The California Press Association gives public recognition to outstanding newspaper people of the state, past and present, with the most coveted award being election to the California Newspaper Publishers Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame selections recognize career achievements of weekly and daily publishers in California who were important and influential in their era, as judged by their peers in the association. The write-ups are a historical and journalistic snapshot in time and not official biographies. The California Press Association is one of the oldest press associations in the country. It recently merged with the California Newspaper Publishers Association and is now known as the California Press Foundation.
Names of Honorees by year of induction:
1957
James King of William
San Francisco Bulletin
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Robert Baylor Semple
and Walter Colton
The Californian, Monterey
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1958
William S. Green
Colusa Sun
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M. H. de Young and
Charles de Young
San Francisco Chronicle
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Sam Brannan
California Star
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1959
Loren Upson
Sacramento Union
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James McClatchy
The Bee Newspapers
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John Nugent
San Francisco Herald
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1960
W. P. Bartlett
Livermore Herald
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Henry Kuchel
Anaheim Gazette
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Duncan McPherson
Santa Cruz Sentinel
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1961
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles Times
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Charles Albert Storke
Los Angeles Daily Herald, Santa Barbara News and Independent
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1962
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst Newspapers
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James Anthony
Sacramento Union
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1963
Fremont Older
San Francisco Chronicle,
San Francisco Call,
San Francisco Bulletin
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1964
Chester H. Rowell
Fresno Republican,
San Francisco Chronicle
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1965
William F. Prisk
Pasadena Star-News,
Long Beach Press-Telegram
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1966
Irving Martin
Stockton Record
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1967
Friend W. Richardson
Berkeley Gazette
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1968
C. F. McGlashan
Truckee Republican
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1969
Alfred Harrell
Bakersfield Californian
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1970
James A. Guthrie
San Bernardino Sun-Telegram
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1971
Justus F. Craemer
San Rafael Independent-Journal
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1972
Joseph R. Knowland
The Oakland Tribune
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1973
Thomas M. Storke
Santa Barbara News-Press
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1974
Edward Kemble
Sacramento Union
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1975
Paul C. Edwards
San Francisco News
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1976
Edward W. Scripps
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
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1977
Ernest L. Finley
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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1978
Lowell Jessen
Turlock Journal
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1979
R. C. Hoiles
Santa Ana Register
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1980
James G. Piratsky
Watsonville Pajaronian
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1981
Dan Beebe
Oroville Mercury Register
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1982
James S. Copley
The Copley Press
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1983
Paul R. Leake
The Daily Democrat, Woodland
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1984
Homer W. Wood
Porterville Recorder
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1985
Crombie Allen
The Daily Report, Ontario
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1986
Robert Allen Griffin
Monterey Peninsula Herald
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1987
Gordon Hadley
Arcata Union
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1988
Frederick Godfrey Vivian
King City Rustler
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1989
Eleanor McClatchy
McClatchy Newspapers
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1990
A. W. Bramwell
Chico Enterprise-Record
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1991
Bill Chalfant
Inyo Register
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1992
C. K. McClatchy
McClatchy Newspapers
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1993
Almon T. Richardson
Pomona Progress
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1994
Telford Work
Los Angeles Daily Journal
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1995
Edward Gilbert
Alta California
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1996
George Murphy Jr.
Manteca Bulletin
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1997
Robert C. Maynard
Oakland Tribune
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1998
Harry Lutgens
San Rafael Independent
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1999
Julius Gius
Ventura Star-Free Press
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2000
Dean Lesher
Contra Costa Times
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2001
Cornelius De Bakcsy
Fontana Herald
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2002
Celeste Murphy
The Sonoma
Index-Tribune
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2003
Harry Casey
King City Rustler
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2004
Harvey McGee
The Union Democrat, Sonora
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2005
Everett Bey
Feather River Bulletin, Quincy
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2006
John Budd Long
CNPA, Sacramento
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2007
Stanley T. Wilson
Turlock Daily Journal
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2008
Carroll W. Parcher
Glendale News-Press
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2009
C.K. McClatchy
The McClatchy Co.
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2010
Horace W. Amphlett
San Mateo Times
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2011
Jack Craemer
Marin Independent Journal
1917-2011
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Benjamin P. Avery
Marysville Appeal, San Francisco Bulletin
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2012
Scott Newhall
San Francisco Chronicle
1914-1992
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Howard H “Tim” Hays Jr.
The Press-Enterprise, Riverside
1917-2011
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2013
Philip Alexander Bell
The Elevator, San Francisco
1808-1889
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Dean McNaughton
Daily Republic, Fairfield
1923-2012
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2014
Oran W. Asa
Northeast Los Angeles Newspapers
1911-2002
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Martin Weinberger
Claremont Courier
1929-2011
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2015
Otis Chandler
Los Angeles Times
1927 – 2006
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Sen. Luther E. Gibson
Vallejo Times-Herald
1894 – 1988
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2016
Nan Tucker McEvoy
San Francisco Chronicle
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Jerene Appleby Harnish
The Daily Report, Ontario
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2017
Charlotta Bass
California Eagle
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Dick Fogel
Bay City News Service, The Oakland Tribune
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2018
Frank McCulloch
San Francisco Examiner, The Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times
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James Joseph Ayers
San Francisco Dispatch, Los Angeles Express, Los Angeles Herald
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2019
Ford A. Chatters
Lindsay Gazette
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Almena Lomax
Los Angeles Tribune
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