SAME PAST PRESIDENTS
The Society of American Military Engineers has had the advantage of distinguished
leadership through its entire history. Presented below is the complete list of SAME Past
Presidents, dating back to its founding year, 1920.
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2013 Rear Adm. Gary A. Engle, P.E., DBIA, F.SAME,
USN (Ret.)
2012 Anthony F. Leketa, P.E., F.SAME, SES (Ret.)
2011 Rear Adm. Christopher J. Mossey, P.E., CEC, USN
2010 Maj. Gen. Timothy A. Byers, F.SAME, USAF
2009 LTG Robert L. Van Antwerp, P.E., F.SAME, USA
2008 RADM Wayne Greg Shear, Jr., P.E., F.SAME, USN
2007 Maj. Gen. Del Eulberg, P.E., F.SAME, USAF (Ret.)
2006 Lt. Gen. Carl A. Strock, P.E., F.SAME, USA
2005 Rear Adm. Michael K. Loose, P.E., F.SAME, USN
2004 Maj. Gen. L. Dean Fox, USAF
2003 Rear Adm. Michael R. Johnson, P.E., USN
2002 Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, P.E., USA
2001 Mr. Roger J. Wozny, P.E.
2000 Maj. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins II, USA
1999 Rear Adm. Louis M. Smith, USN
1998 Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard, USAF
1997 Rear Adm. David J. Nash, USN
1996 Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Lupia
1995 Lt. Gen. Arthur E. Williams
1994 Rear Adm. Jack E. Buffington
1993 Maj. Gen. James E. McCarthy
1992 Rear Adm. David E. Bottorff
1991 Lt. Gen. Henry J. Hatch
1990 Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Ahearn
1989 Rear Adm. Benjamin F. Montoya
1988 Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis
1987 Lt. Gen. E.R. Heiberg III
1986 Rear Adm. John Paul Jones, Jr.
1985 Rear Adm. Kenneth G. Wiman
1984 Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright, Jr.
1983 Rear Adm. William M. Zobel
1982 Lt. Gen. Joseph K. Bratton
1981 Mr. Louis W. Riggs
1980 Maj. Gen. William D. Gilbert
1979 Rear Adm. Donald G. Iselin
1978 Lt. Gen. John W. Morris
1977 Mr. Seymour S. Greenfield
1976 Maj. Gen. Robert C. Thompson
1975 Rear Adm. A. R. Marschall
1974 Lt. Gen. William C. Gribble, Jr.
1973 Brig. Gen. H.O. Johnson, Jr.
1972 Mr. Donald C. Bentley
1971 Rear Adm. Walter M. Enger
1970 Maj. Gen. Guy H. Goddard
1969 Lt. Gen. Frederick J. Clarke
1968 Rear Adm. Alexander C. Husband
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1967 Lt. Gen. William F. Cassidy
1966 Rear Adm. John B. Oren
1965 Rear Adm. Peter Corradi
1964 Maj. Gen. Robert H. Curtin
1963 Lt. Gen. W. K. Wilson, Jr.
1962 Rear Adm. Eugene J. Peltier
1961 Col. Walker L. Cisler
1960 Maj. Gen. Augustus M. Minton
1959 Vice Adm. W. Orme Hiltabidle
1958 Maj. Gen. Emerson C. Itschner
1957 Rear Adm. H. Arnold Karo
1956 Maj. Gen. James B. Newman, Jr.
1955 Rear Adm. Joseph F. Jelley
1954 Maj. Lenox R. Lohr
1953 Brig. Gen. Dwight F. Johns
1952 Cmdr. John A. Volpe
1951 Rear Adm. Leo Otis Colbert
1950 Lt. Gen. R.A. Wheeler
1949 Vice Adm. J.J. Manning
1948 Maj. Gen. David McCoach, Jr.
1947 Maj. Gen. Carl R. Gray, Jr.
1946 Rear Adm. Henry Williams
1945 Brig. Gen. W. H. Rose
1944 Vice Adm. R. R. Waesche
1943 Mr. Frederick Hall Fowler
1942 Maj. Gen. Julian F. Schley
1941 Rear Adm. Ben Moreell
1940 Col. J. Monroe Johnson
1939 Brig. Gen. G.B. Pillsbury
1938 Maj. William Bowie
1937 Rear Adm. R.E. Bakenhus
1936 Brig. Gen. Charles W. Kutz
1935 Col. Albert T. Perkins
1934 Col. C. McD. Townsend
1933 Col. E.A. Gibbs
1932 Brig. Gen. Herbert Deakyne
1931 Col. F. G. Jonah
1930 Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick
1929 Mr. S.M. Felton
1928 Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, USA
(U.S. Vice President at the time)
1927 Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin
1926 Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt
1925 Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor
1924 Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach
1923 Maj. Gen. W.C. Langfitt
1922 Col. G.A. Youngberg
1921 Maj. Gen. William M. Black
1920 Maj. Gen. William M. Black