Chairs of the Board of Governors
1926-present
1. 1926-30 Charles G. Jennings, Detroit, MI
2. 1930-33 W. Blair Stewart, Atlantic City, NJ
3. 1933-35 Ernest B. Bradley, Lexington, KY
4. 1935-42 Charles H. Cocke, Asheville, NC
5. 1942-44 William B. Breed, Boston, MA
6. 1944-47 Chauncey W. Dowden, Louisville, KY
7. 1947-51 Walter L. Palmer, Chicago, IL
8. 1951-54 Charles A. Doan, Columbus, OH
9. 1954-57 Carter Smith, Atlanta, GA
10. 1957-58 William C. Menninger, Topeka, KS
11. 1958-59 Richard P. Stetson, Boston, MA
12. 1959-62 Marshall N. Fulton, Providence, RI
13. 1962-64 George C. Griffith, Los Angeles, CA
14. 1964-66 John A. Layne, Great Falls, MT
15. 1966-68 Roberto F. Escamilla, San Francisco, CA
16. 1968-71 Maxwell G. Berry, St. Louis, MO
17. 1971-73 John R. Gamble, San Francisco, CA
18. 1973-75 Jeremiah A. Barondess, New York, NY
19. 1975-77 Bryan Williams, Dallas, TX
20. 1977-78 Beverly C. Payne, Ann Arbor, Michigan
21. 1978-79 C.S. Lewis, Jr., Tulsa, OK
22. 1979-80 Lawrence Scherr, Manhattan, NY
23. 1980-81 Ralph O. Wallerstein, San Francisco, CA
Beginning in 1981, each Chair also served as Chair—Elect in the preceding year.
1. 1981-82 William Davis, Jr., New Orleans, LA
2. 1982-83 Boy Frame, Detroit, MI (replaced Marvin Turck, Chair
elect 1981 82, who did not assume the office of Chairman
elect)
3. 1983-84 John A. Spittell, Jr., Rochester, MN
4. 1984-85 Arthur W. Feinberg, Manhattan, NY
5. 1985-86 J. Philip Clarke, Denver, CO
6. 1986-87 Joseph E. Johnson III, Ann Arbor, MI
7. 1987-88 Alvin L. Schultz, Minneapolis, MN
8. 1988-89 James A. Curtin, Washington, DC
9. 1989-90 Linda Hawes Clever, San Francisco, CA
10. 1990-91 Jock Murray, Halifax, NS, CANADA
11. 1991-92 F. Daniel Duffy, Tulsa, Oklahoma
12. 1992-93 James J. Bergin, Kansas City, Kansas
13. 1993-94 Walter J. McDonald, Sherwood, Oregon
14. 1994-95 John P. Tooker, Falmouth, Maine
15. 1995-96 Oscar E. Edwards, Norfolk, Virginia
16. 1996-97 Rowen K. Zetterman, Omaha, Nebraska
17. 1997-98 William J. Hall, Rochester, NY
18. 1998-99 Mahendr S. Kochar, Milwaukee, WI
19. 1999-00 Munsey S. Wheby, Charlottesville, VA
20. 2000-01 Donna E. Sweet, Wichita, KS
21. 2001-02 Lynn M. Kirk, Dallas, TX
22. 2002-03 David C. Dale, Seattle, WA
23. 2003-04 Jeffrey P. Harris, Winchester, VA
24. 2004-05 Frederick E. Turton, Sarasota, FL
25. 2005-06 J. Fred Ralston, Jr., Fayetteville, TN
26. 2006-07 Yul D. Ejnes, Cranston, RI
27. 2007-08 David L. Bronson, Cleveland, OH
Last updated: 2/23/2006
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