Past Alumni Association Presidents
In 1957 the Alumni Associations of Delaware College and the Women's College merged to form the current Alumni Association.
2009-2011: Alan Brayman, ’73
2007-2009: Shanté Stargell Hastings, '00
2006-2007: Leonard P. Stark, '91, '91M
2003-2006: Julie Moyer Knowles, '82
2001-2003: R. Thorpe Moeckel, '79
1999-2001: Charlotte W. Brown, '81
1997-1999: Richard J. Mroz, '83
1995-1997: Barbara J. Owens, '58
1993-1995: Steven V. Bonine, '78
1991-1993: Barbara H. Stratton, '78
1989-1991: Robert V. A. Harra Jr., '71
1987-1989: Barbra Frank Andrisani, '68
1985-1987: Lawrence R. Valencourt, '70
1983-1985: Ross Ann Jenny Craig, '67
1981-1983: Paul C. Seitz, '71
1979-1981: Patricia Murphy O'Flynn, '49
1977-1979: C. Jackson Lewis, '50
1975-1977: Catherine Burke Flickinger, '40
1973-1975: Wayne J. Pollari, '50
1971-1973: Gertrude B. Draper, '37
1969-1971: John W. Alden Jr., '38
1967-1969: Dorothy M. Welsh, '44
1965-1967: Robert F. Siemen, '43, '55M, '64M
1963-1965: Grances Malcom Patnovic, '28
1961-1963: George W. Thompson, '34
1959-1961: Mina Press Thompson, '41, '57M
1957-1959: John E. Healy II, '39
The Women's College Alumnae Association was established immediately following graduation of the first class in 1918.
1956-1957: Alice Sheldon Taylor, '37
1954-1956: Mary J. deHan, '32
1952-1954: Hester Smith Thomas, '39
1950-1952: May Thompson Keith, '26
1948-1950: A. Jeanette Thoroughgood Werntz, '32
1946-1948: Olive Murray Jones, '28
1942-1945: Frances Malcom Patinovic, '28
1940-1942: Marjorie Johnson Squire, '28
1938-1940: Mary C. Dennison, '19
1936-1938: Nellie P. Lawton, '28
1934-1936: Anna E. Gallaher, '18
1932-1934: Marion H. Steele, '28
1930-1932: Anna D. Scott, '19
1928-1930: Ruth Anne Russell, '23
1926-1928: Mabel Smith Fraser, '23
1924-1926: Ruth Clendaniel Bausman, '18
1922-1924: Edith A. McDougle '18
1920-1922: Selma Bachrach Schafer, '18
1918-1920: Elizabeth Jones Lyon, '18
The Delaware College Alumni Association was founded in 1846. Formal records dating back to 1921 show that many outstanding graduates have served the University as president of the association.
1955-1957: William R. Draper, '39
1954-1957: James C. Stewart, '38
1953-1954: Ernest S. Wilson, '18, '63H
1952-1953: J. Alex Crothers, '16
1951-1952: Paul D. Lovett, '18
1950-1952: Phillip H. Marvel, '21
1949-1950: Victor H. Jones, '09
1948-1949: Jefferson F. Pool, '21
1947-1948: Joseph M. McVey, '04
1946-1947: Emergy W. Loomis, '14
1945-1946: Joseph M. Cherpak, '26
1944-1945: Harry W. Loose, '20
1943-1944: A. Rae DuBell, '12
1942-1943: W. Owen Sypherd, 1896
1941-1942: John G. Leach, '25
1940-1941: Warren C. Newton, '16, '55M
1938-1940: Milton V. Draper, '22
1937-1938: Archie H. Dean, '14
1936-1937: Joseph M. McVey, '04
1935-1936: John V. Postles, '11
1933-1935: Harry G. Lawson, '06
1932-1933: Edward R. Mullin, 1895
1931-1932: J. Rankin Davis, '11
1930-1931: J. Alex Crothers, '16
1929-1930: Clarence A. Short, 1896
1928-1929: J. Harry Mitchell, '03, '07M
1927-1928: Leroy W. Hickman, '03
1926-1927: Charles E. Grubb, '14
1925-1926: Everett C. Johnson, 1899
1924-1925: Alexander J. Taylor Sr., 1893
1923-1924: George N. Davis, 1898
1922-1923: Harry W. Lyndall, '05
1921-1922: George I. Lockwood, '03