About the Hall of Fame
At the APS StampShow 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 the names of the honorees in permanency and prominence.
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Adema, Kees (inducted 2011)
Alexander, Robert P. 1904–1985 (inducted 1986)
Alexander, Thomas J. 1926-2018 (inducted 2008)
Amick, George E., Jr. (inducted 1998)
Apfelbaum, Earl P. L. 1905–1985 (inducted 1979)
Arfken, George B., Jr. (inducted 2009)
Ashbrook, Stanley B. 1882–1958 (inducted 1974)
Bacharach, Justin L. 1907–1995 (inducted 2004)
Barry, Ralph A. 1883–1939 (inducted 1976)
Bauer, William H. 1934–2009 (inducted 2010)
Baxter, James H. 1906–1995 (inducted 1986)
Beachboard, John H. 1925–2002 (inducted 2002)
Beecher, Henry W. 1918–1992 (inducted 1994)
Bertalanffy, Felix D. 1926–1999 (inducted 1978)
Bierman, Stanley M. 1935-2022 (inducted 1997)
Billig, Fritz 1902-1986 (inducted 2013)
Blumenthal, Frank H. 1913-2011 (inducted 1991)
Boal, Barbara (inducted 2015)
Boggs, Winthrop S. 1902–1973 (inducted 1974)
Brazer, Clarence W. 1880–1956 (inducted 1992)
Brett, George W. 1912–2005 (inducted 1979)
Brofos, Frederick A. 1927–2008 (inducted 1998)
Brookman, Lester G. 1903–1971 (inducted 1974)
Bruns, Franklin R., Jr. 1912–1979 (inducted 1979)
Cabeen, Richard McP. 1887–1969 (inducted 1974)
Carriker, Clyde H. 1918-1986 (inducted 2012)
Chapman, Kenneth F. 1913-2006 (inducted 1986)
Chase, Carroll 1878–1960 (inducted 1974)
Chemi, James A. 1912–1976 (inducted 1976)
Christian, C. W. "Bert" 1905–1997 (inducted 1989)
Clark, Douglas N. (inducted 1999)
Claussen, Dane S. (inducted 2012)
Cohn, Ernst M. 1920–2004 (inducted 1995)
Collas, Phil 1907–1989 (inducted
1990)
Crown, Francis J. (inducted
2018)
Deats, Hiram E.
1870-1963 (inducted 2016)
DeBlois, Diane (inducted 2013)
Dietz, August A., Sr. 1869–1963 (inducted 1974)
Doane, Edith R. 1897–1983 (inducted 1978)
Doyle, John Kevin 1948-2012 (inducted 2013)
Drossos, Pandelis J. 1900–1996 (inducted 2008)
Dumaine, Robert F. (inducted 2008)
Dunn, John F. (inducted 2009)
Erle, Everett C. 1906–1990 (inducted 1976)
Esrati, Stephen G. 1927-2016 (inducted 2004)
Faries, Belmont 1913–1998 (inducted 1975)
Faulstich, Edith M. 1906–1972 (inducted 1974)
Foley, Joseph E. 1936–2006 (inducted 2006)
Foster, Clarence E. 1919–2009 (inducted 1979)
Fricke, Charles 1921-2017 (inducted 1989)
Fricks, Ernest Eugene (inducted 2009)
Frye, Joe F. 1927–1998 (inducted 1999)
Ganz, Cheryl (inducted 2016)
Ganz, P. Felix 1922–1990 (inducted 1988)
Glass, Solomon 1873–1973 (inducted 2010)
Goodkind, Henry M. 1904–1970 (inducted 1975)
Graham, Richard B. 1922-2012 (inducted 1991)
Graue, James (inducted 2014)
Gregory, Fred F. (inducted 2011)
Griffenhagen, George B. 1924-2019 (inducted 1990)
Groten, Arthur
(inducted 2016)
Hahn, Calvet M. 1927–2004 (inducted 2001)
Hahn, Charles 1919–1999 (inducted 2000)
Harris, Robert Dalton (inducted
2005)
Hartmann, Leonard H. (inducted
2018)
Hatcher, James B. 1906–1998 (inducted 1974)
Helbock, Richard William "Bill" 1938-2011 (inducted 2012)
Herst, Herman Jr. "Pat" 1909–1999 (inducted 1974)
Holcombe, Henry W. 1897–1973 (inducted 1979)
Holmes, L. Seale 1884–1961 (inducted 2001)
Hotchner, John M. (inducted
1999)
Houseman, Donna O'Keefe
(inducted 2017)
Husak, Jerome 1932-2018 (inducted 1995)
Jackson, Lucius 1915–1978 (inducted 1979)
Jarrett, Fred 1889–1979 (inducted 1977)
Johl, Max G. 1901–1957 (inducted 1974)
Karlen, Harvey M. 1918–2008
(inducted 2003)
Kaufmann, Patricia A. (inducted
2017)
Kehr, Ernest A. 1911–1986 (inducted 1997)
Kelsey, Douglas A.
1949-2020 (inducted 2022)
Kent, David A. (inducted 2007)
Kerr, Allen 1911–1989 (inducted 1988)
Kimble, Ralph A. 1893–1973 (inducted 1975)
King, Beverly S. 1876–1935 (inducted 2005)
Klug, Janet (inducted 2010)
Konwiser, Harry M. 1879–1961 (inducted 2004)
Koved, Solomon H. 1922-2017 (inducted 1990)
Kronstein, Max 1895–1992 (inducted 1993)
Kugel, Alfred F. 1930-2022 (inducted 2011)
Lane, Maryette B. 1910–1986 (inducted 1982)
Laurence, Michael M. (inducted 1994)
Lawrence, Ken (inducted 1998)
Lera, Thomas (inducted 2015)
Lewy, Edgar 1926–1991 (inducted 1991)
Lidman, David 1905–1982 (inducted 1981)
Lindquist, Harry L. 1884–1978 (inducted 1974)
Linn, George W. 1884–1966 (inducted 1974)
Livingston, Lyons F. 1922–1972 (inducted 1978)
Lowe, Robson 1905–1997 (inducted 1980)
Lowther, Kevin (inducted 2022)
Luff, John N. 1860–1938 (inducted 1974)
MacDonald, Fred
1941-2012 (inducted 2003)
Malpass, George N.
1904-1975 (inducted 2018)
Markovits, Robert
Leslie 1937-2015 (inducted 2017)
McBride, Van Dyk
1891-1961 (inducted 2018)
McCready, Arthur L. "Mac" 1892–1967 (inducted 1996)
McDonald, Susan M. 1918–1992 (inducted 1986)
MeKeel, Charles H. 1864–1921 (inducted 2003)
Mellone, Michael A. 1945-2018
(inducted 2019)
Melville, Frederick J. 1882–1940 (inducted 1980)
Milgram, James W. (inducted 2014)
Miller, Harlan W. 1914-1989
(inducted 2014)
Minkus, Jacques 1901-1996 (inducted 2011)
Mosiondz, Peter Jr. (inducted 2021)
Mueller, Barbara R. 1925-2016 (inducted 1978)
Mueller, Edwin 1888–1962 (inducted 1982)
Nahl, Perham C. 1909–1988 (inducted 1987)
Negus, James 1927–2008 (inducted 1987)
Neil, Randy L. (inducted 2000)
Neinken, Mortimer 1896–1984 (inducted 1977)
Norona, Delf 1895–1974 (inducted 1974)
Odenweller, Robert P. (inducted 2006)
Patrick, Douglas A. 1905–1983 (inducted 1976)
Perry, Elliott 1884–1972 (inducted 1974)
Perry, Thomas Doane 1877–1958 (inducted 1977)
Peterson, Charles J. 1933–2009 (inducted 1976)
Phillips, David G. 1928-2020
(inducted 2021)
Poole, Bertram W. H. 1880–1957 (inducted 1977)
Purves, J. R. W. "Bill" 1903–1979 (inducted 1989)
Ragatz, Lowell J. 1898–1962 (inducted 1981)
Reiner–Deutsch, William 1898–1981 (inducted 1982)
Rich, Stephen G. 1890–1958 (inducted 1976)
Ricketts, William R. 1869–1956 (inducted 1995)
Rueth, Carl P. 1908–1989 (inducted 1990)
Rod, Steven J. (inducted 1996)
Schoberlin, Melvin H. 1912–1977 (inducted 1979)
Scott, John Walter 1845–1919 (inducted 1974)
Sellers, F. Burton 1918–2010 (inducted 1991)
Sente, Marjory (inducted 2022)
Severn, Charles E. 1872–1929 (inducted 2002)
Silver, Philip 1910-1999 (inducted 2020)
Sine, Richard (inducted 2020)
Skinner, Hubert C. 1929–2009 (inducted 1997)
Sloane, George B. 1898–1958 (inducted 2002)
Southgate, Hugh M. 1871–1940 (inducted 2002)
Spaulding, Robert M. 1923-2013 (inducted 1975)
Stambaugh, Richard (inducted 2019)
Starnes, Charles J. 1912–1993 (inducted 1994)
Startup, Robin M. 1933-2012 (inducted 2008)
Stewart, William R. 1898–1970 (inducted 1978)
Stiles, Kent B. 1887–1961 (inducted 1976)
Stilpen, George F. 1910–1994 (inducted 1974)
Stone, II, Harlan Fiske (inducted 2015)
Stone, Robert G. 1907–2002 (inducted 1993)
Straight, David L. 1955-2012
(inducted 2014)
ter Braake, Alex 1893–1979 (inducted 1976)
Thorp, Prescott Holden 1897–1981 (inducted 1974)
Thorsteinsson, Sigurdur H. 1930-2013 (inducted 1996)
Tiffany, John Kerr 1842-1897
(inducted 2016)
Towle, Charles A. 1913–1990
Trenchard, Herbert A. (inducted 1998)
Trettin, Kenneth H. (inducted 1999)
Turner, George T. 1906–1979 (inducted 1980)
Tyler, Varro E. 1926–2001 (inducted 2007)
Van Dahl, Al 1884–1954 (inducted 1974)
Van Dahl, Arlene M. 1895–1992 (inducted 1993)
Van Dam, Theo 1916–2001 (inducted 2009)
Vooys, Daniel W. 1914–1978 (inducted 1975)
Ward, Philip H., Jr. 1886–1963 (inducted 2003)
Warren, Alan (inducted 2004)
Wawrukiewicz, Anthony S. (inducted 2013)
Weiss, Harry 1888–1966 (inducted 1975)
Welch, William L. 1941–2009 (inducted 1995)
White, Roy H. 1920–1994 (inducted 1987)
Williams, L. Norman 1914–1999 (inducted 1980)
Williams, Maurice 1905–1976 (inducted 1980)
Winick, Lester E. 1927-2015 (inducted 2015)
Winter, Richard F. (inducted 2010)
Wood, Kenneth A. 1926-2015
(inducted 1984)
Woodward, Patrick Henry
1833-1917 (inducted 2017)
Wylie, Willard O. 1862–1944 (inducted 1977)
Wylie, William W. 1905–1982
Yeager, Charles 1931–2001 (inducted 1992)
Youngblood, Wayne L. (inducted 2012)
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