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Past Branch Presidents and Honorees

Every president since Isadore Scott in 1902, and the members honored with Named Gifts.

From the branch's records. Years are AAUW program years.

Past Presidents, Ann Arbor Branch

1902-03Isadore Scott
1903-05Sara Whedon
1905-06Eda C Schlotterbeck
1906-07Mary Putnam
1907-08Lillian Goddard
1908-10Ethel Hussey
1910-12Mary Henderson
1912-13Fandire Crocker
1913-15Clemence Winkler
1915-17Winifred Kinne
1917-19Bertha Adams
1919-21Grace Greenwood
1921-23Sara Smith
1923-25Eda C Schlotterbeck
1925-27Dell R Sunderland
1927-29Blenn Keeler
1929-31Grce Karpinski
1931-34Maude Hagle
1934-36Grace Greenwood Reeves
1936-38Sybil Bennett
1938-40Frieda Attwood
1940-41Helen Rittershofer
1941-42Elizabeth Dunham
1942-44Dora Hildebrandt
1944-46Louise Trow
1946-48Jessie Forsythe
1948-50Edith Marshall
1950-52Ruth Blackett
1952-54Margaret Gilbert
1954-54Constance Potter
1954-56Avery Test
1956-58Eleanor Wernette
1958-60Bonnie Ackley
1960-62Helen Jones
1962-64Helen Reifel
1964-66Elizabeth Kummer
1966-68Fay Kincaid
1968-69Ardys Hayden
1969-70Anna Thomassen
1970-73Virginia Hills
1973-75Connie Olson
1975-76Doris Conlin
1976-77Anna Chapekis
1977-78Anne Canter
1978-79Jeannette Schneeberger
1979-80Elizabeth Kline
1980-81Greta Smith
1981-82Shirley Axon
1982-83June Douglass
1983-84Ida Copeland
1984-85Gail Dickinson Gray
1985-86Sheila Sikkenga
1986-87Frances Bunch
1987-88Barbara Petoskey
1988-89Ruth Ways
1989-90Ann Hanton
1990-91Judith Heekin
1991-92Caroline Smith
1992-93Katharine Uhle
1993-94Catherine Collins
1994-95Jane Wilson
1995-96Margaret Collins
1996-97Ruth Campbell
1997-98Mary Alice Shulman
1998-99Judith Steeh
1999-00Stephanie Newell
2000-01Earline Hefferlin
2001-02Joyce Squires
2002-03Diane Hockett
2003-04Jennie Lombard
2004-05Meg Brown
2005-06Mary Mostaghim
2006-07Ulla Roth
2007-08Joyce Urba
2008-09Pauline "Polly" Pan
2009-10Amy Seetoo
2010-11Margaret "Peggy" Fisher
2011-12Elizabeth "Betty" Bishop
2012-13Earline Hefferlin
2013-14Mary Rea
2014-15Kathy Stroud
2015-16Amy Seetoo
2016-17Mary Mostaghim
2017-18Barbara Duncan
2018-19Mary Mostaghim
2019-20Caroline Richardson & Kathy Stroud
2020-21Monica Gobba & Julia Heck
2021-22Monica Gobba & Julia Heck
2022-23Constance Dickinson & Ann Ringia
2023-24Diane Benson

Past Presidents, former Ypsilanti Branch

1950-51Helen Rudin
1951-53Mary Fletcher
1953-55Mrs. Franklin Potter
1955-57Mrs. L. E. Burnes
1957-59Merry Maude Wallace
1959-61Elizabeth Therkelsen
1961-63Betty Brower
1963-65Dr. Marjorie Barnes
1965-67Mary Olariu
1967-69Marilyn Cummins
1969-71Dorothy Zack
1971-73Grace Sovey
1973-75Mary Olariu
1975-77Merry Maude Wallace
1977-79Ruth Birleson
1979-81Catherine Philbin
1981-83Dr. Mathilda Sayegh
1983-84Lois Howard

Named Gift Honorees, Ann Arbor Branch

1938-39Mary Berton Henderson
1939-40Mary Markley
1940-41Mary Preston Slosson
1941-42Agnes Pollack
1949-50Alice Lloyd
1950-51Martha Sayer, Margaret Shull
1952-53Dell Read Sutherland
1953-54Margaret Elliot Tracey, Elizabeth Reed Dunham
1954-55Frances A Hannum
1955-56Louise Brownell Trow, Alice L Beeman
1956-57Grace Karpinski
1957-58Sybil Kennedy Bennett
1958-59Dora Hildebrandt
1959-60Frieda Dickhoff Attwood
1960-62Edna Dow
1962-63Avery Ransome Test
1963-64Edith Stanley Marshall, Anne Vance Hatcher
1964-65Jessie Winchell Forsythe, Eleanor DeCourcy Wernette
1965-66Helen Eberbach Reifel, Anna B Steele, Lona C Tinkham
1966-67Helen Campbell Jones, Ruth Hilbert Mackmiller
1967-68Eula Underwood Avery, Gladys Starr Barera, Dorothy T Buckley, Sarita Davis, Katherine E Harrington, Ethel D Hedrick, Ada M Inglis, Sonia Ladoff, Frances Gill Logan, Dina Hope Kahn
1968-69Virginia Dahlem VandenBroek, Helen Hornbeck Tanner, Elizabeth Bollman Kummer
1969-70Nancy Rider Bishop, Margaret Walsh Hamilton, Fay Allen Kincaid
1970-71Patricia Moynihan Earl, Ardys Flynn Hayden, Anna Van Tienhoven Thomassen
1971-72Bonnie Lowry Ackley, Helen Timmons
1972-73Myrtle Willoughby
1973-74Virginia C. Hills
1974-75Dorothy Buckley, Sybil Bennett, Helen Cooper, Ella Hymans, Blenn Keeler
1975-76Mary "Del" Hulett, Marilynn M. Dickerson
1976-77Mary Shreve Bishop, Constance Olson
1977-78Shirley Kyle Axon, Doris Durham Conlin, Patricia Norton More
1978-79Anna M. Chapekis, Evelyn Dinkfelt Silva
1979-80Anne N. Canter
1980-81Linda Lee Austin, Betsy French, Jeannette Schneeberger, Sheila Sikkenga
1981-82Ida Copeland, Nikki T. Sobowski
1982-83Ingrid Blom Sheldon, Greta Standish Smith
1983-84Susan Cremin, June Douglass
1984-85Caroline B. Smith, Marjorie P. Barnes
1985-86Georgine Craig, Gail Gray
1986-87Betty Jozwick, Barbara Petoskey
1987-88Frances Bunch, Ann Hanton
1988-89Elisabeth Ansbacher, Gloria Hovan
1989-90Margery Newton, Ruth Ways
1990-91Judith Heekin, Katharine Uhle
1991-92Jane A. Benjamin, Deborah Grifka, Judith Anne Steeh
1992-93Betsy Loxterman, Jane Wilson
1993-94Margaret Collins, Judith Scanlon, Julie Spangler, Mary Lou Unterburger
1994-95Ruth Jenson Campbell, Catherine Collins, Diane Miller
1995-96Earline Hefferlin, Lois Schneyer
1996-97Elizabeth McLean, Frances Woodroofe
1997-98Dixie Cocagne, Linda Thomas
1998-99Nancy Berg, Mary Jean Lane, Rosanne Morrow
1999-00Sue Loomans, Mary Alice Shulman
2000-01Kay Oldstrom
2001-02Esther Donahue, Elisabeth B. Michael
2002-03Nancy Rider Bishop
2003-04Marina Brown, Pauline M. Pan
2004-05Sara E VanderVoort
2005-06Jeannette Carr
2006-07Joanne Savas, Sue Rasmussen
2007-08Amy Seetoo
2008-09Meg Brown
2009-10Eunice Burns
2010-11Mary Cowmeadow, Marie Panchuk
2011-12Margaret Fisher, Trilby Kinzey
2012-13Candace Friedman, Judith Steeh
2013-14Karen Bourdon
2014-15Irene Dernberger, Nancy Harter
2015-16Donna Blomquist
2016-17Judith Daltuva
2017-18Elaine Brandenburg, Joan "Jo" Howe
2018-19Diane Benson
2019-20Caroline Richardson
2020-21Fran Lyman, Virginia "Ginny" Maturen
2021-22Mary Mostaghim, Elizabeth "Betty" Bishop
2022-23Karen Jania, Deborah Dawson
2023-24Jenny Day, Kim Clark

Named Gift Honorees, former Ypsilanti Branch

1963-64Helen Rudin
1967-68Doyne Wolfe
1968-69Mary Fletcher, Helen Brumbaugh
1969-70Mary Olariu
1970-71Marilyn Cummins
1972-73Gina Barss
1973-74Wilma Elliott, Helen Adams
1974-75Frances Hernick, Merry Maude Wallace
1975-76Grace Sovey
1976-77Marguerite Blikken
1977-78Mary DeVries
1978-79Luella Parsons
1979-80Evangeline Lewis
1980-81Ruth Birleson
1983-84Dr Mathilda Sayegh
1984-85Dr Marjorie Barnes

Named Gift: Eleanor Roosevelt Honorees, Ann Arbor Branch (1991–2019)

1991-92Patricia Ingersoll
1992-93Eleanor Hoag
1993-94Porshea Taylor, Dorothy Miller
1994-95Marina Brown
1995-96Elizabeth Foss
1996-97Barbara Krick
1997-98Maria Coward, Edith Gailliard
1998-99Elizabeth Bishop, Stephanie Newell
1999-00Toni Hopping
2000-01Jen McCormick
2001-02Joyce Squires
2002-03Diane Hockett, Jennie Lombard
2003-04Anna Haney, Mary Mostaghim
2004-05Ulla E. Roth
2005-06Nancy Rusten
2006-07Ann Taber
2007-08Barbara Murray
2008-09Jan Stephens
2009-10Elizabeth Nelson
2010-11Joyce Urba
2011-12Barbara Laird
2012-13Cheryl Gibbs, Mary Rea
2013-14Yvette Wernick
2014-15Pamela Ehrhart
2015-16Marcia Hallstrom
2016-17JoAnne Shaw
2017-18Ann Ringia
2018-19Kathleen Kubis