Past Presidents
Throughout the history of our predecessor organizations and within the current history of the Association of Professional Chaplains, numerous colleagues have contributed to the work of the associations through their service in the office of president. Terms of service have varied from one year to three, but remaining constant is the investment of time, energy and commitment that it takes to fulfill this leadership role. We honor the gifts and service of the following leaders:
Association of Professional Chaplains
Past Presidents 1998 to Present
2022 – 2023
2021 – 2022
2020 – 2021
2019 – 2020
2018 – 2019
2017 – 2018
2016 – 2017
2015 – 2016
2014 – 2015
2012 – 2014
2010 – 2012
2008 – 2010
2006 – 2008
2004 – 2006
2002 – 2004
2000 – 2002
1998 – 2000
Rev. John Simon MDiv MTS BCC
Rev. Dr. Jeffery T. Garland DMin EdS BCC-PCHAC
Jon Overvold MDiv BCC
Joseph Perez MDiv BCC
Ronald C. Oliver BCC
Martha H. Rucker BCC
Kimberly Murman BCC
Margie Atkinson BCC
Darryl I. Owens BCC
Valerie R. Storms BCC
David C. Johnson BCC
Susan K. Wintz BCC
Mary S. Whetstone BCC
Robert A. Kidd BCC
George F. Handzo BCC
Dick D. Millspaugh BCC
Laurel Arthur Burton BCC
College of Chaplains
Past Presidents 1946 – 1998
1946 – 47
1947 – 48
1948 – 49
1949 – 51
1951 – 52
1952 – 53
1953 – 54
1954 – 55
1955 – 56
1956 – 57
1957 – 58
1958 – 59
1959 – 60
1960 – 61
1961 – 62
1962 – 63
1963 – 64
1964 – 65
1965 – 66
1966 – 67
1967 – 68
1968 – 69
1969 – 70
1970 – 71
1971 – 72
1972 – 73
1973 – 74
1974 – 75
1975 – 76
1976 – 77
1977 – 78
1978 – 79
1979 – 81
1980 – 80
1981 – 82
1982 – 83
1983 – 84
1984 – 85
1985 – 87
1987 – 89
1989 – 91
1991 – 93
1993 – 95
1995 – 96
1996 – 98
Dr. Russell L. Dicks*
Rev. Granger Westberg*
Rev. Leicester R. Potter*
Dr. John M. Billinsky*
Rev. Carl R. Plack*
Rev. Carl J. Scherzer*
Rev. Lloyd E. Beebe
Dr. Jack C. Greenawalt
Rev. Fredric M. Norstad*
Dr. Richard K. Young*
Rev. Fred A. Springborn*
Dr. George A. Bowles*
Rev. Joe F. Luck*
Rev. Edward J. Mahnke*
Rev. Robert Reeves, Jr.*
Rev. Herbert Hillebrand*
Dr. E. A. Verdery*
Dr. John A. Whitesel*
Rev. Daniel Sandstedt*
Dr. Myron C. Madden*
Dr. Kenneth E. Reed*
Dr. William F. Adix
Rev. Harold R. Nelson*
Rev. LeRoy G. Kerney*
Rev. Fred W. Reid, Jr.*
Rev. Carl Nightswonger*
Rev. Arne K. Jessen
Rev. Julian L. Byrd
Rev. Frank S. Moyer
Rev. Ernest W. Luehrman
Rev. Myron Ebersole*
Rev. Thomas C. Cole
Rev. Ralph S. Carpenter
Rev. Kermit W. Smith
Rev. H. Dale Wright*
Rev. Ronald Ropp
Rev. Max Maguire
Rev. William Brock
Rev. William Miller
Rev. Julian Byrd
Rev. Jerry J. Griffin
Rev. Donald F. Gum*
Rev. Elaine Hickman Lehr
Rev. Earl A. Hackett*
Rev. Richard E. Stewart
*Deceased
Association of Mental Health Chaplains
1948 – 52
1952 – 54
1955 – 56
1956 – 58
1958 – 59
1959 – 60
1960 – 61
1961 – 62
1962 – 63
1963 – 64
1964 – 65
1965 – 66
1966 – 67
1967 – 68
1968 – 69
1969 – 70
1970 – 72
1972 – 74
1974 – 76
1976 – 78
1978 – 80
1980 – 81
1981 – 84
1984 – 86
1986 – 88
1988 – 90
1990 – 92
1992 – 94
1994 – 96
1996 – 98
Rev. J. Obert Kempson*
Rev. Robert C. Leslie*
Rev. William R. Andrew*
Rev. Joseph J. Quinlin
Rev. Richard J. Lehman*
Rabbi I. Fred Hollander
Rev. William P. Sullivan
Rev. Henry H. Wiesbauer*
Rev. Ernest E. Bruder*
Rev. Francis P. Rowley, S.J.
Rabbi Meyer Goldman
Rev. Leon F. Kenny*
Rev. Robert P. O’Neill
Rabbi David Kozak
Rev. John R. Thomas*
Rev. Thomas S. Forker
Rev. Douglas C. Turley*
Rev. John I. Smith*
Rev. Joseph B. Brady
Rabbi Emanuel Lifschutz*
Rev. Clark Aist
Rev. Robert Tracy
Rabbi Terry Bard
Rev. Thomas Summers
Rev. Lucien Sawyer
Rev. Victoria Brannan Cowell*
Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
Rev. Ira Lott
Rev. Robert Cullum
Rev. David Carl
*Deceased
