***Magic Society News*** The Society of American Magicians (SAM) (Check out the Hall Of Fame Member List Below that goes back to 2500 BC) ;) The Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame and Magic Museum was once located in Hollywood, California from 1971 until 2004. SAMHall.png A Magic Hall of Fame for the Society of American Magicians was proposed in 1963 during the National President term of Edward Schneider. He officially called for a place where collections, records and documents could be maintained and exhibited. In 1966 National President John Zweers had added the Hall of Fame as a permanent standing committee to the S.A.M. Constitution. Now established, a search began for its permanent home. On October 25, 1971, the SAM opened their Hall of Fame and Magic Museum in Hollywood, California. It featured photographs and hand-drawn portraits of the magicians elected into the Hall of Fame by the National Council upon the recommendations of the National Historians Committee. Magicians elected to the Hall date from Dedi of Ancient Egypt to contemporary stars of magic. In December 2004, a transformer fire sent toxic fumes into the Washington Mutual Bank Building that housed the Hall of Fame Museum. Local Government officials ordered the building closed until the toxic contaminants could be remediated following EPA procedures. The museum remained sealed and the contents inaccessible for years. Access to artifacts became available in 2010 and the search for a new home for the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame was underway. On September 17, 2012, The Whittier Museum, operated by the Whittier Historical Society, provided an entire second floor in their historic downtown building for the Hall of Fame & Magic Museum. Although the Hall and Museum is still looking for a permanent home in the greater Los Angeles area, the exhibits will be on display at the Whittier Museum in downtown Whittier, California until 2013. -Magicians elected to the SAM Hall of Fame Dedi of Ancient Egypt fi. 2500 B.C. Xenephon of Ancient Athens fl. 300 B.C. Heron of Alexandria fl. 150 B.C. John Rikil, fl. reign Henry V (1413-1422) Brandon, fl. 1521-1535 Reginald Scot 1538-1599 Girolamo Scotto 1552-1602 Isaac Fawkes c1675-1731 Christopher Pinchbeck, Sr. 1670?-1732 Breslaw ca. 1726-1783 Gustavus Katterfelto (Gustav Katerfeld) 1730-1799 Comus I (Ledru Nicolas Philippe) 1731-1807 Philadelphia (Jacob Meyer) 1734-1790 Peter Gardiner fl. 1750-1780 Joseph Pinetti 1750-1800 Eliaser Bamberg 1760-1833 John Rannie 1769-1820 Daniel Gyngell 1773-1833 Giovanni Belzoni 1778-1823 Richard Potter, Sr. 1783-1835 David Leendert Bamberg 1786-1869 Signor Falconi fl. 1780-1816 Louis Apollinaire Christian Emmanuel Comte 1788-1859 Giovanni Bartolomeo Bosco 1793-1863 Andrew MacAllister 1800-1856 Ludwig Leopold Doebler 1801-1864 Phillipe Talon 1802-1878 Jean Eugene Robert Houdin 1805-1871 Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser 1806-1875 Jonathon Harrington 1809-1881 Senor Antonio Blitz (Antoni Van Zandt) 1810-1877 Robin (Henri Joseph Donckele) 1811-1875 Tobias Bamberg 1812-1870 John Henry Anderson, Sr. 1814-1874 John Wyman 1816-1881 Carl Herrmann 1816-1887 Wiljalba Frikell 1818-1903 John Henry Pepper 1821-1900 Anton Kratky-Baschik 1821-1889 Robert Heller 1826-1878 George Alfred Cooke 1826-1905 Anthony Martinka 1832-1915 Col. Stodare (Joseph Stoddart) 1834-1866 Henry Hatton 1837-1922 John Nevil Maskelyne 1839-1917 Professor Hoffman (Angelo J. Lewis) 1839-1920 Alexander Herrmann 1843-1896 David Tobias Bamberg 1843-1914 Francis J. Martinka 1843-1924 Adrian Plate 1844-1919 Richard Van Dien 1846-1937 DeKolta 1847-1903 Oscar Teale 1847-1934 Harry Kellar 1849-1922 Imro Fox 1852-1910 Ten Ichi 1852-1912 Saram Ellison, M.D. 1852-1918 John William Sargent 1852-1920 Prof. Edward Cooper Taylor, I 1852-1927 Charles Bertram (James Bassett) 1853-1907 Adelaide Herrmann 1853-1932 Ching Ling Foo (Qua Chee-ling) 1854-1927 Dr. A. M. Wilson 1854-1930 William Mortimer, M.D. 1854-1933 Ada F. Zancig (Mrs. Julius, 1st) ?-1929? Agnes Zancig (Mrs. Julius, 2nd) ?-1916 Julius Zancig 1857-1929 Herman Hanson 1882-1973 Charles Lang Neil fl. 1903 Frederick Eugene Powell 1856-1938 Chung Ling Soo (William Robinson) 1861-1918 Georges Melies 1861-1938 Walter Edwin Floyd 1861-1940 Mary Mohala Floyd ?-1953 Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans 1861-1949 Elmer Pendleton Ransom 1862-1942 Francis J. Werner 1863-1927 Sidney Wrangel Clarke 1864-1940 Jean Henri Servais LeRoy 1865-1953 Harry Rouclere (Harry Terhune) 1866-1942 Leon Herrmann 1867-1909 August Roterberg 1867-1928 Thomas Nelson Downs 1867-1938 David Devant (David Wighton) 1868-1941 Mercedes Talma (LeRoy) [Mary Ann Ford] 1868-1944 Edward Maro (Walter Truman Best) 1869-1902 Howard Thurston 1869-1936 Mildred Searing Rouclere (Mrs. Harry Terhune) 1869-1938 Paul Henry Razoux 1889-1979 Herbert Brady Brooks 1870-1926 John Albert Petrie 1870-1954 Frank Ducrot (Theodore Francis Fritz) 1872-1939 John Northern Hilliard 1872-1935 Jean Hugard (John G. R. Boyce) 1872-1959 Charles Roltare 1873-1932 Royal Lee Vilas 1873-1935 Nate Leipzig (Nathan Leipsiger) 1873-1939 Ottokar Fischer 1873-1940 Edwin M. Brush 1873-1967 Dr. James William Elliott 1874-1920 Harry Houdini 1874-1926 Al Baker 1874-1951 Eugene Laurant 1875-1944 Okito 1875-1963 David M. Roth 1875-1972 Leon (Leon H. Levy) 1876-1951 Maurice Raymond (Morris Raymond Saunders) 1877-1948 Floyd Thayer 1877-1959 Bernard M. L. Ernst 1879-1938 P. T. Selbit (Percy Thomas Tibbles) 1879-1939 James C. Wobensmith 1879-1973 Nicola 1880-1946 Herman Hanson 1882-1973 Dante 1884-1955 Silent Mora 1884-1972 Long Tack Sam 1885-1961 Harry Blackstone 1885-1965 Carl Rosini (Johan Rosen) 1885-1969 Carl Owen 1885-1974 J. Hartford Armstrong 1886-1939 Tenkai and Okinu (Sadajiro Ishida) 1889-1972; 1895-? Li Ho Chang (Juan Jose Pablo Jesorum) 1889-1972 Dr. Harlan Tarbell 1890-1960 Max Terhune 1891-1973 Senor Jose Frakson (Jose Jimenez Seville) 1891-1981 Werner Dornfeld 1892-1982 La Velma (David J. Lustig) 1893-1977 Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner) 1894-1992 Jack Gwynne 1895-1969 Susy Wandas(Bennett) 1895-1986 Al Flosso (Albert Levinson) 1895-1976 Abraham Cantu 1896-1949 Senor Maldo 1896-1959 Raymond F. Muse 1896-1965 Lenn Oliver Gunn 1896-1975 Walter B. Gibson 1897-1985 John Braun 1897-1988 Ade Duval (Adolph Albert Amrein) 1898-1965 John Mulholland 1898-1970 Leslie P. Guest 1898-1981 Jimmy Grippo 1898-1991 Little Johnny Jones 1898-1993 William H. McCaffrey 1899-1989 Peter Godfrey 1900-1970 Mystic Craig (William M. Vagell) 1900-1987 Roger Barkann 1900-1987 Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey) 1900-1989 Julie (Cipriotti) Mulkey 1912-2000 Tony Slydini (Quintino Marucci) 1900-1991 Benjamin J. Kleinman 1900-1994 Ben Chavez 1901-1962 Litzka Raymond Gibson 1901-1996 Albert C. Robbins 1901-2000 Dell O’Dell (Nell Newton) 1902-1962 McDonald Birch 1902-1992 Geoffrey Buckingham 1902-1996 Edgar Bergen (Edgar Berggren) 1903-1978 Joe Berg (Josef Bregman) 1903-1984 Len Vintus (Melvin Justus Given McMullen) 1903-1999 William W. Larsen, Sr. 1904-1953 Merv Taylor 1904-1974 Fu Manchu (David Bamberg) 1904-1974 Mardoni (Clayton Meryl Hines) 1904-1987 Louise (Garman Hines) 1906-1992 Peter Warlock (Alex William Bell) 1904-1995 Loring Campbell (Alexander) 1905-1979 Abraham B. Hurwitz 1905-1981 Jose Vilardell 1905-1983 Sid Lorraine (Sidney Richard Johnson) 1905-1989 Maurice Rooklyn 1905-1992 Ronald Haines 1906-1974 Gerrie Larsen (Geraldine Larsen Jaffe) 1906-1999 Francis White 1906-1989 Gerald Kosky 1907-1987 Frederic L. Rickard 1907-1989 Irving Desfor 1907-1993 Robert Harbin (Edward Richard Charles “Ned” Williams) 1908-1978 H. Adrian Smith 1908-1991 Eric Lewis 1908-1993 Marion Chavez 1909-1978 Henry Hay (June Barrows Musey) 1910-1985 Frances Ireland Marshall 1910-2002 Orville Meyer 1911-1992 John Calvert 1911-2013 Herbert Downs 1912-1982 Harold R. Rice, PhD 1912-1987 Rev. John Booth 1912-2009 Protul Chandra Sorcar 1913-1971 Edward Schneider 1913-1986 Vynn Boyar 1913-1988 Milbourne Christopher 1914-1984 Ronny Cortes 1914-2009 John Henry Grossman, M. D. 1914-1992 The Tuckers (Tommy Tucker 1915-1991 and Betty (Elizabeth) Tucker ?-?) Fetaque Sanders 1915-1992 William Caddie “Mac” Wilson 1915-2006 Leslie Charles Smith 1915-2008 Edward Lee Rock 1916-1997 Edward Schuman 1916-2002 Ray-Mond (Raymond Monroe Corbin) c1917-2003 John Connelly 1918-2011 Jay Marshall 1919-2005 Mary Milam Brigance 1920-1980 Jimmy Yoshida 1920-2011 Zicarte (Gustavo P. Juarez) 1921-2005 Bill Chaudet 1921-2013 Alton Sharpe 1922-2004 William “Billy” McComb 1922-2006 Alton Sharpe c1923-2004 Ed Keener (1923 - 2006) Ed Keener 1924-2006 Robert Lund 1925-1995 Fred Kaps (Abraham Fister A. Bongers) 1926-1980 Don Alan (McWethy) 1926-1999 Alan Wakeling 1926-2004 Channing Pollock 1926-2006 John Salisse 1926-2006 J. Marberger Stuart 1927-1993 John Underhill Zweers 1927-2004 Jack Kodell 1927-2012 William Walter Larsen, Jr. 1928-1993 Karrell J. Fox 1928-1998 Robert Rodriguez 1931-2011 Glenn Jacob Falkenstein 1932-2010 Terry Seabrooke 1932-2011 Cesareo Pelaez 1932-2012 Harry Blackstone, Jr. 1934-1997 J. Gary Bontjes 1935-1985 -Living members Lee Grabel (b. 1919) Marvyn Roy (b. 1925) Edwin Dawes (b. 1925) Walter Blaney (b. 1928) René Lavand (b. 1928) James Randi (b. 1928) Larry Becker (b. 1929) George Schindler (b. 1929) Mark Wilson (b. 1929) Bev Bergeron (b. 1930) Raymond Goulet (b. 1930) Celeste Evans (b. 1931) Richard Gustafson (1931) Bradley Jacobs (b. 1931) Milt Larsen (b. 1931) William Rauscher (b. 1932) Alan Shaxton (b. 1933) Norm Nielsen (b. 1934) Fantasio (b. 1936) Jim Alfredson (b. 1937) Silvan (b. 1937) Siegfried Fischbacher (b. 1939) Roy Horn (b 1944) John Gaughan (b. 1940) Frances Willard Falkenstein (b. 1940) Haruo Shimada (b. 1940) Dale Salwak (b. 1947) John Engman Goldfinger Howard Mitchell -Inducted 2012 Doug Henning (1947-2000) David Copperfield (b. 1956) David Goodsell From the Magicpedia!
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