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ABOUT RANDY NEIL
Randy went to work as a reporter
for United Press International right out of
college. In 1963, he joined the
staff of the Kansas City Chiefs who had just
moved to KC from Dallas. He started their
cheerleading program and, in 1965, he founded
the International Cheerleading Foundation and
served as its CEO for 30 years. Under contract
(still) to Simon & Schuster, Randy wrote the
definitive textbook on cheerleading (The
Official Cheerleaders Handbook, 1979) which
reached The New York Times Best Seller List. In
1978 thru 1981, he executive produced the
National Collegiate Cheerleading Championships
for Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Buick Motor Division
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In 1976, Randy founded and was elected
the first president of the National Film Society,
the film industry’s non-profit association
devoted to the preservation of the heritage,
artifacts and history of the American motion
picture.
Randy’s work together with
the Society’s archives are housed in the
Margaret Herrick Library at the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in
Beverly Hills, California. In 1978, he started
and became
publisher of
American Classic Screen
magazine and simultaneously began a four-year stint, with
singer Mel Torme, as co-MC of
Hollywood's annual
Artistry in Cinema Awards. In that same year, he
received the National Film Achievement Award from WOMPI,
the Women of the Motion Picture Industry in
Hollywood.
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Predating all of the
above, Randy’s background in the stamp
collecting hobby began when he was 14 years old
and became a columnist for the old Weekly
Philatelic Gossip magazine. A
proponent for progress in the hobby, Randy
founded the MIDAPHIL national stamp show and the
Collectors Club of Kansas City in 1971 and the
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors in
1986. As president of the American Philatelic
Society in 1993-97, he originated its John K.
Tiffany Endowment Fund and brought a youthful
group of new leaders and committee chairmen to
the 110-year old organization. He has written
and/or published five books in the hobby. In
2000, he received, in the same year, the APS’s John N. Luff
Life
Achievement award, the U.S. Philatelic Classic
Society's Distinguished Philatelist Award---and
was inducted into the APS Writers Unit Hall of
Fame.
In 2006, Randy was the founding editor and
designer of The American
Stamp Dealer & Collector
magazine, published by the
American Stamp Dealers Association.
Neil PRINT Media’s services
are underpinned by state-of-the
art computer hardware and software applications---including
Adobe InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash,
Illustrator and Photoshop
applications (also including applications for
JavaScript, Shopping Cart, and Microsoft Active
Server Pages)---plus full web hosting services.
Complete facilities for writing, designing and
publishing for every conceivable print medium.
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At left, Randy and granddaughter Angela. Grandson Jackson at right. |
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