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NPMA Past Presidents

Past Presidents

1930s

1933-1934
William Buettner*
Glen Ridge, NJ

1934-1935
Thomas C. Raley*
St. Louis, MO

1935-1936
C. Norman Dold*
Chicago, IL

1936-1937
Barlett W. Eldredge*
Waltham, MA

1937-1938
H. K. Steckel*
Columbus, OH

1938-1939
H.G. Irving Sameth*
New York, NY

1939-1940
Walter S. McCloud*
Chicago, IL

1940s

1940-1941
L. R. Alderman*
Pasadena, CA

1941-1942
P. Calvert Cissell*
Washington, DC

1942-1943
F. E. Bohman*
Hartford, CT

1943-1944
George R. Elliott*
Worchester, MA

1944-1946
Theodore Oser*
Atlanta, GA

1946-1947
J. Harvey Sturgeon*
Ft. Myers, FL

1947-1948
George L. Hockenyos*
Springfield, IL

1948-1949
V. H. Montgomery*
San Francisco, CA

1949-1950
Harold E. Jennings*
Chicago, IL

1950s

1950-1951
J. Edwin Sameth*
Parsippany, NJ

1951-1952
Robert C. Yeager*
Cincinnati, OH

1952-1953
J . Wilfred Gunn*
Los Angeles, CA

1953-1954
A. Ritt*
Philadelphia, PA

1954-1955
Harlem Ives*
Detroit, MI

1955-1956
I. B. Carncross*
Sun City, AZ

1956-1957
Myron W. Smith*
Eads, TN

1957-1958
J. C. Redd*
Jackson, MS

1958-1959
Wayne K. Davis*
Oakland, CA

1959-1960
Harold Schnorrenberg*
Oklahoma City, OK

1960s

1960-1961
Maurice Oser*
Denver, CO

1961-1962
Charles Houghton*
Boston, MA

1962-1963
Paul K. Adams*
Alexandria, LA

1963-1964
Lee Truman*
Indianapolis, IN

1964-1965
Robert R. Schendel*
Sun City, AZ

1965-1966
Herman L. Fellton*
Atlanta, GA

1966-1967
William I. Elo*
San Antonio, TX

1967-1968
Arthur L. Brody*
New York, NY

1968-1969
Walter D. Lance*
Bellflower, CA

1969-1970
Frank I. Guenther*
Philadelphia, PA

1970s

1970-1971
James Steckel*
Columbus, OH

1971-1972
William J. Spitz*
Houston, TX

1972-1973
William E. Blasingame*
College Park, GA

1973-1974
John R. Cook*
Decatur, AL

1974-1975
Colvert E. Moore*
New London, CT

1975-1976
Harold S. Stein*
San Francisco, CA

1976-1977
Rufus L. Tindol*
Marietta, GA

1977-1978
H. William Ives*
Troy, MI

1978-1979
Norman Goldenberg
Miami, FL

1979-1980
Douglas R. MacPherson*
Baton Rouge, LA

1980s

1980-1981
J. Pestana*
Amherst, NH

1981-1982
H.M. Jamison*
Little Rock, AR

1982-1983
T. Roy Young
Tampa, FL

1983-1984
Robert J. Dold
Chicago, IL

1984-1985
Vernon McKinzie
Emporia, KS

1985-1986
Philip G. Clegg
Durham, NC

1986-1987
Robert Russell*
Atlanta, GA

1987-1988
Robert W. Jenkins*
San Antonio, TX

1988-1989
Rufus L. Tindol
Atlanta, GA

1989-1990
Larry Musgrove*
Santa Barbara, CA

1990s

1990-1991
Phil Gregory
Greenville, SC

1991-1992
Norman K. Cooper*
New York, NY

1992-1993
Linden Griffin*
Kalamazoo, MI

1993-1994
W. Jay Nixon
Takoma Park, MD

1994-1995
Larry Treleven
Tacoma, WA

1995-1996
Robert Kunst
Mandeville, LA

1996-1997
Richard Sameth
Parsippany, NJ

1997-1998
John Patton*
Chagrin Falls, OH

1998-2000
Ward Combs
Omaha, NE

2000s

2000-2001
Bonnie Everts
Indianapolis, IN

2001-2002
Judy Dold
Northbrook, IL

2002-2003
Bobby Jenkins
Austin, TX

2003-2004
Donnie Blake
Louisville, KY

2004-2005
Phil Augustine
Overland Park, KS

2005-2006
Steve Scherzinger
Cincinatti, OH

2006-2007
Bernie Holst Jr.
Midland Park, NJ

2007-2008
Michael Rottler
St. Louis, MO

2008-2009
Bruce L. Carter
Farmington, NM

2009-2010
Raleigh Jenkins
Houston, TX

2010s

2010-2011
Kevin J. Kordek
Virginia Beach, VA

2011-2012
Ray A. Johnson
Sevierville, TN

2012-2013
Laura Simpson
Baton Rouge, LA

2013-2014
Kevin Pass
Evansville, IN

2014 – 2015
Billy Tesh
Greensboro, NC

2015-2016
H. Russell Ives
Troy, MI

2016-2017
Chuck Tindol
Knoxville, TN

2017-2018
J. Bryan Cooksey
Jacksonville, FL

2018-2019
Dennis Jenkins
Lewisville, TX

2019-2020
Chris Gorecki
Atlanta, GA

2020s

2020-2022
Scott Steckel
Fridley, MN

2022-2023
Justin McCauley
Benton, AR

2023-2024
Marillian Missiti
Belmont, MA

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