Honoring the Great Montana Journalists of Our Time!
This award, created in 1958, is given by the Montana Newspaper Association to honor deceased Montana journalists who, during their lifetime, made outstanding contributions to the profession, the arts, and their community.
Nominate a Journalist who made
Outstanding Contributions to the Profession!
Appropriate Hall of Fame plaques, honoring each designee, are displayed in the Don Anderson Journalism Building at the University of Montana in Missoula.
Use the Nomination form below to tell us who we should honor with this year’s Hall of Fame award. Please provide the selection committee with whatever information you deem helpful in selecting a recipient of this prestigious award. Be as complete, but concise, as possible.
Deadline for nominations is Friday, April 4, 2025.
The recipient will be honored in June 2025 during the annual Montana Newspaper Association convention in Butte, Montana.
Recipients of the Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame Award
Name | Year |
|---|---|
Arthur L. Stone | 1958 |
O.S. Warden | 1958 |
Joseph D. Scanlan | 1958 |
John H. Durston | 1958 |
Harry J. Kelly | 1959 |
Capt. James H. Mills | 1961 |
Harry B. Brooks | 1962 |
Thomas J. Dimsdale | 1962 |
William M. Bole | 1963 |
Cornelius Hedges | 1965 |
John A. Gilluly | 1965 |
Joseph Kinsey Howard | 1967 |
Harry N. Blake | 1968 |
Miles Romney, Sr. | 1969 |
Charles Doherty | 1970 |
W.K. Harber | 1971 |
Dan Whetstone | 1972 |
George Hoole | 1972 |
Tom Stout | 1973 |
Martin J. Hutchens | 1974 |
Burley Bowler | 1976 |
Gurnie M. Moss | 1978 |
Ray Rocene | 1980 |
Miles Romney, Jr. | 1982 |
T.J. “Joe” Hocking | 1983 |
Don Anderson | 1984 |
Robert N. Sutherlin | 1985 |
William H. Sutherlin | 1985 |
Alexander Rhone | 1989 |
Sam Gilluly | 1990 |
Dorothy Marie Johnson | 1991 |
John F. Kavanagh | 1992 |
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | 1994 |
Fred J. Martin | 1996 |
Harry L. Billings | 1997 |
Alexander Warden | 1998 |
Harry Downs, Sr. | 1999 |
Bessie K. Monroe | 2001 |
Mel Ruder | 2002 |
C. Patrick King | 2003 |
Glenn F. Sorlie | 2003 |
Helen Peterson | 2004 |
Larry C. Bowler | 2005 |
Daniel Webster Tilton | 2005 |
William D. “Scotty” James | 2006 |
Gretchen Garber Billings | 2007 |
Ken Byerly | 2008 |
Ila Mae Forbregd | 2009 |
Irvin Hutchison | 2010 |
Harold G. “Hal” Stearns | 2011 |
Terry Dwyer | 2012 |
Verle L. Rademacher | 2014 |
Lyle K. Williams | 2015 |
Charles Harwood Allan | 2016 |
Suzanne “Sue” Hart | 2017 |
Ed Coyle | 2018 |
William Richard “Dick” Crockford II | 2018 |
Robert “Bob” Gilluly | 2019 |
John Kuglin | 2021 |
Harry Downs | 2022 |
Charles “Chuck” Johnson | 2023 |
Frank Datta | 2024 |
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