William Hall Strode III

VERSAILLES- William Hall Strode III, 68, of Goshen, KY, recipient of two shared Pulitzer Prizes for photography and reporting, died Mon, May 15, 2006, at his home of beloved Jane Gentry Vance in Versailles, KY. He was born in Louisville on August 6, 1937, to the late William Hall II and Margaret Diehl Strode. He is survived by four children in Louisville, Michelle Bartholomew and her husband Doug, son Erin Hall Strode, Hope Ives Strode, and Charles Alexander Strode, and two grandsons, George Logan Bartholomew and Garrett Wagner Bartholomew. He was a graduate of Western Kentucky University (1959), and worked as a news photographer for the Courier Journal and Louisville Times, where he won the 1968 Newspaper Magazine Picture Editor of the Year. In 1984, he co-founded Harmony House Publishing. His awards include 1965 Headliners Best Photojournalism award, the Art Directors Gold Medal in 1980, the World Press Photographers Arts and Sciences Award in 1985, as well two shared Pulitzer Prizes for photography. He belonged to the National Press Photographers Association, the American Society of Magazine Photographers and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was also a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, as well a 32nd Degree Mason. His open and loving spirit is deeply cherished by his family and many friends.