Past Presidents/Chairs
PRSA acknowledges and offers profound gratitude for the selfless service of the presidents and chairs 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, Fellow PRSA | 2008 | |
| Michael G. Cherenson, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2009 | |
| Gary D. McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2010 | |
| Rosanna M. Fiske, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2011 | |
| Gerard F. Corbett, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2012 | |
| Mickey G. Nall, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2013 | |
| Joseph E. Cohen, APR | 2014 | |
| Kathy Barbour, APR | 2015 | |
| Mark McClennan, APR | 2016 | |
| Jane Dvorak, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2017 | |
| Anthony W. D’Angelo, APR, Fellow PRSA | 2018 |
* Deceased