NSA Honorary Lifetime Membership Award for long, dedicated service to the NSA and/or outstanding contribution to stereoscopy.
Recipients of this award are determined by the NSA Board of Directors, and the award will not necessarily be given annually.

2004 – John Waldsmith
1999 – Lois Waldsmith (who also won the Robert M. Waldsmith award)
1998 – T.K. “Tex” Treadwell (first year of this award)

The William C. Darrah "Fellow of the NSA" Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Extraordinary Knowledge of Stereoscopy .
Selected by the Awards Committee.

"Fellows of the NSA"

2008 - Alexander Klein
2007 - Ron Labbe
2006 - Leonard A. Walle
2005 - Bill Walton - NSA Chairman of the Board
2004 – Martin and Barbara Mueller
2003 – Robert Bloomberg
2002 – Brandt Rowles –NSA Past President
2001 – Russell Norton
2000 – Ray Zone
1999 – Mary Ann Sell –NSA Past President
1999 – Wolfgang Sell
1998 – William (Bill) A. Duggan
1997 – Paula R. Fleming
1996 – Bill Brey
1995 – Susan Pinsky
1995 – David Starkman
1994 – John Dennis Stereo World Editor
1993 – John Waldsmith
1992 – Norman B. Patterson
1991 – Louis and Jewel Smaus (posthumously)
1990 – Laurence Wolfe
1989 – T.K. “Tex” Treadwell –NSA Past President
1988 – Wm. “Russ” Young
1987 – Peter E. Palmquist –NSA Past President
1986 – Richard C. Ryder
1985 – Paul Wing
1984 – Frederick S. Lightfoot
1983 – Dr. William C. Darrah (award named for him in 1995)

The Robert M. Waldsmith Award for Meritorious Service and Extraordinary Contribution of Time and Effort to NSA.
Selected by the Awards Committee.

2008 - Steve Hughes
2008 - Suzanne Hughes
2007 - Wolfgang Sell
2007 - Mary Ann Sell - NSA Past President
2006 - Bill Moll
2005 - Harry Richards
2004 – Mel Mittermiller
2003 – Lawrence Kaufman –NSA President
2002 - Dan Shelley
2001 – Paula Fleming
2000 – Larry Moor –NSA Past President
1999 – Lois Waldsmith (who also became an honorary lifetime member)
1998 – Raymond Holstein
1998 – Marjorie Holstein
1998 – Talbot H. Crane
1998 – Dorothy Crane
1998 –Dr. William A. Zucker
1997 – Andrew Griscom
1996 - Mark Willke
1995 – Gordon D. Hoffman –NSA Past President
1994 – Dave and Robin Wheeler
1993 – John Weiler
1992 – Robert G. Duncan
1991 – Larry Hess
1990 – Linda Carter
1989 – Marjorie and Raymond Holstein (awarded again in 1998)
1988 – John Dennis
1987 – Dr. William A. Zulker (awarded again on 1998)
1986 – NSA founder Rick Russack
1985 – T.K. “Tex” Treadwell –NSA Past President
1984 – John, Lois and Robert Waldsmith (the award was named for him in 1993). Lois was awarded again in 1999.
1983 – Linda Carter and John Weiler (John Weiler was awarded again in 1993)

Special Awards (including "citation for generous financial support"). These awards generally awarded by the NSA President in years decided as is merited unless given to the President, in which case the award is made by the Chairman of the Board.

2006 - Martha McCann - Continuing Generous Financial Support of the Association
2006 - Brian May - Generous Financial Support of Stereo World
2005 - Dave Wheeler - In Gratitude for Years of dedicated service to the National Stereoscopic Association
2005 - Ron Labbe - NSA Special Award in Grateful Recognition of Generous Contributions to the NSA
2005 - Martha McCann - Continuing Generous Financial Support of the Association
2005 - Eddie & Carol Bowers - In grateful appreciation for charing the 2005 Convention
2004 – Mary Ann Sell for service as NSA Vice President (1996-2000) and President (2000-2004) Plaque and 1st NSA Medal
2004 – Diane Rulien - Special Recognition for chairing the 2004 convention
2003 - Bill Moll - Greatful Recognition for Charing the NSA 2003 Convention
2003 – John Jerit and David Thompson – Grateful Recognition of Generous Contribution
2002 – (President’s Award) Lawrence Kaufman and Mike Aversa for chairing the convention
2002 – Cassie Kaufman for convention work
2001 – Bob Aldridge for restoration of the Pat Whitehouse show
2001 – (President’s Award) Marty Abramson for chairing the 2001 convention
2000 – NSA Special Recognition - Leonard Walle, for the ten years as head of the Awards Committee.
1999 – NSA Special Recommendation – Oliver and Jean Reese of the H.H. Bennett Studio Foundation for the preservation and restoration of one of the last intact sites of America’s great frontier photographer, the H.H. Bennett Studio in Wisconsin Dells (see V25 #1). Besides helping fund a multi-million dollar restoration project with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Oliver and Jean Dyer Reese (Bennett’s great-granddaughter) have donated a large selection of original Bennett views to the NSA Holmes Library.
1995 – Dan Dyckman “Little did anyone realize that your seminal two-page article ‘Single Image Random Dot Stereograms’ in Stereo World, May/June 1990, would serve to stimulate and inspire computer graphics artists and 3-D enthusiasts to experiment with autostereograms all over the world”.
1995 – T.K. Treadwell for his careful scholarship and seemingly unlimited energy in completing and publishing the two-volume encyclopedia “Stereographers of the World”. This work is now maintained at the Holmes Library.
1992 – Russ Young was again given special recognition for his generous financial support of the organization.
1991 – Steve Davidson for his substantial contribution of stock shares and Russ Young for his continuing generous financial support.
1988 – Raymond Haines Jr.: “Generous Financial Support of the NSA” for his generous donation to the Holmes Library
and Dwight Cummings:“Distinguished Support” for his generous contribution through his company Wy’East Color, of the color preparation and separation materials for the March/April ’88 color issue.
1987 – William “Rus” Young was again honored his very generous financial support of the NSA.
1986 - William “Rus” Young was again honored his generous financial support of the NSA.
1985 - William “Russ” Young was again honored his generous financial support of the NSA.
1984 - William “Russ” Young, award for generous financial support.
1983 - William “Russ” Young, award for generous financial support.

The NSA Award for Best Stereo World Article on Historical Stereoscopy.
Selected by the Awards Committee:

2008 - Paul Hickman "John James Reilly: Catalog, Old Series (1867-75) and Views (1865-70) 2 parts " V33 #4 & additions V33 #6
2008 HM - Brian May and Elena Vidal "The London Stereoscopic Company Reborn!" V 33 #5
2007 - Terry Bennett "Search for Rossier - Early Photographer of China and Japan" V 32 #4
2006 - May & Elena Vidal "T.R. Williams' 'Scenes in our Village' New Discoveries, New Mysteries" V31 #4
2005 - John Bradley “Before the Trail Goes Cold…Stereographers in Victorian Matlock” V30 #3
2005 HM - Del Phillips "The Peace Jubilees" V30 #6
2004 – Richard C. Ryder “Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking: A Tale of Three Sieges” V29 #5&6
2003 – Bert M. Zuckerman “There Were Soldiers At the Alter” V28 #6
2002 – Richard C. Ryder “From the Gates of Hell” V28 #5
2001 – Robert King “L.L. Cupp, Sr. Keystone Salesman and Photographer” V27 #4
2000 – Richard C. Ryder “The General: A Locomotive’s Legacy V26 #4
2000 HM – Paul C. Juhl “C.L. Wasson: International Views From the Center of Illinois” V26 #1
1999 – Denis Pellerin and Pierre Tavlizki for their continuing column “European Gems – Stereoviews From Old Europe and the Stories Behind Them”
1999 HM’s - Lynn Marie Mitchell “Daniel Hubbard Cross: Photographer and Musian, 1836-1918” V25 #6
and Bert M. Zuckerman “Charles Bierstadt’s Stereoviews of Tripoli, Egypt and Palestine” V25 #4
1998 – Bert M. Zuckerman “Edward L. Wilson’s ‘Scenes in the Orient’-the Arabia Series” V24 #4
1998 HM’s – Norman Thorpe “Spokane’s Orrin William Watson” V24 #1
and Norman B. Patterson “Lotta-Girl of the Golden West” V24 #2
1997 – Lois and Guenther Bauer “Seneca Ray Stoddard” V23 #2
1997 HM – Robert G. Wilson “Notman’s Maple Box”
1996 – Dan Aquilino “The Erie Canal in Early Stereoviews” V22 #6
1996 HM – Bert M. Zuckerman “Nineteenth Century Tourist Views of the Near East” V22 #5
1995 - Norman D. Patterson “Beaches, Belles & Bathing Costumes” V21 #4
1994 – T.K. Treadwell “Dr. I.I. Hayes, the First Polar Photographer” V20 #3
1994 HM – Walter Lewis “George Lewis: Keystone’s Last Stereographer” V20 #5
1993 – Linda McShane “The Littleton View Company” V19 #6
1992 – Bill Lee and Jo Shaffer “Stereo Photography in Salt Lake City V18 #3
and - Lynn Marie Mitchell “B.F. Childs’ Images Along Lake Superior” V18 #6
1991 – Mark Dilaura, 3-part series on stereography of Niagara Falls began V17 #4
1990 – William Brey “Ten Million Stereo Views A Year” V16 #6
1989 – John Waldsmith “The Whiting Brothers of Cincinnati” V15 #5
1988 – Richard C. Ryder “The Great Liners of the North Atlantic” V14 #5
1987 – Bruce Hooper “Arizona Territorial Stereography” (4 part series)
1986 - Norman D. Patterson “The Birth of Burlesque In America” V12 #6
1985 – John Dennis “Seven Billion Windows on the World – View-Master Then & Now”
1984 – Alan Young “James Thurlow – Colorado’s Overlooked Photographer” V10 #6
1983 – Peter E. Palmquist “The Stereographs of Peter Britt” V8 #2

The Lou Smaus Award for Best Stereo World Article on Modern Stereoscopy
(named in 1991 – was a Memorial Award, first awarded in 1988).
Selected by the Awards Committee.

2008 - David Starkman "A Beginner's Guide to Digital 3-D Projection" V33 #4
2008 HM - Jerry Oldaker's images "Fantastic Fractals" V33 #6
2007 - William Thompson & Eric De Jong "NASA's STEREO Mission" V32 #1
2006 - Rose George "3-DPRK: A Stereo View into North Korea" V31 #3
2005 - Ray Zone - “New Technology for Large Format 3-D” V30 #5
2005 HM - Stan White "IR Dreams" V30 #6
2005 HM - Dimitrios Papadopoulos "Stereo Adventures - Covering the Athens Olympics" V30 #5
2004 - Sheldon Aronowitz and Gary Schacker “Unseen Ellis Island” V30 #2
2003 – Jerry Chase “Anaglyphs on the Internet” V29 #1
2002 - Sheldon Aronowitz and John J. Zelenka “Documenting 9/11 on Depth” V28 #4
2001 – Robert Vance “The Lenticular Legacy of Harvey Prever” V27 #5
2000 – Boris Starosta “3-D Goes Into Overdrive” V26 #6
2000 HM – Lawrence Kaufman “3-D Galapagos” V26 #5
1999 – Don Marren “Remembering Noel Archambault: 1961-1998” V25 #5
1999 HM – Boris Starotsa “On Stereo Imaging of Pixies, Fairies, and Other Ephemera” V25 #6
1998 - Norman B. Patterson “Stereo-Optics and John P. Medders” V24 #4
1998 HM – Gabriel Jacob “Discovering 3-Discover” V24 #2
1997 – Mark Willke and Ron Zakowski “A Close Look Into the Realist Macro Stereo System” V23 #1
1996 – Don Marrin “Shooting Wings of Courage, the First 3-D IMAX Drama” V22 #3
1996 HM – Paul Schenk “3-D Moons: Hyperstereo of the Outer Solar System V22 #1
1995 – Robert J. Leonard and Ronald J. Leonard “Stereographing the ’92 Winter Games V21 #1
1994 – R.F. Housholder “Shooting Iceland’s Surprises With a Stereo Spice Rack” V20 #1
1994 HM – John Dennis “Stereo in Eastbourne” V20 #4
1993 – Mark A. Willke “The Realist Custom V19 #2
1992 – Albert G. Richards “3-D Floral Radiographs” V18 #6
1991 – Leon Kosofsky “A Look in Space and Time – The Apollo Stereo Record” V17 #3 (1st year named)
1990 – Howard L. Taylor “View-Master Commercial 3-D” V16 #4
1989 – William H. Bonney “Journey into the Deep Sky” V16 #3
1988 – Norman B. Patterson “Through the Electron Window” V14 #1