History of the ABC
by Kitty O. Locker, 1995
Updated 2002
75th Anniversary Keepsake 2010
Project Director-Marsha Bayless, Stephen F. Austin State University
Editor-Traci Austin, Stephen F. Austin State University
Executive Directors
2011-2021 | James M. "Jim" Dubinsky | Virginia Tech |
2006-2011 | Betty S. Johnson | Stephen F. Austin State University |
1994-2006 | Robert Myers | Baruch College |
1990-1994 | John D. Pettit, Jr. | University of North Texas |
1984-1990 | Robert D. Gieselman | University of Illinois |
1957-1984 | Francis W. Weeks | University of Illinois |
1935-1957 | Chester R. "Andy" Anderson | University of Illinois |
Past Presidents
ABC Presidents 1985 to Present | |||
2020-2021 | Geert | Jacobs | Ghent University |
2019 | Marcel | Robles | Eastern Kentucky University |
2018 | Lisa | Gueldenzoph Snyder | North Carolina A & T University |
2017 | Deborah | Roebuck | Kennesaw State University |
2016 | Bertha | Du-Babcock | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
2015 | Peter W. | Cardon | University of Southern California |
2014 | Kathryn | Rentz | University of Cincinnati |
2013 | Nancy | Schullery | Western Michigan University |
2012 | Hiromitsu | Hayashida | Chuo University, Japan |
2011 | Gerry | Hynes | Sam Houston State University |
2010 | Deborah | Valentine | Emory University |
2009 | James M. "Jim" | Dubinsky | Virginia Tech |
2008 | Roger | Conaway | University of Texas at Tyler |
2007 | Jacqueline | Harrison | UNITEC Institute of Technology |
2006 | Marsha | Bayless | Stephen F. Austin State University |
2005 | Randy | Barker | Virginia Commonwealth University |
2004 | Linda | Beamer | California State University at Los Angeles |
2003 | Marie | Flatley | San Diego State University |
2002 | Barbara | Shwom | Northwestern University |
2001 | Iris | Varner | Illinois State University |
2000 | Lamar | Reinsch | Georgetown University |
1999 | Josephine | Chargois | Howard University |
1998 | Betty | Johnson | Stephen F. Austin State University |
1997 | David | Victor | Eastern Michigan University |
1996 | Daphne | Jamison | Cornell University |
1995 | Kitty | Locker | Ohio State University |
1994 | Jeanette | Gilsdorf | California State University at Long Beach |
1993 | Bernadine | Branchaw | Western Michigan University |
1992 | Ray | Beswick | Syncrude Canada Ltd. |
1991 | Bob | Myers | Baruch College |
1990 | Gretchen | Vik | San Diego State University |
1989 | John | Penrose | San Diego State University |
1988 | Glen | Pearce | Virginia Commonwealth University |
1987 | David | Bateman | Southern Illinois University |
1986 | Lois | Bachman | Community College of Philadelphia |
1985 | Patricia | Wells | Oregon State University |
ABCA Presidents 1984-1969 | |||
1984 | Phillip V. | Lewis | Abilene Christian University |
1983 | Herbert W. | Hildebrandt | University of Michigan |
1982 | Larry D. | Hartman | Zenith Data Systems, Chicago |
1981 | E. Rennie | Charles | Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Canada |
1980 | Lilian O. | Feinberg | Iowa State University |
1979 | John D. | Pettit, Jr. | North Texas State University |
1978 | Lucian | Spataro | Ohio University |
1977 | Arno | Knapper | University of Kansas |
1976 | John W. | Gould | University of Southern California |
1975 | Jean | Voyles | Georgia State University |
1974 | William J. | Lord, Jr. | University of Texas at Austin |
1973 | Leland | Brown | Eastern Michigan University |
1972 | William A. | Damerst | Pennsylvania State University |
1971 | Morris P. | Wolf | University of Houston |
1970 | Karl M. | Murphy | Georgia Institute of Technology |
1969 | Richard S. | Perry | Eastern Oregon University |
American Business Writing Association Presidents 1968 - 1938 | |||
1968 | Michael | Porte | University of Cincinnati |
1967 | Robert D. | Hay | University of Arkankas |
1966 | Homer | Cox | University of Colorado |
1965 | Virgil | Harder | Washington University |
1964 | Norman B. | Sigband | DePaul University |
1963 | Dorothea | Chandler | Syracuse University |
1962 | Frank | Devlin | John Carroll University |
1961 | Raymond V. | Lesikar | Louisiana State University |
1960 | Doris | Sponseller | Ohio University |
1959 | E. Glenn | Griffin | Purdue University |
1958 | Erwin M. | Keithley | University of California, Los Angeles |
1957 | R. C. | Gerfen | Northwestern University |
1956 | K. B. | Horning | University of Oklahoma |
1955 | Sally B. | Maybury | University of Vermont |
1954 | C. W. | Wilkenson | Michigan State University |
1954 | John | Ball | Miami University |
1953 | Lyda McHenry | Chamberlin | Wayne State University |
1951 | J. H. | Menning | University of Alabama |
1950 | J. H. | Menning | University of Alabama (served 2 years when changing to calendar year) |
1949 | J. H. | Janis | New York University |
1948 | A. L. | Cosgrove | University of Oklahoma |
1947 | C. C. | Parkhurst | Boston University |
1946 | L. W. | McKelvey | Northwestern University |
1943-1945 | W. H. | Butterfield | University of Oklahoma (served 3 years during WWII) |
1942 | Roy | Davis | Boston University |
1941 | Alta Gwinn | Saunders | University of Illinois |
1940 | W. P. | Boyd | University of Texas |
1939 | R. R. | Aurner | University of Wisconsin |
1938 | E. J. | Kilduff | New York University |
1937 | C. R. "Chesty" | Anderson (chairman) | University of Illinois |
The Association of College Teachers of Business Writing Chairman 1936 | |||
1936 | C. R. "Chesty" | Anderson | University of Illinois |