Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Past Presidents and Honors of the Association

Past Presidents

  • M.D. Steer (1937 – 1939)
  • Jane Shover (1939 – 1941)
  • Robert Milisen (1941 – 1942)
  • Gordon E. Peterson (1942 – 1944)
  • Vivian Roe (1944 – 1946)
  • Margaret Rowe (1946 – 1948)
  • Alan Huckleberry (1948 – 1950)
  • Thelma Knudson (1950 – 1952)
  • George Shaffer (1952 – 1954)
  • Nila Hornaday (1954 – 1956)
  • T.D. Hanley (1956 – 1958)
  • Marian Donewald (1958 – 1960)
  • James Shanks (1960 – 1962)
  • Richard Artes (1962 – 1964)
  • Robert Showalter (1964 – 1966)
  • James E. Nicely (1966 – 1968)
  • Richard Hoops (1968 – 1970)
  • Jean Anderson (1970 – 1972)
  • J. Douglas Noll (1972 – 1974)
  • Wilbur Searer (1974 – 1976)
  • Helen Sapp (1976 – 1978)
  • Betty E. Harmon (1978 – 1980)
  • Jessie White (1980 – 1982)
  • Gary A. Lindell (1982 – 1984)
  • E. Gene Ritter (1984 – 1986)
  • Neil E. Carpenter (1986 – 1988)
  • Richard A. Hoops (1988 – 1990)
  • Lucille Hess (1990 – 1992)
  • Janice Fairchild (1992 – 1994)
  • Patricia Johnson (1994 – 1996)
  • Tom Hemeyer (1996 – 1998)
  • Colleen Reader (1998 – 2000)
  • Michael Flahive (2000 – 2002)
  • Ann Burford Bilodeau (2002 – 2004)
  • Kay Olges (2004 – 2006)
  • Mary Jo Germani (2006 – 2008)
  • Debbie Harman (2008 – 2012)
  • Ruth Ann Morrell (2012 – 2014)
  • Rachel Ross-Kroemer (2014 – 2016)
  • Lydia Hittle (2016 – 2018)
  • Susan Latham (2018-2020)
  • Jeanne McMillan (2020-2022)
  • Carolyn Wade (2022-2024)

Honors of the Association

  • 1964 – Robert Milisen
  • 1976 – J. Douglas Noll
  • 1977 – Jean L. Anderson; James C. Shanks
  • 1978 – Marian Donewald
  • 1979 – Richard Artes; Francis Sonday
  • 1980 – Nila Hornaday; M. D. Steer
  • 1981 – Margaret L. Rowe; George L. Shafer
  • 1982 – Richard Hoops; Robert Showalter
  • 1983 – Betty Harmon; Carl Fuller
  • 1985 – Wilbur G. Searer
  • 1986 – David P. Goldstein
  • 1987 – Harriet Harman
  • 1988 – Eric Blum
  • 1989 – Helen Sapp
  • 1990 – Neil Carpenter
  • 1992 – E. Gene Ritter
  • 1995 – Anne C. Summers
  • 1997 – Lucille J. Hess
  • 1998 – Patricia Johnson
  • 1999 – Jessie White
  • 2000 – Judy Thornburg
  • 2002 – Toni Johnson; Sally Bowman
  • 2003 – Pauline Flynn
  • 2004 – Barbara Soloman; Joan Banning
  • 2005 – Carol Hession
  • 2006 – Susan McGarvey-Toler
  • 2007 – Kristie Lofland
  • 2008 – Kay Olges
  • 2009 – Mary Jo Germani
  • 2010 – Ann Bilodeau
  • 2012 – Bonnie Hertzog
  • 2013 – Jeannette Leonard
  • 2014 – Deborah Harman
  • 2015 – Pegi Risinger; Mary Lou Poole
  • 2016 – Elizabeth McCrea
  • 2017 – Sharon Mankey
  • 2018 – Claudia Mornout
  • 2019 – Margo Kinzer-Courter; Dawn Wetzel
  • 2020 – Shannon Van Hyfte
  • 2021 – Susan Latham; Dee Combs
  • 2022 – Anne Sommer; Georgia Malandraki
  • 2023 – Rebecca Eberle
  • 2024 – Rebekah Cunningham