interest in and service to the bookbuilding community; has given "something extra" to his/her job or to Bookbuilders in terms of talent, brilliance, integrity, devotion, or helpfulness to others; and compares favorably with previous Dwiggins Award recipients. Nominations are welcome from anyone and the selection is made by a small Committee of active Bookbuilders.

   

Those who have received the W.A. Dwiggins award over the last fifty years have been carefully selected for their outstanding devotion to their craft and their community.

The 2008 Dwiggins Award winner is:

Chuck Wallace

The Dwiggins Award Recipients 1957–2008

1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983

 

Max S. Kirshen
Gladys Pitcher
John A. Manganelli
Natalie Norris
Frank Lightbown
Rudolph Ruzicka
Ronald W. Murray
Gobin Stair
Jean Abbott
Burton J. Jones
William E. Spaulding
Harry F. Howard
Rollo G. Silver
Charles A. Rheault, Jr.
A. Bradlee Emmons
W. Michael Bodden
Burton L. Stratton
Patricia Thoma
Richard C. Bartlett
Doylie Venn
Arnold Kirshen
Stephen Pekich
Harrison Bennett

Morton H. Baker
David R. Godine

1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008

 

Harold Hugo
Frank Romano
Susan M. Hayes
Constance L. Tree
Russell Halliday
Lewis H. Brown
Melbourne W. Cummings
Lance Hidy
Meredith E. White
Stuart Murphy
Stephen P. Snyder
Arthur Clarke
Al Bachand
Paula Carroll
Joseph Crowley
Thomas F. D’Espinosa
A. Diehl Jenkins
Donna Baxter McCarthy
John Walsh
Richard Tonachel
Bruce Kissell
Marianne Perlak
Jim Rigney
Marty Rabinowitz
Chuck Wallace