IRA Presidents

Many dedicated men and women have served as president of The International Reading Association. Since William S. Gray took office as IRA’s first president from 1955–1956, these elected leaders have donated their service and devoted countless hours to Association work.

Term	President	Convention site	World Congress site
1955–56	William S. Gray	Chicago
1956–57	Nancy Larrick	New York
1957–58	Albert J. Harris	Milwaukee
1958–1959	George D. Spache	Toronto
1959–60	A. Sterl Artley	New York
1960–61	Mary C. Austin	St. Louis
1961–62	William D. Sheldon	San Francisco
1962–63	Morton Botel	Miami Beach
1963–64	Nila Banton Smith	Philadelphia
1964–65	Theodore Clymer	Detroit
1965–66	Dorothy K. Bracken	Dallas
1966–67	Mildred A. Dawson	Seattle	Paris
1967–68	H. Alan Robinson	Boston
1968–69	Leo C. Fay	Kansas City	Copenhagen
1969–70	Helen Huus	Anaheim
1970–71	Donald L. Cleland	Atlantic City	Sydney
1971–72	Theodore L. Harris	Detroit
1972–73	William K. Durr	Denver	Buenos Aires
1973–74	Millard H. Black	New Orleans
1974–75	Constance McCullough	New York	Vienna
1975–76	Thomas C. Barrett	Anaheim
1976–77	Walter H. MacGinnitie	Miami Beach	Singapore
1977–78	William Eller	Houston
1978–79	Dorothy S. Strickland	Atlanta	Hamburg
1979–80	Roger C. Farr	St. Louis
1980–81	Olive S. Niles	New Orleans	Manila
1981–82	Kenneth S. Goodman	Chicago
1982–83	Jack Cassidy	Anaheim	Dublin
1983–84	Ira E. Aaron	Atlanta
1984–85	Bernice E. Cullinan	New Orleans	Hong Kong
1985–86	John C. Manning	Philadelphia
1986–87	Roselmina Indrisano	Anaheim	London
1987–88	Phyllis J. Adams	Toronto
1988–89	Patricia S. Koppman	New Orleans	Gold Coast
1989–90	Dale Johnson	Atlanta
1990–91	Carl Braun	Las Vegas	Stockholm
1991–92	Judith Thelen	Orlando
1992–93	Marie M. Clay	San Antonio	Maui
1993–94	Doris Roettger	Toronto
1994–95	Susan Mandel Glazer	Anaheim	Buenos Aires
1995–96	Dolores B. Malcolm	New Orleans
1996–97	Richard T. Vacca	Atlanta	Prague
1997–98	John J. Pikulski	Orlando
1998–99	Kathryn A. Ransom	San Diego	Ocho Rios
1999–2000	Carol M. Santa	Indianapolis
2000–01	Carmelita K. Williams	New Orleans	Auckland
2001–02	Donna M. Ogle	San Francisco
2002–03	Jerry L. Johns	Orlando	Edinburgh
2003–04	Lesley Mandel Morrow	Reno-Tahoe
2004–05	MaryEllen Vogt	San Antonio	Manila
2005–06	Richard Allington	Chicago
2006–07	Timothy Shanahan	Toronto	Budapest
2007–08	Linda Gambrell	Atlanta