General Info/Officers/Board of Directors
Past Presidents
The Kentucky Press Association, Inc., was organized at Frankfort in January, 1869, with the election of the distinguished George P. Prentice as president.
The following persons have served as presidents:
1869 - George D. Prentice*
1870 - A.G. Hodges*
1871-84 - J. Stoddard Johnson*
1885-86 - John W. Hopper*
1887-89 - E. Polk Johnson*
1890 - Urey Woodson*
1891 - H.A. Sommers*
1892 - C.H. Meacham*
1893 - Sam J. Roberts*
1894 - Ion B. Nall*
1895 - John A. Bell*
1896 - Ben D. Ringo*
1897 - L.W. Gaines*
1898 - H.E. Woolfolk*
1899 - J.H. Westover*
1900 - R.W. Brown*
1901 - Harry McCarty*
1902 - Thomas G. Watkins*
1903 - Paul M. Moore*
1904 - Louis Landrum*
1905 - E.A. Guillion*
1906 - D.W. Wallace*
1907 - Lew B. Brown*
1908 - Tim Needham*
1909 - T.C. Underwood*
1910 - A. D Miller*
1911 - W.B Holdman*
1912 - Ed D. Shinnick*
1913 - John S. Lawrence*
1914 - J.R. Lemon*
1915 - J.B. Stears*
1916 - John B. Gaines*
1917 - Robert J. McBryde, Jr.*
1918 - D.M. Hutton*
1919 - B.F. Forgey*
1920 - R.L. Elkin*
1921 - W.L. Dawson*
1922 - G.B. Senff*
1923 - L.S. Fitzhugh*
1924 - S.M. Saufley, Sr.*
1925 - Keen Johnson*
1926 - Cecil Williams*
1927 - Malcolm Bayley*
1928 - B.B. Cozine*
1929 - J.M. Allen*
1930 - Herndon J. Evans*
1931 - Joe T. Lovett*
1932 - J.T. Norris*
1933 - Lawrence W. Hager*
1934 - George A. Joplin, Jr.*
1935 - A. Robbins*
1936 - J.L. Crawford*
1937 - J.P. Gozder*
1938 - J.L. Bradley*
1939 - Thomas R. Underwood*
1940 - G.M. Pedley*
1941 - Russell Dyche*
1942 - Harry Lee Waterfield*
1943 - Vance Armentrout*
1944 - Joe Richardson*
1945 - Chauncey Forgey*
1946 - Harold A. Browning*
1947 - Tyler Munford*
1948 - Fred B. Wachs*
1949 - James M. Willis*
1950 - Joe La Gore*
1951 - Douglas D. Cornette*
1952 - Bennett Roach*
1953 - Enos Swain*
1954 - James G. Wilson*
1955 - Wm. C. Caywood, Jr.*
1956 - Charles E. Adams*
1957 - Alfred S. Wathen, Jr.*
1958 - Martin Dyche*
1959 - Thomas Adams*
1960 - Paul Westpheling*
1961 - W. Foster Adams*
1962 - John B. Gaines*
1963 - Fred J. Burkhard*
1964 - George Joplin, III*
1965 - Maurice Henry*
1966 - Larry Stone*
1967 - S.C. Van Curon*
1968 - Howard H. Ogles*
1969 - George Wilson*
1970 - James T. Norris, Jr.*
1971 - Al. J. Schansberg*
1972 - Ben E. Boone, III*
1973 - James L. Crawford
1974 - W.E. Crutcher*
1975 - Albert P. Smith, Jr.
1976 - Robert C. Carter*
1977 - William E. Matthews
1978 - Carroll Knicely*
1979 - Paul E. Mick*
1980 - Walter Dear, II
1981 - Russell Metz*
1982 - Donald B. Towles*
1983 - John Munford, Sr.*
1984 - Lewis Owens*
1985 - Floe Bowles*
1986 - Betty Berryman
1987 - Max Heath
1988 - Steve Austin
1989 - Larry Craig*
1990 - David Hawpe
1991 - Celia McDonald
1992 - Mary Schurz*
1993 - Jerry Lyles
1994 - Steve Lowery*
1995 - Dorothy Abernathy
1996 - John Del Santo
1997 - Gene Clabes
1998 - Guy Hatfield*
1999 - Tom Caudill
2000 - Teresa Revlett
2001 - Marty Backus
2002 - Dave Eldridge
2003 - Sharon Tuminski
2004 - John Nelson
2005 - Charlie Portmann
2006 - Alice Rouse
2007 - Kriss Johnson
2008 - Taylor Hayes
2009 - Edmund Shelby
2010 - Chip Hutcheson
2011 - Jamie Sizemore
2012 - John Mura
*Deceased
