In Memoriam
This page lists deceased APHA members, honorees, speakers, and Printing History contributors. To add names to this list please use the contact form and when possible, please include a link, such as an obituary that summarizes their accomplishments.
| Person | Distinction |
|---|---|
| Sue Allen | Scholar of historical bookbindings. 2007 Lieberman Lecturer. 1999 APHA Award laureate. Printing History contributor |
| Mike Anderson | Printer and typefounder. Chesapeake chapter member |
| Maurice Annenberg | Printer, businessman, entrepreneur, and author of works on the history of printing, advertising, and the graphic arts. 1976 APHA Award laureate |
| Hugh Amory | Rare book library cataloguer. Author. 2002 APHA Award winner. Printing History contributor |
| Anna Lou Ashby | Anna Lou Ashby, Librarian and museum curator. Former editor of Printing History |
| Joseph Blumenthal | Printer and publisher, typographer, and book historian. Founder of the Spiral Press |
| Lowell Bodger | Typographer, letterpress printer, educator. Former APHA New York Chapter president |
| Pall Bohne | printer, binder, blacksmith. Southern California chapter member |
| Catherine T. Brody | APHA founding member, former president, and trustee. Printing History contributor. Newsletter editor, 1975–1985 |
| Kenneth E. Carpenter | Librarian and blbliographer. 1998 Lieberman Lecturer |
| Stephen Crook | Librarian and long-time APHA Executive Secretary |
| Erik Delfino | Librarian, scholar, and author. Chesapeake chapter member and former vice president |
| Mike Denker | Printer, Chesapeake chapter member |
| John Depol | Prominent wood engraver. Illustrator of books by several APHA members. |
| Joseph R. Dunlap | Librarian. APHA founding member, former president, and trustee |
| John Dreyfus | British book designer and historian of printing. 1984 APHA Award laureate. Printing History contributor |
| Giovanni Favretti | Book collector and arts philanthropist |
| Frank Feldman | Lawyer and Book collector. Involved with the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR), which studies theft and forgery of art, antiquities, and rare books. |
| James Eckman | Author. 1985 APHA Award laureate. Printing History contributor |
| Robert D. Fleck | Oak Knoll Books and Oak Knoll Publishing. Oak Knoll won the 2008 APHA Institutional Award |
| Morris Gelfand | Proprietor of the Stone House Press. Former APHA president and trustee |
| James Gilreath | 1988 Lieberman lecturer |
| Chandler Grannis | Editor-in-chief at Publishers Weekly |
| Philip Grushkin | Calligrapher, book jacket designer and book designer. APHA founding member, former vice president for Programs, and trustee. |
| Steven Harvard | Printing History contributor |
| Roland Hoover | Printer/typographer, Chesapeake chapter member |
| Ricky Jay | American magician, actor, bibliophile, and writer. APHA 2016 conference keynote speaker |
| Herbert H. Johnson | RIT Professor, historian, scholar, educator, designer, typographer, printer. APHA founding member and former trustee. 2014 Lieberman Lecturer. Printing History contributor |
| Stephen A. Kanter | Physician and bibliophile. Established the Stephen A. Kanter Lecture on California Fine Printing held bi-annually at the Clark Library, UCLA |
| Sandra Kirshenbaum | Founding editor of the typographic magazineFine Print. 2001 APHA Award laureate |
| Kay Michael Kramer | Book designer and fine press printer |
| Jay T. Last | Physicist, entrepreneur, publisher, print and ephemera collector |
| Robert L. Leslie | Physician, graphic designer, and publisher. APHA founding member. 1976 APHA Award laureate |
| J. Ben Lieberman | APHA founding member and first president, 1974–1978. 1980 APHA Award laureate |
| Richard Mathews | Director of University Tampa Press |
| Francis O. Mattson | Librarian |
| Ruari McLean | Typographic design and author. 1993 APHA Award laureate |
| Marcus McCorison | Librarian, bibliographer, and scholar of early American printing. 1998 APHA Award laureate. Printing History contributor |
| Ludwig Mohr | Master bookbinding, printer, and printmaker |
| Henry Morris | Printer and publisher, Bird & Bull Press. 2006 Lieberman Lecturer |
| Katharine F. Pantzer | Librarian and biblographer. 1995 APHA Award laureate. Printing History contributor |
| Mike Parker | The type consultant, historian designer and popularizer of Helvetica. Printing History contributor |
| Stephen O. Saxe | Printing history scholar, author. 1991 Lieberman Lecturer. Printing History contributor. APHA founding member, former vice president of publications, trustee, and newsletter editor, 1986–1990. |
| Betsy Raymond | Northern California calligrapher and book artist. |
| Rollo Silver | Book collector and historian of American printing, typography, and publishing. 1977 APHA Award laureate. Printing History contributor |
| Martin K. Speckter | Advertising executive. Creator of the interrobang. APHA founding member and former trustee |
| Jack Stauffacher | Master typographer, printer, and educator. 2002 Lieberman Lecturer |
| Roderick Stinehour | Master printer, founder of the Stinehour Press. 1989 APHA Award laureate. 2003 Lieberman Lecturer. Printing History contributor |
| Susan Otis Thompson | Teacher, author, editor, lecturer, and researcher. APHA founding member and former trustee. Editor of Printing History, 1979–1983 |
| Gene Valentine | Arizona Stae University Professor Emeritus, letterpress printer, papermaker, author, and editor. |
| Peter Martin VanWingen | Librarian. Former APHA president and trustee. Printing History contributor |
| Hendrik D. L. Vervliet | Librarian and historian of books and printing. 2011 APHA Award laureate. Printing History contributor |
| Gregory Jackson Walters | Printer and preeminant collector of typecasting equipment |
| James M. Wells | Librarian and curator |
| Edwin Wolf II | Rare book librarian and historian of Colonial America. 1998 APHA Award laureate |