Officers since 1933

Presidents

April 29, 1933: A. Boyd Hamilton
November 14, 1936: Roy F. Nichols
October 28, 1939: Lawrence Henry Gipson
October 31, 1942: Arthur C. Bining
October 27, 1945: Robert Fortenbaugh
October 23, 1948: S. K. Stevens
November 3, 1951: William A. Russ Jr.
October 23, 1954: Philip S. Klein
October 19, 1957: Ralph W. Cordier
October 15, 1960: James A. Barnes
October 12, 1963: J. Cutler Andrews
October 22, 1966: Edwin B. Coddington, 1
August 1967: Homer T. Rosenberger
October 18, 1969: Robert L. Bloom
October 21, 1972: Donald H. Kent
October 11, 1975: Russell Weigley
October 21, 1978: John M. Coleman
October 17, 1981: Elizabeth M. Geffen
October 13, 1984: John B. Frantz
October 11, 1986: Charles H. Glatfelter
January 1, 1989: John F. Coleman
January 1, 1991: Robert G. Crist
January 1, 1993: John F. Bauman
January 1, 1995: Gerald G. Eggert
January 1, 1997: Susan E. Klepp
January 1, 1999: Leslie Patrick
January 1, 2001: Randall Miller
January 1, 2003: Rosalind Remer
January 1, 2005: Dennis B. Downey
January 1, 2007: Charles Cashdollar
January 1, 2009: Marion W. Roydhouse
January 1, 2011: Janet Moore Lindman
January 1, 2013: Kenneth C. Wolensky
January 1, 2015: Michael Birkner
January 1, 2017: Allen Dieterich-Ward
January 1, 2019: Rachel A. Batch
January 1, 2021: David Witwer
January 1, 2023: Benjamin Scharff

Vice-Presidents

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

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

Vice-Presidents (First-Second-Third Vice President Period, 1938-53)

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
October 27, 1945: Frances Dorrance

Third Vice-President

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

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, to 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, to 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, to October 18, 1969 [to president]
April 6, 1968: Russell Weigley, to October 11, 1975 [to president]
October 18, 1969: John M. Coleman, to October 21, 1978 [to president]
October 21, 1972: Robert E. Carlson, to October 13, 1984
October 21, 1978: Elizabeth M. Geffen, to October 17, 1981 [to president]
October 11, 1975: John B. Frantz, to October 13, 1984 [to president]
October 17, 1981: Charles H. Glatfelter, to October 13, 1984

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

October 13, 1984: Charles H. 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 B. Downey
January 1, 2005: David Schuyler
January 1, 2006: Charles Cashdollar
January 1, 2007: Marion W. Roydhouse
January 1, 2009: Janet Moore Lindman
January 1, 2011: Kenneth C. Wolensky
January 1, 2013: Michael Birkner
January 1, 2015: Allen Dieterich-Ward
January 1, 2017: Beverly Tomek
January 1, 2019: David Witwer
January 1, 2021: Benjamin Scharff
January 1, 2023: Jeanine Mazak-Kahne

Secretaries

Secretary, to 1967

April 29, 1933: Paul W. Gates
November 14, 1936: J. Paul Selsam, 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
August 1, 2019: Sarah Piccini

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 Cashdollar
January 1, 2006: Karen Guenther
January 1, 2007: Rachel A. Batch
January 1, 2019: Ed Slavishak

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
January 1, 2011: John H. Hepp and Diane E. Wenger, (interim co-editors)
June 1, 2011: William Pencak
2014: Beverly Tomek, (interim)
September 1, 2014: Linda Ries

Associate Editor, Pennsylvania History

2005: Jeffrey A. Davis
June 1, 2011: Patrick Spero and Laura K. Spero

Book Review Editors, Pennsylvania History [incomplete list]

October 25, 1974: Michael P. Weber
October 14, 1977: Charles Cashdollar
November 7, 1987: John F. Bauman
January 1, 2000: Paul D. Newman
2006: Tom Kiffmeyer
2008: Dan Barr
2011: Laura K. Spero
2013: Beverly Tomek
2015: Andrew Arnold
2019: Karol Weaver

Editors, Pennsylvania History Studies Series

July 1, 1999: Gary Bailey
January 1, 2005: Charlene Mires
January 1, 2009: John H. Hepp
January 1, 2011: John H. Hepp and Diane E. Wenger
May 1, 2015: Allen Dieterich-Ward and Beverly Tomek
May 1, 2020: Allen Dieterich-Ward
May 1, 2021: David Witwer

* 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.