LEADERS of the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA:
Presidents of Penn Alumni
Penn Alumni was known as the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Society (UPAS) from 1998 to 2003. UPAS, in turn, was known as the General Alumni Society from 1895 to 1998.
2008-present |
Lee Spelman Doty, C'03 Lee Spelman Doty, W'76 |
2003-2008 |
Paul C. Williams W'67 |
2000-2003 |
Leonard A. Shapiro W'64 |
1995-2000 |
Elsie Sterling Howard CW'68 |
1992-1995 |
John N. Reardon W'51, WGr'56 |
1989-1992 |
Richard S. Censits W'58 |
1986-1989 |
Charles F. Fretz, Jr. W'51 |
1983-1986 |
Dr. John P. Hellwege C'56, D'59 |
1980-1983 |
Sara Spedden Senior CW'52 |
1977-1980 |
David C. Auten, Esq. C'60, L'63 |
1975-1977 |
McBee Butcher C'61 |
1972-1975 |
Ione Applebaum Strauss CW'54 |
1970-1972 |
Samuel H. Ballam, Jr. Ev'41, CGS'50 |
1968-1970 |
William D. Patterson W'43 |
1966-1968 |
Milton T. Daus W'25 |
1963-1966 |
Walter P. Miller, Jr. T'23 |
1960-1963 |
Crawford Madeira C'16 |
1957-1960 |
Windsor F. Cousins C'23, L'26 |
1955-1957 |
James C. Patterson T'15 |
1952-1955 |
Earl G. Harrison C'20, L'23 |
1949-1952 |
Judge Gerald F. Flood C'20, L'24 |
1947-1949 |
Edward R. Snyder T'06 |
1945-1947 |
J. Roy Carroll Ar'26, GAr'28 |
1943-1945 |
Merle M. Odgers C'22, Gr'28 |
1941-1943 |
Gordon A. Hardwick W'16 |
1936-1941 |
Ralph Morgan C'06 |
1936-1938 |
Luther Martin 3rd C'96 |
1934-1936 |
Sydney E. Martin Ar'07 |
1930-1934 |
H. Birchard Taylor T'05 |
1927-1930 |
Henry N. Woolman C'96 |
1921-1927 |
J. Norman Henry M'95 |
1918-1921 |
Thomas W. Hulme T'89, TGr'90 |
1916-1918 |
Francis S. McIlhenny C'95, L'98 |
1913-1916 |
William A. Redding L'76 |
1911-1912 |
Charles Francis Gummey C'84, L'88 |
1899-1911 |
S.F. Houston C'87, Hon 1939 |
1898-1899 |
Effingham B. Morris C'75, L'78 |
1895-1898 |
Dr. William Pepper C'62, M'64, Gr'65, Hon '94, Provost 1881-1894 |
The University Archives wishes to thank Jason E. Horger C'91, Associate Director for Penn Alumni, for providing a list of alumni society presidents since 1998 and Duncan Van Dusen, Associate Secretary Emeritus of the University, for providing a list of the presidents from 1968 through 1997. Christopher M. Rooney C'01, University Archives Research Assistant, researched and compiled the list of presidents prior to 1968.
University Leaders:
RELATED LINKS:
For detailed history of the General Alumni Society see:
Unifying the University by Mark Frazier Lloyd, published in The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 1997
The Alumni: A Thumbnail History on the Alumni website




