A Brief History of CAMWS

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South was founded in 1905 as the first regional classical organization in the USA. It immediately began publication of The Classical Journal, which became only the second classical journal (excluding annuals) in the country. Twenty-two states belonged at the beginning; there are now thirty-two states and three Canadian provinces. The Association is much the largest of all regional groups; membership is open to anyone with classical interests, regardless of place of residence. A history of the Association's first eighty years is available from the Secretary-Treasurer. An update covering the ninth decade appeared in CJ 91 (1995-96) 309-17.

Past CAMWS Presidents

William G. Manly	1905-06	University of Missouri
Moses S. Slaughter	1906-07	University of Wisconsin
Edward Capps	1907-08	University of Chicago
Arthur T. Walker	1908-09	University of Kansas
Frederick C. Eastman	1909-10	University of Iowa
Benjamin L. D'Ooge	1910-11	Michigan State Normal College
Walter Miller	1911-12	Tulane Univesity
Grove E. Barber	1912-13	University of Nebraska
Theodore C. Burgess	1913-14	Bradley Polytechnic Institute
James H. Kirkland	1914-15	Vanderbilt University
Herbert J. Barton	1915-16	University of Illinois
John A. Scott	1916-17	Northwestern University
Charles A. Smiley	1917-18	Grinnell College
Campbell Bonner	1918-19	University of Michigan
Gordon J. Laing	1919-20	University of Chicago
Robert B. Steele	1920-21	Vanderbilt University
Charles H. Weller	1921-22	University of Iowa
Louis E. Lord	1922-23	Oberlin College
Berthold L. Ullman	1923-24	University of Iowa
Alexander L. Bondurant	1924-25	Univesity of Mississippi
Frank J. Miller	1925-26	University of Chicago
Selatie E. Stout	1926-27	University of Indiana
Charles E. Little	1927-28	Peabody College for Teachers
Robert J. Bonner	1928-29	University of Chicago
William J. Battle	1929-30	University of Texas
Omera F. Long	1930-31	Northwestern University
Lillian Gay Berry	1931-32	University of Indiana
Roy C. Flickinger	1932-33	University of Iowa
Gustave A. Harrer	1933-34	University of North Carolina
Frederick W. Shipley	1934-35	Washington University
Victor D. Hill	1935-36	Ohio University
Charles C. Mierow	1936-37	Carleton College
Hubert M. Poteat	1937-38	Wake Forest College
Norman W. DeWitt	1938-39	University of Toronto
Alfred P. Dorjahn	1939-40	Northwestern University
Gertrude Smith	1940-41	University of Chicago
Edward K. Turner	1941-42	Emory University
Fred S. Dunham	1942-43	University of Michigan
Clyde Pharr	1943-44	Vanderbilt University
Walter R. Agard	1944-45	University of Wisconsin
Eugene Tavernner	1945-46	Washington University
Clyde Murley	1946-47	Northwestern University
Dorrance S. White	1947-48	University of Iowa
A. Pelzer Wagener	1948-49	College of William and Mary
Mary V. Bragington	1949-50	Rockford College
Clarence A. Forbes	1950-51	Ohio State University
William C. Korfmacher	1951-52	St. Louis University
Russel M. Geer	1952-53	Tulane University
William E. Gwaktkin	1953-54	University of Missouri
Arthur H. Moser	1954-55	University of Tennessee
Gerald Else	1955-56	University of Iowa
Norman J. DeWitt	1956-57	Universityof Minnesota
Harry J. Leon	1957-58	University of Texas
Oscar E. Nybakken	1958-59	University of Iowa
Graydon W. Regenos	1959-60	Tulane University
John N. Hough	1960-61	University of Colorado
Bert H. Narveson	1961-62	St. Olaf College
Chauncey E. Finch	1962-63	St. Louis University
Phillip H. De Lacy	1963-64	Northwestern University
Norman T. Pratt	1964-65	Indiana University
Henry C. Montgomery	1965-66	Miami University
William H. Willis	1966-67	Duke University
Francis L. Newton	1967-68	Duke University
Roger A. Hornsby	1968-69	University of Iowa
Paul L. MacKendrick	1969-70	University of Wisconsin
Arthur F. Stocker	1970-71	University of Virginia
Herbert W. Benario	1971-72	Emory University
Alexander G. McKay	1972-73	McMaster University
Paul R. Murphy	1973-74	Ohio University
James W. Alexander	1974-75	University of Georgia
Kenneth J. Reckford	1975-76	University of North Carolina
Laura V. Sumner	1976-77	Mary Washingto College
Charles L. Babcock	1977-78	Ohio State University
Lynette Thompson	1978-79	Florida State University
Harry C. Rutledge	1979-80	University of Tennessee
G. Karl Galinsky	1980-81	University of Texas
Mark P. O. Morford	1981-82	Ohio State University
Anna Lydia Motto	1982-83	University of South Florida
Susan Ford Wiltshire	1983-84	Vanderbilt University
Eleanor G. Huzar	1984-85	Michigan State University
Gareth L. Schmeling	1985-86	University of Florida
Theodore A. Tarkow	1986-87	University of Missouri
Ernst A. Fredricksmeyer	1987-88	University of Colorado
Ward W. Briggs	1988-89	University of South Carolina
David F. Bright	1989-90, First Half	Emory University
Michael Gagarin	1989-90, Second Half	University of Texas Austin
Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr.	1990-91	Louisiana State University
Joy K. King	1991-92	University of Colorado
Karelisa V. Hartigan	1992-93	University of Florida
Roy E. Lindahl	1993-94, First Half	Furman University
Kathryn A. Thomas	1993-1994, Second Half 1994-95	Creighton University
William H. Race	1995-96	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Helena Dettmer	1996-97	University of Iowa
John F. Hall	1997-98	Brigham Young University
James M. May	1998-99	St. Olaf College
John F. Miller	1999-00	University of Virginia
Christopher P. Craig	2000-01	University of Tennessee
James S. Ruebel	2001-02	Ball State University
Niall W. Slater	2002-03	Emory University
Jenny Strauss Clay	2003-04	University of Virginia
Jeffrey L. Buller	2004-05	Mary Baldwin College
Susan D. Martin	2005-06	University of Tennessee
Marilyn B. Skinner	2006-07	University of Arizona
Gregory N. Daugherty	2007-08	Randolph-Macon College
Robert W. Ulery, Jr.	2008-09	Wake Forest University
Michele Valerie Ronnick	2009-10	Wayne State University
David W. Tandy	2010-11	University of Tennessee
Julia D. Hejduk	2011-12	Baylor University

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