AMVETS - National Ladies Auxiliary

Our History

In 1946, AMVETS National Commander, Mr. Jack Hardy, instructed AMVETS Liaison Officer, Mr. Bernhardt, to contact all AMVETS Auxiliaries in the United States for the purpose of organizing the National Department of AMVETS Auxiliary. Commander Hardy also established, at that time, an Auxiliary Liaison Committee within AMVETS. Serving on that committee were Mr. Bernhardt, Mr. Thad Males of California and George Burke of Florida. In September of that year Mr. Bernhardt call this National AMVETS Auxiliary organizational meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Representatives from thirteen states, all delegates and alternates attended this meeting and were made members of the Executive Committee. These pioneer members who were present at the pre-Convention meeting in Pittsburgh in 1946 set in motion the wheels of the organization.

NATIONAL FOUNDERS, SEPTEMBER 1946

	Mrs. Edith Males*	California
	Mrs. Ruth Patsos	Washington, DC
	Mrs. Elizabeth Roose	Florida
	Mrs. Marguerite Blanton	Florida
	Mrs. Maxine Darnell	Illinois
	Mrs. Marie Stigers	Iowa
	Mrs. Stella Elliot	Iowa
	Mrs. Irma Hilliard	Iowa
	Mrs. Louise James	Louisiana
	Mrs. Kathryn R. Hearn	Massachusetts
	Mrs. Frances Seldon	Michigan
	Mrs. Jane Doak	Michigan
	Mrs. Takla DiFate	New York
	Mrs. Kathryn M. Snyder*	Ohio
	Mrs. Miriam Soloda	Pennsylvania
	Mrs. Helen Chamber	Pennsylvania
	Mrs. Virginia Marks	West Virginia
	Mrs. Florence Stripe*	Wisconsin
	*Deceased

NATIONAL PRESIDENTS

Year	Name	Home State	Convention Elected
1946-47*	Edith Males	California	St. Louis, Missouri
1947-48*	Kathryn Snyder	Ohio	Columbus, Ohio
1948-49*	Adeline Fogg	Michigan	Chicago, Illinois
1949-50*	Evelyn Lauritson	Iowa	Des Moines, Iowa
1950-51*	Evelyn Flasco	Ohio	Cleveland, Ohio
1951-52*	Dorothy Sullivan	New Jersey	Boston, Massachusetts
1952-53*	Darlene Gordon	Iowa	Grand Rapids, Michigan
1953-54*	Beatrice Russell	Massachusetts	Indianapolis, Indiana
1954-55*	Ruth K. Nickerson	Florida	Miami, Florida
1955-56*	Florence B. Stripe	Wisconsin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1956-57	Gloria I. Clark	Illinois	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1957-58*	June L. Miller	District of Columbia	Boston, Massachusetts
1958-59*	Mae Boone	Kentucky	St. Louis, Missouri
1959-60	Aldean Sorells	Iowa	Grand Rapids, Michigan
1960-61	Lucia Russo	California	Miami Beach, Florida
1961-62	Anne Hall	Massachusetts	Louisville, Kentucky
1961-63	Alice Oana	Ohio	New York, New York
1963-64*	Leah Monasterio	Louisiana	Detroit, Michigan
1964-65	Marie Redden	Iowa	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1965-66*	Jewel W. Fifielski	Illinois	Boston, Massachusetts
1966-67	Ellen Bogatay	Pennsylvania	Columbus, Ohio
1967-68	Rita J. Potvin	Maine	Hollywood, Florida
1968-69*	Kathleen Hengely	Ohio	New Orleans, Louisiana
1969-70	Maria Miller	Michigan	Detroit, Michigan
1970-71	Betty Torner	Iowa	New York, New York
1971-72*	Dorothy M. LeRoy	Illinois	Los Angeles, California
1972-73	Doris L. Burdine	Georgia	New Orleans, Louisiana
1973-74	Dorothy B. Ruph	Maryland	St. Louis, Missouri
1974-75	Grace Osborne	Illinois	Hollywood, Florida
1975-76	Toni Gomulinski	Michigan	Des Moines, Iowa
1976-77	Doris Shrake	Indiana	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977-78*	Pearl Barnett	California	Atlantic City, New Jersey
1978-79	Jane A. Ashley	Georgia	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1979-80*	Lilia B. Longworth	Ohio	Cleveland, Ohio
1980-81*	Anne Brown	Pennsylvania	Dallas, Texas
1981-82	Margaret Rummel	New Jersey	Louisville, Kentucky
1982-83	Ruth Singler	Ohio	Hollywood, Florida
1983-84	Agnes P. Kolano	California	New Orleans, Louisiana
1984-85*	Betty M. Wineland	Ohio	Knoxville, Tennessee
1985-86	Mary Barrow	South Carolina	Baltimore, Maryland
1986-87	Sylvia Lipowski	New York	Cincinnati, Ohio
1987-88	Dorothy Stoddard	Maine	St. Louis, Missouri
1988-89*	Betty Leisure	Indiana	Albuquerque, New Mexico
1989-90	Jean Jones-Baxter	Tennessee	Grand Rapids, Michigan
1990-91	Nita I. Cornell	Illinois	Atlanta, Georgia
1991-92	Dorothy R. Bull-Murrell	Texas	Louisville, Kentucky
1992-93	Betty S. Lawson	Tennessee	Orlando, Florida
1993-94	Barbara S. Hinsley	North Carolina	New Orleans, Louisiana
1994-95	Janet St. Michel	Maine	Buffalo, New York
1995-96	Cathy Fishero	Indiana	Cincinnati, Ohio
1996-97	Brenda Kilgore	Tennessee	Dallas, Texas
1997-98	Denise LaBatt	Illinois	Orlando, Florida
1998-99	H. Janice Hapner	Michigan	Greensboro, North Carolina
1999-2000	Linda Johnston	Ohio	Omaha, Nebraska
2000-01	Beverly Box	Ohio	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001-02	Susan Sisler	Illinois	Dallas, Texas
2002-03			Louisville, Kentucky
2003-04			Orlando, Florida
2004-05	Carol King	Washington, D.C.	Spokane, Washington
2005-06	Bonnie Scott	Illinois	Kansas City, Missouri
2006-07	Barbara K. Guth	Kentucky	Reno, NV