Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
OFFICERS SINCE SOCIETY FOUNDATION IN 1936
PRESIDENT
Numbers in parenthesis after a name represents the total number of consecutive terms an individual served. In 1994 we shifted to 2-year terms.
| 1936 Frank A. Gilbert (4) 1940 H. L. Blomquist (3) 1943 B. W. Wells (4) 1947 Aaron J. Sharp (2) 1949 Arthur Stupka 1950 Earl L. Core 1951 Royal E. Shanks 1952 William B. Fox 1953 Wilbur H. Duncan 1954 Carroll E. Wood, Jr. 1955 Arthur Stupka 1956 Edgar T. Wherry 1957 Wilbur H. Duncan 1958 Royal E. Shanks 1959 R. K. Godfrey 1960 Donovan S. Correll 1961 Ruskin S. Freer 1962 Mason E. Hale 1963 H. R. Totten 1964 Paul M. Patterson |
1965 James W. Hardin 1966 Dorthy Crandall 1967 Albert E. Radford 1968 Arthur W. Cooper 1969 Frank H. Barclay 1970 Samuel B. Jones, Jr. 1971 George S. Ramseur 1972 Jesse F. Clovis 1973 Madeline P. Burbanck 1974 Edward C. Clebsch 1975 C. Leland Rodgers 1976 Wilbur H. Duncan 1977 J. Dan Pittillo 1978 Hal DeSelm 1979 Robert H. Mohlenbrock 1980 James F. Matthews (2) 1982 John E. Fairey, III 1983 Jimmy R. Massey 1984 Jerry M. Baskin 1985 William H. Martin, III |
1986 Gene S. Van Horn 1987 Robert R. Haynes 1988 Eugene Wofford 1989 Donna M. E. Ware 1990 Janice Coffey Swab 1991 Michael Baranski 1992 John M. Herr, Jr. 1993 Gary Dillard 1994 Larry Mellichamp 1996 Donald Windler 1998 Nancy C. Coile 2000 Joe Winstead 2002 Zack Murrell 2004 Michael Held 2006 Howard Neufeld 2008 Conley K. McMullen |
VICE-PRESIDENT
Starting 1982 the position was replaced by President-elect.
| 1936 Randolph Boggess (3) 1939 B. W. Wells 1940 Wilbert M. Frye (3) 1943 Frank T. McFarland (4) 1947 A. B. Massey (2) 1949 William B. Fox (3) 1952 Wilbur H. Duncan 1953 Lena Artz 1954 Arthur Stupka 1955 Paul M. Patterson 1956 R. K. Godfrey 1957 Royal E. Shanks |
1958 R. K. Godfrey 1959 James W. Hardin 1960 Erdman T. West 1961 Mason E. Hale 1962 Walter S. Flory, Jr. 1963 Dorthy Crandall 1964 Ernest O. Beal 1965 Robert B. Platt 1966 Edward T. Browne, Jr. 1967 Arthur W. Cooper 1968 Frank H. Barclay 1969 Samuel B. Jones, Jr. |
1970 George S. Ramseur 1971 Jesse F. Clovis 1972 Lafayette Fredrick 1973 Carroll E. Wood, Jr. 1974 C. Leland Rodgers 1975 Gwynn W. Ramsey 1976 Robert Kral 1977 Ross G. Clark 1978 John Barry 1979 Lionel M. Eleuterius 1980 William E. Fairey, III 1981 John E. Fairey, III |
PRESIDENT-ELECT
| 1982 Jimmy R. Massey 1983 Jerry M. Baskin 1984 William H. Martin, III 1985 Gene S. Van Horn 1986 Robert R. Haynes 1987 Eugene Wofford 1988 Donna M. E. Ware |
1989 Janice Coffey Swab 1990 Michael Baranski 1991 John M. Herr, Jr. 1992 Gary Dillard 1993 Larry Mellichamp 1995 Donald Windler 1997 Nancy C. Coile |
1999 Joe Winstead 2001 Zack Murrell 2003 Michael Held 2005 Howard Neufeld 2007 Conley K. McMullen |
SECRETARY
In 1982 the Secretary and Treasurer positions were combined and established as a 4-year term.
| 1936-1938 Paul R. Stewart 1939-1940 Rogers McVaugh |
1941-1944 Aaron J. Sharp 1945-1946 Nelle Ammons |
1947-1981 Elizabeth A. Bartholomew |
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Established in 1982 as a 4-year term. In 1994 the position was split into Treasurer and Recording Secretary.
| 1982-1988 Michael J. Baranski (3) | 1989-1993 Cindy Aulbach | 1994-2001 Charles N. Horn (2) |
TREASURER
From 1936 until 1981 the Treasurer position was of an indefinite term; starting in 2002 the position was recreated with a 4-year term.
| 1936-1957 Nelle Ammons 1958-1967 Roy B. Clarkson 1968-1971 Herald D. Bennett |
1972-1977 John M. Barry 1978-1981 Carl Keener |
2002- Charles N. Horn |
RECORDING SECRETARY
| 1998-2001 David Hill (term completed by Ruth Douglas) |
2002- Ruth Douglas |
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
| 2002-2008 Patricia Cox (2) | 2008- Michael Held |
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