100-YEAR-OLD NUMISMATISTS

The E-Sylum has previously published lists of 100-year-old numismatists. I am updating the list from my notes. Of the twenty people listed, fifteen died in this century. It is likely that many earlier numismatists have not been reported.

Dorothy Baber (5/10/1920 – 7/15/2021) lived 101 years. She was ANA member 59868 effective 2/1/1968.

Carl G. Boehmer (5/8/1906 – 6/8/2011) lived 105 years and joined the ANA in 1936 as member 5422, and just qualified as a 75-Year Member.

James E. Charlton (7/26/1911 – 9/20/2013) lived 102 years. He was life member 1677 of the ANA, joining in 1950 and being a member for 63 years.

Edward Louis Dence (1917-2021) lived 103 years. He was ANA member 72250 effective 8/1/1972.

William S. Dewey (12/5/1905 – 4/2/2006) lived 100 years, joined the ANA in 1933 and became life member #52 in 1939 making him a member for 73 years.

Pauline Emmett (8/7/1902-10/19/2003) lived 101 years. Born as Pauline Pauling,

Edward Gans (8/30/1887 – 2/13/1991) lived 103 years, joined the ANA in 1940 and was honored for 25 years in 1965.

Dr. Jesse C. Green (12/13/1817 - 7/26/1920) lived 103 years. He was not an ANA member but was mentioned in The Numismatist upon his hundredth birthdate and again upon his death. The Numismatist speculated that he was the oldest collector in the United States.

Robert L. Hendershott (8/7/1898 – 3/22/2005) lived 106 years, 7 months, joined the ANA in 1931 as member 3867, and was a member for 74 years.

Genevieve T. Herdegen (8/30/1886 – 7/12/1989) lived 102 years. She made a donation to the ANA of the Robert T. Herdegen Collection and was given an ANA Medal of Merit. There is no indication that she was a collector or a member of the ANA.

Clyde Hubbard (2/26/1916 – 11/9/2020) lived 104 years, joined the ANA in 1950 as member 18455 and was a member for 70 years. He is in the ANA Hall of Fame.

Honora "Nora" W. Hussey (3/26/1915 - 11/8/2020) lived 105 years. She served as superintendent of the Denver Mint. She was not an ANA member.

Kay Lenker (Catharine Edgerton Lenker) (11/29/1922 - 2/12/2023) lived 100 years. She joined the ANA in 1961 and was life member LM-626.

Robert Hepworth Lloyd (5/18/1906 – 10/10/2009) lived 103 years, joined the ANA in 1926 as member 3024, attaining 83 years of membership. He became the senior member of the ANA in 1995 following the death of 90-year-old John Amos West. Thus, he was the senior member for 14 years.

George Francis Marlier (1/12/1868 – 9/1/1967) lived 99 years, 8 months. He was ANA member 102, joining on June 1, 1899, making him a member for 68 years. He had been the senior member of the ANA.

J. William Middendorf II (9/22/1924 - 10/24/2025) lived 101 years. He served as United States Secretary of the Navy. He was not an ANA member.

Purnie Estelle Doss Moore (8/26/1907 - 5/13/2008) lived 100 years. She joined the ANA as member 23161 effective December 1, 1954,.

Eric P. Newman (5/25/1911 – 11/15/2017) lived 106 years, 6 months. He joined the ANA in 1935 as member 4624 and was a member for 82 years. He would have been the senior member of the ANA for eight years after the death of Lloyd in 2009.

Nellie Tayloe Ross (11/29/1876 – 12/19/1977) lived 101 years. She served as director of the Mint. She was not a member of the ANA.

Carl H. Subak (1/31/1919 – 2/6/2022) lived 103 years, joined the ANA in 1948 as member 15379. He was last mentioned in The Numismatist in 1991 and did not get a 50-Year award.

David R. Denis (born 1/17/1923) ANA member 13304 joined effective 2/1/1947. Recognized as a 75-Year member in 2023.

Felix H. Lenard (born 11/24/1922) ANA member 16921 joined effective 1/1/1949. Recognized as a 75-Year member in 2024.

Edmund DeLaurentis (born 12/10/1925) ANA member 18337 joined effective 6/1/1950. Recognized as a 75-Year member in 2025.

Gail Brichford (born 3/8/1929) ANA member 14164 effective 6/1/1947. Recognized as a 75-Year member in 2022.

Kenneth Bressett (born 10/5/1928) joined AVA as J-14350 effective 7/1/1947, Recognized as a 75-Year member in 2022.

Kenneth L Hallenbeck (born 10/20/1931) Member J-17797 effective 11/1/1949. Recognized as a 75-Year member in 2024.

Howard Cohen Member 18197 effective 5/1/1950 from Brooklyn. Recognized as a 75- Year member in 2025.

Deane H Howard (ca. 1933) Member 18247 effective 6/1/1950 from Manhasset, NY. Recognized as a 75-Year member in 2025.

Since 2000. The ANA has honored twenty-one members for 75 years of membership. However, at least nine of those were dead before their award was announced. This was reported in the December 12, 2021, issue of The E-Sylum.

In 2024, the ANA honored their first two eighty-five-year members. Their deaths were noted in that 2021 issue but the ANA did not notice. Philip Weinberg died in 1997; David Kemp died in 1999.

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
THE ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD NUMISMATISTS CLUB (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n22a08.html)
100-YEAR-OLD NUMISMATISTS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n51a14.html)

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