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==Legacy== Many publishers and journalists describe Conrad as one of the finest political cartoonists of the 20th century.<ref name="Bennett"/> According to the Associated Press, "Southern California political junkies for decades would start their day either outraged or delighted at a Conrad drawing."<ref name="Dalton">Dalton, A. (2010, September 5). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100905/us-obit-conrad/ Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117055843/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100905/us-obit-conrad/ |date=2013-11-17 }}. Associated Press. ''Huffington Post''. Retrieved August 11, 2014.</ref> He was one of only several post-war cartoonists to have won a total of three Pulitzers for his work and he was the only cartoonist named on Nixon's Enemies List. From 1977β1978, Conrad held the Richard M. Nixon Chair at [[Whittier College]], Nixon's ''alma mater''.<ref name="McFadden"/> Conrad's editorial cartoons later appeared in exhibitions at the [[USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism]].<ref name="French"/> He authored several books about his work and donated many of his original editorial cartoons to the Prints and Photographs Division of the [[United States Library of Congress]].<ref>Fischer, A. (1999, August 5). Cartoonist Paul Conrad Speaks Sept. 8. ''News Releases''. PR 99-120. The Library of Congress. Retrieved November 8, 2013.</ref> His influence and legacy as an editorial cartoonist are explored in the documentary film ''Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire'' (2007).<ref>Independent Television Service. (2006) [https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/paulconrad/film.html The Film] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017125224/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/paulconrad/film.html |date=2017-10-17 }}. Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire. Independent Lens. PBS.</ref><ref>Holzberg, C. (2007, April 15). Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire. ''Booklist'', 103(16): 55.</ref> In honor of this legacy, the "Paul Conrad Scholarship" is annually awarded to journalism and mass communication students by the University of Iowa.<ref name="Bennett"/><ref>[http://clas.uiowa.edu/sjmc/resources/scholarships Scholarships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110054216/http://clas.uiowa.edu/sjmc/resources/scholarships |date=2013-11-10 }}. The University of Iowa, School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Retrieved August 11, 2014.</ref> The [[Huntington Library]], which hosts the Conrad Collection papers, calls his body of work "a powerful record of key issues that have confronted [the United States] in the second half of the twentieth century".<ref>[http://www.huntington.org/uploadedFiles/Files/PDFs/LHTHconrad.pdf Lampooning Injustice: Paul Conrad's Perspective on Civil Rights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417190616/http://www.huntington.org/uploadedFiles/Files/PDFs/LHTHconrad.pdf |date=2018-04-17 }}. (2008). Teaching American History. Library Lesson Plans. The Huntington Library. Retrieved August 11, 2014.</ref>
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