Recipients of the Doctor of Pipes Award (1998-present): Difference between revisions

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'''1998'''
'''1998'''
*[[Tom Dunn]] (deceased)
*[[Tom Dunn]] (deceased). Founder and editor of ''The Pipe Smokers Ephemeris'' (TPSE), US ISSN 0032-0161: Edited and Published for 41 years (1964 - Winter-Spring 2005).
*[[Frank Burla]] (deceased)
*[[Frank Burla]] (deceased). Frank Burla was a well known antique pipe collector, even internationally, and was the founder and promoter of the annual International Pipe and Tobacciana Show (the Chicago Show).


'''1999'''
'''1999'''
*[[Barry Levin]] (deceased)
*[[Barry Levin]] (deceased). The first major seller and promoter of "Estate Pipes", who very likely created the market for pipes once destined to be destroyed as unhygienic smelly relics.
*[[Basil Sullivan]] (deceased)
*[[Basil Sullivan]] (deceased)


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'''2001'''
'''2001'''
*[[Bob Hamlin]] (deceased)
*[[Bob Hamlin]] (deceased)
*[[Rich Esserman]]
*[[Rich Esserman]]. The "Big Pipe Guy", has written extensively and knowledgably about pipes for decades. He is cited often here on Pipedia and contributed a great deal to the "brain trust".


'''2002'''
'''2002'''
*[[Mary McNiel]]
*[[Mary McNiel]] Co-founder of the now shuttered [[McClelland Tobacco Co.]], along with her then husband, [[Carl R. Ehwa, Jr.]]. She later continued and expanded the company and its legendary offerings with Mike McNiel.
*[[Chuck Rio]] (deceased)
*[[Chuck Rio]] (deceased). Chuck was a notable briar pipe collector, specializing in Costello pipes, a leader in the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club (CPCC) and at the center of the American pipe collector community with his attendance at all of the major pipe shows.


'''2003'''
'''2003'''

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