Pennsylvania Historical Association Officers Since 1933

Presidents

April 29, 1933	A. Boyd Hamilton		October 21, 1978	John M. Coleman
November 14, 1936	Roy F. Nichols		October 17, 1981	Elizabeth M. Geffen
October 28, 1939	Lawrence Henry Gipson		October 13, 1984	John B. Frantz
October 31, 1942	Arthur C. Bining		October 11, 1986	Charles H. Glatfelter
October 27, 1945	Robert Fortenbaugh		January 1, 1989	John F. Coleman
October 23, 1948	S. K. Stevens		January 1, 1991	Robert G. Crist
November 3, 1951	William A. Russ, Jr.		January 1, 1993	John F. Bauman
October 23, 1954	Philip S. Klein		January 1, 1995	Gerald G. Eggert
October 19, 1957	Ralph W. Cordier		January 1, 1997	Susan E. Klepp
October 15, 1960	James A. Barnes		January 1, 1999	Leslie Patrick
October 12, 1963	J. Cutler Andrews		January 1, 2001	Randall Miller
October 22, 1966	Edwin B. Coddington1		January 1, 2003	Rosalind Remer
August 1967	Homer T. Rosenberger		January 1, 2005	Dennis B. Downey
October 18, 1969	Robert L. Bloom		January 1, 2007	Charles Cashdollar
October 21, 1972	Donald H. Kent		January 1, 2009	Marion W. Roydhouse
October 11, 1975	Russell Weigley

Vice-Presidents

Vice-President (Single Vice President Period, 1933-38)

April 29, 1933	Roy F. Nichols
November 14, 1936	Bennett Nolan, to October 28, 1938

Vice-Presidents (First-Second-Third Vice President Period, 1938-58)

First Vice-President

October 28, 1938	J. Bennett Nolan
October 31, 1942	S. K. Stevens
October 23, 1948	J. Paul Selsam, died May 24, 1950
October 21, 1950	Paul H. Giddens, resigned
April 18, 1953	James A. Barnes, to October 24, 1953

Second Vice-President

October 28, 1938	M. Atherton Leach, died October 6, 1945
October 27, 1945	Frances Dorrance, to October 24, 1953

Third Vice-President

October 28, 1938	H. M. J. Klein
October 25, 1941	Frances Dorrance
October 27, 1945	Richard H. Shryock, resigned
October 22, 1949	Paul H. Giddens
October 21, 1950	James A. Barnes, to October 24, 1953

Vice-Presidents (Three Vice-President Period, 1953-84)

October 24, 1953	James A. Barnes, to October 15, 1960
October 24, 1953	Frances Dorrance, to October 15, 1955
October 24, 1953	Ralph W. Cordier, October 19, 1957 [to president]
October 15, 1955	J. Cutler Andrews, to October 12, 1963 [to president]
October 19, 1957	Melville J. Boyer, to October 1965
October 15, 1960	James A. Kehl, resigned 1967
October 12, 1963	Edwin B. Coddington, October 22, 1966 [to president]
October 22, 1966	Donald H. Kent, to October 21, 1972 [to president]
October 22, 1966	Homer T. Rosenberger, to August 1967 [to president]
October 21, 1967	Robert L. Bloom, October 18, 1969 [to president]
April 6, 1968	Russell Weigley, October 11, 1975 [to president]
October 18, 1969	John M. Coleman, October 21, 1978 [to president]
October 21, 1972	Robert E. Carlson, to October 13, 1984
October 21, 1978	Elizabeth Geffen, to October 17, 1981 [to president]
October 11, 1975	John B. Frantz, to October 13, 1984 [to president]
October 17, 1981	Charles Glatfelter, to October 13, 1984

Vice-President (Single Vice-President Period, since 1984)

October 13, 1984	Charles Glatfelter
October 11, 1986	John F. Coleman
January 1, 1989	Robert G. Crist
January 1, 1991	Donna Munger
January 1, 1993	Herbert Ershkowitz
January 1, 1995	Susan E. Klepp
January 1, 1997	Leslie Patrick
January 1, 1999	Randall Miller
January 1, 2001	Rosalind Remer
January 1, 2003	Dennis Downey
January 1, 2005	David Schuyler [resigned, April 2005]
January 1, 2006	Charles Cashdollar
January 1, 2007	Marion W. Roydhouse
January 1, 2009	Janet M. Lindman

Secretaries

Secretary, to 1967

April 29, 1933	Paul W. Gates
November 14, 1936	J. Paul Selsum, resigned May 1946
May 18, 1946	Philip S. Klein
April 18, 1953	Robert K. Murray, took office July 1, 1953
October 18, 1957	H. Trevor Colbourn, resigned August 31, 1959
June 17, 1959	Wallace Workmaster, took office September 1, 1959
October 15, 1960	Ari Hoogenboom
May 1965	John B. Frantz, to October 21, 1967

Business Secretary, since 1967

October 21, 1967	John B. Frantz
October 11, 1968	Phillip E. Stebbins
October 21, 1978	Neil McNall
October 19, 1985	Gerald G. Eggert
July 1, 1993	Leroy Toddes
June 1, 1998	John B. Frantz
January 1, 2007	Karen Guenther

Recording Secretary, since 1967

October 21, 1967	Charles H. Glatfelter
October 20, 1973	Abram J. Foster
October 13, 1979	Ronald Benson
October 16, 1982	Robert Blackson
October 19, 1985	John F. Bauman
January 1, 1993	Charles D. Cashdollar
January 1, 2006	Karen Guenther
January 1, 2007	Rachel Batch

Treasurers

Treasurer

April 29 1933	Ross Pier Wright, died October 23, 1967
November 1967	Richard P. Wright
October 11, 1986	Robert G. Crist
January 1, 1989	Charles H. Glatfelter
January 1, 1995	Robert Blackson
January 1, 2008	Tina Hyduke

Assistant Treasurer

June 16, 1962

Richard P. Wright, to November 1967

Editors, Pennsylvania History

April 30, 1933	Arthur C. Bining
October 24, 1941	James A. Barnes
November 11, 1944	Milton L. Hamilton
October 1950	Paul A. W. Wallace
July 1, 1957	John M. Coleman, resigned July 1, 1961
1962	Russell Weigley
April 8, 1967	Seth M. Scheiner
April 11, 1968	William G. Shade
August 23, 1972	H. Benjamin Powell
April 23, 1976	Harold E. Cox
April 3, 1981	Frank Bremer
April 11, 1987	Michael Birkner
January 1, 1994	William Pencak
September 1, 2002	Brian Black
May 15, 2004	Jean Soderlund
July 1, 2005	Paul Douglas Newman
July 1, 2011	William Pencak

Associate Editor, Pennsylvania History

2005	Jeffery A. Davis
July 1, 2011	Laura Keenan Spero and Patrick Spero

Book Review Editors, Pennsylvania History

October 25, 1974	Michael P. Weber
October 14, 1977	Charles D. Cashdollar
November 7, 1987	John F. Bauman
January 1, 2000	Paul Newman
2006	Tom Kiffmeyer
2008	Dan Barr
July 1, 2011	Laura Keenan Spero

Editors, Pennsylvania History Studies Series

July 1, 1999	Gary Bailey
January 1, 2005	Charlene Mires
January 1, 2009	John V. Hepp
July 1, 2011	John V. Hepp and Diane E. Winger

1. Because of Coddington's illness, Andrews continued to serve until August 1967 when Coddington resigned and Homer T. Rosenberger became Acting President; Rosenberger was elected to fill the unexpired term on October 21, 1967. Coddington died, October 10, 1967.