List of Religious Education Association presidents

The following is a list of the presidents and executive secretaries of the Religious Education Association.

The Religious Education Association is a nonprofit member association, serving as a professional and learned society for scholars and researchers involved in the field of religious education. In 2003 it merged formally with the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education. Up until that date, REA presidents could serve for more than a year at a time, while APRRE presidents served for only one year at a time. At the moment of merger, presidential terms were limited to one year and "practitioners" was added to the title of the organization, making it the "Religious Education Association: An Association of Professors, Practitioners and Researchers in Religious Education" (REA: APPRRE).

Presidents of the REA

1903-04 : Frank Knight Sanders^[1]
1904-05 : Charles Cuthbert Hall^[2]
1905-06 : William Fraser McDowell^[3]
1906-07 : William Hubert P. Faunce^[4]
1907-08 : Henry Churchill King
1908-09 : Francis Greenwood Peabody
1909-10 : George Albert Coe^[5]
1910-11 : William Lawrence
1911-12 : James Hampton Kirkland
1912-13 : Harry Pratt Judson^[6]
1913-14 : Charles Franklin Thwing^[7]
1914-15 : Charles David Williams
1915-16 : George Black Stewart^[8]
1916-17 : Francis J. McConnell
1917-18 : Washington Gladden
1918-19 : Samuel A. Elliott^[9]
1919-21 : Arthur C. McGiffert
1921-24 : Theodore G. Soares
1924-26 : Donald J. Cowling^[10]
1926-28 : Robert A. Falconer
1928-31 : William Adams Brown^[11]
1931-33 : John H. Finley
1933-35 : Herbert N. Shenton^[12]
1935-39 : Hugh Hartshorne^[13]^[14]
1940-42 : Harrison Elliott^[15]
1942-44 : Ernest Chave^[16]
1944-46 : F. Ernest Johnson^[17]
1946-48 : Ernest W. Kuebler^[18]
1948-55 : Samuel P. Franklin^[19]
1955-57 : George N. Shuster
1957-62 : Jerome Kerwin
1962-67 : Philip Scharper^[20]
1967-69 : David R. Hunter
1969-72 : Oswald P. Bronson, Sr.^[21]
1972-75 : Sr. Ann Ida Gannon, BVM^[22]
1975-77 : Rabbi David Wolf Silverman^[23]
1977-79 : Emily V. Gibbs
1979-81 : Henry C. Simmons, C.P.
1981-85 : Rabbi Walter Jacob
1985-89 : Joanne Chafe^[24]
1989-1993 : Mary Elizabeth Moore
1993-97 : Stephen B. Scharper
1997-99 : Noel B. Shuell
1999-2000 : Sherry Blumberg
2000-02 : Ronald H. Cram

Presidents of the APRRE

1970-71 : Allen J. Moore
1971-72 : Neely D. McCarter
1972-73 : C. Ellis Nelson^[25]
1973-74 : Iris V. Cully
1974-75 : Berard L. Marthaler^[26]
1975-76 : Gerald A. Slusser
1976-77 : Norma H. Thompson
1977-78 : Clarence H. Snelling, Jr.
1978-79 : Mary Charles Bryce, O.S.B.^[27]
1979-80 : David S. Stewart
1980-81 : Margaret Webster
1981-82 : Charles F. Melchert
1982-83 : Lucie W. Barber
1983-84 : Donald M. Joy
1984-85 : Taylor Mcconnell
1985-86 : Joanmarie Smith
1986-87 : Richard A. Olson
1987-88 : Maria Harris^[28]
1988-89 : Robert Browning
1989-90 : Gloria Durka
1990-91 : Gabriel Moran
1991-92 : William B. Kennedy
1992-93 : Susanne Johnson
1993-94 : Stephen Schmidt
1994-95 : Mary C. Boys
1995-96 : Charles Foster
1996-97 : Fayette Breaux Veverka
1997-98 : Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore^[29]
1998-99 : Thomas Groome
1999-2000 : Sara S. Lee
2000-01 : Jack Seymour
2001-02 : Greer A. Wenh-In Ng^[30]

Presidents of the REA:APPRRE

2002-03 : Anne Streaty Wimberly^[31]
2003-04 : Lorna Bowman
2004-05 : Robert O’Gorman^[32]
2005-06 : Ronnie Prevost
2006-07 : Margaret Ann Crain
2007-08 : José Irizarry
2008-09 : Carol Lakey Hess
2009-10 : Maureen O’ Brien
2010-11 : Mary Hess
2011-12 : Dean Blevins
2012-13 : Yolanda Smith^[33]
2013-14 : Siebren Miedema
2014-15 : Mai-Anh Le Tran
2015-16 : Harold (Bud) Horell
2016-17: Bert Roebben
2017-2018: Mualla Selcuk
2018-2019: Kathy Winings
2019-2020: Hanan Alexander
2020-2021: Boyung Lee
2022-2023: Patrick B. Reyes
2023-2024: Anne Walker

REA General Secretaries

1970-82 : Boardman (Barney) Kathan
1982-85 : Randolph Crump Miller^[34]
1985-87 : Dorothy Savage
1987-92 : Donald T. Russo
1992-97 : Barbara B. Ryan
1997-2002 : Ronald Cram

Executive Secretaries, APRRE

1970-90 : Donald F. Williams
1990-91 : Clarisse Croteau-Chonka and Burton Everist
1991-94 : Padraic O’Hare
1994-2001 : Charles F. Melchert
2001-03 : Randy Litchfield

Executive Secretaries, REA:APPRRE

2002-03 : Randy Litchfield
2004-06 : Lawanda Smith
2006-10 : W. Alan Smith
2010–2020 : Lucinda Huffaker
2020-present : Lakisha Lockhart

References

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^ Schmidt, Stephen (1983). The History of the Religious Education Association. Religious Education Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-89135-037-8.
^ Schmidt, Stephen (1983). The History of the Religious Education Association. Religious Education Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-89135-037-8.
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^ "Dr. Donald J. Cowling, 85, Dies," New York Times, 29 November 1965, p. 35
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^ "Herbert Shenton, sociologist, dies," New York Times, 8 January 1937, p. 19
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[1] "Guide to the Archives of the Religious Education Association (Record Group #74)". Yale University Library. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[2] Schmidt, Stephen (1983). The History of the Religious Education Association. Religious Education Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-89135-037-8.

[3] Schmidt, Stephen (1983). The History of the Religious Education Association. Religious Education Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-89135-037-8.

[4] "To help students choose vocations," New York Times, 7 March 1914, p. 8

[5] "Christian Educators of the 20th Century". Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[6] "Religious education body will gather at Cleveland," Chicago Daily Tribune, February 13, 1913, p. 16

[7] "Whitman summons rich to service," New York Times, 8 March 1914, p. 9

[8] "Dr. G. B. Stewart, Theologian, Dies," New York Times, 24 June 1932, p. 19

[9] "Group of 16 backs 8 point program," New York Times, 20 August 1941, p. 9

[10] "Dr. Donald J. Cowling, 85, Dies," New York Times, 29 November 1965, p. 35

[11] "Burke Library Archives, Columbia University" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[12] "Herbert Shenton, sociologist, dies," New York Times, 8 January 1937, p. 19

[13] "Christian Educators of the 20th Century". Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[14] Schmidt, Stephen (1983). The History of the Religious Education Association. Religious Education Press. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0-89135-037-8.

[15] "Jewish education called vital need," New York Times, 12 May 1941, p. 12

[16] "Christian Educators of the 20th Century". Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[17] "F. Ernest Johnson, Churchman, dies," New York Times, 5 July 1969, p. 19

[18] "Harvard University Library, Ernest Kuebler Papers finding aid". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[19] "Religious education group elects general secretary," 9 February 1952, p. 14

[20] "Interfaith group elects editor," New York Times, 22 November 1962

[21] "Bethune Cookman University". Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[22] "Laetare Medal, University of Notre Dame". Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[23] "Radio," New York Times, 28 November 1976, p. 136

[24] "Ottawa Citizen". Legacy.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[25] "Christian Educators of the 20th Century". Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[26] "Christian Educators of the 20th Century". Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[27] "The Oklahoman". Retrieved 26 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[28] "Christian Educators of the 20th Century". Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[29] "Christian Educators of the 20th Century". Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[30] "Emmanuel College Library Finding Aids". Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[31] "National Black Catholic Congress". Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[32] "Christian Educators of the 20th Century". Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[33] "Notes from the Quad Yale Divinity School". Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[34] "YaleNews". 14 June 2002. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

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