Editing National Cartoonists Society (section)

==Other awards==
{{see also|National Cartoonists Society Division Awards}}

===Ace (Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary) Award===
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*1961 Arne Rhode
*1962 [[Carol Burnett]]
*1963 [[Hugh Hefner]]
*1963 [[Jonathan Winters]]
*1964 Chuck McCann
*196? [[Cliff Arquette]]
*1967 [[Jackie Gleason]]
*1970 [[Orson Bean]]
*1972 [[Bobby Day]]
*1973 [[Robert Lansing (actor)|Robert Lansing]]
*1974 [[Jane Powell]]
*1975 [[Rita Moreno]]
*197? Boyd Lewis
*1979 Linda Gialeanella
*1980 [[Ginger Rogers]]
*1981 [[Claire Trevor]]
*1990 [[John Updike]]
*1991 [[Al Roker]]
*1992 [[Tom Wolfe]]
*1993 [[Pete Hamill]]
*1996 [[Denis Leary]]
*1998 [[Morley Safer]]
*2014 [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
*2018 [[Jake Tapper]]
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===Award of Honor===
This award was for recognition of the American cartoon as an instrument in war, peace, education and in the artistic betterment of our cultural environment. On September 22, 1965, the following were honored:
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*General [[Omar Bradley|Omar N. Bradley]]
*[[Walter Cronkite]]
*[[John Charles Daly|John C. Daly]]
*[[John Cameron Swayze]]
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===Gold Key Award (National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame)===
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*1977 [[Hal Foster]]
*1978 [[Edwina Dumm]]
*1979 [[Raeburn Van Buren]]
*1979 [[Herbert Block]]
*1980 [[Rube Goldberg]] (posthumous)
*1981 [[Milton Caniff]]
*2000 [[Arnold Roth]]
*2005 Larry Katzman
*2006 [[Mort Walker]]<ref name=rube/>
*2008 [[Bil Keane]]
*2009 [[Mell Lazarus]]
*2010 [[Bill Gallo]]
*2011 [[Roy Doty]]
*2012 [[Stan Goldberg]]
*2013 [[Bunny Hoest]] & [[John Reiner]]
*2021 [[Mort Gerberg]]
*2024 [[Russell Myers]]
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===Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award===
The Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors.
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*1994 [[Harry Devlin]]
*1994 [[Will Eisner]]
*1995 [[Al Hirschfeld]]
*1996 [[Jack Davis (cartoonist)|Jack Davis]]
*1997 [[Dale Messick]]
*1998 [[Bill Gallo]]
*1999 [[Charles M. Schulz]]
*2002 [[Jerry Robinson]]
*2003 [[Morrie Turner]]
*2004 [[Jules Feiffer]]
*2005 [[Gahan Wilson]]
*2006 [[Ralph Steadman]]
*2007 [[Sandra Boynton]]
*2008 [[Frank Frazetta]]
*2009
**[[Joe Kubert]]
**[[George Booth (cartoonist)|George Booth]]
*2010 [[R. O. Blechman]]
*2012 [[Brad Anderson (cartoonist)|Brad Anderson]]
*2013 [[Russ Heath]]
*2015 [[Paul Coker, Jr.]]
*2016 [[Angelo Torres]]
*2017 [[Lynda Barry]]
*2018 [[Floyd Norman]]
*2019 [[Hy Eisman]]
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===Gold T-Square Award===
The Gold T-Square is awarded for 50 years as a professional cartoonist.
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*1955 [[Rube Goldberg]]
*1999 [[Mort Walker]]
*2018 [[Arnold Roth]]
*2020 [[Garry Trudeau]]
*2024 [[Bill Hinds]]
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===Silver T-Square Award===
The Silver T-Square is awarded, by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors, to persons who have demonstrated outstanding dedication or service to the Society or the profession.
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*1948 [[David Low (cartoonist)|David Low]]
*1949
**[[Carl Ed]]
**[[Cliff Sterrett]]
**[[Bud Fisher|H.C. "Bud" Fisher]]
**[[Frank King (cartoonist)|Frank King]]
**[[George McManus]]
*1950
**[[Harry S. Truman]]
**John Snyder
**James Berryman
**[[Martin Branner]]
*1951 Red Manning
*1953 [[Ed Kuekes]]
*1954
**[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
**[[George M. Humphrey]]
**[[Herbert Block]]
*1956
**[[James Thurber]]
**Gluyas Williams
**[[Al Posen]]
**Al Pierotti
*1957
**[[Harry Hershfield]]
**[[Tom Little (cartoonist)|Tom Little]]
**[[Milton Caniff]]
**[[Bob Dunn (cartoonist)|Bob Dunn]]
*1958 Russell Patterson
*1959
**Carl Rose
**[[Bill Mauldin]]
*1960
**Ben Roth (posthumous)
**McGowan Miller
*1961
**[[Mort Walker]]
**Joe Musial
*1962 [[Edmund Valtman]]
*1963 Steve Douglas
*1964
**[[Tom Gill (comics)|Tom Gill]]
**[[Vernon Greene]]
*1967 [[Al Smith (cartoonist)|Al Smith]]
*1969
**[[Otto Soglow]]
**[[Irwin Hasen]]
**Dick Ericson
*1970
**[[Alfred Andriola]]
**[[George Wunder]]
*1971
**Dick Hodgins Sr.
**[[Frank Fogarty]]
*1972
**[[Walt Kelly]]
**[[John Norment]]
**David Pascal
**Larry Katzman
*1973
**[[Bill Crawford (cartoonist)|Bill Crawford]]
**[[John Fischetti]]
**[[Jack Tippit]]
*1974
**Isadore Klein
**"Tack" Knight
*1975
**Jack Rosen
**[[Hal Foster]]
*1976 [[Al Kilgore]]
*1977
**[[Bill Kresse]]
**[[Paul Szep]]
**[[Lyman Young]]
*1978
**[[Bill Gallo]]
**Jim Ruth
**[[Hank Ketcham]]
*1979
**Dick Hodgins Jr.
**[[Sylvan Byck]]
**Ed Mitchell
**Jim Ivey
*1980 Buck Peters
*1981 [[John Cullen Murphy]]
*1982 [[George Wolfe (cartoonist)|George Wolfe]]
*1984 [[Sam Norkin]]
*1986 [[Lee Falk]]
*1992
**Creig Flessel
**Herb Jacoby
*1993 George Breisacher
*1995 [[Arnold Roth]] and Caroline Roth
*1996
**David Folkman
**Bill Janocha
*1997 Tim Rosenthal
*1998 Joe Duffy
*2000 [[Mel Lazarus]]
*2001
**Ted Goff
**Frank Pauer
*2002
**[[Bil Keane]]
**Joseph D'Angelo
*2003
**[[Jud Hurd]]
**John McMeel
*2004 (no award)
*2005 [[Dick Locher]]
*2006 Joe and Luke McGarry
*2007 Stu Rees
*2008 James Kemsley (posthumous)
*2009 Jeff Bacon
*2010 [[Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum|Lucy Caswell]] (for involvement in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum)
*2011 [[Steve McGarry]]
*2012 [[Lee Salem (editor)|Lee Salem]]
*2014 [[Jeff Keane]]
*2015 Bruce Higdon
*2018
**[[Brendan Burford]]
**[[Rick Stromoski]]
*2018 John Glynn
*2022 Jeannie Schulz
*2023 Brian Walker
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===Elzie Segar Award===
This award was presented to a person who made a unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning.
The winner was selected by the NCS Board and later by King Features Syndicate, in honor of "Popeye" creator [[Elzie Segar]].
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* 1971 [[Milton Caniff]]
* 1972 [[Otto Soglow]]
* 1973 [[Dik Browne]]
* 1974 [[Russell Patterson]]
* 1975 [[Bob Dunn (cartoonist)|Bob Dunn]]
* 1976 [[Bill Gallo]]
* 1977 [[Mort Walker]]
* 1978 [[Hal Foster]]
* 1979 [[Al Capp]] (posthumous)
* 1980 [[Charles M. Schulz]]
* 1981 [[Johnny Hart]]
* 1982 [[Bil Keane]]
* 1983 [[John Cullen Murphy]]
* 1984 [[Fred Lasswell]]
* 1985 [[Jim Davis (cartoonist)|Jim Davis]]
* 1986 [[Brant Parker]]
* 1987 [[Mike Peters (cartoonist)|Mike Peters]]
* 1994 Fred Lasswell
* 1996 [[Tom Armstrong (cartoonist)|Tom Armstrong]]
* 1999 Mort Walker
* 2022 Patrick McDonnell
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===No. 1 (Sports Personality of the Year) Awards===
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*1968 [[Ralph Houk]]
*1970 [[Gil Hodges]]
*1971 [[Jack Dempsey]] and [[Joan Whitney Payson]] (tie)
*1972 [[Satchel Paige|Leroy "Satchel" Paige]]
*1974 [[Rocky Graziano]]
*1974 [[Monte Irvin|Monte Irwin]]
*197? [[Casey Stengel]]
*19?? [[Pearl Bailey]]
*19?? [[Yogi Berra]]
*19?? [[Dave DeBusschere]]
*19?? [[Reggie Jackson]]
*19?? [[Willis Reed]]
*1984 [[Phil Rizzuto]]
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