William Horace Waggoner, Jr. was always known as “Bill” to his friends and family, although he is known to have said that only his mother called him “William.” Bill Waggoner was a native of Portage County, Ohio and grew up in Ravenna. He attended the University of Michigan for one semester before being called up for active duty and assigned to the Army Air Corps. Bill served in the Pacific as a second lieutenant and navigator on B-24s. After World War II Bill returned to Ravenna, married Ruth Cook, graduated from Hiram (Ohio) College and began teaching chemistry at the college. He entered graduate school at Western Reserve University and earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in inorganic chemistry. He joined the University of Georgia (Athens) in 1952 as assistant professor of chemistry and remained at the University until he retired in 1986.

Bill’s philatelic interests centered on U.S. revenue issues, and he exhibited Consular Fee stamps and other revenue stamps for many years. Bill served as the Chairman of the USSS Revenue Issues Committee, which he described as “a committee of one.” He contributed many articles in the revenue area to The United States Specialist, The American Philatelist, the American Revenue Association’s The American Revenuer and other publications.

Bill has long been involved in organized stamp collecting and was one of the founders of the Peach State Stamp Show, later renamed the Southeastern Stamp Show. He served on the organizing committee for many years, including terms as bourse chairman and awards chairman. He and his wife Ruth were fixtures at the show’s hospitality table for over a decade, and together they made many financial contributions to the show. Bill also served his own local community as an active member of the Athens Philatelic Society.

In 2006, the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs, representing stamp clubs in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and Florida, awarded William H. Waggoner the Federation’s 2006 Rowland Hill Award. The award is named after Sir Rowland Hill, creator of the first postage stamp, and is awarded annually to a philatelist in the Southeast who has made an outstanding lifetime contribution to stamp collecting.

Bill is survived by his wife, Ruth Cook Waggoner, a son, Larry Waggoner, and his wife, Leah, two grandchildren and their spouses, and three great-grandchildren.