Historical Listing

Organizational officers since foundation of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society in 1936.

President

Numbers in parenthesis after a name represents the total number of consecutive terms an individual served.

  • 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
  • 2010 Lytton Musselman
  • 2012 Wendy Zomlefer

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 H. Martin, 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
  • 2009 Lytton Musselman
  • 2011 Wendy Zomlefer

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 2002 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