John G. Morris (1916-2017) shaped photojournalism from World War II through the Vietnam War, After graduating from the University of Chicago, he served as a Hollywood correspondent for Life, picture editor for Life's London bureau during World War II, picture editor at Ladies' Home Journal, the first executive editor of the Magnum Photos press agency, picture editor for both the Washington Post and the New York Times, and a correspondent and editor for National Geographic. Among his honors was the Légion d’Honneur, presented in Paris in 2009, and an Infinity Award for lifetime achievement given by the International Center of Photography in New York in 2010.