American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame

The American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame award honors deceased philatelists who have contributed significantly to the field of national and/or international philately.

History

The APS Hall of Fame award was founded at the 1940 American Philatelic Society Convention. The award is intended to honor those deceased philatelists who have made significant contributions during their lifetime to the field of philately. ^[1]

The award is not to be confused with the society's Luff Award which is presented to outstanding philatelists who are alive at the time of award.

Requirements

Requirements for the APS Hall of Fame are:

• only deceased collectors may be considered for nomination
• those nominated must have made "outstanding contributions to the advancement of national or international philately."

Recipients

Philatelists who have received the APS Hall of Fame award are listed below. Some years have no nominees selected.

1941 John Nicholas Luff Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.B. Ralph Andrews Barry Beverly Sedgwick King John Walter Scott Thomas Keay Tapling John Kerr Tiffany James Ludovic Lindsay Philip Mathias Wolsieffer Charles Esterly Severn Frederick John Melville Charles Lathrop Pack Charles James Phillips Edward Spring Knapp Hugh McLellan Southgate 1942 W. Hamilton Barnum Walter J. Conrath Eveleen Mary Weldon Severn 1944 Eugene Klein 1945 Charles Foster Richards President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Willard Otis Wylie 1946 Percy Gray Doane Julius (John) Murray Bartels 1947 William Carlos Stone 1948 Alfred F. Lichtenstein 1949 Edward Haven Mason Major James Starr 1950 Saul Newbury Rear Admiral Frederic R. Harris Walter Stone Scott 1951 Nicolas Sanabria James Benjamin Seymour Rev. William Hogarth Tower 1952 Donald W. Martin Walter R. McCoy 1953 Erik F. Hurt Judge David D. Caldwell 1954 Theresa Maria Clark Dr. James C. Goodwin Al Van Dahl 1955 Jeremiah Hess Barr Dr. Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer 1956 Dr. Clarence Wilson Brazer Dr. Holland Archer Davis Dr. Clarence William Hennan 1957 Hugh Massey Clark Col. Max G. Johl John W. Stowell, Sr. 1958 Sidney F. Barrett Theodore E. Steinway 1959 Stanley Bryan Ashbrook Stephen Gottheil Rich 1960 Dr. Carroll Chase Adolph Steeg 1961 Rollin E. Flower Morris Fortgang Harry Myron Konwiser 1962 F. Van Dyk MacBride George Benedict Sloane 1963 Louis Henry Barkhausen Hugh C. Barr Hiram Edmund Deats 1964 Henry Chaloner August A. Dietz, Sr. Howard H. Elliott 1966 Carl Einar Pelander Philip Henry Ward Jr. 1967 William Woodbury Hicks George Ward Linn Harry Weiss 1968 Louise Boyd Dale Vincent Domanski Jr. Francis Cardinal Spellman 1969 Charles S. Hamilton Henry Albert Meyer Dr. Gregory B. Salisbury 1971 Richard McPherren Cabeen Lloyd B. Gatchell Judge Donald Fisher Lybarger 1972 Lester George Brookman Sir Edward Denny Bacon, K.C.V.O. Charles Haviland Mekeel 1973 Edith Margaret Faulstich Peter G. Keller Elliott Perry

1974 Winthrop Smillie Boggs Solomon Glass Edwin Müller (Mueller) 1975 Henry M. Goodkind Delf Norona 1976 Dr. Manuel Ma. Risueño Sir John Mitchell Harvey Wilson, Bart., K.C.V.O. 1977 Alfred H. Caspary James Mensinger Chemi 1978 Alberto Diena Irwin M. Heiman[ citation needed ] Julius Caesar Morgenthau 1979 Henry Ellis Harris Harry L. Lindquist Dr. Lowell Joseph Ragatz 1980 James Richard William Purves George Townsend Turner Daniel W. Vooys 1981 William Ewart Gerrish Dr. James J. Matejka Jr. Ethel Bergstresser (Stewart) McCoy 1982 Charles P. de Volpi Léon Dubus Svend Yort 1983 Warren Howard Colson Dr. Mohamed Dadkhah David Louis Lidman 1984 George E. Hargest Baron Takaharu Mitsui Andrew Earl Weatherly 1985 Eugene N. Costales Mortimer L. Neinken Dr. Joseph Schatzkés 1986 Robert P. Alexander Lucien Berthelot Richard H. Thompson 1987 Dr. Soichi Ichida Harrison Donald Seaman Haverbeck Ernest Anthony Kehr 1988 James H. Beal Herbert J. Bloch William Reynolds Ricketts 1989 Vincent Graves Greene Dr. Cyril Franklin dos Passos William Herbert Miller, Jr. Prescott Holden Thorp 1990 Robert B. Brandeberry Ellery Denison Catherine Lemmon Manning S. Kellogg Stryker 1991 Everett C. Erle Charles L. Towle Lynne S. Warm-Griffiths 1992 Dr. P. Felix Ganz Clifford Washington Kissinger Leon Vincent Rapkin Roger G. Weill 1993 Ezra Danolds Cole Susan Marshall McDonald Bertram William Henry Poole 1994 Creighton C. Hart Clifton Armstrong Howes Dr. Leonard Kapiloff Robert A. Siegel 1995 Joseph Britton Leavy George Maybee Martin Charles J. Starnes 1996 James H. Baxter Charles C. Cratsenberg Dr. Gordon H. Torrey 1997 Joseph M. Clary Jacques Minkus Edward Boker Sterling 1998 Leo August Calvin Waters Christian Robson Lowe 1999 Dorothy B. Blaney Charles Henry Coster Dr. Robert Laurenson Dashiell Davidson John E. Foxworth, Jr. 2000 Hon. Ernest R. Ackerman Herman "Pat" Herst Jr. Leon Norman Williams 2001 Dr. Enzo Diena C. Belmont Faries Dr. Jacques Amable Legrand Walton Eugene Tinsley

2002 Victor E. Engstrom Edward Loines Pemberton Philip Silver 2003 Benjamin Hans Lagerloef Franceska Rapkin Robert Granville Stone Varro Eugene Tyler 2004 John Robert Boker Jr. Horace White Harrison Colonel Ralph Archibald Kimble Raymond Henry Weill 2005 Dr. Herbert Munk Franklin Richard Bruns Jr. Lauson H. Stone Nils Vilhelm Strandell 2006 George Wendell Brett Ernst Max Cohn Emilio Diena Calvet Menger Hahn 2007 Paul Hilmar Jenson Clyde Jennings Mary Ann Aspinwall Owens 2008 William Penn Brown W. Wilson Hulme II Morton Dean Joyce 2009 Diane Tumble Boehret Col. James T. DeVoss Mayette Brown Lane 2010 Charles John Peterson Hubert Clayton Skinner 2011 William H. Bauer Dr. Karl Heinz Schimmer William Lee Welch Jr. 2012 Charless Hahn Louis K. Robbins Frederick Burton "Bud" Sellers 2013 Bernard Bertram Durkin Harmer Roger Glenn Schnell Herman Toaspern 2014 [2] Earl Panero Lopez Apfelbaum Richard B. Graham David Lee Straight 2015 William Wallace Cleland Bernard A. Hennig Max Kronstein 2016 Richard W. Helbock Maynard Sundman Lester E. Winick 2017 [3] Robert Markovits Barbara Mueller Irwin Weinberg 2018 Charles A. Fricke Jacques C. Schiff William R. Weiss 2019 Thomas J. Alexander Jerome Husak Michael Mellone 2020 Sophie Buser George Griffenhagen Ann Triggle 2021 Elizabeth Pope Dr. Elizabeth Nettles Dr. Esper Hayes 2022 Gordon Morison Stanley Piller Dr. Guy Dillaway 2023 Alfred F. Kugel Reginald Stafford Healy (Captain Tim Healy) Dr. Stanley Bierman 2024 [4] Dr. Kenneth B. Grant Janet R. Klug Dr. Herbert Trenchard Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz

References

1. "2024 APS Awards and Honors: APS Hall of Fame". American Philatelic Society. June 25, 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
2. "Apfelbaum, Graham and Straight in APS hall". Linn's Stamp News. Amos Media Company. February 14, 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
3. "American Philatelic Society selects Markovits, Mueller, Weinberg as 2017 hall of fame class". Linn's Stamp News. Amos Media Company. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
4. "Wawrukiewicz, Klug, Trenchard, Grant inducted into APS hall of fame". Linn's Stamp News. Amos Media Company. July 22, 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

External links

• APS Hall of Fame
• Alphabetical listing

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