Former board member Stan Hamilton, 60-year Club veteran, dies in Kansas

Stanley W. Hamilton, a 60-year member of the National Press Club where he had served on the Board of Governors, and a veteran Washington writer for trade and government publications, died May 26 in Lawrence, Kans., his residence since his retirement. He was 83.

Hamilton was a reporter for the Kansas City Star from 1953 until 1957 when he moved to Washington to cover Congress as an associate editor of Traffic World magazine. He became head of the publications staff at the Department of Transportation, public affairs director for the National Association of Motor Bus Owners, executive director of the Truckload Carriers Association, and a copy editor for Transportation Topics, a weekly newspaper on trucking.

He earned a journalism degree from the University of Kansas where he was editor of the university newspaper, the Daily Kansan.

In 2003 he authored "Machine Gun Kelly's Last Stand," a well-received book published by University Press of Kansas recounting the 1933 manhunt for the infamous Depression Era gangster. He also wrote "Transportation USA" in 1964, an overview of transportation in the U.S. for distribution abroad by the U.S. Information Agency.

He was known for his quick wit and frequent smile. Survivors include a daughter, two sons and four grandchildren.