About PSMS
Presidents of PSMS
- 1964-66 Ben Woo
- 1966-67 Charles Volz
- 1967-68 George Rafanelli
- 1968-69 Ralph Nolan
- 1969-70 Morrill Gatcom
- 1970-72 Robert Ramsey
- 1972-74 Howard Melsen
- 1974-76 Milton Grout
- 1976-78 John Orth
- 1978-80 Jennie Schmitt
- 1980-82 Carl Hermanson
- 1984-86 Margaret Dilly
- 1986-88 Coleman Leuthy
- 1988-90 Gilbert Austin
- 1990-92 Kern Hendricks
- 1992-94 Richard Sieger
- 1994-96 Patrice Benson
- 1996-98 Marshall Palmer
- 1998-00 Doug Ward
- 2000-02 Joanne Young
- 2002-04 Karin Mendell
- 2004-06 Ron Post
- 2006-10 Patrice Benson
- 2010-15 Marian Maxwell
- 2015-19 Kim Traverse
- 2019-23 Randy Richardson
*Blue indicates those PSMS Presidents who have passed.
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