Ohio Elks Association Past State Presidents
1898 - 1899 *Samuel H. Needs...................................................................... Cleveland #18
1899 - 1902 *C. T. Wight............................................................... Sandusky #285 (3 years)
1902 - 1904 *Ed. A. Archer............................................................. Columbus #37 (2 years)
1904 - 1905 *George N. Henry................................................................. Steubenville #231
1905 - 1907 *Wm. Horace Reinhart................................................ Sandusky #285 (2 years)
1907 - 1908 *Roscoe T. Sharer...................................................................... Alliance #467
1908 - 1909 *Albert W. Dawson................................................................... Columbus #37
1909 - 1910 *Harry O. Bently............................................................................... Lima #54
1910 - 1911 *H. N. Schleisinger........................................................................ Xenia #668
1911 - 1912 *George E. Myers...................................................................... Cleveland #18
1912 - 1913 *E. T. Allen................................................................................. Cincinnati #5
1913 - 1914 *Harry B. Black............................................................................... Tiffin #94
1914 - 1915 *A. Clyde Reasoner................................................................. Zanesville #114
1915 - 1916 *Edwin G. Slough...................................................................... Mansfield #56
1916 - 1917 *LeRoy G. Silbaugh.................................................................. Lancaster #570
1917 - 1918 *Jess W. Smith............................................................. Washington C. H. #129
1918 - 1919 *Charles W. Fairbanks................................................................... Marion #32
1916 - 1920 *James E. Breen....................................................................... Ashtabula #208
1920 - 1921 *George J. Doerzbach............................................................... Sandusky #285
1921 - 1922 *John F. Sherry........................................................................... Bellaire #419
1922 - 1923 *A. Bart Horton........................................................................... Cincinnati #5
1923 - 1924 *George C. Canalos..................................................................... Lorain #1301
1924 - 1925 *George A. Snyder...................................................................... Fostoria #935
1925 - 1926 *Blake C. Cook.............................................................................. Kent #1377
1926 - 1927 *Charles L. Justice......................................................................... Marion #32
1927 - 1928 *Fred W. Markle.................................................................... Lakewood #1350
1928 - 1929 *James R. Cooper........................................................................ Newark #391
1929 - 1930 *William G. Lambert................................................................. Cleveland #18
1930 - 1931 *John C. A. Leppleman................................................................... Toledo #53
1931 - 1932 *Ernst VonBargen....................................................................... Cincinnati #5
1932 - 1933 *Norman C. Parr........................................................... New Philadelphia #510
1933 - 1934 *William R. Bruning.................................................................. Cleveland #18
1934 - 1935 *William G. Campbell................................................................. Lorain #1301
1935 - 1936 *Charles W. Casselman.............................................................. Alliance #467
1936 - 1937 *Fred L. Bohn (PGER 1956-57)................................................ Zanesville #114
1937 - 1938 *John F. Fussinger....................................................................... Cincinnati #5
1938 - 1939 *Charles L. Haslop...................................................................... Newark #391
1939 - 1940 *C. A. Lais................................................................................ Norwalk #730
1940 - 1941 *E. B. LeSueur............................................................................... Toledo #53
1941 - 1942 *Charles J. Schmidt.......................................................................... Tiffin #94
1942 - 1943 *Walter G. Penry........................................................................ Delaware #76
1943 - 1944 *Robert W. Dunkle................................................................... Chillicothe #52
1944 - 1945 *Joseph W. Fitzgerald.................................................................... Canton #68
1945 - 1946 *Leslie G. Scrimger................................................................... Columbus #37
1946 - 1947 *John H. Neate................................................................. Upper Sandusky #83
1947 - 1948 *Dr. V. E. Berg............................................................. New Philadelphia #510
1948 - 1949 *John K. Maurer................................................................... Middletown #257
1949 - 1950 *E. Gene Fournace (PGER 1971-72)............................................. Newark #391
1950 - 1951 *Nelson E. W. Stuart.................................................................. Cleveland #18
1951 - 1952 *Gerald C. Nau.............................................................................. Elyria #465
1952 - 1953 *Joe E. Hurst................................................................ New Philadelphia #510
1953 - 1954 *Walter J. Beer................................................................................. Lima #54
1954 - 1955 *Willard J. Schwartz................................................................. Springfield #51
1955 - 1956 *L. A. Kuenzli.................................................................. Upper Sandusky #83
1956 - 1957 *Herschel J. Deal........................................................................... Canton #68
1957 - 1958 *James W. Plummer................................................................ Zanesville #114
1958 - 1959 *Arthur E. Socin......................................................................... Bucyrus #156
1959 - 1960 *Dr. David S. Goldschmidt........................................................ Circleville #77
1960 - 1961 *John D. Quinn............................................................................. Sidney #786
1961 - 1962 *Martin W. Feigert................................................................. Van Wert #1197
1962 - 1963 *N. A. Bartram...................................................................... Youngstown #55
1963 - 1964 *Lawrence R. Derry.............................................................. Barnesville #1699
1964 - 1965 *Carleton L. Riddle.................................................................... Willard #1370
1965 - 1966 *C. Ross Cline......................................................................... Chillicothe #52
1966 - 1967 *Walter G. Springmyer................................................................ Cincinnati #5
1967 - 1968 *Elwood W. Reed............................................................. Bowling Green #818
1968 - 1969 *George B. Walker.............................................................. Willoughby #1924
1969 - 1970 *E. Paul Howard........................................................................ Alliance #467
1970 - 1971 *M. B. Letzelter.................................................................... Steubenville #231
1971 - 1972 *Earl E. Sloan................................................................................ Elyria #465
1972 - 1973 *L. L. McBee................................................................... New Lexington #509
1973 - 1974 *F. H. Niswonger........................................................................... Dayton #58
1974 - 1975 *Sam Fitzsimmons.................................................................. Van Wert #1197
1975 - 1976 *Irving W. Davies.................................................................. Lakewood #1850
1976 - 1977 *Floyd Shambaugh............................................................ North Canton #2029
1977 - 1978 *Robert J. Kennedy........................................................................ Dover #975
1978 - 1979 *James E. Ekelberry.................................................................... Delaware #76
1979 - 1980 *L. Bill Nethers........................................................................... Newark #391
1980 - 1981 *Gene Buchy......................................................................... Greenville #1139
1981 - 1982 *Eugene W. France........................................................... Bowling Green #818
1982 - 1983 *Richard J. Baker.......................................................................... Findlay #75
1983 - 1984 *David W. Straight...................................................................... Parma #1938
1984 - 1985 *Thurman L. Allen................................................................. Cambridge #448
1985 - 1986 *Gerald C. Werner....................................................................... Lorain #1301
1986 - 1987 *Edward U. Thatcher, Jr............................................................. Alliance #467
1987 - 1988 *James E. Payne.................................................................... Marysville #1130
1988 - 1989 *Dale E. Baldock........................................................................ Hamilton #93
1989 - 1990 * Rollen G. Morgan........................................................................ Toledo #53
1990 - 1991 James H. Scheer................................................................ Wapakoneta #1170
1991 - 1992 *Robert M. Bojalad...................................................................... Berea #1815
1992 - 1993 Richard P. Wolfe..................................................................... Ashland #1360
1993 - 1994 Nikolaus Martens......................................................................... Salem #305
1994 - 1995 Dane A. Dysert.................................................................... Wellsville #1040
1995 - 1996 Fran Mullen............................................................................ Gallipolis #107
1996 – 1997 *Michael D. Streib.......................................................................... Piqua #523
1997 – 1998 *Thomas A. Biggs.................................................................... Maumee #1850
1998 - 1999 *Don Prochnow................................................................................ Lima #54
1999 - 2000 *E. D. “Pete” Hewins............................................................... Ashtabula #208
2000 - 2001 Lee Young................................................................................... Elyria #465
2001 - 2002 Stuart L. Bedell............................................................... North Canton #2029
2002 - 2003 *Jeff Durant................................................................................ Bellaire #419
2003 - 2004 *John M. King.............................................................................. Sidney #786
2004 - 2005 Jess C. McKee........................................................................ Lancaster #570
2005 - 2006 *Tim M. Churchill.................................................................... Swanton #2462
2006 - 2007 Michael C. Stanley................................................................ Van Wert #1197
2007 - 2008 Jack Minarchick................................................................... Lakewood #1350
2007 - 2008 James L. Nichelson (Honorary) (PGER 2009-10)......... Ohio River Valley #231
2007 - 2008 Marion F. Owens, Jr. (Honorary)................................................... Marion #32
2008 - 2009 Doug Schiefer........................................................................... Bucyrus #156
2009 - 2010 David A. Mix......................................................................... Ravenna #1076
2010 - 2011 James M. Baylor.................................................................... Coshocton #376
2011 - 2012 Gregory L. McGlone.................................................................. Newark #391
2012 - 2013 Dan Beaston............................................................................. Fremont #169
2013 - 2014 Roger E. Crowe.......................................................................... Kenton #157
2014 - 2015 Roger L. Martin....................................................................... Hillsboro #361
2015 - 2016 Lance C. Knight.................................................... Willoughby/Cleveland #18
2016 - 2017 Harold “Red” Kehler.................................................................... Elyria #465
2017 - 2018 *Richard J. Treacle............................................................... Uhrichsville #424
2017 - 2018 Dane A. Dysert................................................................ East Liverpool #258
2018 - 2019 Nevin Taylor....................................................................... Marysville #1130
2019 - 2020 Mark Ratliff....................................................................... Upper Sandusky #83
2020 - 2022 Lugene Ignaffo…………………………………………………Greenville #1139 (2 years)
2022 - 2023 Ed Connors…….…………………………………………………………..……Salem #305
2023 - 2024 Thomas “Pav” Pavlik…………………………………………………………..Ashland #1360
*Deceased