In Memoriam Arnold Noel passes away by White House News Photographers Association|Published July 4, 2009 Arnold “Pappy” Noel shoots in Canada in the 1950s. He filmed wars in Central America, marches on Washington and Selma, Ala., riots in Washington and Detroit, early NASA space shots and the 1968 Democratic convention. (Photo by US Air Force) Arnold “Pappy” Noel, a UPI Photographer who became an assistant to President Ford, passed away at 86.