From Coin World, unknown issue and date. pp. 1 and 3:
Death Takes Tim Shroyer, Former President of ANA
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Nov. 27, for C. C. (Tim) Shroyer, 79, a former president of the American Numismatic Association, who died following an extended illness in Toledo, Ohio.
Death came to the Louis M. Reagan Foundation trustee and life member number one of the Professional Numismatists Guild in Toledo Hospital on Nov. 23.
Mr. Shroyer, who was known univerally as "Tim" in the numismatic world, epitomized the calmness and concern for his fellowman that forms such a rich part of the Midland America mentality. He was kindly, deliberate and democratic in his dealings with all, according to one who knew him.
An indefatigale champion of the numismatic hobby, Mr. Shroyer had helped organize a number of Ohio coin clubs, including the Toledo, Allen County, Quad County and Firelands clubs. He had completed 39 years of ANA membership at the time of his death, having been assigned membership number 4446 in 1934, and later becoming life member number 211.
He served as Ohio district secretary in the late 1940s, and was named to the board of governors from 1951 to 1959, in which year he was named to the first vice presidency of the world's largest numismatic association.
Mr. Shroyer succeeded Read Admiral Oscar H. Dodson to the ANA presidency in 1961, and brought a number of positive ideas to the office, gleaned from his many years of association with local clubs, on which level he believed the ANA should become better organized.
"We don't exactly need members. We need strength," the new ANA president said, initiating an ANA representative group which has grown into the active, vital link that exists today.
Mr. Shroyer saw the need for the ADA to serve every segment of its membership; he urged a more effective junior program, and at the same time came out in defense of dealers, who, he argued, "are members, with the same rights and priviledges as everyone."
"Some of the best numismatists in the country are dealers," Mr. Shroyer emphasized "They have to be. They have to know their coins. They study and develop into real scholars."
The late ANA president was in office during the joint convention of the ANA and the Canadian Numismatic Association in Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ont., which he hailed for its historic significance - the first International Numismatic Convention in North America.
In anticipation of the event, he called it "a kind of North American People-to-People program in action."
"It will be a thrilling convention when, for four days, American and Canadian numismatists gather for an exchange of ideas and ideals as they search for more knowledge and stimulation, as they strengthen the good fellowship which already exists," he said.
Upon completing his term as president in 1963, Mr. Shroyer paid unique tribute to the members of the board of governors who had served during his tenure, remarking on "The dooperation and dedication demonstrated by the wonderful men who served with me. I feel that whatever was accomplished during my administration was a joint accomplishment," he said.
Mr. Shroyer also could call the attenace at 76 conventions and 121 coin club meetings during his two years in office a "joint accomplishment," since he was most often accompanied by his gracious widow, Myrtle, who survives, with two brothers.