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Richard C. Clarkson, 1956 School of Journalism graduate and nationally known photojournalist, was honored as the recipient of the William Allen White Foundation’s 2007 National Citation during a free, public ceremony at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9, in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Clarkson’s professional career has included the positions of director of photography and senior assistant editor of The National Geographic Society, assistant managing editor/graphics of The Denver Post and director of photography of The Topeka (Ks.) Capital-Journal. He has worked regularly over the years as a contract magazine photographer for Sports Illustrated, Time and Life.
Clarkson photographed seven summer and one winter Olympics, organizing all picture coverage for Time at Munich in 1972 and Montreal in 1976 and for Sports Illustrated at Moscow in 1980. He was a consultant to the Los Angeles Organizing Committee in 1984 and was manager of all photography for the Main Olympic Stadium at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
“Rich Clarkson has been a tremendous friend to and supporter of the J-School over the years,” said Ann Brill, Dean of the School of Journalism. “We are so proud of his accomplishments and the national recognition he has received.”
Clarkson founded Rich Clarkson and Associates in Denver in 1987. The company creates and manages unique fine photography projects, including packaging photographic books, creating attendant exhibitions and managing photography and associated publishing projects for clients such as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club and the Denver Broncos football team.
He also manages continuing education seminars and workshops for professional photographers and serves as a consultant to media, advertising and photographic trade organizations.
Clarkson was named by American Photo magazine as one of the 50 most influential individuals in American photography. He was selected for inclusion in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame with the class of 2007. He is also a recipient of an Honorary Master of Science Degree in Professional Photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography.
The White Foundation trustees chose Clarkson to receive the citation, presented annually since 1950. KU's William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications is named in White's honor. White (1868-1944) was a nationally influential Kansas editor and publisher. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.
Other notable recipients of the William Allen White Citation have included James Reston, 1950; Walter Cronkite, 1969; Arthur O. Sulzberger, 1974; James J. Kilpatrick, 1979; Helen Thomas, 1986; Charles Kuralt, 1989; Bernard Shaw, 1994; Bob Woodward, 2000; Molly Ivins, 2001; Cokie Roberts, 2002; Gerald F. Seib, 2005; and Gordon Parks, 2006. A listing of past recipients is available here.
An exhibit of his work is currently on display on the second floor of KU’s Stauffer-Flint Hall.
For more information, contact Jennifer Kinnard, Communications Coordinator for the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, at (785) 864-7644 or jkinnard@ku.edu.
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