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 president of the Kentucky Press Association:

2021 – Sharon Burton

2020 – Jeff Jobe
2019 – Jay Nolan
2018 – Peter Baniak
2017 – Ryan Craig
2016 – Loyd Ford
2015 – Rick Welch
2014 – Scott Schurz, Jr.
2013 – Willie Sawyers
2012 – John Mura
2011 – Jamie Sizemore
2010 – Chip Hutcheson
2009 – Edmund Shelby
2008 – Taylor Hayes
2007 – Kriss Johnson
2006 – Alice Rouse
2005 – Charlie Portmann*
2004 – John Nelson
2003 – Sharon Tuminski
2002 – Dave Eldridge
2001 – Marty Backus
2000 – Teresa Revlett
1999 – Tom Caudill
1998 – Guy Hatfield*
1997 – Gene Clabes*
1996 – John Del Santo
1995 – Dorothy Abernathy
1994 – Steve Lowery*
1993 – Jerry Lyles
1992 – Mary Schurz*
1991 – Celia McDonald*
1990 – David Hawpe*
1989 – Larry Craig*
1988 – Steve Austin
1987 – Max Heath*
1986 – Betty Berryman
1985 – Floe Bowles*
1984 – Lewis Owens*
1983 – John Munford, Sr.*
1982 – Donald B. Towles*
1981 – Russell Metz*
1980 – Walter Dear, II
1979 – Paul E. Mick*
1978 – Carroll Knicely*
1977 – William E. Matthews*
1976 – Robert C. Carter*
1975 – Albert P. Smith, Jr.*
1974 – W.E. Crutcher*
1973 – James L. Crawford*
1972 – Ben E. Boone, III*
1971 – Al. J. Schansberg*
1970 – James T. Norris, Jr.*
1969 – George Wilson*
1968 – Howard H. Ogles*
1967 – S.C. Van Curon*
1966 – Larry Stone*
1965 – Maurice Henry*
1964 – George Joplin, III*
1963 – Fred J. Burkhard*
1962 – John B. Gaines*
1961 – W. Foster Adams*
1960 – Paul Westpheling*
1959 – Thomas Adams*
1958 – Martin Dyche*
1957 – Alfred S. Wathen, Jr.*
1956 – Charles E. Adams*
1955 – Wm. C. Caywood, Jr.*
1954 – James G. Wilson*
1953 – Enos Swain*
1952 – Bennett Roach*
1951 – Douglas D. Cornette*
1950 – Joe La Gore*
1949 – James M. Willis*
1948 – Fred B. Wachs*
1947 – Tyler Munford*
1946 – Harold A. Browning*
1945 – Chauncey Forgey*
1944 – Joe Richardson*
1943 – Vance Armentrout*
1942 – Harry Lee Waterfield*
1941 – Russell Dyche*
1940 – G.M. Pedley*
1939 – Thomas R. Underwood*
1938 – J.L. Bradley*
1937 – J.P. Gozder*
1936 – J.L. Crawford*
1935 – A. Robbins*
1934 – George A. Joplin, Jr.*
1933 – Lawrence W. Hager*
1932 – J.T. Norris*
1931 – Joe T. Lovett*
1930 – Herndon J. Evans*
1929 – J.M. Allen*
1928 – B.B. Cozine*
1927 – Malcolm Bayley*
1926 – Cecil Williams*
1925 – Keen Johnson*
1924 – S.M. Saufley, Sr.*
1923 – L.S. Fitzhugh*
1922 – G.B. Senff*
1921 – W.L. Dawson*
1920 – R.L. Elkin*
1919 – B.F. Forgey*
1918 – D.M. Hutton*
1917 – Robert J. McBryde, Jr.*
1916 – John B. Gaines*
1915 – J.B. Stears*
1914 – J.R. Lemon*
1913 – John S. Lawrence*
1912 – Ed D. Shinnick*
1911 – W.B Holdman*
1910 – A. D Miller*
1909 – T.C. Underwood*
1908 – Tim Needham*
1907 – Lew B. Brown*
1906 – D.W. Wallace*
1905 – E.A. Guillion*
1904 – Louis Landrum*
1903 – Paul M. Moore*
1902 – Thomas G. Watkins*
1901 – Harry McCarty*
1900 – R.W. Brown*
1899 – J.H. Westover*
1898 – H.E. Woolfolk*
1897 – L.W. Gaines*
1896 – Ben D. Ringo*
1895 – John A. Bell*
1894 – Ion B. Nall*
1893 – Sam J. Roberts*
1892 – C.H. Meacham*
1891 – H.A. Sommers*
1890 – Urey Woodson*
1887-89 – E. Polk Johnson*
1885-86 – John W. Hopper*
1871-84 – J. Stoddard Johnson*
1870 – A.G. Hodges*
1869 – George D. Prentice*

*Deceased