PAST OPHA PRESIDENTS


1939 - 40 Hugh Payne* 1983 - 84 Peggy L. Fleming Bateman
1940 - 41 F.R. Hassler, MD* 1984 - 85 Dixie Gosnell*
1941 - 42 Burley Walker 1985 - 86 Charlotte Leach, MSPH*
1947 - 48 W.H. Miles, MD* 1986 - 87 Thomas D. Peace, PhD*
1948 - 49 Hardy Watson* 1987 - 88 Joe Mallonee, MPH
1949 - 50 Maurice L. Peter, MD* 1988 - 89 Sandra Butler, RNC
1950 - 51 Peter H. Cramer* 1989 - 90 Lynne McElroy, MS, RD, LD
1951 - 52 Grace Adams, RN 1990 - 91 Jerry R. Nida, MD, MPH
1952 - 53 Loyd E. Pummill, PE* 1991 - 92 Michael L. Morgan, DDS, MPA*
1953 - 54 Nathaniel H. Cooper, MD* 1992 - 93 Neil E. Hann, MPH, CHES
1954 - 55 Margaret Chapman* 1993 - 94 Laura Beebe, MPH, CHES
1955 - 56 Marie Hazelton Renfro, RN 1994 - 95 Kevin T. Avery, DMD, MPH
1956 - 57 Glen Earley 1995 - 96 Steve Ronck, MPH
1957 - 58 K.W. Navin, MD* 1996 - 97 William R. Pierson, MBA
1958 - 59 Wilson D. Steen, PhD* 1997 - 98 Yvonne Myers
1959 - 60 Mozelle Ewing, RN 1998 - 99 Paul Dungan, DVM, MPH
1960 - 61 Berl Poe* 1999 - 00 Kay Holladay, MPH
1961 - 62 H. Roy Gravelle, DDS* 2000 - 01 Mike Crutcher, MD, MPH
1962 - 63 Harper V. Orth* 2001 - 02 Toni Frioux, MS, CNS, ARNP
1963 - 64 Edith Wirick, RN* 2002 - 03 Sara Reed Stinchcomb, MD, MPH, FACPM
1964 - 65 William (Bill) J. Kempe* 2003 - 04 Shari Kinney, RN, MS, MPH
1965 - 66 Bill Burk* 2004 - 05 Gary Cox, JD
1966 - 67 John W. Shackelford, MD* 2005 - 06 Greta Stewart, MPH, BS
1967 - 68 Leonard Galbraith 2006 - 07 Stephen Rempe, MEd
1968 - 69 Thelma Blackburn, RN* 2007 - 08 Mendy Spohn, MPH, BS
1969 - 70 Robert (Gene) Bynum, LSW* 2008 - 09 Sue Mallonee, RN, MPH
1970 - 71 Joan K. Leavitt, MD* 2009 – 10 Reggie Ivey, MHR
1971 - 72 Ronald O. McAfee, PhD 2010 - 11 Tina Johnson, MPH, RN
1972 - 73 Ralph O. Morgan, Jr, MPH* 2011 - 12 Sunshine Cowan, Ph.D, MPH, MCHES
1973 - 74 John H. Armstrong, RPS 2012-13 K.C. Ely, RPS, RPES
1974 - 75 Marjorie Butler 2013-14 Lynn Goldberg-Smith, MPH, CHES
1975 - 76 George W. Prothro, MD, MPH 2014-15 James Allen
1976 - 77 Jimmie J. Ewing, RN* 2015-16 Brenda Potts
1977 - 78 Howard H. Vincent, MSPH 2016-17 Pam Rask, MPH*
1978 - 79 Shirley Brooks 2017-18 Pam Rask, MPH*
1979 - 80 James W. (Jay) Smith, MPH 2018-19 D'Elbie Walker
1980 - 81 Littleton M. Fowler, DDS 2019-2020 Daryn Kirkpatrick
1981 - 82 Cecil W. Burns, PhD 2020-2021 Aundria Goree
1982 - 83 Johnny McWhirter, RPS 2021-22 Emilia Hart


Honorary Members


Charles Cameron*

Margaret Chapman*

Terrie Cook
Reba E. Ely*
Jimmie J. Ewing*
Helen Gretz, MPH, RN
Grace Hill
Bonnie Larecy
Charlotte Leach*
Joan K. Leavitt, MD*
Alice McGrew
Gene Pace*
Emma Snyder*
Nevin Starkey
Denver Talley
Burley Walker
Felty Wallis*


*Deceased

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