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Past Presidents/Chairs

PRSA acknowledges and offers profound gratitude for the selfless service of the past presidents of the Society.

 

1948Virgil L. Rankin *
1949Averell Broughton *
1950J. Handly Wright, APR, Fellow PRSA
1951Milton Fairman, APR*
1952Ed Lipscomb, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1953William G. Werner *
1954Frederick Bowes, Jr. *
1955George M. Crowson *
1956W. Howard Chase, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1957Dan J. Forrestal, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1958Kenneth W. Haagensen, APR
1959Carroll R. West, APR *
1960Kenneth Youel, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1961H.B. Miller, APR *
1962Walter W. Belson, APR *
1963Ward B. Stevenson, APR *
1964Thomas F. Robertson, APR *
1965Ovid R. Davis, APR *
1966Robert B. Wolcott, Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA *
1967J. Carroll Bateman, APR *
1968Edward P. VonderHaar *
1969George Hammond, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1970Donald McCammond, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1971Jon B. Riffel, APR *
1972Kalman B. Druck, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1973Betsy Ann Plank, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1974Dr. Carl F. Hawver, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1975James F. Fox, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1976Jay Rockey, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1977Kenneth Owler Smith, APR *
1978Frank W. Wylie, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1979Kerryn King, APR *
1980Patrick Jackson, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1981James A. Little, APR, Fellow PRSA
1982Joseph F. Awad, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1983Judith S. Bogart, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1984Barbara W. Hunter, APR, Fellow PRSA
1985David Ferguson, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1986Anthony M. Franco, APR *
1986-87John W. Felton, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1988Dwayne Summar, APR, Fellow PRSA
1989John L. Paluszek, APR, Fellow PRSA
1990H. J. (Jerry) Dalton, Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA *
1991Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA*
1992Rosalee A. Roberts, APR, Fellow PRSA
1993Harland W. Warner, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1994Joseph A. Vecchione, APR, Fellow PRSA *
1995John Beardsley, APR *
1996Luis W. Morales, APR, Fellow PRSA
1997Debra A. Miller, Ed.D., APR, Fellow PRSA
1998Mary Lynn Cusick, APR
1999Samuel L. Waltz Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA
2000Stephen D. Pisinski, APR, Fellow PRSA *
2001Kathleen Larey Lewton, APR, Fellow PRSA
2002Joann E. Killeen, APR, Fellow PRSA
2003Reed Bolton Byrum Sr., APR, Fellow PRSA*
2004Del Galloway, APR, Fellow PRSA
2005Judith T. Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA
2006Cheryl I. Procter-Rogers, APR, Fellow PRSA
2007Rhoda Weiss, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA
2008Jeffery P. Julin, APR, Fellow PRSA
2009Michael G. Cherenson, APR, Fellow PRSA
2010Gary D. McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA
2011Rosanna M. Fiske, APR, Fellow PRSA
2012Gerard F. Corbett, APR, Fellow PRSA
2013Mickey G. Nall, APR, Fellow PRSA
2014Joseph E. Cohen, APR
2015Kathy Barbour, APR, Fellow PRSA
2016Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA
2017Jane Dvorak, APR, Fellow PRSA
2018Anthony W. D'Angelo, APR, Fellow PRSA
2019Debra D. Peterson, APR 
2020T. Garland Stansell, APR
2021

Michelle A. Olson, APR

2022

Dr. Felicia Blow, APR

2023

Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow PRSA

 

*Deceased