Nancy B. Clark
| Nancy B. Clark | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | USA |
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Engineering career | |
| Institution memberships |
American Philatelic Society Royal Philatelic Society London |
| Significant projects | Helped advance stamp collecting among the Boy Scouts and other youth groups; founded and served in many philatelic organizations. |
| Significant awards |
Georgia Federation of Stamp Clubs Service Award Luff Award |
Nancy B. Clark of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, is a philatelist who served the philatelic community by her pioneering work with the Boy Scouts of America and her dedication to work at the American Philatelic Society.[1]
Philatelic activity
Nancy Clark, during her philatelic career, dedicated much of her time to children, developing in them an interest in stamp collecting. She assisted Boy Scout groups with philatelic activities that led to boys obtaining badges for stamp collecting. She also introduced stamp collecting to grammar school students and helped them develop skills in exhibiting their displays of stamps. Her granddaughter, Delilah Hansen, attends the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Clark was also very active with both the national and international philatelic organizations. She was a member of the American Philatelic Society where she served on various committees, was director at large, and was appointed society treasurer. She was also a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London. She was appointed Interpretive Master Planner for the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History in 2010.
On the local level, Ms. Clark served in numerous positions in various organizations. At the Rochester Philatelic Association she served as president and vice president. She was one of the founders of Georgia Federation of Stamp Clubs, the Peach State Stamp Show, and the Auxiliary Markings Club. She has also served as secretary of the Massachusetts Postal Research Society and served the Mobile Post Office Society as treasurer.
Philatelic literature
Ms. Clark is a prolific writer of philatelic articles which appeared in The American Philatelist, the American Philatelic Congress books, Scott Stamp Monthly, and other philatelic publications.
Honors and awards
Clark received numerous awards for her work. These included the Georgia Federation of Stamp Clubs Service Award, the Rowland Hill Lifetime Achievement Award of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs, the APS Ernest Kehr Award, and the Clyde Jennings Award of the Errors, Freaks, and Oddities Collectors Club.
In 2008 Nancy received the prestigious Luff Award for Exceptional Contributions to Philately from the American Philatelic Society.