About the Hall of Fame
At the APS Great American Stamp Show (GASS) meeting each year the Writers Unit announces new inductees to the Philatelic Writers Hall of Fame. A plaque on public display at the American Philatelic Research Library displays (who has seen this plaque?) the names of the honorees in permanency and prominence.
Sorted by year of induction
For the list sorted by Last name, go Alphabetical.
| Name | Life | Induction |
|---|
| Charles A. Towle | (1913-1990) | Unknown |
| William W. Wylie | (1905-1982) | Unknown |
| Stanley J. Luft | (1927-2019) | 2025 |
| James P. Gough | | 2025 |
| Larry Lyons | | 2025 |
| Robert J. Stets, Sr. | (1916-2016) | 2024 |
| Everett L. Parker | | 2024 |
| Scott Trepel | | 2024 |
| Helen Kingsbury Zirkle | (1898-1976) | 2023 |
| Ronald Lesher | | 2023 |
| Hal Vogel | | 2023 |
| Douglas A. Kelsey | (1949-2020) | 2022 |
| Kevin Lowther | | 2022 |
| Marjory Sente | | 2022 |
| Peter Mosiondz Jr. | (1946-2023) | 2021 |
| David G. Phillips | (1928-2020) | 2021 |
| Philip Silver | (1910-1999) | 2020 |
| Richard Sine | | 2020 |
| Michael A. Mellone | (1945-2018) | 2019 |
| Rick Stambaugh | | 2019 |
| Goerge M. Malpass | (1904-1975) | 2018 |
| Van Dyk McBride | (1891-1961) | 2018 |
| Francis J. Crown Jr. | | 2018 |
| Leonard H. Hartman | | 2018 |
| Robert Leslie Markovits | (1937-2015) | 2017 |
| Patrick Henry Woodward | (1833-1917) | 2017 |
| Donna O Keefe Houseman | | 2017 |
| Patricia A. Kaufmann | | 2017 |
| Hiram E. Deats | (1870-1963) | 2016 |
| John Kerr Tiffany | (1842-1897) | 2016 |
| Cheryl Ganz | | 2016 |
| Dr. Arthur H. Groten | | 2016 |
| Harlan Fiske Stone, II | (1935-2024) | 2015 |
| Lester E. Winick | (1927-2015) | 2015 |
| Barbara Boal | | 2015 |
| Thomas Lera | | 2015 |
| David L. Straight | (1955-2012) | 2014 |
| Harlan W. Miller | (1914-1989) | 2014 |
| James Graue | | 2014 |
| James W. Milgram | | 2014 |
| John Kevin Doyle | (1948-2012) | 2013 |
| Anthony “Tony” S. Wawrukiewicz | (1943-2023) | 2013 |
| Fritz F. Billig | (1902-1986) | 2013 |
| Diane DeBlois | | 2013 |
| Richard William “Bill” Helbock | (1938-2011) | 2012 |
| Clyde H. Carriker | (1918-1986) | 2012 |
| Dane S. Claussen | | 2012 |
| Wayne L. Youngblood | | 2012 |
| Alfred F. “Al” Kugel | (1930-2022) | 2011 |
| Jacques Minkus | (1901-1996) | 2011 |
| Kees Adema | | 2011 |
| Fred F. Gregory | | 2011 |
| Janet Klug | (1950-2023) | 2010 |
| William H. Bauer | (1934-2009) | 2010 |
| Solomon Glass | (1873-1973) | 2010 |
| Richard F. Winter | (1937-2025) | 2010 |
| George B. Arfken, Jr | (1922-2020) | 2009 |
| Theo Van Dam | (1916-2001) | 2009 |
| John F. Dunn | | 2009 |
| Ernest Eugene Fricks | | 2009 |
| Robert F. Dumaine | (1939-2024) | 2008 |
| Robin M. Startup | (1933-2012) | 2008 |
| Thomas J. Alexander | (1926-2018) | 2008 |
| Pandelis J. Drossos | (1900-1996) | 2008 |
| Varro E. Tyler | (1926-2001) | 2007 |
| David A. Kent | | 2007 |
| Joseph E. Foley | (1936-2006) | 2006 |
| Robert P. Odenweller | | 2006 |
| Beverly S. King | (1876-1935) | 2005 |
| Robert Dalton Harris | | 2005 |
| Stephen G. Estrati | (1927-2016) | 2004 |
| Justin L. Bacharach | (1907-1995) | 2004 |
| Harry M. Konwiser | (1879-1961) | 2004 |
| Alan Warren | | 2004 |
| Fred MacDonald | (1941-2012) | 2003 |
| Harvey M. Karlen | (1918-2008) | 2003 |
| Philip H. Ward, Jr | (1886-1963) | 2003 |
| Charless Haviland Mekeel | (1864-1921) | 2003 |
| John H. Beachboard | (1925-2002) | 2002 |
| George B. Sloane | (1898-1958) | 2002 |
| Charles E. Severn | (1872-1929) | 2002 |
| Hugh M. Southgate | (1871-1940) | 2002 |
| Calvet M. Hahn | (1927-2004) | 2001 |
| L. Seale Holmes | (1884-1961) | 2001 |
| Randy L. Neil | (1941-2024) | 2000 |
| Charless Hahn | (1919-1999) | 2000 |
| Joe F. Frye | (1927-1998) | 1999 |
| Douglas N. Clark | | 1999 |
| John M. Hotchner | | 1999 |
| Kenneth H. Trettin | | 1999 |
| Herbert A. Trenchard | (1931-2023) | 1998 |
| George E. Amick Jr | (1930-2025) | 1998 |
| Freder A. Brofos | (1927-2008) | 1998 |
| Ken Lawrence | | 1998 |
| Stanley M. Bierman | (1935-2022) | 1997 |
| Hubert C. Skinner | (1929-2009) | 1997 |
| Ernest A. Kehr | (1911-1986) | 1997 |
| Sigurdur H. Thorsteinsson | (1930-2013) | 1996 |
| Arthur L. “Mac” McCready | (1892-1967) | 1996 |
| Steven J. Rod | | 1996 |
| William L. Welch | (1941-2009) | 1995 |
| Jerome Husak | (1932-2018) | 1995 |
| Ernst M. Cohn | (1920-2004) | 1995 |
| William R. Ricketts | (1869-1956) | 1995 |
| Henry W. Beecher | (1918-1992) | 1994 |
| Charles J. Starnes | (1912-1993) | 1994 |
| Michael M. Laurence | | 1994 |
| Robert G. Stone | (1907-2002) | 1993 |
| Max Kronstein | (1895-1992) | 1993 |
| Arlene M. Van Dahl | (1895-1992) | 1993 |
| Charles Yeager | (1931-2001) | 1992 |
| Clarence W. Brazer | (1880-1956) | 1992 |
| Edgar Lewy | (1926-1991) | 1991 |
| Richard B. Graham | (1922-2012) | 1991 |
| F. Burton Sellers | (1918-2010) | 1991 |
| Frank H. Blumenthal | (1913-2011) | 1991 |
| George B. Griffenhagen | (1924-2019) | 1990 |
| Solomon H. Koved | (1922-2017) | 1990 |
| Carl P. Rueth | (1908-1989) | 1990 |
| Phil Collas | (1907-1989) | 1990 |
| Charles Fricke | (1921-2017) | 1989 |
| C. W. Bert Christian | (1905-1997) | 1989 |
| J. R. W. Bill Purves | (1903-1979) | 1989 |
| P. Felix Ganz | (1922-1990) | 1988 |
| Allen Kerr | (1911-1989) | 1988 |
| James Negus | (1927-2008) | 1987 |
| Roy H. White | (1920-1994) | 1987 |
| Pelham C. Nahl | (1909-1988) | 1987 |
| Susan M. McDonald | (1918-1992) | 1986 |
| Kenneth F. Chapman | (1913-2006) | 1986 |
| James H. Baxter | (1906-1995) | 1986 |
| Robert P. Alexander | (1904-1985) | 1986 |
| Kenneth A. Wood | (1926-2015) | 1984 |
| Maryette B. Lane | (1910-1986) | 1982 |
| William Reiner-Deutsch | (1898-1981) | 1982 |
| Edwin Mueller | (1888-1962) | 1982 |
| David Lidman | (1905-1982) | 1981 |
| Lowell J. Ragatz | (1898-1962) | 1981 |
| L. Norman Williams | (1914-1999) | 1980 |
| George T. Turner | (1906-1979) | 1980 |
| Robson Lowe | (1905-1997) | 1980 |
| Maurice Williams | (1905-1976) | 1980 |
| Frederick J. Melville | (1882-1940) | 1980 |
| Clarence E. Foster | (1919-2009) | 1979 |
| Lucius Jackson | (1915-1978) | 1979 |
| George W. Brett | (1912-2005) | 1979 |
| Franklin P. Bruns, Jr | (1912-1979) | 1979 |
| Melvin H. Schoberlin | (1912-1977) | 1979 |
| Earl P. L. Apfelbaum | (1905-1985) | 1979 |
| Henry W. Holcombe | (1897-1973) | 1979 |
| Felix D. Bertalanffy | (1926-1999) | 1978 |
| Barbara R. Mueller | (1925-2016) | 1978 |
| Lyons F. Livingston | (1922-1972) | 1978 |
| William R. Stewart | (1898-1970) | 1978 |
| Edith R. Doane | (1897-1983) | 1978 |
| Mortimer Neinken | (1896-1984) | 1977 |
| Fred Jarrett | (1889-1979) | 1977 |
| Bertram W. H. Poole | (1880-1957) | 1977 |
| Terry Doane Perry | (1877-1958) | 1977 |
| Willard O. Wylie | (1862-1944) | 1977 |
| Charles J. Petersin | (1933-2009) | 1976 |
| James A. Chemi | (1912-1976) | 1976 |
| Everett C, Erle | (1906-1990) | 1976 |
| Douglas A. Patrick | (1905-1983) | 1976 |
| Alex ter Braake | (1893-1979) | 1976 |
| Stephen G. Rich | (1890-1958) | 1976 |
| Kent B. Stiles | (1887-1961) | 1976 |
| Ralph A. Barry | (1883-1939) | 1976 |
| Robert M. Spaulding | (1923-2013) | 1975 |
| Daniel W. Vooys | (1914-1978) | 1975 |
| Belmont Faries | (1913-1998) | 1975 |
| Henry M. Goodkind | (1904-1970) | 1975 |
| Ralph A. Kimble | (1893-1973) | 1975 |
| Harry Weiss | (1888-1966) | 1975 |
| George F. Stilpen | (1910-1994) | 1974 |
| Herman “Pat” Herst, Jr | (1909-1999) | 1974 |
| James B. Hatcher | (1906-1998) | 1974 |
| Edith M. Faulstich | (1906-1972) | 1974 |
| Lester G. Brookman | (1903-1971) | 1974 |
| Winthrop S. Boggs | (1902-1973) | 1974 |
| Max G. Johl | (1901-1957) | 1974 |
| Prescott Holden Thorp | (1897-1981) | 1974 |
| Delf Norona | (1895-1974) | 1974 |
| Richard McP. Cabeen | (1887-1969) | 1974 |
| Harry L. Lindquist | (1884-1978) | 1974 |
| Elliott Perry | (1884-1972) | 1974 |
| George W. Linn | (1884-1966) | 1974 |
| Al Van Dahl | (1884-1954) | 1974 |
| Stanley B. Ashbrook | (1882-1958) | 1974 |
| Carroll Chase | (1878-1960) | 1974 |
| August A. Dietz, Sr | (1869-1963) | 1974 |
| John N. Luff | (1860-1938) | 1974 |
| John Walter Scott | (1845-1919) | 1974 |