THE GRAND AND GREAT LADIES OF THE ANA

Faye C. Rochette died on August 4, 1977. In her memory, the ANA established the Faye C. Rochette Memorial Fund. Geneva Karlson proposed the funding of an award for a Grand Lady of the ANA. Later, on August 28, 1977, the ANA Board adopted the proposal as the Faye C. Rochette Great Lady of the ANA Memorial Award. It was to be give to someone who was a member of the ANA but not an officer.

The award was presented eight times.

• Evie Kelley 1978, volunteer at the communications desk at conventions.
• Margo Russell 1979, editor of Coin World.
• Glenda Koppenhaver 1980, wife of the executive director of the PNG.
• Betty Medlar 1981, wife of dealer Bob Medlar.
• Dorothy Baber 1982, wife of Al Baber.
• Gehring Pittman 1983, wife of 1971-72 ANA President John Jay Pittman.
• Dottie Criswell 1984, wife of 1977-78 ANA President Grover Criswell.
• Joanne Wilde 1984, wife of 1981-82 ANA President Adna Wilde.

In 1984 Ed Rochette announced that these would be the last two Great Lady awards with the funds to be used for some other purpose. Some future ANA presidents gave presidential awards to their wives.

Last week I asked two questions:

1. What Great Lady of the ANA lived to be 100?
2. What Great Lady of the ANA was lead singer of the Buddy Brock Band?

The answer to the first question should have been easy. Dorothy Baber died recently after living for 101 years and 66 days.

The second question was probably not so easy. The 2007 Coin World obituary for Betty Medlar mentioned that she was lead singer for the Buddy Brock Band, as did the 2008 obituary in The Numismatist.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
DOROTHY C. BABER (1920-2021) (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n30a07.html)
RITTENHOUSE HALF DISMES REENACTMENT ANSWER (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n38a14.html)

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