| 2005 Nominations for Trustees, Officers
& Fellows of the Society
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Report
and Nominations of the Nominating and Governance Committee
To
The President, Board of Trustees and Fellows
Of
the American Numismatic Society
October
22, 2005
Pursuant
to Article V Section 12 of the ANS By Laws, the Nominating and Governance Committee
is to make a report of its solicitation, consideration and nominations for nominees
for various Board Committees, Fellows, Trustees and Officers of the Society.
The Executive Director publishes these nominations and the Board and
Fellows shall vote as set forth in the By-Laws.
Nominees
to the Board of Trustees, for vote by the Fellows of the Society:
Pursuant
to Article V Section 2, the Committee nominates for the Fellows' consideration
and election the following Trustees and others, all of whom, in the opinion
of this Committee exhibit the characteristics set forth in Article III, Section
1 of the ANS By-Laws to serve as Trustees in varying classes (2006-2008) (resumes
attached):
Class
of 2008:
- Mr.
John W. Adams , of Boston, MA, was first elected to the ANS Board
in 2000. An ANS donor, and Chairman of the Library Committee, Mr. Adams
has been a successful fundraiser for the Library. He is the author of Indian
Peace Medals of George III and US Numismatic Literature (Vols. 1-2)
, and has written numerous monographs and articles. His book The
Medals Concerning John Law and the Mississippi System (NNM #167) will
be published this year by the American Numismatic Society. Mr.
Adams is Chairman of Adams Harkness Inc. an investment bank specializing in
emerging growth companies. He received his B.A from Princeton in 1957, and
his MBA from Harvard Business School in1960.
- Mr.
Daniel Hamelberg, of Champaign, IL, has been a member since 1986,
a Life Fellow since 2002 and first elected to the Board in 2004. An
aficionado of rare American numismatic auction catalogues and literature,
Mr. Hamelberg serves on the Library Committee, and is a major donor to the
Francis D. Campbell Library Chair.
- Mr.
Robert A. Kandel , of New Rochelle,
NY has been on the ANS Board since 2000. As counsel to the firm of Kaye, Scholer,
LLP in New York City, his areas of experience include legislative and regulatory
matters, real estate, real estate litigation and general business matters.
Having served as Commissioner of Economic Development for the City of New
York, and other governmental posts, he is knowledgeable about governmental
affairs. Mr. Kandel has counseled and represented many not for profit institutions
including The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Cooper Union for Arts
and Science, The Sisters of Charity - Bayley Seton Hospital, The Hospital
for Joint Diseases, Yale University and St. John's University among others.
An ANS donor, his numismatic interests include US coins, particularly
the Lincoln cent. Mr. Kandel received his B.A. degree, with honors in history,
from Williams College (1969) and his law degree from Columbia University School
of Law (1972).
-
Mr. Clifford L.
Mishler , of Iola, WI, has been an ANS member since 1958, a Fellow
since 1968 a Life Fellow since 1978, and was first elected to the Board in
1997. Mr. Mishler is a donor to the Society, and co-sponsor with Chet
Krause, of the Krause-Mishler Forum. A former Chairman of Krause Publications,
in Iola, WI, Cliff Mishler was with the company, founded by Chet Krause, since
1963. He served in positions of increased responsibility prior to assuming
the role of Chairman (2000-2002), including: staff, editor of Numismatic
News , corporate V.P. positions, and President. He is a life member
of ANA (received the Farran Zerbe Award in 1984) and various other numismatic
clubs and organizations. Cliff Mishler is co-author of several Krause catalogues,
including World Coins and Commemorative Medals and Tokens .
- Mr.
Emilio M. Ortiz , of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been an ANS Member
since 1983, Life Associate Member since 1997, Fellow and Trustee since 2002.
He is a collector of coins of the Spanish Empire and specializes
in Cuba. He is a regular visitor to the ANS and has participated as
a speaker in a past COAC. Since joining the ANS, he has been a regular
donor to the Society. Mr. Ortiz is a very popular member of the large
community of collectors of Latin American coins. He
has been a Life Member of the ANA since 1985, as well as a Life Member of
F.U.N. (Florida United Numismatists), and is a Co-Founder and Board Member
of the Cuban Numismatic Association. Mr. Ortiz is President of Servimetal,
Inc., a Puerto Rico company specializing in rolled steel products.
- Mr.
Douglass F. Rohrman , of Kenilworth, IL, is a Senior Partner in the
Chicago law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook, LLP, where he practices environmental
law. He received an A.B. degree from Duke University in History and Comparative
Literature and a J.D. from Northwestern University in 1966. He has co-authored
two books involving environmental regulation of lending institutions and commercial
risk management, has authored numerous legal articles on environmental regulation
and food & drug law and was a former Commissioner of the Illinois Food
and Drug Commission in the 1970's. He was a Commissioned Officer in the U.S.
Public Health Service and Counsel to the US Surgeon General at the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention from 1966-69. Doug has a long-time interest
in primitive art, American antiques and has avid interests in Roman imperial
and provincial coins. A Life Associate, he became a Fellow in 2001,
and was elected to the Board in 2003. He has sat as Chairman of the ANS Advisory
Committee from 2000-2003. Currently Doug serves as Chairman of the Nominating
and Governance Committee.
- Mr.
Peter K. Tompa, of Washington DC, received a BSFS from Georgetown
University and a law degree from the American University. A partner at Dillingham
& Murphy, LLP, his practice includes providing advice and lobbying services
to clients related to the trade in cultural artifacts. He has represented
numismatic associations and trade groups before the State Department's Cultural
Property Advisory Committee. This body advises the President on whether to
impose import restrictions on ancient artifacts. He also has written extensively
on the subject. Peter became a member in 1993, a life fellow in 2001, elected
to the Board in 1999, and is a past Chairman of the Nominating and Governance
Committee. He collects ancients and specializes in the coins of the Roman
Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Peter is also a past "First Consul" or
president of the Ancient Numismatic Society of Washington, DC.
- Ms.
Susan Gerwe Tripp , of Stuyvesant, NY, is a member of Board of Trustees
of the Columbia County Historical Society. Having served as President for
five years she is currently the Board Secretary. The Society owns and
administers three historic structures, including one National Landmark building.
From 1974 to 1991 Mrs. Tripp was Curator, Keeper of the Coins and Director
of University Collections at The Johns Hopkins University. She worked
closely with the Garrett Collections (publishing their extensive collections
of Japanese Works of Art [Dauphin Press, London, 1993]); spearheaded and oversaw
the remarkable twelve year restoration of the National Landmark building,
Homewood (built by Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton)
which opened to international accolades in 1987; and later directed the restoration
of the Garrett mansion Evergreen House. After leaving the University,
Mrs. Tripp was Executive Director of Old Westbury Gardens. She has
taught, lectured, and written extensively on Historic Restoration.
Susan Tripp is a strong supporter of the ANS and, with her husband, David,
was instrumental in arranging the donation of the Garrett numismatic archives
to the Society. She has served on the Standing Library Committee for
three years, was elected as a Fellow of the Society in 2002 and to the ANS
Board in 2004.
- Dr.
Arnold-Peter C. Weiss , of Barrington, RI,
is an orthopaedic surgeon who also holds appointments
as Professor as well as Dean of Admissions at the Brown University School of Medicine . Dr. Weiss received his
B.A. in Human Biology and Engineering Physics and his Doctorate of Medicine
from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Weiss has authored extensively, holds several
patents, and has received many fellowships in his specialty of hand surgery.
A collector of ancient coins, Dr. Weiss joined the ANS in 1989, became a life
fellow and was elected to the Board 1995. A donor to the Society, he
currently serves on the Devenlopment and Asset Committes as well as Chairs the Finance Committee.
Class
of 2007:
- Mr.
Charles Paul Karukstis, of Claremont, CA, has been a member since
1978, a Life Associate since 1994 and a fellow since 2003. Charles
is the Director of the Project Management Office for Aramark Uniform Services
Inc. in Burbank, CA. He earned a BA
(1977) and MA (1978) from Duke University. He co-chaired the ANS Arab-Byzantine
Forums from 1995-2000, has served on the Advisory Committee since
2002, currently as Chairman, and is at present
the North American Secretary for the Oriental Numismatic Society. For some
twenty years his research has been the imitative or "Arab-Byzantine"
coinages of greater Syria in the first century of the Islamic Empire, with
special interest in die studies and circulation patterns. He is presently
preparing a corpus of this material from major public and private collections.
Class
of 2006:
- Mr.
Sydney Martin , of Doylestown,
PA has been a member since 1997, and a life associate since 2000 is President
of The SYTEX Group, Inc. (TSGI), a nationally recognized group of information
technology companies. A
speaker at the 2003 COAC: our nations coinage, varied origins, on the subject
of “The ‘Georgius Triumpho'/Danish West Indies Mule”, he has authored and
co-author articles on colonial coinage in the CNL and C-4 newsletters.
Nominees
for Fellows of the Society to be voted on by the Board of Trustees:
Pursuant
to Article III Section 1 of the ANS By-Laws, the Committee nominates for the
Board of Trustees' consideration and election the following persons, having
the personal and professional characteristics required by the ANS By-Laws, to
become ANS Fellows (resumes attached):
- Dr.
Murray Gell-Mann ,
of Santa Fe, NM, has been an ANS member since 1974, and is a collector.
Dr. Gell-Mann received the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the
theory of elementary particles.
- Mr.
Michael J. Hodder , of Wolfeboro, NH has been a member since 1978,
and was a member of our Graduate Seminar program. He is a frequent
contributor to ANS publications.
- Mr.
Louis E. Jordan , of South Bend, IN, has been a member since 2000,
is a member of the CNL editorial team and is a frequent contributor to the
ANS.
- Mr.
Herbert L. Kreindler , of Melville, NY, has been a member
since 1973, is a dealer, contributor to ANS collections, and helps frequently
with appraisals of collections donated to the Society.
- Dr.
Joel Orosz , of Kalamazoo, MI, joined in 1987, is a frequent contributor
to the AJN on early American numismatic issues, and does research on ANS materials.
- Mr.
Donald Scarinci , of Waldwick, NJ, joined the ANS in 1991, is a member
of the Saltus Committee, and is an ANS contributor.
He is one of five founding officers of the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C-4),
founded in 1992. In 2005 Mr. Scarinci was appointed to the Citizens
Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC).
-
Dr. Jeffrey Spier,
of Tucson, AZ, is a well -known
academic, and currently Adjunct Professor in the Classics Department,
College of Humanities, at the University of Arizona, Tucson .
A long-time member (1985), Dr. Spier has authored and co-authored several
articles on Greek coins and gems.
- Mr.
Raymond J. Williams , of Trenton, NJ, is President of C4, and an
ANS member since 1995. Specializing in Colonial American Coinage, Ray
contributed to the recent ANS publication: The
Copper Coinage of the State of New Jersey: Annotated Manuscript of Damon G.
Douglas , and
has written often on the subject of New Jersey Coppers.
Officers
of the Board of Trustees to be voted on by the Board of Trustees:
Pursuant
to Article VI Sections 1 and 2, and upon the personal recommendation of the
President and Executive Director, the Committee nominates the following Trustees
to serve as follows:
- President
– Donald G. Partrick
- First
Vice President — Roger Siboni
- Second
Vice President - John H. Kroll
- Treasurer
– Arnold-Peter Weiss
Executive
Committee to be appointed by the President:
The committee
recommends to the President, pursuant to Article V Section 11, that an Executive
Committee be appointed as follows for the years 2005-2006:
Donald G.
Partrick
John W. Adams
Arthur
A. Houghton III
Robert A.
Kandel
Douglass
F. Rohrman
Roger Siboni
Arnold-Peter
Weiss
Submitted
respectfully,
Douglass
F. Rohrman, Chairman
Nominating
and Governance Committee
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