Past Presidents
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List of Past Pittsburgh SAR Chapter Presidents
1927
Rulef C. Schanck
Member as of 1917, Chapter President Pro Tem, PASSAR President 1923/24/25
N# 29356; S# 1035; b. 23 Feb 1862, d. 6 May 1936
Ancestor: Thomas Combs
1928, 1929
Weaver H. Rogers
Member as of 1917, PASSAR President 1932
N# 29638; S# 1063; b. 09 Nov 1876, d. 17 Jan 1936
Obituary: Weaver H. Rogers
Ancestor: Abraham Rogers
1930
Samuel B. Linhart, D.D.
Member as of 1910
N# 21899; S# 749; b. 12 Nov 1865, d. 11 Dec 1936
Obituary: Samuel B. Linhart, D.D.
Ancestor: George Long
1931
John D. Garvin, MD
Member as of 1928
N# 47125, S# 2254; b 09 Dec 1893, d. 7 Nov 1964
Obituary: John D. Garvin, MD
Ancestor: Artemus Day
1932
Col. Franklin Blackstone
Member as of 1904
N# 16440, S# 465; b. 31 Mar 1874, d. 2 Jun 1959
Obituary: Col. Franklin Blackstone
Ancestor: Jacob Stevens
1933
Robert M. Sherrard
Member as of 1919
N# 32166; S# 1141; b. 01 Oct 1869, d. 19 Sep 1952
Obituary: Robert M. Sherrard
Ancestor: John Sherrard
1934
Capt. J. Clark Mansfield
Member as of 1930
N# 49493; S# 2397; b. 11 Dec 1875, d. 16 Apr 1951
Obituary: Capt. J. Clark Mansfield
Ancestor: Nathan Mansfield
1935, 1936, 1937
Daniel G. Krouse
Member as of 1929
N# 47999; S# 2303; b. 14 Jun 1868, d. 12 Apr 1962
Ancestor: Daniel Pastorius
1938
Frank J. Forsyth
Member as of 1917, Charter Member
N# 29628, S# PA1053, FL570, b. 24 Sep 1877, d. Apr 1965
Ancestor: John Ward
1939
Dr. H. Ryerson Decker
Member as of 1918, PASSAR President 1954
N# 31941, S# NJ1916, PA1554; b.26 Feb 1883, d. 1961
Obituary: Dr. H. Ryerson Decker
Ancestor: Jacob Stevens
1940
Harry L. McKain
Member as of 1921
N# 36770; S# 1320; b. 09 May 1872, d. ?
Ancestor: Jacob Huff
1941
C. Harbaugh Miller
Member as of 1926
N# 42728, S# 1882; b. 23 Jul 1902, d. ?
Ancestor: Dr. Samuel Johnson
1942
James I. Marsh
Member as of 1914
N# 25891; S# 916; b. 21 Feb 1890, d. ?
Ancestor: John Guthrie
1943
Edward Crump, Jr.
Member as of 1937
N# 55988; S# 2762; b. 09 Jul 1891, d. ?
Ancestor: John Lee
1944
Charles B. Shaler
Member as of 1937
N# 55962, S# 2766; b. 28 Jan 1884, d. ?
Ancestor: John Colgan
1945, 1946
Paul R. Ruch
Member as of 1936
N# 54828; S# 2682; b. 28 Dec 1892, d. ?
Ancestor: Andrew Yochum
1947
Harry A Estep
Member as of 1927
N# 45384; S# 2113; b. 01 Feb 1884, d. ?
Ancestor: Vincent Owen
1948
William M. Duff
Member as of 1928
N# 47103; S# 2232; b. 02 Feb 1878, d. ?
Ancestor: Thomas Larimer.
1949, 1950
Herbert G. Johns
Member as of 1927
N# 55659, S# 2738; b. 09 Sep 1897, d. ?
Ancestor: Capt. Benjamin Adams
1951, 1952
Arthur G. Trimble
Member as of 1944
N# 63295; S# 3674; b. 02 Nov 1880, d. 10 Jan 1983
Ancestor: Elisha Rugg
1953, 1954
James L. Taylor, Jr.
Member as of 1946
N# 67509; S# 4463; b. 27 Mar 1881, d. ?
Ancestor: Esme Bayly
1955, 1956
Ansley A. Izenour
Member as of 1950
N# 73292; S# 5370; b. 24 Sep 1886, d. 12 Apr 1962
Ancestor: Phillip Isenhauer
1957, 1958
Charles E. Dinkey
Member as of 1944
N# 63629, S# 3683; b. 20 Feb 1904, d. ?
Ancestor: Jacob Dinkey, Sr.
1959
John W. Cost
Member as of 1948
N# 70069; S# 5022; b. 30 Oct 1904, d. 07 Mar 1979
Ancestor: Martin Cost
1960
J. Merle Brallier
Member as of 1948
N# 69877; S# 4980; b. 20 Apr 1899, d. 09 Mar 1981
Ancestor: Samuel Leidy
1961
Paul B. Reinhold
Member as of 1954
N#77518; S#5721; b. 07 May 1890, d. Aug 1981
Ancestor: Christoph Reinhold
1962
Hon. William S. Rahauser
Member as of 1937
N#55966; S#2720; b. 22 Sep 1902, d. 9 Oct 1990?
Ancestor: Daniel Miller
1963
Rev. Walter L. Moser
Member as of 1934
N#53561; S#2640; b. 30 Aug 1894, d. 05 May 1978
ancestor: John Moser
1964
Roger S. Long
Member as of 1957
N#82841; S#6094; b. 09 Oct 1929, d. 02 Aug 1974
Ancestor: William Long
1965
Ross M. McGregor
Member as of 1957
N#81739; S#6017; b. 19 Mar 1905, d. 19 Jan 1980
Ancestor: Oliver Scott
1966
Murray V. Johnston
Member as of 1948
N#70284; S#5037; b. 31 Aug 1904, d. 29 Jul 1988
Ancestor: Robert Johnston
1967
Hon. Robert Van der Voort
Member as of 1962
N#88753; S#6506; b. 15 Apr 1909, d. 24 Nov 1993
Ancestor: Paul Van der Voort
1968
Col. Henry C. Givan, Jr.
Member as of 1952
N#75547; S#5550; b. 16 Apr 1902, d. 06 May 1993
Ancestor: Thomas Dale
1969
George Taylor, III
Member as of 1936
N#54124; S#2678; b. 10 Jun 1908, d. 20 Oct 1970
Ancestor: Baltzer Young
1970
Perry L. LaBarr
Member as of 1964
N#91083; S#6711; b. 18 Jul 1899, d. 22 May 2000
Ancestor: George La Bar, Sr.
1971
Hon. Malcolm Hay
Member as of 1962
N#88638; S#6466; b. 19 May 1907, d. 07 Feb 1972
Ancestor: Henry Southard
1972
Frank F. Cramer, Jr.
Member as of 1960
N#85364; S#6267; b. 14 Feb 1907, d. 01 Nov 1990
Ancestor: Frederick Steelman
1973
J. Barr Haines IV
Member as of 1964
N#92030; S#6808; b. 04 Mar 1909, d. 29 Apr 1989;
Ancestor: Philip Farree
1974
Grafton Duvall, Jr.
Member as of 1967
N#95081; S#7084; b. 28Feb 1916, d. Apr 1995
Ancestor: Zachariah Duvall
1975
Lt. Col. Paul M. Dreibelbis
Member as of 1965
N#92513; S#6841; b. 15 Sep 1910, d.
Ancestor: Anthony Bayer
1976
Wendell A. Swartz
Member as of 1970
N#100007; S#7460; b. 31 May 1901, d. Apr 1977
Ancestor: James Magee
1977
Robert E. Watson
Member as of 1968
N#97007; S#7210; b. 19 Dec 1899, d. 23 Jan 1998
Ancestor: George Shaver
1977
William E. Barr
member as of 1964
N#91466; S#6744; b. 19 Jan 1906, d. 16 Feb 1994
Ancestor: Georg Walthour
1979
Henry P. Hoffstot, Jr., Esq.
Member as of 1968
N#210958; b. 13 Nov 1917, d. 29 June 2015
Obituary: Henry Phipps Hoffstot Jr.
Ancestor: William Fife
1980
Earl W. Traster
1981
William S. Vogel
N#108691; S#8119
Ancestor: Henry Sturgeon
1982
Phillip W. Didion
N#115290
1983
Charles E. Brooks
1984
William R. Bell
1985
Ralph H. Gardner
1986
Wallace E. Alexander
1987
Frank W. Thompson, Esq
1988
Edgar M. Cushard
N#119015
1989
Ralph W. Allen
Member as of 1968
N#96653
1990
Theodore N. Shaffer
Ancestor: John George Hess (SAR Patriot #: P-180446)
1991
Armor M. Murdoch, Esq.
1992/93
Thomas A. Hill, Esq.
Ancestor: John Barclay (SAR Patriot #: P-108598)
1994
J. Wesley Coltman
Ancestor: John Ormsby (SAR Patriot #: P-263415)
1995
Douglas A. Thompson, Esq.
Member as of 1988
N#131836
Ancestor: Joseph Franklin
1996
H. Woodruff Turner, Esq.
Member as of 1991
N#137008
Ancestor: Peter Tittle, Jr.
1997, 1998
Cdr. George E. Biles, Ph.D.
Member as of 1968
N#79267; S#10293
Ancestor: John Loch
1999
J. Wesley Coltman
N#114567
Ancestor: John Ormsby (SAR Patriot #: P-263415)
2000, 2001
Sidney F. Moore
Member as of 1995
Ancestor: James Moore
2002, 2003
Robert W. Cranmer
Member as of 2000
N#153326
Ancestor: Noadiah Cranmer (SAR Patriot #: P-140663)
2004, 2005, 2006
William J. McKim, Esq.
Member as of 1973, PASSAR President 2012
N#104868
Ancestor: James McKim (SAR Patriot #: P-246621)
2007, 2008, 2009
Paul D. Scull
Member as of 2005
N#164703
Ancestor: Charles Dyer (SAR Patriot #: P-152045)
2010, 2011
J. Rennick Steele, Jr.
Member as of 1998
N#149821
Ancestor: James Steel/Steele (SAR Patriot #: P-296641)
2012, 2013, 2014
Thomas Edwards
Member as of 2005
Ancestor: Thomas Moore
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Paul F. Kennedy
Member as of 2013
N#183754
Ancestor: Phillip F. Skelly, Jr. (SAR Patriot #: P-290668)
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Jon P. Coulter
Member as of 2014
N#190240
Ancestor: Henry Lingo (SAR Patriot #: P-236913)
2023, 2024
Col. William P. Boswell, Esq.
Member as of 2009
N#174771
Ancestor: Lt. Thomas Robey (SAR Patriot #: P-332850)