PR: Gary E. Lewis and William H. Horton Jr. Elected New ANA Presidentand VP; Three New Governors to Join Board

AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2003

CONTACT: Stephen Bobbitt
Telephone: 719-632-2646 ext 113
E-mail:


GARY E. LEWIS AND WILLIAM H. HORTON JR.
ELECTED NEW ANA PRESIDENT AND VP;
THREE NEW GOVERNORS TO JOIN BOARD

A new president and vice president, and three new and four incumbents
have been elected to the American Numismatic Association (ANA) nine-member
Board of Governors, with 8,544 ballots cast in the biennial election.
ANA Vice President Gary E. Lewis of Cape Coral, Florida, was elected
president, defeating ANA Governor Patricia A. Finner of Iola, Wisconsin.
Lewis received 4,589 votes to Finner's 3,827.
In the contested election for the vice presidency, Governor William H.
Horton Jr. of Keyport, New Jersey, defeated Governor Kay Edgerton Lenker of
San Diego, California, by a vote of 4,391 to 3,919.
New Board members are Alan Herbert, Donald H. Kagin and Will Rossman.
Incumbents re-elected are M. Remy Bourne, Arthur M. Fitts III, Barry
Stuppler and John Wilson.
Lewis, a 43-year life member of the ANA, was first elected to the
Board of Governors in 1995 and has served on the ANA's Audit, Finance,
Exhibit, Resolutions, Mediation, Commemorative Quarter and Young
Numismatists Committees. He also has served as a regional, district and
club representative and is the 1979 recipient of the ANA Outstanding Adult
Advisor Award.
Horton, a 31-year life member of the ANA, was first elected to the
Board of Governors in 2001. The general chairman of the 2000 ANA World's
Fair of Money in Philadelphia, he is a co-founder and first president of
the Garden State Numismatic Association, and has served as president of a
number of other clubs. Horton has served on a number of committees for the
ANA and been recognized by several clubs for his outstanding contributions.
All members of the ANA Board of Governors elected this year will
assume office during the Association's 112th Anniversary Convention in
Baltimore, Maryland, July 30-August 3. Installation of officers will take
place at the convention banquet on Saturday, August 2.
Votes garnered by the candidates, as tabulated by the
independent accounting firm of Biggs Kofford & Company a
* 4,800 for M. Remy Bourne of Vadnais Heights, Minnesota
* 4,260 for Michael S. Fey of Morris Plains, New Jersey
* 4,799 for Arthur M. Fitts III of Framingham, Massachusetts
* 4,576 for Alan Herbert of Belle Fourche, South Dakota
* 5,749 for Donald H. Kagin of Tibourn, California
* 4,195 for Bob Korver of Carollton, Texas
* 3,649 for Walter A. Ostromecki Jr. of Panorama City, California
* 4,289 for Will Rossman of Estes Park, Colorado
* 4,939 for Stuppler of Woodland Hills, California
* 3,375 for Anthony Tumonis of Tucson, Arizona
* 5,918 for John Wilson of Ocala, Florida
Nearly 30 percent of the eligible ANA voting membership cast ballots
in this election; nearly 28 percent voted in the ANA election two years
ago.

Congratulations to the winners.
Claud & Judith Murphy