Phi Gamma Delta's General Appointed Officers
General Appointed Officers are volunteers appointed by the Archons.
Letters following the names indicate other offices held: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Councilor, NIC Officer, Editor, Headquarters Staff, Field Secretary.
Durrance Award, Coulter Cup, Haynes Award and Wilkinson Award recipients are also noted.
KEEPER OF THE ROLLS
Position created in 1902 and abolished in 1903 by the 55th Ekklesia.
1902-1903 - T. Alfred Vernon (Yale 1875)
HISTORIAN
Position created in 1909 at the 61st Ekklesia
1909-1943 - William F. Chamberlin (Denison 1893) - P, C - photo
1944-1950 - Gilbert W. Mead (Allegheny 1911) - NIC - photo
1950-1960 - Danner Lee Mahood (Davidson 1922, Virginia 1923) - P, V, S, FS - obit; photo
1961-1968 - Richard H. Crowder (DePauw 1931) - photo
1968-1974 - no historian
1974-1989 - Richard H. Crowder (DePauw 1931) - photo
1989-Present - William E. Parrish (Westminster Faculty) - photo
RITUALIST
Position created in 1915 at the 67th Ekklesia
1915-1936 - Edwin L. Mattern (Allegheny 1890) - photo
1936-1937 - Lyle K. Bush (Washington 1922) - FS - obit; photo
1937-1941 - Horace I. Brightman (Columbia 1892) - P, S, C - obit; photo
1941-1946 - Gilbert W. Mead (Allegheny 1911) - NIC - photo
1946-1950 - Loyal A. Shoudy (Washington 1904) - obit; photo
1950-1954 - Philip C. Ebeling (Ohio Wesleyan 1928) - P, S - photo
1954-1963 - Frank B. Crandall (Ohio Wesleyan Faculty)
1963-1966 - Michael O. Shipley (Syracuse 1958) - P, T, NIC FS - photo
1966-1974 - Louis A. "Bud" Mangels (Indiana 1956) - P, V, C, FS - photo
1974-1979 - Henry T. Courtney (Oregon 1962)
1979-2004 - William R. Miller (Indiana 1962) - P, V, S, C, FS
2004-present - Charles E. Gabe (Hanover 1990) - FS, Ed., HS - photo
GRADUATE SECRETARY
Position created in 1916 at the 68th Ekklesia, and retired in 1929 at the 81st Ekklesia. [In 1963 this title was used for a Headquarters staff position.]
1916-1929 Charles J. Eastman (Illinois 1906)
DIRECTOR OF SECTION CHIEFS
Position created in 1916 at the 68th Ekklesia, and left vacant following the resignation of Brother Long.
1916-1920 - Hargrave A. Long (Chicago 1911) - C - photo
CURATORS OF ARCHIVES
Position created in 1921 at the 73rd Ekklesia
1921-1954 - Chester A. Darling (Allegheny Faculty) - obit; photo
1961-1968 - J. Earle Dunford, Sr. (Bethel 1912, Richmond 1915) - obit; photo
1968-1976 - DeWitt R. Cogswell (Case Western Reserve 1915) - obit; photo
1976-1986 - George Hopper (Wittenberg 1932)
1986-1988 - William S. Zerman (Michigan 1949) - E, Ed., FS - painting
1988-1996 - George Hopper (Wittenberg 1932)
1996-Present - Towner A. Blackstock (Davidson 1994) - FS
GENERAL COUNSEL (LEGAL ADVISOR)
Position created in 1946 at the 98th Ekklesia
1946-1956 - John Sickels (City College 1908, Columbia 1911) - photo
1956-1960 - Hugh J. Baker, Jr. (Ohio State 1931) - P, V - photo
1960-1963 - Charles R. Richey (Ohio Wesleyan 1945)
1963-1964 - Theodore M. Mann (Case Western Reserve 1943)
1964-1968 - Henry S. Brainard (Case Western Reserve 1922) - P, V - photo
1968-1972 - William J. Van Aken (Lafayette 1934) - photo
1972-1982 - Peter O. Clauss (Chicago 1955) - S, C - photo
1982-1990 - William S. Garner, Jr. (Arkansas 1971) - T - Wilkinson
1990-1996 - John Fox Arnold (Colorado 1959, Missouri 1959)
1996-2008 - Scott J. Mikulecky (Colorado State 1982) - FS, C, V - Wilkinson
2008-present - Kevin Mitchelson (Kansas 1979)
BOARD OF VISITORS
Position created in 1948 at the 100th Ekklesia; removed in 1956 at the 108th Ekklesia
1952-1954 - Ralph H. Cake (Oregon 1913) - C, P - obit; photo
1952-1954 - C. Ernest Lovejoy (Illinois 1920) - C, S
1952-1954 - J. Smith Miller (Idaho 1929)
1952-1954 - William S. Robb (Pennsylvania 1934) - FS - obit; photo
1954-1956 - Eugene H. Clapp (Lafayette 1936)
1954-1956 - Albert F. Hillix (Missouri 1918) - C
1954-1956 - Dale Miller (Texas 1929)
1954-1956 - Harry E. Templeton (Stanford 1925) - C - obit; photo
EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR
Position created in 1954 at the 106th Ekklesia
1954-1961 - Richard H. Crowder (DePauw 1931) - photo
1961-1962 - John N. Stauffer (Wittenberg Faculty)
1962-1970 - William R. Hauser (Denison 1950) - P, HS - photo
1970-1972 - William F. Elliott (W.P.I. 1966)
1972-1974 - William R. Hauser (Denison 1950) - P, HS - photo
1974-1982 - Ronald S. Beer (Kent State Faculty)
1982-1988 - William R. Bracewell (Georgia 1968) - C - Coulter
1988-2000 - William S. Zerman (Michigan 1949) - E, Ed., FS - painting
2000-Present - William R. Bracewell (Georgia Faculty) - C - Coulter
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
Position created in 1989
1989-1995 - G. William Gray, Jr. (Alabama 1948)
1995-1998 - Joseph E. Samora, Jr. (New Mexico 1978) - C, V - Durrance - photo
1998-2005 - Jeffrey R. Garrett (Missouri 1990) - FS
2005-Present - Josh Holly (Tennessee 1996) - FS
HOUSING DIRECTOR
Created as the "National Chapter House Officer" in 1911 by the 63rd Ekklesia, and abolished in 1913 by the 65th Ekklesia.
1911-1913 - George T. Guernsey, Jr. (Kansas 1904)
Postion created in 2002 at the 154th Ekklesia
2003-2008 - Clark A. Robertson (Nebraska 1982) - FS
2008-2010 - Ronald L. Thomas (Georgia Tech 1968) - S, C
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