Alexander S. Lawson (1912–2002)

Professor Lawson was a retired professor and authority in the field of typography and was the author of four books and numerous articles. Teaching what is best in typography and printing and how to attain it has been Professor Lawson's raison d'etre. In 1979, Professor Lawson was the 11th recipient of the Frederic W. Goudy Award presented by the School of Printing-Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. At the time of this award, it was said "Alexander S. Lawson, lover of fine books and fine printing, devotes his knowledge, his time and his energy to educating young people in the absorbing history of printing. He teaches not only in the classroom, but by example in the laboratories of this great institution and by publication of scholarly books and articles". Professor Lawson was acknowledged throughout the country as an authority on the history, design and development of printing types. His interest in printing types began in 1928, when Professor Lawson went to work as a copy boy on the New York American newspaper.