History of Officers

President General

Abram W. Harris

1906-1935

President General

John C. Kirtland

1935-1938

President General

Stanley R. Yarnell

1938-1941

President General

David R. Porter

1941-1944

President General

Edna F. Lake

1944-1950

President General

Wilbur H. Fleck

1950-1953

President General

Alnah J. Johnson

1953-1956

President General

Wilson Parkhill

1956-1969

President General

Ronald Beasley

1969

President General

Charles M. Swift

1969-1975

President General

Wyatt Garfield

1975-1981

President General

Herbert B. Moore

1981-1987

President General

William M. Williams

1987-1996

President General

Paul M. Pressly

1996-2005

President General

Thomas C. Hudnut

2005-2015

President General

Arlyce M. Seibert

2015-2022

President General

Molly King

2022-Current

Deputy President General

Eliza Kellas

1936-1938

Deputy President General

David R. Porter

1938-1941

Deputy President General

Edna F. Lake

1941-1944

Deputy President General

Wilbur H. Fleck

1944-1950

Deputy President General

Alnah J. Johnston

1950-1953

Deputy President General

Wilson Parkhill

1953-1956

Deputy President General

David F. Chapman

1956-1963

Deputy President General

Frank R. Miller

1963-1966

Deputy President General

Ronald Beasley

1966-1969

Deputy President General

Charles M. Swift

1969-1972

Deputy President General

Mary Lou Culp

1972-1981

Deputy President General

William M. Williams

1981-1987

Deputy President General

Margaret E. Addis

1987-1996

Deputy President General

Patricia G. Howard

1996-2002

Deputy President General

Robert C. Smoot, III

2002-2011

Deputy President General

Donald C. North

2011-2014

Deputy President General

Michael Maher

2015-2023

Secretary General

Herbert L. Rich

1906-1911

Secretary General

John C. Kirkland

1911-1930

Secretary General

Islay F. McCormich

1930-1956

Secretary General

Marguerite Hearsey

1956-1966

Secretary General

Mary Lou Culp

1966-1972

Secretary General

Wyatt Garfield

1972-1975

Secretary General

Robert C. White

1975-1978

Secretary General

Herbert B. Moore

1978-1981

Secretary General

Margaret E. Addis

1981-1987

Secretary General

Emmett W. Wright, Jr.

1987-1990

Secretary General

Russell E. Hilliard

1990-1993

Secretary General

Thomas G. Clarke

1993-2002

Secretary General

Dorothy A. Hutcheson

2002-2005

Secretary General

Arlyce M. Seibert

2005-2011

Secretary General

Walter C. Johnson

2011-2016

Secretary General

Jean Waller Brune

2016-Current

Treasurer General

Joseph M Arthur

1906-1908

Treasurer General

Alfred E. Stearns

1909-1915

Treasurer General position combined with that of Registrar General in 1915

Registrar General

Cecil A. Ewing

1906-1963

Registrar General

Cary Potter

1963-1966

Registrar General

Charles M. Swift

1966-1969

Registrar General

William H. Morrow

1969-1981

Registrar General

Wellington V. Grimes

1981-1984

Registrar General

Barbara F. Stock

1984-1987

Registrar General

Herbert B. Moore

1987-1993

Registrar General

Bruce W. Galbraith

1993-2008

Registrar General

Bradley E. Lyman

2008-Current

Assistant Registrar General        

Wellington V. Grimes

1965-1981

Assistant Registrar General

Janet M. Wittekind

1984-1987

Regent-At Large

John C. Kirkland

1939-1951

Regent-At Large

David R. Porter

1947-1963

Regent-At Large

Stanley R. Yarnall

1947-1963

Regent-At Large

Edna F. Lake

1951-1972

Regent-At Large

Wilbur H. Fleck

1954-1964

Regent-At Large

Alnah J. Johnston

1956-1984

Regent-At Large

Marguerite Hearsey

1966-1979

Regent-At Large

Wilson Parkhill

1969-1978

Regent-At Large

Charles M. Swift

1975-1987

Regent-At Large

Wyatt Garfield

1981-1990

Regent-At Large

Herbert B. Moore

1993

Regent-At Large

William M. Williams

1996-2022

Regent-At Large

Paul M. Pressley

2005-2014

Regent-At Large

Thomas C. Hudnut

2011-2014

Regent-At Large

Arlyce Seibert

2022-Present

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