Medal Collectors of America will be presenting the winners of the Carl Carlson and Georgia StammChamberlain awards for 2024 at the January 2025 New York International Numismatic Convention(NYINC). Congratulations to Robert Lewis Fagaly for earning the Carl Carlson award, and to RobertRodriguez for the Georgia Stamm Chamberlain award.NYINC will be held January 16th to 19th, at the Intercontinental New York Barclay, 11 East 48th St, New York City, NY 10017.

The MCA meeting will take place January 18 th, between 11:30am and 1pm, at the Astor Suite 1.For more information on the show: http://www.nyinc.info.

About the Recipients

A native of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Dr. Robert Lewis Fagaly received his B.S. in Chemistry from SanJose State, an MBA from the University of San Diego, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University ofToledo. He is the author of over 120 publications in cryogenics, quantum interference, fusion energy,and medicine, in addition to another eight in numismatics. He is a Fellow of the Institute of the Electricaland Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a recipient of the IEEE's Swerdlow medal for contributions to thefield of superconductivity. He served on the Department of Commerce's Technical Advisory Committeefor nearly three decades and was Treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. He is a member ofthe International Electrotechnical Commission, the American Society of Hematology, and the Society ofThe Cincinnati, serving on its Museum Committee.

He was the lead author for the Grading Guide for Early American Copper Coins, which was awarded theNumismatic Literary Guild's Book of the Year in 2015. He has been a Merit Badge Counselor for both theBoy Scouts and Girl Scouts. He is a member of numerous numismatic organizations, including the ANA,ANS, C4, EAC, OMSA, and the Medal Collectors of America. His current interests are focused on theComitia Americana medals, the medals of the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Continental Dollar.

In 2016, I retired from the investment management field after forty-five years that included thirty-twoyears with First Pacific Advisors, LLC, where I lead in building it into a $35 billion investmentmanagement firm. For twenty-six years, I managed equity and fixed income funds, along withinstitutional separate accounts. Morningstar, the leading evaluator of mutual funds, named me itsMutual Fund Manager of the Year three times, one of only two, and the only one to receive it for bothequity and fixed income management. When I stepped down from active investment management at the end of 2009, my equity fund, FPA Capital Fund, was ranked number one for over twenty-five years,worldwide, by Morningstar.

In 2013, I became reacquainted with coin collecting, after a fifty-two-year absence, when an articleabout a 1792 silver half disme, the Starr Specimen, caught my attention in a local newspaper. After eightmonths of researching the field, I re-entered it in 2014. Six-months later, I was able to acquire the StarrSpecimen, for my newly named Resolute Americana Collection, out of the August 2014 Heritage auction.

While investigating the half disme, one of the finest bronze Libertas Americana Comitia Americanamedals caught my attention. The following year, my acquisition of the bronze Diplomatic medal broughtme into contact and friendship with John Adams and Anne Bentley. From then on, not only did I acquireother great numismatic rarities, but more importantly, enduring friendships.

Returning to numismatics has allowed me to redirect my research investigative talents into this newfield. During the past ten-years, my collecting pursuits have focused on early federal and colonialcoinage, historic medals, British hammered, and Spanish colonial coinage. Quality, rarity, and historicalimportance have been the key attributes I have used in selecting numismatic additions for the ResoluteCollection. I am truly humbled and honored to be the recipient of the 2024 Georgia Stamm ChamberlainAward.

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