On September 28, 2002, the National Philatelic Exhibitions of Washington, DC, Inc. (NAPEX) named Charles J. Peterson to its Board of Directors.

Peterson resides in Laurel, MD and is the President of the American Philatelic Research Library (APRL). He is an accredited APS and international literature judge. He also is a member of the APS International and Finance Committees.

Peterson was President of the FIP Literature Commission for over twenty years, and currently is a member of the FIP Board of Directors. He also served as president of the APS Writers Unit #30. In 1988, the APS awarded him the Luff Award and in 1992, the USPCS gave him the Distinguished Philatelist Award. NAPEX President, Douglas Lehmann, states “I am excited on getting an individual with Charlie’s expertise and dedication to service to help us with our literature program. I expect great progress for NAPEX under his tenure and believe we took a giant step in improving the show.”

NAPEX has also announced the decision to have its first Literature Class Competition for NAPEX 2004. Peterson states “I'm pleased with the NAPEX decision to add a literature class to its annual show. Currently, there's no literature competition on the East Coast, and this addition will fill a definite void. The NAPEX Board has a proven management team and it has an excellent venue, which will make this a first class literature event from day one. I also hope we can add some literature events to NAPEX 2003 on our way to a full competitive literature class in 2004.”

NAPEX 2003 will be June 6-8, 2003 and NAPEX 2004 will be June 4-6, 2004. The NAPEX website is at
www.napex.org.