by Kitty O. Locker, 1995
Updated 2002
The First Year
Names
Headquarters
Publications
Dues and Members
Conventions
ABC Today
Sources
Executive Directors
2021-present |
Kathryn M. Rybka |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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 |