Presidents of the Louisiana Historical Association

Since Reorganization in 1958

  • 1958 – Edwin A. Davis

  • 1959 – Kenneth Trist Urqhart

  • 1960 – John S. Kyser

  • 1961 – Joseph G. Tregle, Jr.

  • 1962 – Garnie W. McGinty

  • 1963 – Walter M. Lowrey

  • 1964 – Charles L. Dufour

  • 1965 – Raleigh A. Suarez

  • 1966 – J. Preston Moore

  • 1967 – Joe Gray Taylor

  • 1968 – John D. Winters

  • 1969 – Charles P. Roland

  • 1970 – Philip D. Uzee

  • 1971 – Amos E. Simpson

  • 1972 – Sidney J. Romero

  • 1973 – William H. Adams

  • 1974 – Bennett H. Wall

  • 1975 – Morgan Peoples

  • 1976 – John L. Loos

  • 1977 – Joy Jackson

  • 1978 – Hubert Humphreys

  • 1979 – Leonard V. Huber

  • 1980 – William Y. Thompson

  • 1981 – Henry W. Morris

  • 1982 – Donald M. Rawson

  • 1983 – Thomas D. Watson

  • 1984 – Michael L. Kurtz

  • 1985 – Mathé Allain

  • 1986 – Samuel Wilson, Jr.

  • 1987 – Edward F. Haas, Jr.

  • 1988 – Billy H. Gilley

  • 1989 – Hugh F. Rankin

  • 1990 – Thomas A. Becnel

  • 1991 – Judith F. Gentry

  • 1992 – Mark T. Carleton

  • 1993 – Warren M. Billings

  • 1994 – Matthew J. Schott

  • 1995 – Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr.

  • 1996 – Wilbur E. Meneray

  • 1997 – Stephen Webre

  • 1998 – Patricia Brady

  • 1999 – M. Scott Legan

  • 2000 – H. Vaughan Baker

  • 2001 – Paul E. Hoffman

  • 2002 – Judith Kelleher

  • 2003 – Roman Heleniak

  • 2004 – Sam Shepherd

  • 2005 – Jerry Sanson

  • 2006 – Philip Cook

  • 2007 – Charles Vincent

  • 2008 – Michael Wade

  • 2009 – Mark Fernandez

  • 2010 – Gilbert C. Din

  • 2011 – Lawrence Powell

  • 2012 – Janet Allured

  • 2013 – Light Cummins

  • 2014 – Mary Farmer–Kaiser

  • 2015 – Alecia Long

  • 2016 – John Rodrigue

  • 2017 – Virginia Gould

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