# Luff Award

The Luff Award is awarded by the American Philatelic Society (commonly known as the APS) for meritorious contributions to philately by living philatelists.

## Established

The award was established in 1940 in memory of John N. Luff, distinguished philatelist and president of the APS from 1907 to 1909.

## Basis of the award

The recipient of the award must be a living philatelist. Three Luff Awards are usually presented each year – one each for:
* distinguished philatelic research
* exceptional contributions to philately
* outstanding service to the American Philatelic Society

## Honorees

Luff Awards were presented by the society, starting in 1940 and continuing to this day. During some years, awards were not presented for various reasons.
| Year | Distinguished Philatelic Research | Exceptional Contributions to Philately | Outstanding Service to the Society |
| 2016 | Robert Dalton Harris and Diane DeBlois | Cheryl R. Ganz | Dennis Gilson |
| 2015 | Leo J. Harris | MaryAnn Bowman | James E. McDevitt |
| 2014 | Edward J.J. Grabowski | Richard E. Drews | Janet Klug |
| 2013 | James W. Graue | George Jay Kramer | Richard S. Nakles |
| 2012 | James W. Graue | Michael D. Dixon | Steven J. Rod |
| 2011 | Len Piszkiewicz | Patricia Stilwell Walker | Roger Schnell |
| 2010 | A.D. (Don) Jones | James P. Mazepa | Donald J. Sundman |
| 2009 | Kees Adema | David A. Kent | Not Given |
| 2008 | Stanley J. Luft | Nancy B. Clark | Peter P. McCann |
| 2007 | Roger S. Brody | Stephen D. Schumann | E. Eugene Fricks |
| 2006 | Harlan F. Stone II | Joseph E. Foley | Charles J. Peterson |
| 2005 | Alfred F. Kugel | Cheryl Edgcomb | Ann Triggle |
| 2004 | Kurt Kimmel | Diane Boehret | John M. Hotchner |
| 2003 | Reuben Ramkissoon | George B. Griffenhagen | W. Danforth Walker |
| 2002 | Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz | Alan Warren | William L. Welch, Jr. |
| 2001 | George B. Arfken | Elizabeth G. Towle | David A. Flood |
| 2000 | Calvet M. Hahn | James H. Bruns | Randy Laning Neil |
| 1999 | Richard F. Winter | John E. Lievsay | Frank L. Sente |
| 1998 | Varro Eugene Tyler | Raymond Henry Weill | F. Burton Sellers |
| 1997 | Philip T. Wall | Lester E. Winick | Robert de Violini |
| 1996 | Victor E. Engstrom | Robert P. Odenweller | Not Given |
| 1995 | Ernst Max Cohn | Charles Jenkins | Gordon P. Wrenn |
| 1994 | Hubert C. Skinner | Jerome D. Husak | Keith A. Wagner |
| 1993 | C.W. 'Bert' Christian | Jacques Minkus | Not Given |
| 1992 | Richard B. Graham | C. Belmont Faries | Herbert A. Trenchard |
| 1991 | L. Norman Williams | Mary Ann Owens | Lois Evans de Violini |
| 1990 | Austin Haller | Leo August | Dmytro Bykovetz, Jr. |
| 1989 | Werner M. Bohne | Clyde Jennings | Not Given |
| 1988 | Karl H. Schimmer | Charles J. Peterson | Wilbur F. Cannon |
| 1987 | Henry M. Gobie | Kenneth A. Wood | William H. Bauer |
| 1986 | Charles J. Starnes | Susan Marshall McDonald | Walton Eugene Tinsley |
| 1985 | Thomas J. Alexander | James H. Beal | Robert Laurenson Dashiell Davidson |
| 1984 | Dr. Soichi Ichida | Gordon C. Morison | Not Given |
| 1983 | Robert Granville Stone | F. Burton Sellers | John E. Foxworth, Jr. |
| 1982 | Carl H. Werenskiold | Richard H. Thompson | Bernard A. Hennig |
| 1981 | Charles A. Fricke | Enzo Diena | Cyrus R. Thompson |
| 1980 | George E. Hargest | Robson Lowe | Emerson A. Clark |
| 1979 | Philip Silver | William W. Wylie | Not Given |
| 1978 | George Wendell Brett | John Robert Boker, Jr. | Daniel W. Vooys |
| 1976 | Denwood N. Kelly | Ernest Anthony Kehr | George Townsend Turner |
| 1974 | Horace W. Harrison | Eugene N. Costales | George M. Martin |
| 1972 | Alex L. ter Braake | Edward N. Sampson | Frederick B. Thomas |
| 1970 | Creighton C. Hart | Ezra Danolds Cole | Mrs. Arthur G. Lane |
| 1968 | Arnold H. Warren | Herbert J. Bloch | Anna D. and Paul J. Plant |
| 1966 | Richard McPherren Cabeen | Henry E. Harris | H. Clay Musser |
| 1964 | Judge Edward I.P. Tatelman | James M. Chemi | Joseph M. Clary |
| 1962 | Mortimer L. Neinken | Earl P. L. Apfelbaum | George A. Blizil |
| 1961 | Frank J. Kovarik | Herman Herst, Jr. | Charles C. Cratsenberg |
| 1958 | Col. James T. DeVoss | Henry Abt | Bernard Davis |
| 1956 | Barbara R. Mueller | Daniel W. Vooys | Not Given |
| 1954 | Solomon Glass | Dr. Holland A. Davis | Not Given |
| 1952 | Winthrop Smillie Boggs | Van Dyk Mac Bride | Major James T. DeVoss |
| 1950 | Max G. Johl | Donald F. Lybarger | Laurence D. Shoemaker |
| 1948 | Lester George Brookman | Chester Smeltzer | Harry L. Lindquist |
| 1946 | Clarence W. Brazer | Lester George Brookman | David Louis Lidman |
| 1944 | Dr. Carroll Chase | Elliott Perry | Col. Ralph A. Kimble |
| 1940 | Stanley Bryan Ashbrook | August Dietz | Not Given |