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Past Presidents/Chairs
PRSA salutes these individuals who, as volunteers, were elected to the Society's highest office and who have guided the Society so ably during their terms. PRSA acknowledges and offers profound gratitude for the selfless service of the past presidents of the Society.
| * | Virgil L. Rankin | 1948 |
| * | Averell Broughton | 1949 |
| J. Handly Wright, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1950 | |
| * | Milton Fairman, APR | 1951 |
| * | Ed Lipscomb, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1952 |
| * | William G. Werner | 1953 |
| * | Frederick Bowes, Jr. | 1954 |
| * | George M. Crowson | 1955 |
| * | W. Howard Chase, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1956 |
| * | Dan J. Forrestal, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1957 |
| Kenneth W. Haagensen, APR | 1958 | |
| * | Carroll R. West, APR | 1959 |
| * | Kenneth Youel, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1960 |
| * | H.B. Miller, APR | 1961 |
| * | Walter W. Belson, APR | 1962 |
| * | Ward B. Stevenson, APR | 1963 |
| * | Thomas F. Robertson, APR | 1964 |
| * | Ovid R. Davis, APR | 1965 |
| * | Robert B. Wolcott, Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA | 1966 |
| * | J. Carroll Bateman, APR | 1967 |
| * | Edward P. VonderHaar | 1968 |
| * | George Hammond, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1969 |
| * | Donald McCammond, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1970 |
| * | Jon B. Riffel, APR | 1971 |
| * | Kalman B. Druck, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1972 |
| * | Betsy Ann Plank, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1973 |
| * | Dr. Carl F. Hawver, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1974 |
| * | James F. Fox, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1975 |
| Jay Rockey, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1976 | |
| * | Kenneth Owler Smith, APR | 1977 |
| Frank W. Wylie, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1978 | |
| * | Kerryn King, APR | 1979 |
| * | Patrick Jackson, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1980 |
| James A. Little, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1981 | |
| * | Joseph F. Awad, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1982 |
| Judith S. Bogart, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1983 | |
| Barbara W. Hunter, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1984 | |
| * | David Ferguson, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1985 |
| Anthony M. Franco | 1986 | |
| John W. Felton, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1986-87 | |
| Dwayne Summar, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1988 | |
| John L. Paluszek, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1989 | |
| H. J. (Jerry) Dalton, Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA | 1990 | |
| Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1991 | |
| Rosalee A. Roberts, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1992 | |
| * | Harland W. Warner, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1993 |
| Joseph A. Vecchione, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1994 | |
| * | John Beardsley, APR | 1995 |
| Luis W. Morales, APR, Fellow PRSA | 1996 | |
| Debra A. Miller, Ed.D., APR, Fellow PRSA | 1997 | |
| Mary Lynn Cusick, APR | 1998 | |
| Samuel L. Waltz Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA | 1999 | |
| * | Stephen D. Pisinski, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2000 |
| Kathleen Larey Lewton, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2001 | |
| Joann E. Killeen, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2002 | |
| Reed Bolton Byrum, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2003 | |
| Del Galloway, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2004 | |
| Judith T. Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2005 | |
| Cheryl Procter-Rogers, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2006 | |
| Rhoda Weiss, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA | 2007 | |
| Jeffery P. Julin, APR | 2008 | |
| Michael G. Cherenson, APR | 2009 | |
| Gary D. McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2010 | |
| Rosanna M. Fiske, APR | 2011 | |
| Gerard F. Corbett, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2012 |
* Deceased
