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| Bill Hourigan |
Bill is also an avid collector, not of coins, but of toy trains and scale model fire trucks. He is an active member of the 15,000-member Lionel Collectors Club of America and has held the offices of President, Treasurer, and Director within the club. Currently a resident of northeastern Pennsylvania, Bill and his wife, Linda, hope to relocate closer to New York City in the near future. They have a son who is a F-18 fighter pilot in the US Navy, and a daughter who is currently studying for a PhD at the University of California, Irvine.
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Bella Sivak |
Bella Sivak has joined the ANS as bookkeeper/accountant. Bella spent the past 15 years as Chief Accountant at the Hoff-Barthlson School of Music, a non-profit music school located in Westchester County New York. She has one son and resides in Westchester County.
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| Lauren Jacobi |
Peter Donovan, a retired geochemist who spent a number of years working for the United Nations, has been assisting the curatorial staff with various projects since January. Long an ANS member, Peter’s numismatic interests have always been quite varied; his current interests include both Roman and oriental coinage. Also assisting the curatorial staff since January is New York University Classics undergraduate student Rachel Towers, who hopes eventually to pursue a PhD in Classical Archaeology. We thank both Peter and Rachel for their time and their help.
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ANS Executive Director Ute Wartenberg Kagan and American Coins and Currency Curator Robert W. Hoge will be featured guests in the Educational Program at this year’s Annual Early American Coppers, Inc. (EAC), Convention and Show in Annapolis, Maryland, April 21-22, which will be held at the Radisson Hotel Annapolis, 210 Holiday Court. At the Forum, on Friday evening April 22 at 8:00 pm, Robert Hoge will present a talk entitled “Sheldon ‘NCs’ in the Collection of the American Numismatic Society: A Survey of ‘Non-Collectable’ Rarities.” The presentation will give attendees an opportunity to learn about these fabulous, seldom-seen United States coins of the period 1793-1814. Information may be obtained from EAC Educational Program organizer Charles F. Heck, P.O. Box 3498, Hypoluxo, Florida 33465-3498.
The ANS is delighted to announce that you can now order The Colonial Newsletter (CNL) issues 104 through 126 on CD for $45 ($48 outside the US). This is a first for the ANS and CNL and a service we believe our members will find very useful. If you are interested you may download the order form at http://www.amnumsoc.org/cnl/ or purchase it online at http://store.yahoo.com/amnumsoc/itforpur.html. Please note, individual issues are also available in hard copy only for $15 each. For further information, please contact Juliette Pelletier at pelletier@numismatics.org, or (212) 571-4470 ext.1311
Within the last month both American Journal of Numismatics 15 and Numismatic Literature 145 were printed and are now being shipped. Members who have subscribed to these volumes should be receiving them shortly, if they have not already. The ANS is also pleased to announce that Sewall Menzel’s Cobs Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins: The Early Spanish American Mints and Their Coinages, 1536-1773 is also now available. For more information or to purchase these volumes please contact Juliette Pelletier at (212) 571-4470 ext. 1311 or pelletier@numismatics.org.
The ANS Board of Trustees is delighted to announced that Theo van de Vathorst is the recipient of the 2005 J. Sanford Saltus Award for distinguished achievement in the field of medallic art. The Saltus Award Presentation, which includes the Stephen Scher Lecture, has been scheduled for September 17, 2005. Van de Vathorst is a sculptor and medalist residing in Utrecht, The Netherlands, who works in bronze, stone, and ceramics. In addition to medals, van de Vathorst has sculpted numerous monumental sculptures and large reliefs. The Scher Lecturer is art historian Dr. Jeffrey Smith, of the University of Texas, who will speak on German Renaissance medals.
Please mark your calendars for the next Annual ANS Auction and Gala, which has been scheduled for January 12, 2006 at the Sky Club, on the 57th floor of the MetLife Building in New York City. Dinner and Auction Chairman Rick Witschonke, will be coordinating the auction; if you are interested in donating to the Auction please contact Rick at: witschonke@numismatics.org.
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| John Mitchell |
It is with considerable sadness that the ANS announces the death of long-time guard and good friend John Mitchell, who died February 13, 2005. Almost anyone who has visited the ANS within the last three decades will certainly have met John, a man who quite exceptionally never missed a day of work at the ANS, and whose charm and good nature were hard to overlook.
Born in 1938 and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, John joined the US Army in 1973 and rose to the rank of sergeant in the 618th Quartermaster Battalion, part of the 77th Readiness Company. Receiving an honorable discharge in 1976, John continued to serve in the Army Reserves well into the 1990s; he received full military honors at his funeral. His experiences in the Army, particularly his time spent on bases in Germany, were always a source of humorous anecdotes, and at times, fond recollection. It was shortly after his discharge that John came to work for the ANS. He never lost the discipline that he learned in the military: ever loyal, and always more than willing to undertake any task happily (even unasked), John was exceptionally hardworking. Despite such grit he was also a gracious and giving person, often presenting small gifts to staff members for no reason other than to see a smile, often stopping work for a moment to tell a joke. For those of us who worked with John every day, his presence is sorely missed.
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| Willie Harley, Jr. |
Willie (“Apple Jack”) Harley, who retired from his position as guard at the ANS in 2000, died in New York City January 17, 2005. Born in 1940 in Florence, South Carolina, Willie moved to New York in 1962, where he began work at New York Presbyterian Hospital, a job he was to hold for 32 years. It was soon after his retirement from the hospital that Willie came to work for the ANS. Always dapper and quite the gentleman, Wille is remembered also for his wit and sardonic humor.