Maynard Owen Williams
Maynard Owen Williams became the first National Geographic foreign correspondent in 1919. Over the course of his career, he explored Asia and witnessed the Russian Revolution.
In 1923, he witnessed the public opening of King Tut's Tomb in Kingdom of Egypt, then a British protectorate.
In 1931, he participated in the Croisière Jaune of Georges-Marie Haardt for the Citroën company and travelled to Afghanistan and British India.
In his own words a "camera-coolie and a roughneck," Williams pioneered the field of travel photography. The Maynard Owen Williams Prize for creative nonfiction at Kalamazoo College is named in his memory.
