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Region/State Presidents and NLUS National Directors 2002-2003

Following, alphabetically by region, is the list of region and state presidents and national directors elected during the 2002 NLUS national convention in New York City. (Region presidents listed in bold.)

CARIBBEAN: State Presidents: Puerto Rico, Enrique Sigas; Virgin Islands, Charles W. Zombro. National Directors: Luis F. Pascual, Jose G. Plumey, Charo De Pretti, Robert E. Schneider Jr., Enrique Sigas, Thomas F. Stasa, Jackson C. Stevens.

CENTRAL MIDWEST: State Presidents: Iowa, Tom M. Conley; Kansas, Lloyd A. Cole; Missouri, Norman O. Besheer; Nebraska, Vacant. National Directors: Norman O. Besheer, Melvin G. Burkart, James H. Erlinger, William S. Leber, Bruce B. Smith, William L. Wolf.

EMPIRE: State Presidents: Connecticut, Mark C. Nickerson; East New York, Kitty M. Coburn; West New York, Jerome A. Mason. National Directors: Joseph F. Callo, Michael L. Campbell, Kitty M. Coburn, Kenneth A. Deegan, William J. Evanzia, Victor T. Gainor Jr., Jerome A. Mason, Steven W. McGanka, Mark C. Nickerson, Melvin F. Pauly, Robert A. Ravitz, Donald H. Rullman, Chester A. Watson.

EUROPEAN: State Presidents: France, Avery Glize-Kane;Italy, Frediana Wacenske; Spain, Ciro Armellini; United Kingdom, Vacant. National Directors: Ciro Armellini, Betty Reese, Philip R. Temple.

FLORIDA: State Presidents: North Florida, Robert J. Silah; South Florida, Roger S. Betts. National Directors: Shelley Beck, Bernard Bennett, Roger S. Betts, Daniel P. Bierman, J. Robert Bishop, Patricia Du Mont, Philip L. Dunmire, Herbert A. Jordan Jr., James M. Jordan, Robert E. Karas, Robert B. Kidd, Campbell J. McCarthy, J. Michael McGrath, Thomas E. Morris, John A. Parks Jr., Robert J. Silah, John S. Woodbury.

GREAT LAKES: State Presidents: Illinois, William C. Glynn; Indiana, John F. Bowers Jr.; Michigan, Gordon H. Rosberg Jr.; Wisconsin, Thomas M. Plantenberg. National Directors: Edward J. Campbell, William T. Fantry Jr., Morgan L. Fitch Jr., William C. Glynn, Elaine Z. Koepke, Cornell W. Lugthart Jr., Gordon H. Rosberg Jr., James M. Semerad, G. Donald Steel, Thomas J. Stump, Ronald K. Weeks, Roy E. Whitlock, Kenneth D. Williams II, Roycealee J. Wood.

LIBERTY: State Presidents: Delaware, Vacant; New Jersey, John Niedzwiecki; Ohio, William A. Kopper; Pennsylvania, Celeste B. Maschmeyer. National Directors: John W. Alger, Paul E. Baldridge, William G. Braund, Pierce R. Capell, Joseph A. Gildea, Richard Herb, Frank C. Hess Jr., Arthur Judson II, Jack M. Kennedy, Richard H. Kennedy, William A. Kopper, Edwin E. Kraft, Celeste B. Maschmeyer, Matthew Mnich, Barry N. Moore, John Niedzwiecki, Patrick E. Pang, William A. Sanchez, Robert E. Schmand, George R. Searle, Charles D. Shields Jr., John D. Stegman, John M. Truesdale, James H. Waller, Stanley J. Winowics Jr.

MID-ATLANTIC: State Presidents: Washington, D.C., Vicki S. Ruckman; Kentucky, James Wyrick; Maryland, James E. M. Coleman; Virginia, Joseph S. Donnell III; West Virginia, William H. Fish. National Directors: David H. Adams, Thomas W. Baker, Brent M. Bennitt, William S. Busik, John R. Camp, James L. Chapman IV, Calvin H. Cobb Jr., James E.M. Coleman, Joseph S. Donnell III, Arthur M. Eisenstein, Timothy O. Fanning, Albert H. Friedrich, H. Lawrence Garrett III, Joseph M. Gianascoli, John E. Gordon, Alfred M. Gray Jr., Albert J. Herberger, Randy W. Hollstein, James H. Offutt, John A. Panneton, Kristina D. Peterman, W. Eugene Proctor, Janet V. Rapkin, Jerome Rapkin, Stewart E. Reuter, Vicki S. Ruckman, James R. Ward.

NEW ENGLAND: State Presidents: Maine, Charles E. Stickney Jr.; Massachusetts, Donald T. TenEyck; New Hampshire, Milton H. Shaw; Rhode Island, F. Donald Renehan; Vermont, David A. Jacques. National Directors: Anthony A. Cercena, Raymond R. Couture, William C. Kelley Jr., Harriett A. Learson, Robert J. Normandeau, George A. Ripsom, Eleanor E. Samuels, Ivan R. Samuels, Donald T. TenEyck.

NORTHWEST: State Presidents: Alaska, Robert R. Ulin; Idaho, Vacant; Montana, Ward A. Shanahan; Oregon, David N. Todd; Washington, Ronald P. Testa. National Directors: Barbara F. Bailey, James F. Britt, Niles R. Fowler, Albert D. Grantham, John W. Lockwood, Carol A. Meteney, Dick R. Rogers, Christopher A. Sales, Ronald P. Testa, David N. Todd, M. Bruce Van Tassell.

PACIFIC: State Presidents: Hawaii, P. Pasha Baker; Pacific, Vacant. National Directors: P. Pasha Baker, William F. Bigelow, Edwin L. Carter, Paul T. Chung, Daniel R. Coates, Mildred M. Courtney, Richard E. Fahrenwald, Alexander Gaston, Glenn K. Y. Hong, Kraig M. Kennedy, Richard C. Macke, John M. Shrewsbury, Peter Starn, Lee P. Webber.

PACIFIC CENTRAL: State Presidents: N. California, Howard M. Backus; N. Nevada, W. Craig Bell. National Directors: Howard M. Backus, Evan S. Baker, W. Craig Bell, Genie Cancellier, Linda A. Diers, Darrell J. Fike, Nancy F. Gorell, Carol Ann Hackley, T. Cole Hackley, Lorraine D. Hughey, Michele H. Lockwood, Stuart W. McCullough, Charles W. McGrath Jr., William A. Nisbet, Jeanne Sharkey, Jacquelin G. Wilson, Gary C. Wong.

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: State Presidents: Arizona, Burton S. Kruglick; Southern California, Joyce M. Clark; Southern Nevada, John B. Holmes. National Directors: Pamela K. Ammerman, John R. Anderson IV, James T. Bonner, Jewell H. Bonner, Charles W. Burnett, Donald D. Clark, Joyce M. Clark, Gloria Dahl, Marguerite Dennis, Faye Eson, John R. Fisher, Arlene Fraser, John B. Holmes, Glen J. Huber , Peter W. Kent , Burton S. Kruglick, Connie O. Los, Lisa K. Macklin, Mary Anne Madden, Jack H. Morse, Bradley W. Nemeth, Philip H. Niederauer, Frederick C. Orton, Anthony R. Pearson, Helen R. Pearson, John M. Rau, Albert R. Renteria, Maria E. Taggart, John F. Watkins, Hugh L. Webster.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN: State Presidents: Colorado, Alan P. Cusick; New Mexico, Raymond J. Sinwell; Utah, Samuel A. Sorenson; Wyoming, R. Stanley Lowe. National Directors: Daniel B. Branch Jr., Richard M. Brown, Samuel A. Sorenson.

SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST: State Presidents: Georgia, Thomas W. Wright; North Carolina, Henry N. Helgesen; South Carolina, Robert J. O'Neill. National Directors: William S. Culler, William B. Dawson, Donald A. Giles, Franklin A. Hart Jr., Henry N. Helgesen, Dale Lewey, Hugh H. Mayberry, Sheila M. McNeill, David E. Morgan, Robert J. O'Neill, Thomas W. Wright.

SOUTHERN: State Presidents: Alabama, John W. Klotz; Florida Panhandle, Hans H. Krucke; Louisiana, Andrew H. Lawrence; Mississippi, Virginia E. Hodges; Tennessee, James M. Beaty. National Directors: Robert V. Goodloe Jr., Virginia E. Hodges, Hans H. Krucke, John D. Lambert Jr., Andrew H. Lawrence, Thomas J. Pruter, Walter H. Reese, Tommie F. Rinard, John J. Spittler, William H. Stewart.

SOUTHWEST: State Presidents: Arkansas, Vacant; Oklahoma, Tucker W. McHugh; Texas, Harry G. Plomarity. National Directors: Robert D. Bythewood, H. Chuck Cazalas, Carter B. Conlin, W. Lamon Crouch, Richard W. Dawson, Eddie Dunn, Nick Harper, Cal Dean Hill Jr., Grandis E. Lenken, Tucker W. McHugh, Harry G. Plomarity, Richard B. Reeves, Nicholas D. Ricco, Jack F. Ritter Jr., Donald B. Walker.

UPPER MIDWEST: State Presidents: Minnesota, Lance M. Nemanic; North Dakota, Jerome A. Fjeld; South Dakota, Vacant. National Director: Marvin W. Mirsch Sr.

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This list is believed to be accurate as of 31 July 2002. Any changes or corrections should be addressed to: Linda Hoffman, Director of Executive Services, Navy League of the United States, 2300 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22201-3308. Email: Lhoffman@navyleague.org

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