SOCIETY FOR COLLEGIATE JOURNALISTS: BIOGRAPHY

Chapter Roster with Charter Dates
Anderson University, Ind., 1963
Appalachian State University, N.C., 1986
Asbury College, Ky., 2000
Bemidji State University, Minn., 1964
Berry College, Ga., 1992
Bethany College, Tenn., 1947
Bethel College, Tenn., 1961
Bloomsburg University, Pa., 1966
Bridgewater College, Va., 1955
Cabrini College, Pa., 1979
Caldwell College, N.J., 1960
Carnegie Mellon University, Pa., 1988
Carson-Newman College, Tenn., 1983
Catholic University, D.C., 1931
CCBC, Essex, Md., 2004
Christian Brothers College, Tenn., 1987
Clarion University, Pa., 1964
Clarke College, Iowa, 1997
Clarkson University, N.Y., 1949
College of St. Francis, Ill., 1982
College of William and Mary, Va., 1935
Cowley County Community College, Kan., 1983
David Lipscomb College, Tenn. 1964
Drury College, Mo., 1984
Eastern Illinois University, Ill. 1949
Eastern Kentucky University, Ky., 1968
Eastern Michigan University, Mich., 1991
Elizabethtown College, Pa., 1984
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Ariz., 1988
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fla., 1979
Evangel College, Mo., 1967
Fairmont State College, W.Va., 1949
Fort Hays State University, Kan., 1970
Fort Lewis College, Colo.,
Franklin College, Ind., 1938
Garden City Community College, Kan., 1984
Hampden-Sydney College, N.C., 2000
Harding University, Ariz., 1967
Hastings College, Neb., 1937
High Point College, N.C., 1966
Hofstra University, N.Y., 1953
Hunter College, N.Y., 1987
Independence Community College, Kan., 1987
Jacksonville University, Fla., 1985
Jacksonville State University, Ala., 1985
James Madison University, Va., 1979
John Carroll University, Ohio, 1948
Kansas State University, Kan., 1983
Keuka College, N.Y., 1950
Kingsborough Community College, N.Y., 1983
Labette Community College, Kan., 1988
Lincoln Memorial University, Tenn., 1989
Lock Haven University, Pa., 1968
Lynchburg College, Va., 1988
Manchester Community College, Conn., 1982
Marian College, Wis., 1995
Marietta College, Ohio, 1949
Mary Baldwin College, Va., 1979
Marycrest College, Iowa, 1981
McDaniel College, 1996
Midland Lutheran College, Neb., 1940
Millersville University, Pa., 1965
Milwaukee Area Technical College, Wis., 1983
Minot State College, N.D., 1986
Mount St. Mary’s College, Md., 1967
Murray State University, Ky., 1997
Muskingum College, Ohio, 1923
Naugatuck Valley Community College, Conn., 2002
Newmann College, Pa., 2003
New Jersey Institute of Technology, N.J., 1951
New York Institute of Technology, N.Y., 1996
Nicholls State University, La., 1985
North Central College, Ill., 1989
North Carolina State University, N.C., 1996
Northeastern State University, Okla., 1965
Northeast Texas Community College, Tex., 2000
Oakton Community College, Ill., 1985
Ocean County Community College, N.J., 1983
Oklahoma Baptist University, Okla., 1971
Old Dominion University, Va., 1990
Ouachita Baptist University, Ark., 1987
Oxhand Community College, Calif., 1997
Piedmont College, Ga., 2003
Pittsburg State University, Kan., 1960
Radford University, Va., 1964
Randolph-Macon College, Va., 1987
Regent University, Va., 1993
Shenandoah College, Va., 2003
Simpson College, Iowa, 1999
Slippery Rock University, Pa., 1967
Southeast Missouri State University, Mo., 1965
Southeastern Louisiana University, La., 1983
Southern Arkansas University, Ark., 1981
Southern Illinois University, Ill., 1939
Saint John’s University, N.Y., 1965
Spring Arbor College, Mich., 1990
Shenandoah University, Va., 2004
Stevens Institute of Technology, N.J., 1922
SUNY at New Paltz, N.Y., 1999
Susquehanna University, Pa., 1993
Taylor University, Ind., 1997
Tennessee Technological University, Tenn., 1975
Thiel College, Pa., 1953 
Union University, Tenn., 1995
University of Arkansas, Ark., 1989
University of Richmond, Va., 1926
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Neb. 1997,
University of North Alabama, Ala., 1978
University of Scranton, Pa. 1983
University of the Pacific, 2001
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Pa., 1999
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Pa., 1994
University of Southwestern Louisiana, La., 1987
Utica College, N.Y., 1999
Valdosta State University, Ga., 2002
Valparaiso University, Ind., 1961
Virginia Wesleyan College, Va., 1995
Virginia Polytech Institute, Va., 1930
Virginia State University, Va.
Wabash College, Ind., 1984
Washburn University, Kan., 1999
Wartburg College, Iowa, 1949
Washington & Jefferson College, Pa., 1924
Wayne State College, Neb., 1987
West Virginia Wesleyan, W.Va., 1970
Westark Community College, Ark., 1999
Western Kentucky University, Ky.,
Westminster College, Pa., 1934
Widener University, Pa., 2000
Wilkes University, Pa., 1989
Wingate College, N.C., 1981
Winona State University, Minn., 1961
Winthrop College, S.C., 1972
Youngstown State University, Ohio, 1998

Historic Sites: The National Conventions

Alpha Phi Gamma
1923 — Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
1924 — University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
1926 — Ohio Northern University
1927 — Ohio Northern University
1928 — University of Akron, Ohio
1929 — Hanover College, Hanover, Ind.
1930 — Albion College, Albion, Mich.
1933 — University of California at Santa Barbara
1946 — Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Ind.
1948 — University of Redlands, Redlands, Calif.
1949 — Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minn.
1954 — Fresno State University, Fresno, Calif.
(After 1954 APG discontinued National Conventions.)

Pi Delta Epsilon
1924 — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
1925 — Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
1926 — University of California at Berkeley
1927 — Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1928 — Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
1930 — Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa.
1931 — University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1932 — George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Catholic University of American, Washington, D.C., and  University of Maryland
1933 — Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1937 — George Washington University
1938 — Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J.
1938 — Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
1939 — University of Richmond, Richmond, Va.
1941 — Denison University, Granville, Ohio
1949 — University of Pittsburgh, Pa.
1951 — Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va .
1953 — University of Cincinnati, Ohio
1955 — Colorado A&M College, Fort Collins, Colo.
1957 — Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
1959 — Lehigh University, Pa.
1961 — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
1963 — Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.
1965 — University of Pittsburgh, Pa.
1967 — Rider College, Trenton, N.J.
1969 — Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill.
1971 — Catholic University of America, D.C.
1973 — Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga.
1975 — Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.

Society for Collegiate Journalists
1977 — David Lipscomb College, Nashville, Tenn.
1979 — Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky.
1981 — Evangel College, Springfield, Mo.
1983 — College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
1985 — Franklin College, Franklin, Ind.
1987 — Eastern Illinois University, Ill.
1989 — Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn.
1992 — Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
1994 — Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, La.
1996 — Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pa.
1998 — Wartburg College, Waverly, Pa.
2000 — CMA/CSPA, New York, N.Y.
2002 — CMA/CSPA, New York, N.Y.
2004 — Virginia Wesleyan College, Va.
2006 — Valdosta State University, GA 

Leadership 1: Past National Presidents

Grand Presidents of Pi Delta Epsilon
1909-1924 Presidents unknown
1924 Thomas Arkle Clark
1925 Charles Harvey Raymond
1926 Joseph S. Myers
1927 George McIntosh Sparks
1928-1932 Joseph Charles Patty
1932 Merritt M. Harris
1933-1937 Henry Grattan Doyle, George Washington University
1937-1939 Robert Hooper McNeil
1939-1949 Dale H. Gramley, Lehigh University (Salem College)
1949-1953 Robert X. Graham, University of Pittsburgh
1953-1955 Robert S. Harvey, Wabash College (Ind.)
1955-1957 Charles J. Moravec, Lehigh University
1957-1959 Clarence N. Anderson, Mankato State University
1956-1965 Herman A. Estrin, New Jersey Institute of Technology
1965-1967 Clifford P. Rowe, Pacific University (Ore.)
1967-1969 Robert C. Wright
1969-1971 W. Manion Rice, Southern Illinois University
1971-1973 Irving N. Rothman, Rice University
1973-1974 Willard E. Lally, Rider College
1974-1975 Daniel E. Thornburgh, Eastern Illinois University

National Presidents of Alpha Phi Gamma
1923-1926 Charles McCorkhill, Ohio Northern University
1926-1927 George McNamara, Ohio Northern University
1927-1928 Ralph L. Ropp, Ohio Northern University
1928-1929 Maxwell P. Boggs, Muskigum University
1929-1930 Richard P. Overmyer, Ohio Northern University
1930-1933 Russell H. Fitzgibbon, Hanover College
1933-1936 John Allan Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara
1937-1939 Richard P. Overmyer, Ohio Northern University
1940-1042 Erwin W. Bischoll, San Francisco State University
1942-1943 Lawrence J. Freeman, Ohio Northern University
1945-1947 Gil A. Cowan, Southwestern College (Los Angeles)
1948 Paul S. Conklin, Hanover College
1949 Gilbert L. Brown, University of Redlands
1950-1951 J. Paul Boushelle, New Mexico State University
1952 Ira G. Hawk, Wilmington College (Ohio)
1953-1954 Paul V. Sheehan, Fresno State University
1954-1955 Lloyd Ritter, Occidental College
1955-1956 Clyde Parker, Sacramento State University
1956-1957 Louis E. Ingelhart, Ball State University
1957-1958 John H. Duke, Fresno State University
1958-1959 Frank S. Basker, Hanover College
1959-1960 Wilfred P. James, California State Univ. at Long Beach
1960-1961 John A. Boyd, Indiana State University
1961-1962 Leo V. Young, San Francisco State University
1962-1964 J. William Click, Ball State University
1964-1965 Erling H. Erlandson, California State Univ. at Northridge
1965-1967 Arthur H. Margosian, Fresno State University
1967-1969 Ira L. Baker, High Point College
1969-1971 Marilyn A. Walker, Taylor University
1971-1975 Glen A. W. Kleine, Eastern Kentucky University

National Presidents of the Society for Collegiate Journalists
1976-1978 Ivan Holmes, Northeastern Oklahoma State University
1978-1980 J. William Click, Ohio University
1980-1982 W. Wilford Kale, Jr., College of William & Mary/Bureau Chief, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
1982-1984 David L. Adams, Kansas State University
1984-1986 John David Reed, Eastern Illinois University
1986-1988 Robert C. Gremmels, Wartburg College
1988-1992 Arthur H. Barlow, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
1992-1994 J. Douglas Tarpley, Regent University
1994-1996 Sheridan Barker, Carson-Newman College
1996-2002 William Lawbaugh, Mount. St. Mary’s College
2002-2006 William Ruehlmann, Virginia Wesleyan College
2006- Mary Beth Earnheardt, Youngstown State University

Leadership II: Past National Executives

Grand Secretaries of Pi Delta Epsilon
1924 Philip C. Park
1925-1928 Harold E. Lobdell
1929-1932 Henry G. Doyle
1933-1937 Philip B. Narmore

Grand Secretary-Treasurers of Pi Delta Epsilon
1937-1971 Edward E. McDonald, Carnegie Institute of Technology
1973-1975 W. Manion Rice, Southern Illinois University
Executive Secretaries of Alpha Phi Gamma
1927-1934 Sherrill E. Leonard, University of Akron
1934-1935 Terrence H. Ellsworth
1935-1938 Iola Rust, University of Redlands
1945-1946 Frank J. Waters, Southwestern (Los Angeles)
1947-1949 Betty Acheson Mann, Indiana State University
1949-1950 James R. Bash, Indiana State University
1950-1957 Charles L. Brown, University of Redlands
1957-1964 Margaret E. McConnell, Oakland City (Ind.)
1964-1975 J. William Click, Ball State University/Ohio University

National Executive Directors of the Society for Collegiate Journalists
1975-1983 John David Reed, Eastern Illinois University
1983-1992 J. Douglas Tarpley, Evangel College/Regent University
1992-2006 Arthur H. Barlow, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
2006- William Ruehlmann, Virginia Wesleyan College

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