The Joseph P. Fallon, Jr., Memorial Award recognizes outstanding service to PSA in the promotion and development of membership for the Society. This award recognizes the recipient’s devotion to promoting and sustaining membership in the Society through the creation and implementation of innovative membership programs.

The Joseph P. Fallon, Jr., Memorial Award Committee is composed of five PSA members who are active with PSA membership and it is chaired by the Membership Vice President. The committee reviews the proposals and the Membership Vice President notifies the Proposer of the results by June 30th.

The Joseph P. Fallon, Jr. Memorial Award is presented during the Opening Meeting of the PSA Annual Conference. The award is sponsored by the Yerba Buena Chapter of PSA.

Joseph P. Fallon, Jr., FPSA, lived and practiced law in San Francisco, CA. He joined PSA in 1956 and was active in all divisions. He held many offices in the Society, including Chairman of the Stereo Division and General Chairman of the 1973 PSA International Convention in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Fallon was the PSA Pacific Zone Director from 1973 until his passing June 23, 1983, when he was Membership Vice President-elect.

Mr. Fallon was one of the most well-known speakers in the San Francisco Bay area. From 1964 to 1973, he presented as many as 17 programs per year, in addition to evaluating exhibitions and travelling often to the Far East on business. Because of his extensive speaking and evaluating services, and continued good will efforts to maintain the general welfare of the Society, Mr. Fallon was elected a Fellow in 1972. He also received the Victor H. Scales Memorial Award in 1977.

The Joseph P. Fallon, Jr., Memorial Award Proposal as an interactive PDF file is available to be completed (signed Proposer’s and two Endorsers’ statements) and submitted to Headquarters via email no later than June 1 each year. The Joseph P. Fallon, Jr., Memorial Award Proposal as a Word doc can also be downloaded, printed, typed, and mailed to the Membership Vice President. A list of the PSA members who have been referred by the candidate will be prepared from the PSA Referral Database; therefore, the Proposer should not include a list of the candidate’s referrals.

Jozef Aerts, FPSA, EPSA, receives
the 2010 Joseph P. Fallon, Jr.,
Memorial Award from Bertrand Vansteelandt,
president of the Photoclub Iris Aartrijke.

Previous Joseph P. Fallon, Jr., Memorial Award Recipients:

2011 Pat Gordy

2010 Jozef Aerts

2009 name removed

2008 Tony Le Kim Thuan

2007 Gia Trung

2006 no award

2005 no award

2004 Joanne Stolte

2003 no award

2002 name removed

2001 Richard Whitley

2000 Jean Timmermeister

1999 no award

1998 Robert Leonard & Andrea Shetley

1997 Icy Sowards

1996 Sidney B. Goldstein

1995 Winifred Brown

1994 Elmore R. Chatham

1993 John R. Dean

1992 Ernestine H. Freeman

1991 Floramae D. Raught

1990 Helen Laemle

1989 Dr. Paul T. Luebke

1988 Margaret Estes

1987 Helen E. Fechter

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