Past Grand Presidents

*Deceased

1902-1903
James E. Oliver*
Richmond 1903

1903-1905
Delaware W. Scott*
West Virginia

1905-1906
Robert R. Oliver*
Richmond

1906-1912
Nelson R. Cooney*
Ohio Northern 1905

1912-1916
John C. Griffin*
Syracuse 1903

1916-1923
Francis J. Knauss*
Colorado 1908

1923-1926
Whitney H. Eastman*
Dartmouth 1910

1926-1928
Albert P. Dippold*
Cornell 1914

1928-1930
Oscar E. Draper*
Washington State

1930-1932
Charles L. Yancey*
George Washington 1912

1932-1935
Paul G. Koontz*
Missouri-Columbia '24

1935-1937
William M. Francis*
Delaware 1907

1937-1940
James H. Corley*
California-Berkeley '26

1940-1942
Rodney C. Berry*
Virginia 1916

1942-1943
E. Reed Hunt*
Michigan 1919

1943-1944
Charles R. Patch*
Colorado

1944-1945
William L. Phillips*
Richmond 1903

1945-1946
Earle W. Frost*
Kansas State '20

1946-1947
Robert L. Ryan*
California-Berkeley '25

1947-1948
Walter G. Fly*
George Washington '25

1948-1949
Larkin Bailey*
California-Berkeley '23

1949-1950
Charles S. Thompson*
Pennsylvania 1914

1950-1951
Dr. William C. Smolenske*
Denver 1913

1951-1952
Luis J. Roberts*
Southern California '28

1952-1953
Frank H. Hamack*
George Washington 1916

1953-1954
Robert W. Kelly*
NYU '29

1954-1955
J. Russell Pratt*
Michigan '39

1955-1956
Edwin Buchanan*
Ohio State 1911

1956-1957
1963-1965
Paul B. Slater*
Southern California '29

1957-1958
Herbert H. Smith*
Ohio State '31

1958-1959
H. Bob Robinson*
Oregon State '20

1959-1960
Harry D. Kurtz*
Ohio State '37

1960-1961
1965-1967
C. Maynard Turner*
Washington '22

1961-1963
Bedford W. Black*
Wake Forest '41

1967-1971
J. Edward Zollinger*
William & Mary '27

1971-1973
R. Eric Weise
Cincinnati '54

1973-1975
William A. MacDonough*
Washington & Lee '29

1975-1977
Jack D. Wheeler*
North Texas '61

1977-1979
John W. Hartman
Missouri-Columbia '61

1979-1981
Carl O. Petersen*
Muhlenberg '44

1981-1983
Robert M. Jones*
Pennsylvania '41

1983-1985
Frank J. Ruck Jr.*
Michigan '46

1985-1987
Wallace C. Doud
Wisconsin '48

1987-1989
Donald C. McCleary*
Texas-Austin '71

1989-1991
Dennis W. Bond
Missouri-Columbia '65

1991-1993
Bruce H. Hasenkamp
Dartmouth '60

1993-1995
Michael C. Williams
Memphis '69

1995-1997
Gary E. Griffith
Texas-Austin '70

1997-1999
Norman E. Nabhan
Purdue '71

1999-2001
William G. Tragos
Washington in St. Louis '56

2001-2003
Edward H. Hammond
Emporia State '66

2003-2005
James F. Robeson*
Cincinnati '59

2005-2007
Archer L. Yeatts III
Richmond '64

2007-2009
Stephen B. Shanklin, Ph.D.
Murray State '70

2009-2011
Garry C. Kief
Southern California '70

2011-2013
Bert J. Harris III
Florida '74