The Micromounter’s Hall of Fame

The purpose of the Micromounters’ Hall of Fame is to honor those who have served this hobby to the highest degree. They are the leaders, the movers and shakers of the past and present who have shown the way for the rest of us. They have not only built sizable collections, but they also have earned and deserved a worldwide reputation among mineral collectors in general and especially among micromounters.

Nomination of a micromounter by a micromounter is encouraged with the understanding that of all nominations, two will normally be elected. All nominations should be addressed to Mr. Quintin Wight, whose address is listed under Canada. A summary of the nominee’s qualifications and contributions to the hobby should accompany any such nomination.

Induction into the Micromounters’ Hall of Fame is normally a three-year process. From the nominations received during a given year, candidates are elected the following year to the Hall of Fame first by the Executive Board of the Baltimore Mineral Society, sponsor of the Micromounters’ Hall of Fame, and second by the living members of the Hall of Fame. Induction into the Hall of Fame takes place during the third year on an evening during the Paul Desautels Memorial Micromount Symposium. Except for the first group of six, there are usually two inductees, one “old-timer” and one “modern” micromounter.

The “old-timers” are those whose contributions to the hobby occurred before 1960, especially those who were active before 1900. All others are “modern”. The first group of six were nominated in 1976, elected in 1980, and inducted in 1981.

Inductees Into The Hall of Fame

YEAR      OLD TIMER                                   MODERN

1981       George Fiss* (1925)                   Paul Desautels* (1991)

                George Rakestraw* (1904)        Louis Perloff* (2004)

                                                                         Paul Seel* (1982)  Neal Yedlin* (1977)

1982       Lazard Cahn* (1940)                  Ben Chromy* (1985)

1983       none                                               Charles * (1997) and Juanita Curtis* (2006)

                                                                         Arthur Roe* (1993)

1984       Philip Cosminsky* (1981)          William Hunt

1985       Gunnar Bjareby* (1967)              Richard Thomssen

1986       Frank Keeley* (1949)                  Curt Segeler* (1989)

1987       Clarence Bement* (1923)          William Wise

1988       none                                                none

1989       William Oke* (1964)                    Alexander Kipfer* (1998)

1990       +L. C. Wills                                    Quintin Wight

                                                                         Herbert Corbett* (1999)

1991       none                                               Milton Speckels* (2004)

                                                                         Horst Windisch

1992       none                                               Marcelle Weber* (2003)

                                                                         William Yost* (1999)

1993       none                                               Violet Frazier* (1996)

1994       none                                               William Shulman* (1991)

1995       none                                               Carroll E. (Shorty) Withers* (1981)

                                                                         Fred DeVito* (2004)

1996       Philip Evanoff                                Fred Schaefermeyer

1997       none                                               William Henderson

                                                                         John Ebner

1998       none                                               Robert W. Fisher* (2000)

                                                                         Gary H. Glenn* (2005)

1999       none                                               Jocelyn Thornton

                                                                         Janet and Stephen W. Cares* (2006)

2000       none                                               Georges Favreau

                                                                         Sugar White

2001       none                                                Ruth Cole Wertz* (1994)

                                                         Graham Reeks

2002       Bill Van Horn                                 Marge Matula

2003       Hatfield Goudey*(1985)              Gene Bearss

2004       none                                                Ugo Ostan

                                                                          Paul E. Smith *(2005)

2005       none                                                Joe Marty

                                                                          Roy Starkey

2006       none                                                Cynthia Payne

                                                                          Robert Peccorini

2007       none                                                André Foucart

                                                                          Dan Behnke

2008       none                                                Neil Hubbard

                                                                         Jules Bernhardt * (2005)

2009       none                                                Marco Ciriotti

                                                                          Vi Anderson*

+ Induction deferred                                    

* Deceased (year of death shown in parentheses)