NCBJ Past Presidents

Name	City/State	Year	Meeting Site
Paul H. King	Detroit, MI	1926-27	Buffalo, NY
Watson B. Adair	Pittsburgh, PA	1927-28	Chicago, IL
James W. Persons	Buffalo, NY	1928-29	Memphis, TN
Charles T. Greve	Cincinnati, OH	1929-30	Chicago, IL
Charles H. King	Memphis, TN	1930-31	Atlantic City, NJ
Carl D. Friebolin	Cleveland, OH	1931-32	Washington DC
George R. Beach	Jersey City, NJ	1932-33	Mackinac Island, MI
Fred W. Hudson	Kansas City, MO	1933-34	Cincinnati, OH
L. Earl Curry	Miami, FL	1934-35	Washington DC
Peter B. Olney	Old Saybrook CT	1935-36	Detroit, MI
John M. Thornburgh	Knoxville, TN	1936-37	Kansas City, MO
John Keogh	South Norwalk, CT	1937-38	New York, NY
William Jerome Kuertz	Cincinnati, OH	1938-39	Los Angeles, CA
Samuel W. McNabb	Los Angeles, CA	1939-40	Chicago, IL
B. Loring Young	Boston, MA	1940-41	Boston, MA
Edwin J. Covey	Washington DC	1941-42	New Orleans, LA
Irwin Kurtz	New York, NY	1942-44	*Toledo, OH (1944)
Estes Snedecor	Portland, OR	1944-46	*Richmond, VA (1946)

Edmond E. Talbot	New Orleans, LA	1946-47	Sandusky, OH
Wallace Streeter	Chicago, IL	1947-48	Hot Springs, AR
William B. Woods	Cleveland, OH	1948-49	Philadelphia, PA
L. Leroy Deininger	Philadelphia, PA	1949-50	Tulsa, OK
Maurice F. Ellison	Tulsa, OK	1950-51	Detroit, MI
Herbert M. Bierce	Winona, MN	1951-52	Birmingham, AL
Stephen B. Coleman	Birmingham, AL	1952-53	Edgewater Park, MS
Walter I. McKenzie	Detroit, MI	1953-54	Milwaukee, WI
Edward R. Sloan	Topeka, KS	1954-55	Washington DC
Charles H. Weelans	Trenton, NJ	1955-56	Miami, FL
Lee Cazort	Little Rock, AR	1956-57	Indianapolis, IN
Frank C. Kniffin	Toledo, OH	1957-58	Seattle, WA
Van C. Griffin	Seattle, WA	1958-59	Boston, MA
Reginald W. McDuffee	Savannah, GA	1959-60	Pittsburgh, PA
Joe D. Huffstutler	Tyler, TX	1960-61	Dallas, TX
Theodore W. Bates	Louisville, KY	1961-62	Chicago, IL
Herbert Loewenthal	New York, NY	1962-63	Atlanta, GA
Robert M. Ervin	Tallahassee, FL	1963-64	San Diego, CA
Stephen R. Chummers	Chicago, IL	1964-65	Detroit, MI
James E. McCarty	Milwaukee, WI	1965-66	New Orleans, LA
Asa S. Herzog	New York, NY	1966-67	Washington DC
Russell L. Hiller	Reading, PA	1967-68	Colorado Springs, CO
Daniel R. Cowans	San Jose, CA	1968-69	San Juan, PR
Clive W. Bare	Knoxville, TN	1969-70	Ottawa, CN
William J. O’Neill	Cleveland, OH	1970-71	Seattle, WA
Saul Seidman	Hartford, CT	1971-72	Boston, MA
W. Homer Drake	Atlanta, GA	1972-73	Atlanta, GA
*Joe Lee	Lexington, KY	1973-74	San Francisco, CA
Robert Morton	Wichita, KS	1974-75	Houston, TX
John T. Copenhaver, Jr.	Charleston, WV	1975-76	Washington DC
*Conrad K. Cyr	Bangor, ME	1976-77	Quebec City, Canada
David A. Kline	Oklahoma City, OK	1977-78	Dallas, TX
Gene E. Brooks	Evansville, IN	1978-79	Scottsdale, AZ
William W. Thinnes	Cedar Rapids, IA	1979-80	Maui, HI
Robert L. Hughes	Oakland, CA	1980-81	Detroit, MI
Dean M. Gandy	Dallas, TX	1981-82	Savannah, GA
Richard L. Merrick	Chicago, IL	1982-83	Denver, CO
*Hal J. Bonney, Jr.	Norfolk, VA	1983-84	Orlando, FL
Beryl E. McGuire	Buffalo, NY	1984-85	Scottsdale, AZ
*Ralph H. Kelley	Chattanooga, TN	1985-86	Nashville, TN
*T. Harley Kingsmill	New Orleans, LA	1986-87	New Orleans, LA
*William E. Anderson	Norfolk, VA	1987-88	San Diego, CA
George C. Paine, II	Nashville, TN	1988-89	Boston, MA
Charles N. Clevert	Milwaukee, WI	1989-90	Chicago, IL
Joseph L. Cosetti	Pittsburgh, PA	1990-91	San Francisco, CA
*Paul Mannes	Rockville, MD	1991-92	San Antonio, TX
*Glen E. Clark	Salt Lake City, UT	1992-93	Orlando, FL
David Houston III	Aberdeen, MS	1993-94	Toronto, CN
Louise DeCarl Adler	San Diego, CA	1994-95	New Orleans, LA
Robert D. Martin	Madison, WI	1995-96	San Diego, CA
*Frank W. Koger	Kansas City, MO	1996-97	Philadelphia, PA
Robert F. Hershner, Jr.	Macon, GA	1997-98	Dallas, TX
Randall J. Newsome	Oakland, CA	1998-99	San Francisco, CA
Mary Davies Scott	Little Rock, AR	1999-2000	Boston, MA
A. Thomas Small	Raleigh, NC	2000-01	Orlando, FL
Judith Fitzgerald	Pittsburgh, PA	2001-02	Chicago, IL
James D. Gregg	Grand Rapids, MI	2002-03	San Diego, CA
Mark B. McFeeley	Albuquerque, NM	2003-04	Nashville, TN
David H. Adams	Norfolk, VA	2004-05	San Antonio, TX
Charles Case	Phoenix, AZ	2005-06	San Francisco, CA
Jeffery P. Hopkins	Cincinnati, OH	2006-07	Orlando, FL
Thomas B. Bennett	Birmingham, AL	2007-08	Phoenix, AZ
Gregg W. Zive	Reno, NV	2008-09	Las Vegas, NV
Barbara J. Houser	Dallas, TX	2009 – 2010	New Orleans, LA
Randall L. Dunn	Portland, OR	2010 – 2011	Tampa, FL
Joan N. Feeney	Boston, MA	2011 – 2012	San Diego, CA
C. Ray Mullins	Atlanta, GA	2012 – 2013	Atlanta, GA
Eugene R Wedoff	Chicago, IL	2013-2014	Chicago, Il
Robert E. Nugent	Wichita, KS	2014-2015	Miami Beach, FL
Mary Grace Diehl	Atlanta, GA	2015-2016	San Francisco, CA
Mary F. Walrath	Wilmington, DE	2016-2017	Las Vegas, NV
Michael Romero	Denver, CO	2017-2018	San Antonio, TX
John Waites	Columbia, SC	2018-2019	Washington, DC
Laurel Isicoff	Miami, FL	2019-2020	San Diego – Cancelled
Frank Bailey	Boston, MA	2020-2021	Indianapolis, IN
Deborah L. Thorne	Chicago, IL	2021-2022	Orlando, FL
Daniel P. Collins	Phoenix, AZ	2022-2023	Austin, TX
Cynthia A. Norton	Kansas City, MO	2023-2024	Seattle, WA
Janet S. Baer	Chicago, IL	2024-2025	Chicago, IL
Paul M. Black	Roanoke, VA	2025-2026	San Diego, CA