Past Presidents

Following is a list of individuals who have served as president of the Iowa Newspaper Association, Iowa Newspaper Foundation, INA Services Company, Iowa Press Association or Iowa Daily Press Association Boards of Directors.

Past Presidents of the Iowa Daily Press Association
1934 Robert R. O’Brien, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Deceased
1935 John Huston, Ottumwa Courier Deceased
1936 Lee P. Loomis, Mason City Globe-Gazette Deceased
1937 Clare Marshall, Cedar Rapids Gazette Deceased
1938 Clare Marshall, Cedar Rapids Gazette Deceased
1939 Karl Melcher, Marshalltown Times Republican Deceased
1940 Karl Melcher, Marshalltown Times Republican Deceased
1941 William S. Rupe, Ames Tribune Deceased
1942 A.K. Walling, Oskaloosa Herald Deceased
1943 A.K. Walling, Oskaloosa Herald Deceased
1944 Ralph Shannon, Washington Evening Journal Deceased
1945 Ralph Shannon, Washington Evening Journal Deceased
1946 W.T. Hageboeck, Iowa City Press-Citizen Deceased
1947 W.E. Sotherland, Sioux City Journal Deceased
1948 W.E. Sotherland, Sioux City Journal Deceased
1949 W.E. Sotherland, Sioux City Journal Deceased
1950 Lew Warren, Oelwein Register Deceased
1951 Lloyd O. Brewer, Newton Daily News Deceased
1952 Lloyd O. Brewer, Newton Daily News Deceased
1953 Joe F. Hladky, Jr., Cedar Rapids Gazette Deceased
1954 Joe F. Hladky, Jr., Cedar Rapids Gazette Deceased
1955 C.W. Moody, Burlington Hawk Eye Deceased
1956 C.W. Moody, Burlington Hawk Eye Deceased
1957 Howard Wilson, Carroll Daily Times Herald Deceased
1958 Howard Wilson, Carroll Daily Times Herald Deceased
1959 John Notman, Clinton Herald Deceased
1960 John Notman, Clinton Herald Deceased
1961 Paul Norris, Marshalltown Times Republican Deceased
1962 Paul Norris, Marshalltown Times Republican Deceased
1963 Hollis Nordyke, Ames Tribune Deceased
1964 Hollis Nordyke, Ames Tribune Deceased
1965 Robert R. O’Brien, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Deceased
1966 Dale E. Carrell, Keokuk Daily Gate City Deceased
1967 John Bishop, Burlington Hawk Eye
1968 Ken Greene, Iowa City Press-Citizen Deceased
1969 Erwin Sias, Sioux City Journal Deceased
1970 Al Efner, Ottumwa Courier Deceased
1971 Robert Merryman, Fort Dodge Messenger Deceased
1972 Robert Evans, Clinton Herald Deceased
1973 Richard Gross, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
1974 William Fahy, Muscatine Journal Deceased
1975 Dave Elder, Washington Evening Journal Deceased
1976 William Woodward, Dubuque Telegraph Herald Deceased
1977 John McCormally, Burlington Hawk Eye Deceased
1978 John McCormally, Burlington Hawk Eye Deceased
1979 Joe Hladky, Cedar Rapids Gazette
1980 Gerald G. Moriarity, Mason City Globe-Gazette
1981 Gerald G. Moriarity, Mason City Globe-Gazette
1982 Verle Burgason, Ames Tribune

Past Presidents of the Iowa Press Association
1917 Stephen Goldthwaite, Boone News-Republican Deceased
1918 William C. Wortman, Malvern Leader Deceased
1919 John Feuling, New Hampton Tribune Deceased
1920 James C. Gillespie, Le Mars Daily Sentinel Deceased
1921 Ed M. Smith, Winterset Madisonian Deceased
1922 George C. Tucker, Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal Deceased
1923 K.F. Baldridge, Bloomfield Democrat Deceased
1924 John W. Carey, Sioux City Journal Deceased
1925 W.C. Jarnagin, Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune Deceased
1926 Paul S. Junkins, Fairfield Daily Ledger Deceased
1927 C.H.J. Mitchell Deceased
1928 E.P. Harrison, Oakland Herald Deceased
1929 Thomas W. Purcell, Hampton Chronicle Deceased
1930 W.G. Ray, Grinnell Herald-Register Deceased
1931 J.G. Lucas, Madrid Register-News Deceased
1932 Don L. Berry, Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune Deceased
1933 Jesse M. Beck, Centerville Daily Iowegian Deceased
1934 Victor Lovejoy, Jefferson Herald Deceased
1935 Ralph Overholser, Red Oak Express Deceased
1936 E.L.C. White, Spencer Daily Reporter Deceased
1937 Charles A. Doxsee, Monticello Express Deceased
1938 Fred Wolf, Primghar O’Brien Co. Bell Deceased
1939 Charles Rogers, Mount Pleasant News Deceased
1940 Leon S. Barnes, Northwood Anchor Deceased
1941 Ward Barnes, Eagle Grove Eagle Deceased
1942 Fred W. Hill, Hamburg Reporter Deceased
1943 James McCutcheon, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun Deceased
1944 Kenneth Crabbe, Albia Union-Republican Deceased
1945 G.E. Whitehead, Perry Chief Deceased
1946 Charles Hacke, Sac City Sun Deceased
1947 Les Moeller, Iowa City Daily Iowan Deceased
1948 Harold V. Ellis, Marengo Pioneer-Republican Deceased
1949 L.B. Watt, Grinnell Herald-Register Deceased
1950 Lester Benz, Osage Mitchell Co. Press-News Deceased
1951 Paul C. Smith, Rock Rapids Lyon Co. Reporter Deceased
1952 Carl E. Sexauer, Ogden Reporter Deceased
1953 Ralph Shannon, Washington Evening Journal Deceased
1954 John Burrows, Sr., Belle Plaine Union Deceased
1955 Duane E. Dewel, Algona Upper Des Moines Deceased
1956 Lloyd McCutcheon, Sibley Osceola Co. Gazette-Tribune Deceased
1957 S.E. Tennant, Colfax Jasper Co. Tribune Deceased
1958 J.C. Moore, Winterset Madisonian Deceased
1959 W.D. Archie, Shenandoah Valley News Today Deceased
1960 Gordon Aasgaard, Lake Mills Graphic Deceased
1961 Leslie Hull, Waukon Standard Deceased
1962 M.B. Crabbe, Eagle Grove Eagle Deceased
1963 John Fueling, Hampton Chronicle Deceased
1964 James W. Wilson, Carroll Daily Times Herald Deceased
1965 E. E. Wessell, New London Journal Deceased
1966 Neil Maurer, Laurens Sun Deceased
1967 Will F. Lindsey, Leon Journal-Reporter Deceased
1968 Dwight Purcell, Hampton Chronicle Deceased
1969 Dick Westerfield, West Union Fayette Co. Union
1970 Robert K. Beck, Centerville Daily Iowegian Deceased
1971 G.Wiley Beveridge, Williamsburg Journal Tribune Deceased
1972 Benjamin F. Carter, Jr., Forest City Summit
1973 W.R. Vezina, Hartley Sentinel
1974 John Field, Hamburg Reporter
1975 Paul Norris, Marshalltown Times Republican Deceased
1976 Robert Lyon, Schleswig Leader Deceased
1977 Fred Grawe, Waverly Bremer Co. Independent Deceased
1978 C.W. Wilcox, Madrid Register-News Deceased
1979 John Baldridge, Chariton Herald-Patriot Deceased
1980 Lew Kimer, Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune Deceased
1981 Al Pinder, Grinnell Herald-Register
1982 Carter Pitts, Le Mars Daily Sentinel Deceased

Past Presidents of the Iowa Newspaper Association
1983 Gerald G. Moriarity, Mason City Globe-Gazette
1984 Allyn J. Schafer, Eldora Hardin Co. Index
1985 M.E. Messersmith, Riceville Recorder Deceased
1986 Richard Gross, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
1987 Edwin Sidey, Greenfield Adair Co. Free Press Deceased
1988 Gerald Bloom, Logan Herald Observer
1989 Robert Parrott, DeWitt Observer Deceased
1990 Gary Spurgeon, Bloomfield Democrat
1991 Darwin Sherman, Washington Evening Journal
1992 Dan Feuling, New Hampton Tribune
1993 Rick Morain, Jefferson Herald
1994 Ed Robinson, Hartley Sentinel
1995 Carolyn Cole Gage, Villisca Review Stanton Viking Deceased
1996 Mike Lyon, Mapleton Press Deceased
1997 Don Magdefrau, Belle Plaine Union
1998 Arvid Huisman, Creston News Advertiser
1999 Martha Wells, Ottumwa Courier
2000 Tom Yunt, Dubuque Telegraph Herald
2001 Jo Martin, Iowa Falls Times-Citizen
2002 Alan Mores, Harlan Newspapers
2003 Bill Mertens, Burlington Hawk Eye Deceased
2004 Dan DeBettignies, Montezuma Republican
2005 Barb Trimble *(Feb.-Mar.), Le Mars Daily Sentinel
2005 H. Alan Smith, Mount Ayr Record-News
2006 Gary Milks, Fort Madison Daily Democrat
2007 Ken Chaney, Sigourney News Review
2008 Dave Storey, Cedar Rapids Gazette

Past Presidents of the INA Services Co.
1990 Arvid Huisman, Creston News Advertiser
1991 Janette Antisdel, Ames Iowa State Daily
1992 Mark Hamilton, Iowa Falls Times-Citizen
1993 Jo Martin, Iowa Falls Times-Citizen
1994 Jo Martin, Iowa Falls Times-Citizen
1995 Annette Forbes, Ames Iowa State Daily
1996 Dick Plum, Algona Upper Des Moines
1997 Dick Plum, Algona Upper Des Moines
1998 Keith Ponder, Oskaloosa Herald
1999 Roger Rector, Ida Grove Ida County Courier
2000 David Paxton, Albia Monroe Co. News
2001 David Paxton, Albia Monroe Co. News
2002 David Paxton, Albia Monroe Co. News
2003 Amy Duncan, Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune
2004 Tom Cooper, Des Moines Register
2005 Terry Wilson, Davenport Quad-City Times
2006 Terry Wilson, Davenport Quad-City Times
2007 Tom Woodward, Woodward Communications, Dubuque
2008 Kevin Johnson, Des Moines Register

Past Presidents of the Iowa Newspaper Foundation
1985 Carter Pitts, Le Mars Daily Sentinel Deceased
1986 Richard Knowles, Denison Bulletin Deceased
1987 Allyn J. Schafer, Eldora Hardin Co. Index
1988 Verle Burgason, Ames Tribune
1989 Dave Norris, Marshalltown Times Republican
1990 Richard Gross, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
1991 Edwin Sidey, Greenfield Adair Co. Free Press Deceased
1992 Wayne Davis, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
1993 M.E. Messersmith, Riceville Recorder Deceased
1994 Tom Johnson, Waukon Standard
1995 H. Alan Smith, Mount Ayr Record-News
1996 Martin Bunge, Marengo Pioneer-Republican
1997 Alan Mores, Harlan Newspapers
1998 Gary Alban, Ogden Reporter
1999 Gary Gerlach, Ames Tribune
2000 Frank Morlan, Osceola Sentinel-Tribune Deceased
2001 Scott Gonzales, Guthrie Center Times
2002 Douglas Melvold, Maquoketa Sentinel-Press
2003 Mark Rhoades, Missouri Valley Times-News
2004 Ann Wilson, Carroll Daily Times Herald
2005 Tom Hawley, Ottumwa Courier
2006 Mary Rueter, DeWitt Observer
2007 Gary Spurgeon, Bloomfield Democrat
2008 Brian Cooper, Dubuque Telegraph Herald