Past Presidents 1903-2018

President Notes
1903-04     Lucy M. Salmon History Professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
1904-05     James H. Van Sickle Superintendent of Baltimore Schools, Baltimore, MD
1905-06     Charles Andrews History Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1906-07     James H. Robinson Columbia University, New York, NY
1907-08     Chessman A. Herrick Girard College, Philadelphia, PA
1908-09     Eleanor L. Lord Wells College, Aurora, NY
1909-10     James Sullivan Boys High School, Brooklyn, NY, State Dept. of Education, Albany, NY
1910-12     Herman V. Ames University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1912-13     Edgar Dawson Hunter College, New York, NY
1913-14     Albert E. McKinley Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, History Teachers’ Magazine
1914-15     Henry Johnson Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
1915-16     John M. Vincent Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1916-17     Jessie C. Evans Simon Gratz High School, William Penn High School, Philadelphia, PA
1917-18     Marshall S. Brown New York University, New York, NY
1918-19     Livingston Rowe Schuyler College of the City of New York, New York, NY
1919-20     Daniel C. Knowlton New York University, New York, NY, Lincoln School of Teachers’ College
1920-21     Albert K. Heckel Lafayette College, Easton, PA
1921-22     Raynor W. Kelsey Haverford College, Haverford, PA
1922-23     J. Montgomery Gambrill Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
1923-24     Fayette E. Moyer DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City, NY
1924-25     John L. Latane Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1925-26     James Lynn Barnard Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
1926-27     William E. Lingelbach University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1927-28     Harry J. Carman Columbia University, New York, NY
1928-29     Kathryn E. Carrigan Atlantic City High School, Atlantic City, NJ
1929-30     Carlton J.H. Hayes Columbia University, New York, NY
1930-31     Charles A. Beard New Milford, CT
1931-32     Mildred M. Coughlin Western High School, Baltimore, MD
1932-33     Roy F. Nichols University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1933-34     Frances Morehouse Hunter College, New York, NY
1934-35     William G. Kimmel Managing Editor, The Social Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
1935-36     Donald L. McMurray Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
1936-37     Ella Lonn Goucher College, Towson, MD
1937-38     George H. Ryden University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1938-39     Amanda Streeper
1939-40     Robert I. Adriance East Orange High School, East Orange, NJ
1940-41     John A. Krout Columbia University, New York, NY
1941-42     Richard J. Purcell Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
1942-43     Wesley M. Gewehr
1943-44     Jeanette P. Nichols Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1944-45     Erling M. Hunt Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
1945-46     Arthur C. Bining University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (on track to be president 45-46)
1945-46     Harry Bard Baltimore Department of Education, Baltimore, MD (listed in 45-46 brochure as president)
1947-48     Morris Wolf Girard College, Philadelphia, PA
1948-49     Paul O. Carr Wilson Teachers College, Washington, D.C. (now part of the University of the District of Columbia)
1949-50     James B. Ranck Hood College, Frederick, MD
1950-51     Robert H. Reid Committee on International Relations, National Education Association, Washington, D.C.
1951-52     Leonard S. Kenworthy Brooklyn College, New York, NY
1952-53     Eleanor W. Thompson William Penn High School, Philadelphia, PA
1953-54     Franklyn L. Burdette University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1954-55     George I. Oeste Germantown High School, Philadelphia, PA
1955-56     Ralph W. Cordier State Teachers College, Clarion, PA
1956-57     William H. Hartley
1957-58     John N. Niemeyer
1958-59     Muriel Hoover
1959-60     Edna R. Carter
1960-61     Charles W. Ray
1961-62     Florence Benjamin
1962-63     Maud N. Austin
1963-64     Leonard M. Skinner
1964-66     Theodore J. Adams
1966-68     Dorothy Allen
1968-70     Raymond Polin
1970-72     Eloise R. Godfery
1972-74     Gisbert Flanz
1974-76     Edward J. Reilly
1976-78     Thomas P. Ryan
1978-80     David A. Pierfy Social Studies Education Professor, Rider College, Lawrenceville, NJ
1980-82     Billie A. Day
1982-84     Robert N. Bliss
1984-86     Robert S. Smith
1986-87     Bernice Samalonis
1987-88     Alfred F. Myers
1988-90     Shirley J. Johnson
1990-92     Robert K. Taylor
1992-94     Anne Jordan Sister (a nun)
1994-96     Tina Fortson-Rivers
1996-98     Bernard Cohen Social studies teacher, New York City, NY
1998-00     Daniel Sidelnick Social Studies Assessments company in PA
2000-02     Ruth Staas Social Studies publishing representative, Glencoe
2002-04     Eileen Wilkerson Principal, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Flourtown, PA
2004-06     Joseph MacDonald Social Studies Supervisor, Cecil County, MD
2006-10     Maria Sanelli Social Studies Education Professor, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
2010-12     Rebecca Herndon Elementary teacher, District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC
2012-14     Mary Davis Social Studies Resource, Anne Arundel County, MD
2014-16     Marcie Taylor-Thoma Social Studies Coordinator, Maryland Department of Education, Baltimore, MD
2016-18     Donna Olszewski Social Studies Consultant, Maryland Department of Education, Baltimore, MD
2018-20     Scott Abbott Director of Social Studies, District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC
2020-22     Carolyn vanRoden Social Studies teacher, Harford County Public Schools, Bel Air, MD
2022-24     Karla Wienhold Social Studies teacher, Harford County Public Schools, Bel Air, MD