The Luff Award is awarded by the American Philatelic Society (commonly known as the APS) for meritorious contributions to philately by living philatelists.
The award was established in 1940 in memory of John N. Luff, distinguished philatelist and president of the APS from 1907 to 1909. [1]
The recipient of the award must be a living philatelist. Three Luff Awards are usually presented each year [2] – one each for:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 [3] | Kenneth H. Trettin | Jay B. Stotts | Stephen Reinhard |
| 2023 [4] | Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski | Lloyd A. de Vries | Patricia A. (Trish) Kaufmann |
| 2022 [5] | Hal Vogel | Jacquelyn S. Alton | Kenneth R. Nilsestuen |
| 2021 [6] | Ron Lesher | Darrell Ertzberger | Alfredo Frohlich |
| 2020 [7] | James Peter Gough | Yamil H. Kouri, Jr | Kenneth Grant |
| 2019 [8] | Thomas M. Lera | R. Timothy Bartshe | Kathryn J. Johnson |
| 2018 [9] | John H. Barwis | Denise L. Stotts | Wayne L. Youngblood |
| 2017 [10] | Fred F. Gregory | Allen R. Kane | Wade E. Saadi |
| 2016 [11] | 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 |