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History: Member Honors

National Honors

Louise Seals, NFPW Communicator of Achievement, 1997
Ulrich Troubetzkoy, NFPW President, 1967–1969
Cynthia Price, NFPW President, 2009–

NFPW Conferences in Virginia: 1963 (Ulrich Troubetzkoy was chair); 1987 (Williamsburg, (Agnes Cooke was chair); and 2007 (Richmond, Cynthia Price and Pam Stallsmith were co-chairs).


VPW Members in the
Virginia Communications Hall of Fame

Lois D. Watkins (1987)
Owner, Hanover Herald-Progress (deceased)

George Crutchfield (1990)
Journalism educator, Virginia Commonwealth University (retired)

Myrtle Barnes (1993)
Managing Editor, Newport News Times-Herald and Newport News Daily Press(deceased)

Pauline Allen Mitchell (1998)
Director of Community Relations, Chesterfield County (retired)

Sandra Mims Rowe (2000)
Executive Editor and Vice President, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot and Ledger Star; Editor of the Oregonian, Portland

Martha W. Steger APR (2001)
Director of Public Relations, Virginia Tourism Corporation

Ulrich Troubetzkoy (2001)
Feature and series writer, The Richmond Times-Dispatch; Editor, Virginia Wildlife (deceased)

Louise Seals (2003)
Managing Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch (retired)

Eva S. Teig Hardy (2006)
Senior Vice President, External Affairs & Corporate Communications, Dominion (retired)

Ginger Stanley (2007)
Executive Director, Virginia Press Association

Bea Kopp (2010, posthumous)
Pioneering woman photojournalist for the Newport News Times-Herald