The APS Hall of Fame honors deceased philatelists who have made outstanding contributions to philately.

History

The Hall of Fame was established at the 1940 APS Convention by President Rollin E. Flower following the suggestion by Eveleen Severn that outstanding deceased philatelists be honored just as the APS Luff Award honors outstanding living philatelists. The Luff Award was first given at that convention.

The first fifteen members of the APS Hall of Fame were elected at the 1941 Convention. They were chosen from a list of 44 nominees drawn up by the Hall of Fame Committee. From 1942 until 1988, three members could be elected annually. In 1989, new rules allowed the election of one additional long deceased outstanding philatelist.

The rules for election to the APS Hall of Fame are:

• Only deceased persons can be nominated,
  
  
• the nominees must have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of national or international philately.

Each year the Hall of Fame Committee selects nominees, and reports its recommendations to the APS President along with documentation. The APS Board of Directors then elects the new Hall of Fame members.

The Hall of Fame Members

The Hall of Fame members are listed alphabetically in a special section. The alphabetical list includes each member's year of election. The name of each member is linked directly to the biographical section. These sections lists the member's philatelic biographies chonologically by his or her date of election. The philatelic biographies include birth and death dates, geographical location, and a photograph.

An Appendix is included which defines abbreviations and acronyms used in the biographies. The major philatelic awards are also listed and described.

Further information about the members of the APS Hall of Fame can be obtained from the APRL catalog. Most of the information sources used in preparing the philatelic biographies are currently listed under "biographies" in the APRL catalog. The rest will be added shortly.

Hall of Fame Nominations

All APS members are invited to suggest nominees for the APS Hall of Fame. Please send the name of the person suggested with reasons for the suggestion to the Hall of Fame Committee.

The committee welcomes comments, suggestions, and questions about the contents of this site. For the Committee I am

Dr. Herbert A. Trenchard
Committee Chairman
6909-40th Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20782
301-864-5276
E-mail: npmlib@yahoo.com

This section was prepared between August 1999 and June 2002 by Hall of Fame Committee members William H. Bauer, Robert de Violini, Herbert A. Trenchard (Chairman), and Alan Warren.

Over a thousand reference sources and hundreds of photographs were used in preparing the biographies. Many people made contributions to this effort. The Hall of Fame Committee thanks them all.

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