ANTONIS KARKAGIANNIS (1932-2010) was distinguished for his commitment to the principles of journalism, for his hard work and honesty, for his social education and for his outspokenness. From 1983 until his death, he worked at the newspaper Kathimerini as an editor, editor-in-chief, editorial director and publisher. He was admitted to the Law School of the University of Athens in 1955, but abandoned his studies two years later due to his involvement with the Communist Party. From 1953 to 1973 he was imprisoned and exiled repeatedly due to his political beliefs. He participated in the publication of the illegal Nea Genia (a magazine of the EPON) and the illegal Rizospastis. During the Seven Years' War, he founded, together with others, Olkos Publications, from which he withdrew when the dictatorship took effect. In May 1972, together with Christos Papoutsakis, he published the magazine Anti, but the Dictatorship authorities banned its circulation immediately after the first issue. Among others, Karkagiannis was also a co-founder of the magazines Synkhronos Kinamatografos (1969), Tora (1973) and O politís (1976).

George Hourmouziadis (1932-2013) was distinguished for his academic and scientific work, especially in the fields of history, archaeology and museology. Between 1961 and 1964 he taught in secondary education and in 1965 he was appointed superintendent of antiquities of Thessaly. In 1973 he was awarded a doctorate from the School of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, while from 1976 to 1978 he studied European history in Heidelberg with a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt organization. In 1981 he was elected professor of prehistoric archaeology at the School of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, dean in 1983 and vice-rector in 1985 at the same university. He was a Member of the Parliament for Greece’s Communist Party in the 1st Thessaloniki constituency. He was involved in the research of the Neolithic period, conducting excavations in prehistoric settlements in Thessaly and Macedonia, and has linked his name to the excavations at the lake settlement of Dispilio. He wrote 5 books and developed a rich body of articles, while at the same time he was a member of many European Archaeological Institutes. Hourmouziadis was a pioneer in the dissemination of the theoretical movements of New Archaeology in Greece and publisher of the journals Anthropologika (1978-1982), Gordon (1991-1995) and Anaskamma (2008-2012).