Presidents of the NAWM
1904-1905 Harry Joseph Milligan ‘73
1905-1906 George S. Harney ‘88
1906-1907 Dr. Joseph Rilus Eastman ‘91
1907-1908 Chase Harding ‘96
1908-1909 Albert A. Baker ‘74
1909-1910 Jesse Austin Greene ‘89
1910-1911 Arthur Alonzo Hargrave ‘81
1911-1912 Michael Emmett Foley ‘99
1912-1913 Eben Harry Wolcot ‘86
1913-1914 Finely Pogue Mount ‘90
1914-1915 Willima Baden Austin ‘81
1915-1916 Henry Lane Wilson ‘79
1917-1918 William Elbridge Ames ‘95
1918-1919 Daniel Dicky Hains ‘95
In 1919 the organization was incorporated as the
Association of Wabash Men and in a reorganization in
1964 the name was altered to The National Association
of Wabash Men. The presidents since 1919 have been:
1919-1921 Edward Elbridge Ames ‘03
1921-1922 Russell Trall Byers ‘98
1922-1923 Miller Davis ‘08
1923-1924 Charles Norris Williams ‘76
1924-1925 Clair McTurnan ‘10
1925-1926 John Vejen Wilson ‘10
1926-1927 Herbert Hawks Gortner ‘90
1927-1928 Row Massena ‘02
1928-1929 Joseph Johnston Daniels ‘11
1929-1930 Mark Anothony Brown ‘11
1930-1931 Paul Russell Mathews ‘13
1931-1932 Luther Edward Lewis ‘14
1932-1933 James Dupont Adams ‘09
1933-1934 Lee Norman Thorn ‘24
1934-1935 Clarence Fuson Merrell ‘09
1935-1936 George Washington Hall ‘90
1936-1937 Hinkle Cain Hays ‘12
1937-1938 Philip Clark Leffel ‘14
1938-1939 Kurt Friedrich Pantzer ‘13
1939-1941 Clyde Harrison Chase ‘13
1941-1946 John Kiley Ruckelshaus ‘22
1946-1948 Ray Prescott Johnson ‘28
1948-1949 Fred Mossman Naber ‘20
1949-1950 Charles Devon LaFollette ‘20
1950-1951 John Clarke Farber ‘15
1951-1952 Ernest Reece Mitchelk ‘22
1952-1953 Malcolm Melbourne Edwards ‘26
1954-1956 Jack Vincent Scott ‘26
1956-1958 Richard Osborne Ristine ‘41
1958-1960 Marshall Avery Pipin ‘24
1960-1962 Robert Mathew Smith ‘36
1962-1965 Robert Ross Neal ‘33
1965-1967 Paul John Husting ‘37
1967-1969 John Richard Scott ‘42
1969-1971 Richard Gearhart Savidge ‘38
1971-1973 Willis Paul Tippett ‘53
1973-1975 Omer Hiram Foust ‘42
1975-1977 James Lyman Keyes ‘50
1977-1979 Robert Bryan Slade ‘48
1979-1981 Frederich Corya Scott ‘60
1981-1983 John Nelson Fox, Jr. ‘64
1983-1985 Frederich Lewis Pipin ‘59
1985-1987 Fred William Ruebeck ‘61
1987-1989 Robert Wedgeworth, Jr. ‘59
1989-1991 David S. Orr ’57
1991-1993 Roger D. Billings ’59
1993-1995 James L. McNeely ’2
1995-1997 Roger E. Lumpp ’66
1997-1999 Dudley A. Burgess ’64
1999-2001 James J. Kilbane ’84
2001-2003 Richard W. Fobes ’72
2003-2004 Thomas E. Topper ’70
2004-2005 James A. Davlin IV ’85
2005- William J. Fisher III ’66
Alumni Award of Merit
1951- Edward Elbridge Ames ‘03
1952 A. Joseph Armstrong ‘02
George Allen Bennett ‘25
Arthur Judson Brown ‘80
Austin Hayman Brown ‘12
Issac Compton Elston ‘94
Bernard Campbell Gavit ‘15
Arthur Alonzo Hargrave ‘81
William Harrison Hays ‘00
Kent Craig Lambert ‘13
James Insely Osborne ‘06
Jacob Richard Schramm ‘10
Ferdinand Tannenbaum ‘12
Edwin Peck Thomson ‘78
1953 Edgar Clay Brittin ‘15
Mark Anthony Brown ‘11
Edward Harold Burns, Jr. ‘13
Geroge Ernest Carscallen ‘06
John Clarke Farber ‘15
Lee McCanliss ‘07
Harry Morgan Moses ‘19
Raymond Robert Neal ‘20
Kenyon Nicholson ‘17
Ivan Lester Wiles ‘22
1954 W. Ray Ehrensberger ‘29
Chase Harding ’96
Fred Mossman Naber ‘20
David Warner Peck ‘22
Byron Price ‘12
Reginald Hall Sullivan ‘97
John Ditman VanNuys ‘26
1955 Geroge Littrell Denny ‘00
Peter Edson ‘20
Pierre Frist Goodrich ‘16
James Herron Halsey ‘27
Lloyd Brelsford Howell ‘09
Norman Mather Littell ‘21
John Allen Saunders ‘20
Byron Kightly Trippet ‘30
1956 Charles DeVon LaFollette ‘20
Jack Vincent Scott ‘26
Oscar Parsons Welborn ‘96
1957 John Parrett Collett ‘24
Joseph Johnston Daniels ‘11
Willis Hugh Johnson ‘25
1957 Hudson Ralph Sours ‘31
Norman E. Treves ‘15
1958 Philip Clark Leffel Sr.’14
Myron Gustavus Philips ‘27
Warren Wright Shearer ‘36
1959 Edward Hussey Knight ‘97
Herbert A. Pettijohn ‘07
George Samuel Sando ‘22
1960 Eugene Nevin Beesley ‘29
Parrish Fuller ‘15
Homer Thompson Showalter ‘14
Louis Spilman ‘20
1961 Marshall Avery Pipin ‘24
Richard Osborne Ristine ‘41
1962 Graham Philips DuShane ‘30
Clarence Augustus Jackson ‘15
Elijah B. Martindale ‘26
1963 James DuPont Adams ‘09
William Otto Anderson ‘42
Ira David Gross ‘13
Francis William Misch ‘25
1964 Byron Lough Stewart ‘26
1965 Reiley Gibson Adams ‘32
John Jeffery Auer ‘34
Edmond Ferdinand Ball ‘27
Allen Dale Eby ‘17
1966 George Banta Jr. ‘14
William Hickman Diddel ‘08
Byron Pierce Hollett ‘36
Wendell Thomas Jay ‘19
Edgar William Olive ‘39
1967 Richard Nornan Baxter ‘27
William Harrison Hays Jr. ‘37
1968 James Lowry Clifford ‘23
Daniel Fraley Evans ‘44
Cleon Henry Foust ‘28
Earl Lucien Johnson Jr. ‘38
Robert Ross Neal ‘33
Kurt Friederich Pantzer ‘13
1969 Thomas Alvin Hays ‘55
J. Robert Hutchins ‘50
Harold R. Marvin ‘16
1970 Maurice Wilson Chadwick ‘25
Frank Albert Mullen ‘53
Harry Vincent Wann ‘08
Kenneth Price Wood ‘30
1971 William Duchemin Bachman ‘24
Morris Eugene Elliott ‘13
Robert Sidney Harvey ‘28
Remington Allen Johnston III ‘55
1972 Philip Linnaes Boyd ‘22
Ernest Reece Mitchell ‘22
George Vernon Underwood ‘35
1973 Donald Julius Cranston ‘17
William Joseph Haines ‘40
1973 John Richard Scott ‘42
1974 Lee Norman Thorn ‘24
Stuart Guy Tipton ‘32
1975 Omer Hiram Foust ‘42
David Charles Gerard ‘31
Stewart William Hartfelter ‘35
1976 Thomas Winterrowd Benham ‘17
Donald Bonnell Fobes ‘34
Thomas Riwin Foster ‘14
1977 Albert Craig Baird ‘07
Richard Greenawalt Bigler ‘36
Reid Herbert McLain ‘27
Edgar Hart Steeg ‘52
Robert Maxwell Stofer ‘41
1978 Thomas William Mastin ‘38
1979 Richard Merrill Freeman ‘43
Henry Edmond Greene ‘19
Robert Hargrave Long ‘39
1980 Christopher Passadelis ‘955
Lucian Anderson Smith ‘30
Willis Paul Tippett Jr. ‘53
1981 Alexander Malcolm McVie ‘41
Robert Throop Powers ‘43
Richard Seyfarth Schreiber ‘31
1982 Robert Eugene Allen ‘57
Harold Meredith Coons ‘32
Walter Youshia Elisha ‘54
1983 Roger Degraff Billings ‘30
Perce Gordon Goodrich ‘30
Max Edwards Sevies ‘58
Robert Bryan Slade ‘48
1984 Henry Latham Breunig ‘34
Winfred Audif Harbison ‘24
Robert Wedgeworth, Jr. ‘59
1985 Charles Raymond Earle ‘25
Harvey Lee Price ‘35
1986 John William Bachman ‘60
James Lyman Keyes ‘50
1987 David Scott Orr ‘57
1987 Noboru Takahashi ‘27
Edward Henry Zeigner ‘42
1988 John Alva Bowerman ‘43
Thomas Herman Davis ‘25
1989 Charles Frederick Brooks ‘41
Frederick Lewis Pipin ‘59
1990 Donald B. Korb ‘45
John B. Wyatt ‘30
1991 Paul E. Fertig ‘41
Charles W. Goering ‘41
Paul T. Mielke ‘42
1992 Bruce R. Baker ‘65
William J. Fisher ‘66
David W. Givens ‘56
John H. Schroeder ‘42
1993 James F. Anderson ‘43
Melvin J. Pulver ‘43
1994 Thomas A. Cole ‘58
Stanley H. Huntsman ‘54
Paul C. McKinney ‘52
Donald E. Smith ‘59
1995 Mitsuya Goto ‘55
William C. Placher ‘70
1996 Carroll R. Black ‘66
Paul D. Hawksworth ‘56
1997 K. Donald Shelbourne ‘72
Melvin E. Schoonover ‘51
1998 M. Keith Baird ‘56
William L. Starr ‘37
Frederick J. Urbaska ‘71
1999 Dorman L. Hughes ‘43
2000 Brett M. Coldiron ‘78
Rade R. Kljajic ‘78
Jon R. Pactor ‘71
2001 Sherman G. Franz ‘59 (Urbaska)
N. Clay Robbins ‘79 (Jackson)
2002 Gordon A. Vogel ‘72 (Urbaska)
David N. Shane ‘70 (Misch)
Richard C. Glover ‘65 (Jackson)
2003 Russell L. Nichols ‘63 (Jackson)
Thomas A. Hays ‘55 (Misch)
William J. Kaiser ‘87 (Urbaska)
2004 David S. Orr ‘57 (Misch)
Herman G. Haffner ‘77 (Urbaska)
James R. Wood ‘61 (Jackson)
2005 G. Michael Dill ’71 (Misch)
John C. “Jack” Meng ’66 (Urbaska)
Donald J. Kerner ’62 (Jackson)
Honorary Alumnus
1954 George V. Kendall
Robert E. Vaughn
1956 Frank H. Sparks
1959 William N. Brigance
Theodore G. Gronert
1962 Eli Lilly
1964 Theron S. Banta
Neil C. Hutsinpillar
1965 Frederic M. Hadley
1967 James J. Patterson
1969 James H. Cotton
Joseph C. Polley
1970 Rolland R. Mitchum
1971 Edward L. Haenisch
1971 James O. Huntsman
1972 Waldo E. Stephens
1973 Benjamin A. Rogge
1974 Albert M. Campbell
John Frederick Charles
1975 Victor M. C. Powell
1977 Norman C. Moore
1978 Thaddeus Seymour
1979 Eric T. Dean
1980 Eliot C. Williams, Jr.
1982 Theodore Bedrick
1983 William J. Stout
1984 Lewis S. Salter
1985 George D. Lovell
1985 Frances D. Hollett
1987 Donald W. Beker
1988 Robert L. Henry
1989 Karl-Heinz Planitz
1990 Wendell N. Calkins
1991 Thomas D. Clements
I. Hall Peebles
1992 Mary L. Ristine
Peteris M. Silins
1993 John D. Forbes
Joseph O’Rourke
1994 James J. Barnes
William C. Swift
1995 Lester B. Sommer
David E. Wilson
1996 Gordon G. Beemer
Robert H. Johnson
1997 P. Donald Herring
Raymond Williams
1998 Virginia Hays
1999 Lester L. Hearson
Gregory J. Huebner
2000 John E. Fischer
Joseph E. Turk
2001 John F. Zimmerman
2002 Michael J. Reidy
Larry J. Frye
Horace C. Turner
2003 Mary A. Salter
Andrew T. Ford
2004 Jean Williams
Greg Shaheen
2005 Malcolm “Mac” Petty
Robert L. “Bob” Cooley
Alumni Admissions Fellow
1993 Roger D. Billings ‘59
1994 John H. Greeves ‘68
John C. Schroeder ‘69
1995 Eric M. Cavanaugh ‘76
Jon R. Pactor ‘71
1996 Dorman L. Hughes ‘43
Larry G. Knauff ‘62
1997 Scott C. Cougil ‘87
Thomas v. Freeman ‘70
1998 Cleo Washington ‘85
E. Alan Yeager ‘73
1999 Mark A. Grossenbacher ‘97
Lee W. Cline ‘66
2000 Alfred L. Moss ‘50
Donald J. Kerner ‘62
William J. Fisher ‘66
2001 John M. Horner ‘59
Charles W. Raiser ‘69
Bradley D. Timmons ‘99
2002 James P. Twomey ‘54
John M. Panozzo ‘89
Gregory J. Jania ‘93
2003 Charles F. Miller ‘76
2004 Peter A. Pactor ‘65
2005 Rickard W. Daniels ’52
John B. Goodrich ’68
Wabash College Athletic Hall of Fame
Enshrined in 1982
William "Abe" Diddel ‘08
Ward "Piggy" Lambert ‘11
Homer Stonebraker ‘18
Maurice "Shang" Chadwick ‘25
Alonzo Goldsberry ‘24
Lee Norman "Pete" Thorn ‘24
Clayton Weist ‘30
J. Owen "Jerry" Huntsman, Jr. ‘52
Stan Huntsman ‘54
Charlie Bowerman ‘61
Francis Cayou
J. Owen Huntsman ‘71
Robert E. "Pete" Vaughan ‘54
Enshrined in 1984
William "Cap" Spaulding ‘06
Homer "Showy" Showalter ‘14
Raymond "Gaumey" Neal ‘20
Raymond D. VanArsdale ‘23
Fred Wyatt ‘25
Perry Loer ‘28
Leonard Wolff ‘37
Earl Dowd ‘43
Frank Roman ‘50
Richard "Dick" Bowerman ‘72
Ralph Jones ‘24
Enshrined in 1986
William "Big Bill" Sprow ‘08
Irvin "Tiny" Knee ‘23
Fred Naber ‘20
Lloyd "Doc" Joyce ‘35
William"Booie" Snyder ‘36
Phil Allen ‘69
Warren Hall ‘60
Cross Country All-American
K. Donald Shelbourne ‘72
Ray White ‘73
John P. Collett ‘24
Jesse Harper ‘13
Frank Navarro ‘77
Enshrined in 1988
William K. "Billy" Martin ‘1887
Francis Bacon ‘18
Herman Berns ‘35
Dale Davis ‘36
Max E. Servies ‘58
Gilbert "Gil" Shoaf ‘57
Dave Brooks ‘77
Roscoe "Lee" Fouts ‘71
Joe Gawrys ‘76
Pete Metzelaars ‘82
Jasper Cragwall ‘32
Stan Parrish
Enshrined in 1989
Reginald "Reg" Sullivan ‘1897
Maurice Guy "Red" Robinson ‘27
Vaino Grayam ‘55
Ron Reinhart ‘61
Jack Roudebush ‘74
Bob Brock
Enshrined in 1990
Century Allen Milstead ‘24
Stuart D. Smith ‘33
Richard Lee Cauthen ‘66
David A. Harvey ‘78
William "Scott" Boone ‘81
Byron "Barney" Hollett ‘36
Enshrined in 1991
Benjamin "Benny" DeVol ‘27
Bill Chase ‘31
Robert "Wedgie" Wedgeworth ‘59
Joseph "Joe" Haklin ‘73
Daryl E. Johnson ‘82
James J. "Pat" Paterson ‘67
Enshrined in 1992
Ralph W. Wicks ‘08
Morris E. "Doc" Elliott ‘13
Joseph K. Lovas ‘50
Richard C. Glover ‘65
David A. Broecker ‘83
Robert "Mitch" Mitchum ‘59
Enshrined in 1993
Harry L."Red" Varner ‘34
William R. Duchon ‘50
Christopher Passodelis ‘55
Russell L. "Rusty" Nichols ‘63
Henry J. O'Connell ‘75
Melvin P. "Mel" Gore ‘81
Robert L. "Bob" Henry ‘59
Enshrined in 1994
Donald A. Burdette ‘25
Walter W. Gray, Jr. ‘41
Jerry A. Robinson ‘63
James W. "Jimmy" Parker ‘77
Kerry M. Seward ‘83
Robert H. "Rob" Johnson ‘77
Enshrined in 1995
Kent C. “Skeet” Lambert ‘13
Russell T. Cripe ‘26
Lynn H. Garrard ‘64
Ralph P. Dixon III ‘79
Matthew G. Langenbacher ‘83
Warren Wright Shearer ‘36
Enshrined in 1996
E. Gary Vinroot ‘34
William E. Gabbert ‘58
Thomas "Muck" Marchando ‘57
William J. Kaiser, Jr. ‘87
John J. Murphy ‘80
Malcolm "Mac" Petty
Enshrined in 1997
Jon G. "Jack" McHenry ‘62
Michael J. Henry ‘70
Gregory B. Millis ‘76
James A. Freeman ‘89
Michael "Mick" Martin ‘80
Remington A. Johnston III ‘55
Enshrined in 1998
Dan Hains ‘1895
L.J.C. "Brandy" Freeman ‘08
Ralph Lee “Sap” Wilson ‘14
Raymond Greve, Jr. ‘43
David M. Parry ‘57
T.D. "Chick" Clements ‘77
Michael J. Holcomb ‘82
James J. Kilbane ‘84
Joseph E. Turk, Jr. ‘89
Enshrined in 1999
Paul “Perry” Stump ‘11
Don R. “Tick” Kaley ‘56
Thomas G. Bennett ‘60
Hagen B. Manker ‘73
Mark D. Miles ‘76
Michael K. Funk ‘89
James L. “Jim” Amidon, Jr. ‘87
Ken Keuffel
Enshrined in 2000
Brett D. Butler ‘90
Timothy R. Servies ‘87
Merlin W. Nice ‘84
Gail Moll Pebworth
Robert A. Holstine ‘52
Virgil Robbins ‘24
Enshrined in January, 2001
Robert Allen ‘57
Enshrined in 2002
Henning “Hank” Bjork ‘31
George Efstathiadis ‘80
Chris Ervin ’91
John Kay ‘78
William Allison MacDougall ‘51
Tim Oliver ‘91
Jeremy Wright ‘96
Roger Busch ‘96
Scott Gall ‘96
Tim Werbe ‘65
Steve Wagner ‘75
Enshrined in 2004
Argyle G. Jackson ’50
Kenneth L. Beasley ’52
William J. Locker ’60
David H. Phillips
Curt L. Christoffersen’82
Jason Albaugh ’91
Michael D. Crnkovich ’93
Eric Verduin ’93
Warren W. Shearer Class Agent Award
1992 Richard H. Griesser ‘51
2000 Al Moss ‘50
2001 Paul T. Mielke ‘42
2002 William L. Starr ‘37
2003 Frank A. Mullen ‘53
2004 John B. Yanko ‘57
2005 J.B. Bachman ‘61
Myron G. Phillips Class Agent Award
1960 Homer T. Showalter ‘14
1961 Ira D. Gross ‘03
1962 Donald J. Cranston ‘17
1963 Morris E. "Doc" Elliott ‘13
1964 Stewart W. Hartfelter ‘13
1965 Edward H. Knight ‘97
1966 H. A. Pettijohn ‘07
1967 Pierce T. Coapstick ‘16
1968 John B. Bachman ‘61
David W. McAfee ‘61