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IAPHC
International Craftsman of the Year 2001 Past
International President
Quiet,
gentlemanly, and unassuming, yet possessed of a fierce dedication to, and
appreciation for, the history and the nuances of the Craft. A
perfectionist to be sure, a printer’s printer, through and through.
A man whose enthusiasm for all things Craftsmen connected is
eagerly shared with the boundless good humor of the easygoing evangelist
who is intensely proud to have printing in his blood. In
these few words we can trace the sincerity and the depth of the man who is
awarded this year’s highest honor, the IAPHC’s International Craftsman
of the Year Award. Stewart
A. Graham is a member of the Lima Area Club, a group he helped found
nearly twenty years ago. His
involvement in both aspects of the phrase, “the printed word”
crystallized in 1970 when he became the owner of a small commercial
printing establishment in Olivet, Michigan, and simultaneously became
owner and publisher of a local weekly newspaper.
Stewart is one of those rare individuals who takes equal pride in
the creation of the written word as well as in the creation of the printed
result. Owning
an undeniable flair for writing, Stewart was bulletin editor of his
beloved “The Chapel Bulletin” in Lima for five years.
His efforts towards excellence were rewarded when The Chapel
Bulletin won the coveted IAPHC Club Bulletin of the Year Award 2 years in
a row. Wanting to share
his recipe for success with other Clubs, he was named International Club
Bulletin Chair in 1989. His
tenure was capped by his editing of a revised “Guide for Club
Bulletins,” Stewart
continued his International involvement by serving as International
Treasurer and International Vice-President.
He served as the 69th International President 1995-1996.
Befitting his little known other title of “IAPHC Historian,”
Stewart’s razor sharp research of all available records, documents and
other closely observed minutiae has confirmed that he remains the only
International President in the history of the Association to wear a beard. A
lifelong fascination with the nuts and bolts of printing, commencing from
an early vanquishing of the inscrutably impossible Mimeograph machine, has
led Stewart on many a wild goose chase looking for artifacts he can add to
his collection of antique printing equipment.
The collectors addiction has also led him to assemble a vast array
of books and materials which chronicle the history of printing as well as
the printing house craftsmen movement. Stewart
has been employed for 25 years with the University Printing Services at
Ohio Northern University, where he is currently a Director. Stewart and
his team have won many International Gallery of Superb Printing Awards.
Stewart and his wife Linda, an equally dedicated Craftsman, with
many accomplishments in her own right, live in Ada, Ohio. As
evidenced by the foregoing materials, it is entirely fitting that Stewart
A. Graham be accorded the International Craftsman of the Year Award, 2001. |
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