June 23, 2015

Churchill Centre Secretary and Treasurer

Finest Hour 114, Spring 2002

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Nancy Canary is an attorney alternatively operating out of Cleveland, Ohio and Delray Beach, Florida. She has long been an admirer of Winston Churchill and has read many of his writings. Many of her clients over the years have been veterans of World War II, including a Canadian whose father served in Churchill’s wartime Government.

Nancy joined The Churchill Center five years ago after hearing a speech by Michael McMenamin (center above right), fellow Cleveland attorney, contributor of Finest Hours “Action This Day” column, delivered at Cleveland’s Rowfant Club. After discussing with Michael her admiration for Churchill, he suggested she join the Center and attend meetings of Northern Ohio Churchillians, of which he was and still is President. The following year she attended her first conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she met our Patron, Lady Soames and Trustee, Celia Sandys. It was here that Nancy learned of Celia’s intention to take a group of Churchillians to South Africa in June of 1999. She inquired about the trip and in fact was one of the last to sign up before the list was sold out. She also attended the pre-South African trip through parts of England hosted by Barbara and Richard Langworth, which culminated at the 16th International Conference in Bath, England. During this trip she came to know the Langworth’s and was later asked by Richard to consider serving as a Governor of The Churchill Centre. In January 2002, Nancy relieved John Mather as executive secretary of the Center, which also places her on the Executive Committee—that portion of the Board charged with handling day to day operations between meetings of the Governors. Her fellow Governors are pleased to welcome Nancy to the team.

Craig Horn, 57, was elected to the Churchill Centre’s Board of Governors in 1998, and became our treasurer two years later. Craig is also a member of the governing board of our DC affiliate, The Washington Society for Churchill.

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Involvement with The Churchill Center is a family affair. Lorraine Horn is the Center’s volunteer administrator, overseeing day-to-day activities and assisting in membership, financial and record-keeping chores. Craig & Lorraine also played large parts in the 1998 International Churchill Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1998, and in the theme conference, “Churchill and Eisenhower at Gettysburg,” in 1999. They work in a variety of capacities on upcoming events and Craig is program chairman for the 2002 edition, “Churchill and the Intelligence World,” at Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, Virginia on September 19-22th.

Born in Iowa, Craig joined the United States Air Force in 1962. Following Russian language schools at Indiana University and Syracuse University, he served both in Europe and the Middle East as a linguist in Security and Intelligence work from 1963 to 1969.

Craig began his career in the food business in 1969 with Oscar Mayer & Co. In 1972, he entered the food brokerage business, and in 1978 became vice president and founding partner of HSH Sales in Maryland, one of the largest food service brokerage companies in the USA, with about seventy employees.

Elected to the city council in Laurel, Maryland for three terms and twice elected president of the city council, Craig has held leadership posts in civic, political and professional organizations. He is past president of the Laurel Lions Club and an honorary member of the world champion Laurel Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Craig has lived in Maryland for over 30 years. He and Lorraine have four grown children and seven grandchildren. Like Winston Churchill, Craig has an abiding interest in the American War Between the States. He has a large collection of civil war memorabilia and books, and is a member of various round tables of military history. It was his study of the American Civil War that led Craig to a profound interest in the life, writings and leadership of Winston Churchill.