and Counterfeit Coin Detectors (2000). Personal life and legacy Newman married Evelyn Edison on November 29, 1939. They had two children. The Newmans supported a variety of philanthropic efforts including medical research, academia, and St. Louis cultural affairs. In 2003, the Newmans donated two million dollars to Washington University in St. Louis to establish the Newman Money Museum, housed in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. It opened in 2006 and displayed part of Newman's collection on a rotating basis. They also established the Eric P. Newman Education Center at the Washington University School of Medicine and established numerous professorships and scholarships. Evelyn Newman died on September 1, 2015, at the age of 95. Eric Newman died on November 15, 2017, at the age of 106. Awards and honors Among his many honors are the Archer M. Huntington Medal (the highest award of the American Numismatic Society) in 1978 and the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1991. The American Numismatic Association inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1986 and named him Numismatist of the Year in 1996. The American Numismatic Society commissioned a bas-relief portrait that was presented to him at his 100th birthday celebration. External links Eric P. Newman Coin Collection Gallery Newman Numismatic Portal Truth Seeker: The Life of Eric P. Newman, Researched & Written by Leonard Augsburger, Roger W. Burdette & Joel Orosz. Edited by James Halperin References 1911 births 2017 deaths American centenarians American numismatists Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Men centenarians Washington University School of Law alumni Writers from St. Louis