Fellowships & Awards
Grants, Fellowships, Commissions
- Columbia University, New York, NY, 1962–1966
- The Commission on Architecture and Urban Design, Binghamton, NY, 1966
- The Committee of Advisors to the Federal Highway Administrator, 1966–1967
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1968
- The Smithsonian Institution, 1970–1971
- Department of Transportation and the Smithsonian Institution, 1975–1976
- H. E. Butt Foundation, 1977
- The United Board of Homeland Ministries, United Church of Christ, New York, NY, 1976
- The New York Botanical Gardens and Society, 1978
- The Chicago Historical Society, 1980–1984
- The New York State Council on the Arts, 1966, 1987
- The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, 1987
- The Baird Foundation, 1987
- State Historical Society of Iowa, 1987–1988
- Iowa Humanities Board and The National Endowment for the Humanities, 1987–1988
Awards (selected)
- The Benjamin Barondess Award for Lincoln and His America, 1971
- American Library Association Notable Children’s Books 1976, for Tugboat
- The Wilson Hicks Award for “Outstanding Contributions to Still Photography,” 1977
- The Railroad History Award for “Significant Contribution to the Photographic Interpretation of North America’s Railroading History,” 1989
- Honored Image Maker Award for a lifetime of distinguished achievement in photography presented by the Society of Photographic Education Midwest Region, 2002
Professional Memberships
- The American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. (ASMP)