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James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2025 awarded to Rolf Osterthun - Orion Pobursky - 2026-03-18
The LDraw.org Steering Committee is pleased to announce that the 2025 James Jessiman Memorial Award (JJMA) recipient is Rolf Osterthun.
Rolf says about himself:
"The first LEGO set I can recall owning was the yellow garbage truck (6693). My collection grew continuously from there, with no 'Dark Ages' in between. Starting with City (LEGOLAND), Space, and Technic, moving on via Star Wars and Marvel, my physical collection now primarily focuses on Modular Buildings (City again).
My first contact with digital bricks was through LeoCAD. Shortly after, MLCad introduced me to the LDraw format and I even created a few animations using LD4DStudio (which I really enjoyed). I believe it was in 2009 that I made my first post on Lugnet, announcing a converter that could transform LDD models into LDraw models. Since then, I've been proud to be a part of this remarkable community.
Almost every time I have programmed privately, I tried to convert something into the LDraw format – I even managed to get a few parts through the Parts Tracker."
More information on the JJMA can be found at: https://www.ldraw.org/article/222.html
On behalf of the LDraw Steering Committee, we thank Rolf for his contributions and look forward to working with him in the future.
Orion Pobursky