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Past Presidents & Executive Directors
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Past Presidents
Thousands of men and women in the community have contributed to the YMCA work down through the years. Among these have been the presidents of the organization. Who, in order in which they served, include the following:
- H. H. Rogers
- C. H. Holt
- H. H. Troup
- Dr. G. M. Phelps
- E. B. Gower
- E. D. Caulkins
- Dr. A. S. Eshbaugh
- E. B. Gower
- Will C. Schneider
- Dr. C. C. Crarnpton
- William Hubert
- Will C. Schneider
- A. M. Shoven
- George Luehrs
- A. M. Shoven
- E. J. Howells
- C. J. Bohrnker
- J. A. Ennis
- Vernon Butz
- Donald Gray
- J. E. Willis
- W. F. Roth
- Whitney Ferris
- Ed Strasrna
- C. A. Mueller
- W. F. Roth
- Harry F. Topping, Jr
- E. Roy Erickson
- H. O. McCracken
- 1894-1896
- 1897-1898
- 1898-1900
- 1900
- 1901-1903
- 1904
- 1904-1906
- 1907-1909
- 1910-1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1913-1914
- 1914-1916
- 1917-1918
- 1919-1920
- 1921-1923
- 1924-1926
- 1927-1934
- 1935-1936
- 1937-1938
- 1939-1941
- 1942-1943
- 1944-1945
- 1946-1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950-1951
- 1952-1953
- 1954-1955
- L. D. Corkins
- George T. Swairn, Jr.
- Walter W. Knecht
- Donald A. Turner
- John D. Cook
- W. Robert Price, Jr.
- ]ohn Swanson
- Richard Tyson
- Paul Blanke
- Robert Miller
- Gerald Kilbride
- Robert North
- Bruce Payne
- Leslie Small
- F. Thomas Zwetschke
- J. Scott Swairn
- Dr. F. J. Crowe
- Alan Meyer
- Jaymie Simmon
- Rodger Macy
- Richard Allers
- Dave Tyson
- Chris Bohlen
- Lucia ones
- Phil Karnbic
- Bill Johnson
- Dr. Sean Schroer
- Paula Jacobi
- Don Pepin
- 1956-1957
- 1958-1959
- 1960-1961
- 1962-1963
- 1964-1965
- 1966
- 1967-1968
- 1968-1969
- 1970-1972
- 1972-1973
- 1974-1976
- 1976-1978
- 1978-1980
- 1980-1981
- 1981-1983
- 1983-1985
- 1985-1987
- 1987-1989
- 1989-1991
- 1991-1993
- 1993-1995
- 1995-1996
- 1996-1999
- 2000-2002
- 2002-2004
- 2004-2006
- 2006-2008
- 2008-2011
- 2011-
Past General Secretaries/Executive Directors
General Secretaries (title used before 1963) and Executive Directors (title used after 1963)and approximate length and service.
- Thaddeus Stevens
- J. Prentiss Baily
- J. M. Davis
- L. A. Halderman
- Thos. W. Stewart
- W. E. Hearon
- Olin Eckley
- Andrew Ogden
- Burton R. Jones
- Guy F. Ware
- J. E. Robertson
- Charles Mullen
- Herbert Wolsey
- S. O. "Bob" Swygert
- Walter Hill
- Wesley Walker
- Wade Hampton
- Joe Giachino
- Dirk Langfoss
- 1896-1897
- 1898-1902
- 1903-1907
- 1907-1908
- 1908-1909
- 1909-1914
- 1915-1916
- 1916-1925
- 1925-1927
- 1927-1933
- 1933-1945
- 1945-1947
- 1948-1955
- 1956-1963
- 1963-1970
- 1970-1994
- 1995-2000
- 2000-2006
- 2006-
