Past Presidents

1952-53         J. True McAuley, The Marley Company

1953-54         Ralph D. Johnson, US Dept of Health, Education & Welfare

1954-55         Bert M. Walter, The Bendix Corporation

1955-56         B.V. Alton, Business Men's Assurance Company

1956-57         Joe P. Frerking, Butler Manufacturing Company

1957-58         G. Woodrow Balley, City National Bank & Trust Company

1958-59         Don C. Robinson, Luzier, Inc.

1959-60         Ella Mae (Hyde) Buboltz, The H.D. Lee Company, Inc.

1960-61         Lyle H. Laughlin, the Marley Company

1961-62         Virgil S. Hanson, The Spencer Chemical Company

1962-63         Merwin L. Anderson, City National Bank & Trust Company

1963-64         Donald E. Biggs, Home Savings Association

1964-65         A.D. Carr, Arthur Young & Company

1965-66         James G. Mason, R.B. Jones & Sons, Inc.

1966-67         Marvin Mothersead, Federal Reserve Bank

1967-68         Tate Finley, Modern Handcraft, Inc.

1968-69         Edwin R. Fixler, Cook Pain & Varnish Company

1969-70         Warren A. Huff, Haver-Lockhart Laboratories

1970-71         David L. Poole, The Vendo Company

1971-72         R. Dale Hinshaw, Amco Steel Corporation

1972-73         Edward C. McGurren, SPHR, The Bendix Corporation

1973-74         W.T. Van Etten, Waddell & Reed, Inc.

1974-75         Byron Johnson, Water District #1 of Johnson County

1975-76         Larry Lee, Waddell & Reed

1977              C.M. Burgess, Business Men's Assurance Company

1978              Barbara K. Schneider, Butler Manufacturing Company

1979              Glen C. Crosier, Midwest Research Institute

1980              William D. Howey, Jr., Waddell & Reed

1981             J.W. Jones, Jr., Business Men's Assurance Company

1982             Steve Risinger, Business Men's Assurance Company

1983             Robert L. Jones, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company

1984             Richard E. Beyer, Centerre Bank

1985             George R. Sims, Jr., Boatmen's First National Bank

1986             Patrick J. Geschwind, SW Bell Telephone Company

1987-88        Penny Kunzman, Hallmark Cards

1989             Joseph P. Bacarro, Grant Thornton

1990             Al H. Himegarner, St. Luke's Hospital

1991             Paula Wyrick, The Merchants Bank

1992             Victoria Heider, Missouri Public Service

1993-94        David Poole, Defrain Mayer Lee & Burgess

1995              Betty Freeman-Boots, SPHR, John Knox Village

1996              Sara Kircher, Waddell & Reed, Inc.

1997              Don Feltham, Pinnacle Consulting, LLC

1998              Margaret Evans, SPHR, GEHA

1999              Philip Jones, SPHR, Butler Manufacturing

2000              Kathleen Boas, DeFrain Mayer

2001              Annette Glary, SPHR, Novastar Financial, Inc.

2002              Cherlyn Johnson, SPHR, Farmland Industries, Inc.

2003              Cherlyn Johnson, SPHR, Spencer Reed Group, Inc.

2004              Shelly Freeman, HROI-Lathrop & Gage

2005              Nancy Staley, SPHR, Silpada Designs

2006              Suzanne Layton, SPHR, Z-International

2007              Brenda Perkins, CEBS, Joshua & Company

2008              Keith Wiedenkeller, SPHR, AMC Entertainment, Inc.
2009              Anissa K. Elsey, SPHR, Nazdar, Inc.