President of the Senior Class

The President of the Senior Class at William & Mary is the leader of the senior class and presides over the class cabinet. Other class officers include a vice-president and a secretary-treasurer. During Commencement, the president of the senior class wears the Senior Class Chain of Office.

Senior Class Officers

The years listed here are the graduation years for the officers.

1908-1909

1908

• President: Edwin Francis Shewmake, Jr.

• Vice-President: Stephen Ashley McDonald

• Secretary: Jesse Ewell, Jr.

• Treasurer: Harry Gilmore Carter

• Historian: Channing M. Hall

• Poet: Guy Ansell Bond Dovell

• Prophet: Smith J. Williams

• Valedictorian: Grover Ashton Dovell

• Chaplain: L. Bismark Frank

• Architect: Kendall Palmer Birckhead

1909

• President: Clarence Edgar Koontz

• Vice-President: John Compton Freeman

• Secretary: Charlie "Lad" Taylor

• Treasurer: John Y. Mason

• Historian: Paul Sherwood Gilliam

• Prophet: Joseph Harper Brent

• Poet: David Daniel Sizer

• Valedictorian: Wilfred Everard Roach

1910-1919

1910

• President: Roscoe Conkling Young

• Vice-President: Channing Westbrook Hall

• Secretary: Amos Ralph Koontz

• Treasurer: Elisha Lucas Snipes

• Historian: Cecil Cooper Bell

• Prophet: Micajah Oliver Townsend

• Poet: Edward Le Baron Goodwin

• Valedictorian: Charles L. Ebell

• Chaplain: Francis Harvey Bear

• Attorney: Henry Fitzhugh Tompkins

• Orator: Joseph Mettauer Hurt, Jr.

1911

• President: Frank Erskine Graves

• Vice-President: Alvin Louis Thomas

• Secretary: Harry Evans Trimble

• Treasurer: John Edgar Capps

• Historian: George Prince Arnold

• Prophet: A.S. Howe

• Valedictorian: Kenneth Arnold Agee

1912

• President: William Haynie Neblett

• Vice-President: William Hansen Deierhoi

• Secretary: James Herman Summers

• Treasurer: Edward Roane Willcox

• Historian: Wade T. Brown

• Prophet: Joseph Farland Hall

• Poet: William Kavanaugh Doty

• Valedictorian: Robert Bruce Jackson

• Chaplain: Charles Chapman Snow

1913

• President: Wilbur Robbins Dameron

• Vice-President: Percy Lewis Witchley

• Secretary: Charles Harmon Schepmoes

• Treasurer: Abraham Alexander Brodowski

• Historian: John Dameron Moore

• Prophet: Wayne Carr Metcalf

• Valedictorian: Robert Clarence Warburton

• Chaplain: Kenneth Arnold Agee

• Attorney: H.L. Carter

1914

• President: John Lewis Tucker

• Vice-President: Walter Leslie Drewry

• Secretary: Hugh Leonard Womack

• Treasurer: Charles H. Hamlin

• Historian: William Walter Winsbro

• Prophet: Bathurst Dangerfield Peachy

• Poet: Henry Godwin Parker

• Valedictorian: John Eldridge Taylor

• Chaplain: Alvin Francis Beale

1915

• President: Clarence Jennings

• Vice-President: Oliver Walter Frey

• Secretary: Charles Clark Renick

• Treasurer: Wilson Edward Somers

• Historian: Victor Ewart Galdstone Emery

• Prophet: Herman Lee Harris

• Poet: John Waller Smith, Jr.

• Valedictorian: John William Massey

• Chaplain Lewis Jones

1916

• President: Robert Murphy Newton

• Vice-President: George Baskerville Zehmer

• Secretary: Charles Ashley Muncaster

• Treasurer: H. Wilson Thorpe

• Historian: Frederick Dean Goodwin Ribble

• Prophet: James Warren Stephens

• Poet: William Cross Ferguson

• Valedictorian: Charles Alexander Scott

• Chaplain: Richard Brownley Gayle

1917

• President: Zelma Talmage Kyle

• Vice-President: Arthur Douglas Parker

• Secretary: Isaac Wiley Robertson

• Treasurer: Floyd Talmage Joyner

• Historian: William Benjamin Tilley

• Chaplain: Frank Bowie Tolson, Jr.

• Prophet: Vernon Meredith Geddy

• Poet: Cecil Randolph Heflin

• Valedictorian: Paul Neyron Derring

1918

• President: Floyd Franklin Jenkins

• Vice-President: Alf Johnson Mapp

• Secretary: Clarence Luke Charlton

• Treasurer: Jesse Rawls Byrd

• Historian Ennolis Albert Stephens

• Chaplain: Arthur Hendly Blakemore

• Prophet: Herbert Grey Chandler

• Poet: Alf Johnson Mapp

• Valedictorian: Earl Benton Broadwater

1919

• President: Walter Finnall Cross Ferguson

• Vice-President: Robert Carroll Rives

• Secretary-Treasurer: Albert Pettigrew Elliot

• Historian: Benjamin Burrass Mitchell, Jr.

• Chaplain: Harry Hooper Edwards

• Prophet: William Waller Johnson

• Poet: Robert Carroll Rives

• Valedictorian: Walter Finnall Cross Ferguson

1920-1929

1920

• President: Walter Hughart Cheatham

• Vice-President: Van Franklin Garrett, Jr.

• Secretary-Treasurer: Robert Watson Copeland

• Historian: Julian Arlington Brooks

• Chaplain: William Wilkens Farmer

• Prophet: Edgar Linwood Connellee

• Poet: James Durrette Carneal, Jr.

• Valedictorian: John Robert Chappell, Jr.

1921

• President: Herbert Lee Bridges, Jr.

• Vice-President: Ruth Etta Cashion

• Secretary-Treasurer: Edward Dewey Hudson

• Prophetess: Inger Sophia Scheie

• Historian: Arthur Warren Johnson

• Poet: Alexander David Joyner

• Valedictorian: Emory Voorhees Stowitts

• Chaplain: Morris W. Derr

1922

• President: Floyd Berl

• First Vice-President: Emily Hall

• Second Vice-President: Oscar Hugh Fulcher

• Secretary-Treasurer: Madeline Blakey

• Prophet: Rosena Kohout

• Poet: Marguerite Jenkins

• Historian: Irving Hamilton White

• Valedictorian: William Andrew Dickinson

• Chaplain: Walter Josselyn Reed

1923

• President: Ottowell Sykes Lowe ? (listed as President of the Student Body but not Senior Class)

• Vice-President: Dorothy Louise Terrill

• Secretary: Fairmont Richmond White

• Treasurer: Mabel Stratton

• Historian: Elizabeth Margaret Smith

• Valedictorian: John Garland Pollard, Jr.

1924

• President: Joseph C. Chandler

• Vice-President: Carolyn Kelly

• Secretary-Treasurer: J.C. Phillips

• Historian: A.H. Cooke

• Poet: Henry Moncure

• Chaplain: Helen Lannigan

1925

• President: Thomas W. Evans

• Vice-President: John B. Todd

• Secretary: Suzanne Garrett

• Historian: Elizabeth Gaines

• Poet: Muriel Valentine

• Chaplain: John W. Luke

1926

• President: C. Howard Cain

• Vice-President: Louise Sale

• Secreatry-Treasurer: Winston H. Irwin

• Historian: Mary L. Parker

• Poet: Thomas Bland (a woman)

• Chaplain: Marshall Travers

1927

• President: Fletcher James Barnes

• Vice-President: Edward Cotton Rawls

• Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Maxwell Brockenborough

• Historian: Kitty Cofer Myrick

• Poet: M. Carl Andrews

• Chaplain: J. Wilfred Lambert

1928

• President: William Henry Elliott

• Vice-President: Marjorie Lacy

• Secretary-Treasurer: Carlton Macon

• Poet: Hannah Margolis

• Historian: Dot Farrar

• Chaplain: E.B. Simpkins

1929

• President: Edward T. Justis

• Vice-President: McLain T. O'Ferrall

• Secretary-Treasurer: John B. Hozier

1930-1939

1930

• President: John H. Waters

• Vice-President: Sara Ann Everett

• Secretary-Treasurer: Eleanor Williamson

1931

• President: William L. Scott

• Vice-President: E. Howard Roche

• Secretary-Treasurer: Ellen Archer Ticer

1932

• President: Binford H. Sykes

• Vice-President: W. Brooks George

• Secretary-Treasurer: Josephine M. Habel

1933

• President: Charles P. McCurdy

• Vice-President: Margaret M. Clark

• Secretary-Treasurer: Flora E. Willcox

1934

• President: Otis Crozier Southern

• Vice-President: Elizabeth Toler

• Secretary: Mary Zaida Abbitt

1935

• President: Blake T. Newton, Jr.

• Vice-President: John Newell Lewis

• Secretary-Treasurer: Virginia Mister

1936

• • President: Eugene Barclay

• Vice-President: William Howard

• Secretary-Treasurer: Kate Bristow

1937

• President: Howard M. Gouldman, Jr.

• Vice-President: Donald MaGuire

• Secretary-Treasurer: Doris E. Campbell

1938

• President: Horace Gray Dyer

• Vice-President: Ruth A. Merkle

• Secretary: Ned S. Keiter

1939

• President: Edward Themak, Jr.

• Vice-President: Robert Bruce Mattson

• Secretary-Treasurer: Winifred Wheeler

1940-1949

1940

• President: Jack Garrett

• Vice-President: Merritt Foster

• Secretary-Treasurer: Rosa Ellis

1941

• President: Sterling T. Strange, Jr.

• Vice-President: John J. Brennan

• Secretary-Treasurer: Austin L. Roberts, Jr.

• Historian: Kitty Jane Britton

1942

• President: Charles Malcom Sullivan

• Vice-President: Patricia Nichols

• Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Margaret Figley

• Historian: Virginia A. Tripp

1943

• President: Owen L. Bradford

• Vice-President: Elizabeth Jones

• Secretary-Treasurer: Robert L. Blandford

• Historian: Claire Bardwell

1944

• President: Mary Wilson Carver

• Vice-President: Mary Prickett Carter

• Secretary-Treasurer: Marilyn Miller

• Historian: Katharine Rutherford

1945

• President: Virginia Old Darst

• Vice-President: Martha Macklin

• Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy Carnegie

• Historian: Nellie Greaves

1946

• President: Nancy Grube

• Vice-President: Frank Davis

• Secretary-Treasurer: Glo Rankin

1947

• President: Hubert Rance

• Vice-President: James Riley

• Secretary-Treasurer:Jacqueline Armor

• Historian: June Haller

1948

• President: Roy F. Ash, Jr.

• Vice-President: Robert T. Hewitt

• Secretary-Treasurer: Jean Rathbun Morgan

• Historian: Anna Maye Andrews

1949

• President: David Ashley Saunders

• Vice-President: Richard Winslow Beatty

• Secretary-Treasurer: Eleanor Hotchkiss Pendleton

• Historian: Mary Moore

1950-1959

1950

• President: Charles Groesbeck Scofield

• Vice-President: Thomas Alfred Palmer

• Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy Virginia Black

• Historian: Patricia Ann Jones

1951

• President: James Sands Kelly

• Vice-President: William Arnold Lehrburger

• Secretary-Treasurer: Suzita Elizabeth Cecil

• Historian: Evelyn Lois Gardner

1952

• President: Fred Seaman Allen, Jr.

• Vice-President: Linwood Franklin Perkins, Jr.

• Secretary-Treasurer: Doris Ann Hasemeyer

• Historian: Inga Juliana Youngquist

1953

• President: Carmen Joseph Romeo

• Vice-President: James Shatynski

• Secretary-Treasurer: Barbara Jo Mott

• Historian: David Lee Belew

1954

• President: Joseph Edward Jay

• Vice-President: Luther Wilson Kiger

• Secretary-Treasurer: Betsy Burr

• Historian: Mildred Marguerite Huff

1955

• President: Walter Eugene Guess

• Vice-President: William Taliaferro Prince

• Secretary-Treasurer: Elaine Thomas

• Historian: Edward D. Coco

1956

• President: Thomas H. Rink

• Vice-President: William Thomas Rundio, Jr.

• Secretary-Treasurer: Eloise Gideon

• Historian: Margot Ketcham

1957

• President: James Wayne Adams, Jr.

• Vice-President: Edward Schefer

• Secretary-Treasurer: Donna Kay Smith

• Historian: Ann Wilson

1958

• President: William Oden Hambler

• Vice-President: Arthur Barry Gingold

• Secretary-Treasurer: Elizabeth Ann Meyer

1959

• President: Tom Lee Law

• Vice-President: Harry William Miller

• Secretary-TreasurerPatty Jo Divers

• Historian: Gail Elaine Jordan

1960-1969

1960

• President: Thomas Harmon Foster

• Vice-President: Alice Caldwell Cooke

• Secretary-Treasurer: Jogina Lee Diamanti

• Historian: Beryl Joyce Hornung

1961

• President: C. Peter Siegenthaler

• Vice-President: August William Nicolai, Jr.

• Secretary-Treasurer: Carol Lee Gist Sykes

• Historian: Lorna Jane Bowen

1962

• President: Paul J. Bankes, Jr.

• Vice-President: Stephen Hodson Lopez

• Secretary-Treasurer: Jo Ann Dotson

• Historian: Mary Sue Oakley

1963

• President: Bruce Patrick O'Hara

• Vice-President: Steven Edward Segal

• Secretary-Treasurer: Judith D. Williams

• Historian: Ruth Elizabeth Risser

1964

• President: David Carter Hunter

• Vice-President: Jerry L. Ward

• Secretary-Treasurer: Ginnie Lynn Peirce

• Historian: Vivian Elizabeth Jones

1965

• President: Martin Matthew Morris, Jr.

• Vice-President: Thomas J. Kirkup, III

• Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Margaret Erskine

• Historian: Ann Meade Baskerville

1966

• President: Walter R. Wenk, Jr.

• Vice-President: William Charles Harris

• Secretary-Treasurer: Gail Tennille Williams

• Historian: Gail Anne Morgan

1967

• President: Jeff Foster

• Vice-President: Fred Palmore

• Secretary-Treasurer: Bonnie Hamlet

• Historian: Cathleen Cecelia Crofoot

1968

• President: Robert Allen Blair

• Vice-President: Bruce Anthony Oliver

• Secretary-Treasurer: Kerry Ann Sawick

• Historian: Mary Yeager

1969

• President: John Waverly Keiter

• Vice-President: Harry Hugh Dodson, Jr.

• Secretary-Treasurer: Ruth Donnan Chancellor

• Historian: Linda Lee Freeman

1970-1979

1970

• President: Robert A. Beason

• Vice-President: Randy Lee Pearson

• Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy Condit Cooper

• Historian: Gail Elizabeth Gates

1971

• President: David L. Bernd

• Vice-President: James R. Duff

• Secretary-Treasurer: Robert Craig Windham

• Historian: Susan W. Cunningham

1972

• President: Bruce Shatswell

• Vice-President: Albert Lloyd Payne

• Secretary-Treasurer: Elaine Louise May

1973

• President: Donald A. Purdy

• Vice-President: William G. Hendricks, Jr.

• Secretary-Treasurer: Peter L. Fitzgerald

1974

• President: Craig Thornton Cornwell

• Vice-President: Peggy Scott Hedstrom

• Secretary-Treasurer: Earle A. MacKenzie

1975

• President: James Van Istendal Black

• Vice-President: William Douglas Smyth

• Secretary-Treasurer: Nancy Patricia Burgess

1976

• President: Nancy Carroll Turrentine

• Vice-President: Stephen Durham Rudlin

• Secretary-Treasurer: George Wesley Duke

1977

• President: Maggie Rollins

• Vice-President: David Elwin Smith

• Secretary-Treasurer: Cynthia Diane Bennett

1978

• President: Christopher Kelley

• Vice-President: Andy Vernick

• Secretary-Treasurer: Margaret Brown

1979

• President: Margaret Nelson

• Vice-President: Lela Early

• Secretary-Treasurer: Meg Lewis

1980-1989

1980

• President: Suzanne Doggett

• Vice-President: Pat Warfle

• Secretary-Treasurer: Pam Lunny

1981

• President: Bob Wagner

• Vice-President: Missy Wright

• Secretary-Treasurer: Kristi Esbenson

1982

• President: Laurie Brewer

• Vice-President: Shoo-Li Liu

• Secretary-Treasurer: Mike Mallare

1983

• President: Carolyn Finnocio

• Vice-President: Sue Newman

• Secretary: Amy Reich

• Treasurer: Paul Markowski

1984

• President: Fraser Hudgins

• Vice-President: Joanna Ashworth

• Secretary: Dennis Shea

• Treasurer: Margee Mulhall

1985

• President:Tony McNeil

• Vice-President:Liz Harris

• Secretary: Heather McDonald

• Treasurer: Jeff Grossman

1986

• President: Elizabeth Flamm

• Vice-President: John Poma

• Secretary: Cheryl Keenan

• Treasurer: Jen Jones

1987

• President: Beth Shapiro

• Vice-President: Chris Kidder

• Secretary: Lisa Maruca

• Treasurer: Karin Mageira

1988

• President: Tim McEvoy

• Vice-President: Renee Snyder

• Secretary: Suzy Hoube

• Treasurer: John Holloway

1989

• President: Anson Christian

• Vice-President: Beth Johnson

• Secretary: Colleen Flinnell

• Treasurer: Chun Woo Rhee

1990-1999

1990

• President: Lisa Stewart

• Vice-President: Ed Beardsley

• Secretary: Jennifer Ashley Lane

• Treasurer: Scott Forrest

1991

• President: Reggie Jones

• Vice-President: Heather Murphy

• Secretary: Trish Davis

• Treasurer: heather Scobie

1992

• President: John Graham

• Vice-President: Betsy Wilcox

• Secretary: Mike Egely

• Treasurer: Melissa Cales

1993

• President: Mike Murphy

• Vice-President: Heather Scott

• Secretary: Jenny McCall

• Treasurer: Zeke Knox

1994

• President: Pete Snyder

• Vice-President: Charlie Ackerman

• Treasurer: Jason Flemmons

1995

• President: K.T. Turner

• Vice-President: Jessica Setrin

• Secretary: Jen Vranek

• Treasurer: Vicki Henley

1996

• President: Brandon Ritchie

• Vice-President: Shannon Smith

• Secretary: Jenine Egan

• Treasurer: Matt Jones

1997

• President: Matt Couch

• Vice-President: Jason Schemmel

• Secretary: Amy Shoemaker

• Treasurer: Neal Batra

1998

• President: Karen Silverberg

• Vice-President: Mandy Lake

• Secretary: Laura Miller

• Treasurer: Chad Carr

1999

• President

• Vice-President: Liz Speck

• Secretary

• Treasurer: Reagan Clyne

2000-2009

2000

• President: Paul Clay-Rooks

• Vice-President: Katie Knapp

• Secretary: Betsy Haws

• Treasurer: Marsh Pattie

2001

• President: Sarah Glass

• Vice-President: Lauren Morgan

• Secretary: Kimberly Lynn

• Treasurer: Sarah Rosquist

2002

• President: Zakiya Thomas

• Vice-President:

• Secretary: Sonya Islams

• Treasurer:

2003

• President: Summer Conage

• Vice President: Collier Lumpkin

• Secretary: Michelle Tait/Christian Hennel

• Treasurer: Annie Yehl

2004

• President: Marc Johnson

• Vice President- Advocacy: Jamie Jackson

• Vice President- Social Affairs: Mary Kate Meincke

• Treasurer: Nick Blonkowski

• Secretary: Caroline Dietrich

2005

• President: Bree Booth

• Vice-President- Social Affairs: Max O’Keefe

• Treasurer: Erin Wiegand

• Secretary: Wesley Allen

2006

• President: Jon Adams

• Vice President for Advocacy: Stephanie Casler

• Vice President for Social Affairs: Allison Muth

• Secretary: Pierce Blue

• Treasurer: Phil Perry

2007

• President: Jess Vance

• Vice President for Social Affairs: Bryan McDermott

• Secretary: Ashley Staff

• Treasurer: Denis Beausejour

2008

• President: Nick Faulkner

• Vice President for Advocacy:

• Vice President for Social Affairs: Patrick Donaldson

• Secretary: Ashley Pinney

• Treasurer: Laura Rogers

2009

• President: Kevin Dua

• Vice President Adcovacy: Kristin Slawter

• Vice President Social Affairs: Samantha Fien-Helfman

• Secretary: Chris Ilardo

• Treasurer: Cliff Dunn

2010-present

2010

• President: Alyssa Wallace

• Vice-President for Advocacy: Jessica Taubman

• Vice President for Social Affairs: Laura Nelson

• Treasurer: Ray Ciabattoni

• Secretary: None

2011

• President: Michael Tsidulko

• Vice President for Social Affairs: Wayne Pearson

• Vice President for Advocacy: Katherine Ainsworth

• Treasurer: Corey Flatt

• Secretary: Sahra Roble

2012

• President: Stephanie McGuire

• Vice President for Advocacy: Amanda Brazzel

• Vice President for Social Affairs: Matt Schofield

• Treasurer: Stephen Gardner Fay

• Secretary: Symone Michelle Jones

2013

• President: Morgan Dyson

• Vice President for Advocacy: Ryan McManus

• Vice President for Social Affairs: Lemondre Waston

• Secretary:

• Treasurer:

2014

• President: Grace Martini

• Vice President for Advocacy: Philip Lavely

• Vice President for Social Affairs:

• Secretary:

• Treasurer: Brett Prestia

2015

• President: Alexandria “Joe” Foster

• Vice President: Daniel Kennedy

• Secretary: Kameron Melton

• Treasurer: Tyler Dunphy

Materials in the SCRC

• University Archives Subject File Collection
• University Archives Poster Collection
• University Archives Photograph Collection

References

• Student Government--Class Officers, University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.

• Class Activities, Flat Hat, William and Mary News, Alumni Gazette Index, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary.

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Questions? Contact the SCRC at spcoll@wm.edu or 221-3090, or visit the Special Collections Research Center in the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary (hours).

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