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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''' |