Sherman A. Gessert Jr., a longtime photographer for both the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel, died Oct. 22, at the age of 83.
Gessert joined the Sentinel staff in 1956, after graduating from Milwaukee’s Layton School of Art. He started taking photos for both the Journal and the Sentinel after the Journal Co. purchased the Sentinel in 1962. That same year, the Wisconsin Press Photographers Association named Gessert Photographer of the Year.
Gessert served as president of the photographer’s association in 1965.
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