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Past Presidents

The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies—the organization that represents all of North America’s fish and wildlife agencies—promotes sound management and conservation, and speaks with a unified voice on important fish and wildlife issues.

DATE NAME STATE

 

1902-1907

 

*W. F. Scott

 

Montana

 

1910-1912

 

*T. Gilbert Pearson

 

New York

 

1912-1913

 

*Joseph Acklen

 

Tennessee

 

1914-1916

 

*George H. Graham

 

Massachusetts

 

1916-1918

 

*M. L. Alexander

 

Louisiana

 

1918-1919

 

*J. Quincy Ward

 

Kentucky

 

1919-1921

 

*W. E. Barber

 

Wisconsin

 

1921-1922

 

*Honore Mercier

 

Quebec

 

1922-1923

 

*William C. Adams

 

Massachusetts

 

1923-1924

 

*Lee Miles

 

Arkansas

 

1924-1925

 

*J. B. Harkin

 

Ontario

 

1925-1926

 

*E. Lee LeCompte

 

Maryland

 

1926-1927

 

*F. C. Walcott

 

Connecticut

 

1927-1928

 

*I. T. Quinn

 

Alabama

 

1928-1929

 

*David H. Madsen

 

Utah

 

1929-1930

 

*Hoyes Lloyd

 

Ontario

 

1930-1931

 

*Llewellyn Legge

 

New York

 

1931-1932

 

*William J. Tucker

 

Texas

 

1932-1933

 

*Ross J. Leffler

 

Pennsylvania

 

1933-1934

 

*Guy Amsler

 

Arkansas

 

1934-1935

 

*James Brown

 

Vermont

 

1935-1936

 

*Elliott S. Barker

 

New Mexico

 

1936-1937

 

*Charles F. Thompson

 

Illinois

 

1937-1938

 

*Frank B. O'Connell

 

Nebraska

 

1938-1939

 

*Arthur L. Clark

 

Missouri

 

1939-1940

 

*J. D. Chalk

 

North Carolina

 

1940-1941

 

*Seth Gordon

 

Pennsylvania

 

1941-1946

 

*P. J. Hoffmaster

 

Michigan

 

1946-1947

 

*I. T. Bode

 

Missouri

 

1947-1948

 

*Lester Bagley

 

Wyoming

 

1948-1949

 

*R. P. Hunter

 

Connecticut

 

1949-1950

 

*Dr. Harrison F. Lewis

 

Ontario

 

1950-1951

 

*Cleland N. Feast

 

Colorado

 

1951-1952

 

*George W. Davis

 

Vermont

 

1952-1953

 

*Chester S. Wilson

 

Minnesota

 

1953-1954

 

*Harry D. Ruhl

 

Michigan

 

1954-1955

 

*Howard D. Dodgen

 

Texas

 

1955-1956

 

*Bruce F. Stiles

 

Iowa

 

1956-1957

 

*Dr. W. J. K. Harkness

 

Ontario

 

1957-1958

 

*John A. Biggs

 

Washington

 

1958-1959

 

*A. D. Aldrich

 

Florida

 

1959-1960

 

*Clyde P. Patton

 

North Carolina

 

1960-1961

 

*Phillip W. Schneider

 

Oregon

 

1961-1962

 

*Hayden W. Olds

 

Ohio

 

1962-1963

 

*Frank W. Groves

 

Nevada

 

1963-1964

 

*Nelson Cox

 

Arkansas

 

1964-1965

 

 L. P. Voigt

 

Wisconsin

 

1965-1966

 

*William E. Towell

 

Missouri

 

1966-1967

 

*Melvin O. Steen

 

Nebraska

 

1967-1968

 

*Walter T. Shannon

 

California

 

1968-1969

 

*W. Mason Lawrence

 

New York

 

1969-1970

 

Harry R. Woodward

 

Colorado

 

1970-1971

 

*Chester F. Phelps

 

Virginia

 

1971-1972

 

*Ralph A. MacMullan

 

Michigan

 

1972-1973

 

Carl N. Crouse

 

Washington

 

1973-1974

 

*O. Earle Frye, Jr.

 

Florida

 

1974-1975

 

*Kenneth H. Doan

 

Manitoba

 

1975-1976

 

*John E. Phelps

 

Utah

 

1976-1977

 

Charles D. Kelley

 

Alabama

 

1977-1978

 

*Russell W. Stuart

 

North Dakota

 

1978-1979

 

Glenn L. Bowers

 

Pennsylvania

 

1979-1980

 

*Robert A. Jantzen

 

Arizona

 

1980-1981

 

*Larry R. Gale

 

Missouri

 

1981-1982

 

E. Charles Fullerton

 

California

 

1982-1983

 

*Dr. James A. Timmerman, Jr.

 

South Carolina

 

1983-1984

 

*C. D. Besadny

 

Wisconsin

 

1984-1985

 

*Russell A. Cookingham

 

New Jersey

 

1985-1986

 

Gary T. Myers

 

Tennessee

 

1986-1987

 

Robert M. Brantly

 

Florida

 

1987-1988

 

Herbert E. Doig

 

New York

 

1988-1989

 

*James H. Patterson

 

Ontario

 

1989-1990

 

William A. Molini

 

Nevada

 

1990-1991

 

Steven A. Lewis

 

Oklahoma

 

1991-1992

 

Peter S. Duncan

 

Pennsylvania

 

1992-1993

 

Steve N. Wilson

 

Arkansas

 

1993-1994

 

 Jerry M. Conley

 

Idaho

 

1994-1995

 

Larry J. Wilson

 

Iowa

 

1995-1996

 

Jerry J. Presley

 

Missouri

 

1996-1997

 

Duane L. Shroufe

 

Arizona

 

1997-1998

 

Wayne F. MacCallum

 

Massachusetts

 

1998-1999

 

Roger Holmes

 

Minnesota

 

1999-2000

 

David Waller

 

Georgia

 

2000-2001

 

Patrick Graham

 

Montana

 

2001-2002

 

Robert McDowell

 

New Jersey

 

2002-2003

 

G. Brent Manning

 

Illinois/Wyoming

 

2003-2004

 

C. Thomas Bennett

 

Kentucky

2004-2005 Terry Crawforth Nevada

 

2005-2006

 

John Cooper

 

South Dakota

 

2006-2007

 

Edward Parker

 

Connecticut

 

2007-2008

 

Corky Pugh

 

Alabama

2008-2009 Rex Amack Nebraska

* Deceased

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