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"Chip" Bok has been the staff editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal since 1987. Through Creators Syndicate, his cartoons appear in over 100 publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Time, and Newsweek. He is also a regular contributing cartoonist for Reason magazine and serves as a member of the steering committee for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Arlington, Virginia.

Awards
Major awards for Bok include two National Cartoonist Society awards for best editorial cartoonist, 1995 and 1999; four Ohio Associated Press first place awards for editorial cartoons, 1992, 1996, 1999, and 2000; the Berryman Editorial Cartooning Award given by the National Press Foundation, first place in 1993; the H.L. Mencken Award for best cartoon in 1993, given by the Free Press Association; and first place in the 1988 John Fischetti editorial cartoon competition sponsored by Columbia College of Chicago. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1997.

Education
Born in Dayton, Ohio on July 25, 1952, he graduated from the University of Dayton in 1974 with a B.A. in English and a minor in sociology. He was a member of student government and captain of the hockey team. He continues with the latter in a Sunday men's league to this day.

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