THE GOLD T-SQUARE is awarded for 50 years as professional cartoonist. So far, two have been presented: to RUBE GOLDBERG in 1955 and to MORT WALKER in 1999. 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. The recipients to date are: 1948 DAVID LOW   1949 CARL ED 1949 CLIFF STERRETT   1949 H.C. "BUD" FISHER 1949 FRANK KING   1949 GEORGE McMANUS 1950 HARRY S. TRUMAN   1950 JOHN SNYDER 1950 JAMES BERRYMAN   1950 MARTIN BRANNER 1951 REG MANNING   1953 ED KUEKES 1954 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER   1954 GEORGE M. HUMPHREY 1954 HERBERT BLOCK   1956 JAMES THURBER 1956 GLUYAS WILLIAMS   1956 AL POSEN 1956 AL PIEROTTI   1957 HARRY HERSHFIELD 1957 TOM LITTLE   1957 MILTON CANIFF 1957 BOB DUNN   1958 RUSSELL PATTERSON 1959 CARL ROSE   1959 BILL MAULDIN 1960 BEN ROTH (posthumous)   1960 McGOWAN MILLER BIL KEANE, shown here at the 2002 Reubens in Cancun with Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich and Reuben Award- winner Mell Lazarus, was awarded the Silver T-Square for, amomg other things, his years of service as the MC of the Reuben Awards show. "Bizarro" creator Dan Piraro has handled MC duties in recent years. 1961 MORT WALKER   1961 JOE MUSIAL 1962 EDMUND VALTMAN   1963 STEVE DOUGLAS 1964 TOM GILL   1964 VERNON GREENE 1967 AL SMITH   1969 OTTO SOGLOW 1969 IRWIN HASEN   1969 DICK ERICSON 1970 ALFRED ANDRIOLA   1970 GEORGE WUNDER 1971 DICK HODGINS Sr.   1971 FRANK FOGARTY 1972 WALT KELLY   1972 JOHN NORMENT 1972 DAVID PASCAL   1972 LARRY KATZMAN 1973 BILL CRAWFORD   1973 JOHN FISCHETTI 1973 JACK TIPPIT   1974 ISADORE KLEIN 1974 "TACK" KNIGHT   1975 JACK ROSEN 1975 HAL FOSTER   1976 AL KILGORE 1977 BILL KRESSE   1977 PAUL SZEP           1977 LYMAN YOUNG   1978 BILL GALLO 1978 JIM RUTH   1978 HANK KETCHAM 1979 DICK HODGINS Jr.   1979 SYLVAN BYCK 1979 ED MITCHELL   1979 JIM IVEY 1980 BUCK PETERS   1981 JOHN CULLEN MURPHY 1982 GEORGE WOLFE   1984 SAM NORKIN 1986 LEE FALK   1992 CREIG FLESSEL 1992 HERB JACOBY   1993 GEORGE BREISACHER 1995 ARNOLD and CAROLINE ROTH   1996 DAVID FOLKMAN 1996 BILL JANOCHA   1997 TIM ROSENTHAL 1998 JOE DUFFY   2000 MELL LAZARUS 2001 TED GOFF   2001 FRANK PAUER 2002 BIL KEANE   2002 JOSEPH D"ANGELO 2003 JUD HURD   2003 JOHN McMEEL 2005 DICK LOCHER   2006 JOE/LUKE MCGARRY DIVISION AWARDS

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