OUR
HISTORY
PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS
1919-1920 .............................................Raymond Springer (Deceased) ........................................ Connersville Post #1 (10 District)
1920-1921 .............................................Gen. L. R. Gignilliat (Deceased) ........................................... Culver Post #103 (3rd District)
1921-1922 .............................................Claude Gregg (Deceased) ............................................... Vincennes Post #73 (7th District)
1922-1923 .............................................Perry Faulkner (Deceased)..............................................Shelbyville Post #70 (10th District)
1923-1924 .............................................Edmund A. Ball (Deceased)................................................. Muncie Post #19 (10th District)
1924-1925 .............................................Thomas S. McConnell (Deceased)........................................ Fowler Post #57 (2nd District)
1925-1926 .............................................Clarence A. Jackson (Deceased).................................New Castle Post #137 (10th District)
1926-1927 .............................................Paul V. McNutt (Deceased)............................................Bloomington Post #18 (7th District)
1927-1928 .............................................Frank McHale (Deceased)...............................................Logansport Post #60 (2nd District)
1928-1929 .............................................Fred L. Wiecking (Deceased) ............................................. Bluffton Post #111 (4th District)
1929-1930 .............................................Forrest A. Harness (Deceased) ..............................................Kokomo Post #6 (5th District)
1930-1931 .............................................Floyd L. Young (Deceased)............................................... Vincennes Post #73 (7th District)
1931-1932 .............................................Ralph F. Gates (Deceased)..........................................Columbia City Post #98 (4th District)
1932-1933 .............................................William O. Nelson (Deceased).........................................Anderson Post #127 (5th District)
1933-1934 .............................................V. M. Armstrong (Deceased).............................................. Memorial Post #3 (11th District)
1934-1935 .............................................Frank R. Kossa (Deceased).......................................... Jeffersonville Post #35 (8th District)
1935-1936 .............................................A. R. Killian (Deceased)..................................................... Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District)
1936-1937 .............................................Charles H. Maston (Deceased)..................................Greensburg Post #129 (10th District)
1937-1938 ..............................................Russell E. Rhodes (Deceased).................................................. Peru Post #14 (5th District)
1938-1939 ..............................................Harold A. Shindler (Deceased) .......................................Newburgh Post #44 (8th District)
1939-1940 ..............................................Capt. Raymond B. Townsley (Deceased) ......................... Danville Post #118 (6th District)
1940-1941 ............................................. John A. Watkins (Deceased)................................................... Linton Post #22 (7th District)
1941-1942 ..............................................W. Carl Graham (Deceased)............................................Fort Wayne Post #47 (4th District)
1942-1943 ..............................................Clarence U. Gramelspacher (Deceased).............................. Jasper Post #147 (8th District)
1943-1944 ..............................................F. Dean Bechtol (Deceased)..................................................Garrett Post #178 (4th District)
1944-1945 ..............................................William E. Brown (Deceased) .......................................Bloomington Post #18 (7th District)
1945-1946 ..............................................Henry E. Siebenmark (Deceased) ................................South Bend Post #284 (3rd District)
1946-1947 ..............................................W. I. Brunton (Deceased)................................................Scottsburg Post #234 (9th District)
1947-1948 ..............................................Harold E. Morris (Deceased) ................................................... Gary Post #214 (1st District)
1948-1949 ............................................. Joseph F. Lutes (Deceased) ..................................Hayward-Barcus Post #55 (11th District)
1949-1950 ..............................................Homer W. McDaniel (Deceased) ........................................Dunkirk Post #227 (5th District)
1950-1951 ............................................. Jack W. McIntyre (Deceased)........................................ Bloomfield Post #196 (7th District)
1951-1952 ..............................................Gilbert Bates (Deceased)..................................................... Warsaw Post #49 (2nd District)
1952-1953 ............................................. John K. Chappell (Deceased)........................................ Petersburg Post #179 (8th District)
1953-1954 ..............................................Roy M. Amos (Deceased)...................................................... Goshen Post #30 (3rd District)
1954-1955 ............................................. Ira E. Lyon (Deceased)...................................................Greenfield Post #119 (10th District)
1955-1956 ..............................................Alton W. Cochran (Deceased) .......................................Crown Point Post #20 (1st District)
1956-1957 ..............................................Reed Beard (Deceased) ....................................................... Bedford Post #33 (9th District)
1957-1958 ..............................................Robert E. Gates (Deceased)........................................Columbia City Post #98 (4th District)
1958-1959 ..............................................William A. Brennan, Jr. (Deceased) ..............................Kennington Post #34 (11th District)
1959-1960 ..............................................Donald W. Hynes (Deceased)................................................ Whiting Post #80 (1st District)
1960-1961 ..............................................Orin Nowlin (Deceased).....................................................Versailles Post #173 (9th District)
1961-1962 ..............................................Robert M. Fritz (Deceased).................................................. Bluffton Post #111 (4th District)
1962-1963 ..............................................Ralph R. Storm (Deceased)............................................Mooresville Post #325 (7th District)
1963-1964 ..............................................Wayne L. Talbert .....................................................................Delphi Post #75 (2nd District)
1964-1965 ..............................................Gilbert E. Sheeks..................................................................Mitchell Post #250 (9th District)
1965-1966 ..............................................George R. Morton, Sr. (Deceased) ............................ Michgian City Post #37 (3rd District)
1966-1967 ..............................................Frank I. Hamilton (Deceased).......................................Greensburg Post 129 (10th District)
1967-1968 ..............................................Joseph P. Donovan (Deceased) .......................................... Warsaw Post #49 (2nd District)
1968-1969 ..............................................Ralph V. Cushman (Deceased)....................................Veedersburg Post #288 (6th District)
1969-1970 ..............................................Robert C. Ayers.....................................................................Frankfort Post #12 (5th District)
1970-1971 ..............................................Dale E. Kuhn (Deceased) ..............................................Greenfield Post #119 (10th District)
1971-1972 ............................................. James R. Zoll (Deceased) ................................................... Bluffton Post #111 (4th District)
1972-1973 ..............................................Robert ‘Bill’ Sweet (Deceased) .........................................Shelburn Post #197 (7th District)
1973-1974 ..............................................Gaylord N. Sheline (Deceased) .............................................Kokomo Post #6 (5th District)
1974-1975 ..............................................Charles S. Boehm (Deceased) .................................. Indianapolis Post #264 (11th District)
1975-1976 ..............................................Al Waichulis (Deceased)........................................................... Gary Post #289 (1st District)
1976-1977 ............................................. James E. Gallagher (Deceased)........................................Columbus Post #24 (9th District)
1977-1978 ............................................. John G. Krupa (Deceased) .........................................East Chicago Post #369 (1st District)
1978-1979 ..............................................H. Melvin Napier ................................................................. Liberty Post #122 (10th District)
1979-1980 ..............................................Frederick J. Jensen (Deceased)..................................... Nappanee Post #154 (3rd District)
1980-1981 ..............................................Raymond T. Anglin (Deceased) ..................................Prairie Creek Post #404 (6th District)
1981-1982 ..............................................Max E. Julian, Sr. (Deceased) .................................................Angola Post #31 (4th District)
1982-1983 .............................................Allen L. Titus (Deceased)....................................................Rockport Post #254 (8th District)
1983-1984 .............................................Gerald L. Bole (Deceased) .............................................. Van Buren Post #368 (5th District)
1984-1985 .............................................Richard F. Wright (Deceased)......................................... Bloomfield Post #196 (7th District)
1985-1986 .............................................K. W. Ohl (Deceased) ......................................................... Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District)
1986-1987 .............................................Alvin O. Werner.....................................................................St. Leon Post #464 (9th District)
1987-1988 ............................................ Larry E. Bartlett....................................................................Highland Post #180 (1st District)
1988-1989 .............................................Billie J. Holmes (Deceased)...........................................Brownsburg Post #331 (6th District)
1989-1990 .............................................Donald R. Conn ............................................................New Carlisle Post #297 (3rd District)
1990-1991 ............................................ James E. Koutz................................................................... Boonville Post #200 (8th District)
1991-1992 .............................................Terry L. Smith................................................................Columbia City Post #98 (4th District)
1992-1993 .............................................Thomas A. Goad (Deceased) ................................................ Linton Post #122 (7th District)
1993-1994 .............................................Ron Miller (Deceased ...................................................... Van Buren Post #368 (5th District)
1994-1995 .............................................Ron Lowe (Deceased) ...............................................................Attica Post #52 (6th District)
1995-1996 .............................................Thomas Henderson ......................................................... Valparaiso Post #94 (2nd District)
1996-1997 .............................................William Cline (Deceased).............................................. Leo Welch Post #495 (11th District)
1997-1998 .............................................Richard Quattrin (Deceased) ................................................. Whiting Post #80 (1st District)
1998-1999 .............................................Harold Epley (Deceased)................................................ Kapperman Post #44 (8th District)
1999.2000 .............................................Richard Tonkel (Deceased)........................................... Jack Brinker Post #409 (4th District)
2000-2001 ............................................ James I. Miller (Deceased) ...............................Willard E. Hensley Post #102 (10th District)
2001-2002 ............................................ John J. Michalski...........................................................New Carlisle Post #297 (3rd District)
2002-2003 ............................................ Lowell W. Sullivan (Deceased) .............................Edwin C. Danner Post #185 (9th District)
2003-2004 ............................................ M. Roger Baker.................................................. George H. Hockett Post #127 (5th District)
2004-2005 .............................................Bill Firkins (Deceased)....................................................... Memorial Post #196 (7th District)
2005-2006 .............................................Ronald D. Martin (Deceased) .......................................... DeMotte Post #440 (2nd District)
2006-2007 ............................................ James A. Delaney ......................................................Brown-Dolson Post #113 (6th District)
2007-2008 .............................................Thomas Somerville ..............................................Hammond Victory Post #168 (1st District)
2008-2009 .............................................Ralph Tolan .................................................................... Speedway Post #500 (11th District)
2009-2010 .............................................Robert Newman.......................................................Aaron Scisinger Post #178 (4th District)
2010-2011............................................. Leland Baxter (Deceased) ...................................... Wilbur M. Ruby Post #204 (8th District)
2011-2012............................................. Michael J. Miller (Deceased).......................................... Mishawaka post #161 (3rd District)
2012-2013 .............................................Richard A. Jewell .....................................Simon Ethelbert Snyder Post #122 (10th District)
2013-2014 .............................................Ed Trice..............................................................................Fairmount Post #313 (5th District)
2014-2015 .............................................Kenneth Hylton ..................................................... Kenneth L. Diver Post #337 (9th District)
2015-2016 ............................................ Larry Lowry ............................................................................Walton Post #418 (2nd District)
2016-2017 ............................................ James B. May ........................................................... Burton Woolery Post #18 (7th District)
2017-2018 ............................................ Marty Dzieglowicz ............................................ East Chicago Allied Post #369 (1st District)
2018-2019 .............................................Rodney Strong (Deceased) .............................................. Byron Cox Post #72 (6th District)
2019-2021 .............................................Allen Connelly ...................................................................LaGrange Post #215 (4th District)
PAST NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN
1919-1921 .............................................Dr. T. Victor Keene (Deceased)........................................Indianapolis Post #4 (11th District)
1921-1922 .............................................Oswald Ryan (Deceased)...................................................Anderson Post #127 (5th District)
1922-1927 .............................................Bowman Elder (Deceased)..............................................Indianapolis Post #4 (11th District)
1927-1928 .............................................Paul V. McNutt (Deceased)............................................Bloomington Post #18 (7th District)
1928-1929 .............................................Frank M. McHale (Deceased)..........................................Logansport Post #60 (2nd District)
1929-1931 .............................................Raymond Springer (Deceased) ......................................Connersville Post #1 (10th District)
1931-1933 .............................................Dr. A. C. Arnett (Deceased).................................................Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District)
1933-1935 .............................................Glen R. Hillis (Deceased)..........................................................Kokomo Post #6 (5th District)
1935-1943 ............................................. Isadore E. Levine (Deceased) ...............................................LaPorte Post #83 (3rd District)
1943-1945 .............................................V. M. (Army) Armstrong (Deceased)....................................Memorial Post #3 (11th District)
1945-1947 .............................................Patrick Maloney (Deceased)............................................Crown Point Post #20 (1st District)
1947-1949 .............................................George N. Craig (Deceased) .......................................................Brazil Post #2 (7th District)
1949-1951 .............................................Harry E. Fitch (Deceased) ................................................Terre Haute Post #40 (6th District)
1951-1953 .............................................Vincent Kelley (Deceased).................................................Anderson Post #371 (5th District)
1953-1955 ............................................. John Wilson (Deceased)...............................................Bloomington Post #18 (7th District)
1955-1959 ............................................. Lawrence H. Hinds (Deceased)................................Broad Ripple Post #312 (11th District)
1959-1961 .............................................Ferd Badt (Deceased)..........................................................Portland Post #211 (5th District)
1961-1963 .............................................Arthur McDowell (Deceased)..................................................Delphi Post #75 (2nd District)
1963-1965 .............................................Dr. Fred Daugherty (Deceased)...................................Crawfordsville Post #72 (6th District)
1965-1967 .............................................Robert L. Kuntz (Deceased) ....................................................Kokomo Post #6 (5th District)
1967-1969 .............................................Charles S. Boehm (Deceased) ...................................Indianapolis Post #264 (11th District)
1969-1977 ............................................. Melvin H. Heckman (Deceased) ....................................Fort Wayne Post #47 (4th District)
1977-1998 .............................................Gilbert E. Sheeks (Deceased) ............................................Mitchell Post #250, (9th District)
1998-1999 ............................................. John W. Pipher.................................................................LaGrange Post #215 (4th District)
1999-2003 .............................................Richard Quattrin (Deceased) ................................................Whiting Post #80 (1st District)
2003-2005 .............................................Ron Lowe (Deceased) ..............................................................Attica Post #52 (6th District)
2005-2007 .............................................Thomas Henderson ................................................................. Valparaiso #94 (2nd District)
2007-2015 .............................................Darrell Hansel ......................................................................... Vevay Post #185 (9th District)
2015-2017 .............................................Paul Steward...................................................................Mark L Wilt Post #210 (3rd District)
2017-2021 ............................................. Jerry Jordon.............................................................. Knightstown Post #152 (10th District)
PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS
1919-1920 .............................................Raymond Springer (Deceased) ........................................ Connersville Post #1 (10 District)
1920-1921 .............................................Gen. L. R. Gignilliat (Deceased) ........................................... Culver Post #103 (3rd District)
1921-1922 .............................................Claude Gregg (Deceased) ............................................... Vincennes Post #73 (7th District)
1922-1923 .............................................Perry Faulkner (Deceased)..............................................Shelbyville Post #70 (10th District)
1923-1924 .............................................Edmund A. Ball (Deceased)................................................. Muncie Post #19 (10th District)
1924-1925 .............................................Thomas S. McConnell (Deceased)........................................ Fowler Post #57 (2nd District)
1925-1926 .............................................Clarence A. Jackson (Deceased).................................New Castle Post #137 (10th District)
1926-1927 .............................................Paul V. McNutt (Deceased)............................................Bloomington Post #18 (7th District)
1927-1928 .............................................Frank McHale (Deceased)...............................................Logansport Post #60 (2nd District)
1928-1929 .............................................Fred L. Wiecking (Deceased) ............................................. Bluffton Post #111 (4th District)
1929-1930 .............................................Forrest A. Harness (Deceased) ..............................................Kokomo Post #6 (5th District)
1930-1931 .............................................Floyd L. Young (Deceased)............................................... Vincennes Post #73 (7th District)
1931-1932 .............................................Ralph F. Gates (Deceased)..........................................Columbia City Post #98 (4th District)
1932-1933 .............................................William O. Nelson (Deceased).........................................Anderson Post #127 (5th District)
1933-1934 .............................................V. M. Armstrong (Deceased).............................................. Memorial Post #3 (11th District)
1934-1935 .............................................Frank R. Kossa (Deceased).......................................... Jeffersonville Post #35 (8th District)
1935-1936 .............................................A. R. Killian (Deceased)..................................................... Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District)
1936-1937 .............................................Charles H. Maston (Deceased)..................................Greensburg Post #129 (10th District)
1937-1938 ..............................................Russell E. Rhodes (Deceased).................................................. Peru Post #14 (5th District)
1938-1939 ..............................................Harold A. Shindler (Deceased) .......................................Newburgh Post #44 (8th District)
1939-1940 ..............................................Capt. Raymond B. Townsley (Deceased) ......................... Danville Post #118 (6th District)
1940-1941 ............................................. John A. Watkins (Deceased)................................................... Linton Post #22 (7th District)
1941-1942 ..............................................W. Carl Graham (Deceased)............................................Fort Wayne Post #47 (4th District)
1942-1943 ..............................................Clarence U. Gramelspacher (Deceased).............................. Jasper Post #147 (8th District)
1943-1944 ..............................................F. Dean Bechtol (Deceased)..................................................Garrett Post #178 (4th District)
1944-1945 ..............................................William E. Brown (Deceased) .......................................Bloomington Post #18 (7th District)
1945-1946 ..............................................Henry E. Siebenmark (Deceased) ................................South Bend Post #284 (3rd District)
1946-1947 ..............................................W. I. Brunton (Deceased)................................................Scottsburg Post #234 (9th District)
1947-1948 ..............................................Harold E. Morris (Deceased) ................................................... Gary Post #214 (1st District)
1948-1949 ............................................. Joseph F. Lutes (Deceased) ..................................Hayward-Barcus Post #55 (11th District)
1949-1950 ..............................................Homer W. McDaniel (Deceased) ........................................Dunkirk Post #227 (5th District)
1950-1951 ............................................. Jack W. McIntyre (Deceased)........................................ Bloomfield Post #196 (7th District)
1951-1952 ..............................................Gilbert Bates (Deceased)..................................................... Warsaw Post #49 (2nd District)
1952-1953 ............................................. John K. Chappell (Deceased)........................................ Petersburg Post #179 (8th District)
1953-1954 ..............................................Roy M. Amos (Deceased)...................................................... Goshen Post #30 (3rd District)
1954-1955 ............................................. Ira E. Lyon (Deceased)...................................................Greenfield Post #119 (10th District)
1955-1956 ..............................................Alton W. Cochran (Deceased) .......................................Crown Point Post #20 (1st District)
1956-1957 ..............................................Reed Beard (Deceased) ....................................................... Bedford Post #33 (9th District)
1957-1958 ..............................................Robert E. Gates (Deceased)........................................Columbia City Post #98 (4th District)
1958-1959 ..............................................William A. Brennan, Jr. (Deceased) ..............................Kennington Post #34 (11th District)
1959-1960 ..............................................Donald W. Hynes (Deceased)................................................ Whiting Post #80 (1st District)
1960-1961 ..............................................Orin Nowlin (Deceased).....................................................Versailles Post #173 (9th District)
1961-1962 ..............................................Robert M. Fritz (Deceased).................................................. Bluffton Post #111 (4th District)
1962-1963 ..............................................Ralph R. Storm (Deceased)............................................Mooresville Post #325 (7th District)
1963-1964 ..............................................Wayne L. Talbert .....................................................................Delphi Post #75 (2nd District)
1964-1965 ..............................................Gilbert E. Sheeks..................................................................Mitchell Post #250 (9th District)
1965-1966 ..............................................George R. Morton, Sr. (Deceased) ............................ Michgian City Post #37 (3rd District)
1966-1967 ..............................................Frank I. Hamilton (Deceased).......................................Greensburg Post 129 (10th District)
1967-1968 ..............................................Joseph P. Donovan (Deceased) .......................................... Warsaw Post #49 (2nd District)
1968-1969 ..............................................Ralph V. Cushman (Deceased)....................................Veedersburg Post #288 (6th District)
1969-1970 ..............................................Robert C. Ayers.....................................................................Frankfort Post #12 (5th District)
1970-1971 ..............................................Dale E. Kuhn (Deceased) ..............................................Greenfield Post #119 (10th District)
1971-1972 ............................................. James R. Zoll (Deceased) ................................................... Bluffton Post #111 (4th District)
1972-1973 ..............................................Robert ‘Bill’ Sweet (Deceased) .........................................Shelburn Post #197 (7th District)
1973-1974 ..............................................Gaylord N. Sheline (Deceased) .............................................Kokomo Post #6 (5th District)
1974-1975 ..............................................Charles S. Boehm (Deceased) .................................. Indianapolis Post #264 (11th District)
1975-1976 ..............................................Al Waichulis (Deceased)........................................................... Gary Post #289 (1st District)
1976-1977 ............................................. James E. Gallagher (Deceased)........................................Columbus Post #24 (9th District)
1977-1978 ............................................. John G. Krupa (Deceased) .........................................East Chicago Post #369 (1st District)
1978-1979 ..............................................H. Melvin Napier ................................................................. Liberty Post #122 (10th District)
1979-1980 ..............................................Frederick J. Jensen (Deceased)..................................... Nappanee Post #154 (3rd District)
1980-1981 ..............................................Raymond T. Anglin (Deceased) ..................................Prairie Creek Post #404 (6th District)
1981-1982 ..............................................Max E. Julian, Sr. (Deceased) .................................................Angola Post #31 (4th District)
1982-1983 .............................................Allen L. Titus (Deceased)....................................................Rockport Post #254 (8th District)
1983-1984 .............................................Gerald L. Bole (Deceased) .............................................. Van Buren Post #368 (5th District)
1984-1985 .............................................Richard F. Wright (Deceased)......................................... Bloomfield Post #196 (7th District)
1985-1986 .............................................K. W. Ohl (Deceased) ......................................................... Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District)
1986-1987 .............................................Alvin O. Werner.....................................................................St. Leon Post #464 (9th District)
1987-1988 ............................................ Larry E. Bartlett....................................................................Highland Post #180 (1st District)
1988-1989 .............................................Billie J. Holmes (Deceased)...........................................Brownsburg Post #331 (6th District)
1989-1990 .............................................Donald R. Conn ............................................................New Carlisle Post #297 (3rd District)
1990-1991 ............................................ James E. Koutz................................................................... Boonville Post #200 (8th District)
1991-1992 .............................................Terry L. Smith................................................................Columbia City Post #98 (4th District)
1992-1993 .............................................Thomas A. Goad (Deceased) ................................................ Linton Post #122 (7th District)
1993-1994 .............................................Ron Miller (Deceased ...................................................... Van Buren Post #368 (5th District)
1994-1995 .............................................Ron Lowe (Deceased) ...............................................................Attica Post #52 (6th District)
1995-1996 .............................................Thomas Henderson ......................................................... Valparaiso Post #94 (2nd District)
1996-1997 .............................................William Cline (Deceased).............................................. Leo Welch Post #495 (11th District)
1997-1998 .............................................Richard Quattrin (Deceased) ................................................. Whiting Post #80 (1st District)
1998-1999 .............................................Harold Epley (Deceased)................................................ Kapperman Post #44 (8th District)
1999.2000 .............................................Richard Tonkel (Deceased)........................................... Jack Brinker Post #409 (4th District)
2000-2001 ............................................ James I. Miller (Deceased) ...............................Willard E. Hensley Post #102 (10th District)
2001-2002 ............................................ John J. Michalski...........................................................New Carlisle Post #297 (3rd District)
2002-2003 ............................................ Lowell W. Sullivan (Deceased) .............................Edwin C. Danner Post #185 (9th District)
2003-2004 ............................................ M. Roger Baker.................................................. George H. Hockett Post #127 (5th District)
2004-2005 .............................................Bill Firkins (Deceased)....................................................... Memorial Post #196 (7th District)
2005-2006 .............................................Ronald D. Martin (Deceased) .......................................... DeMotte Post #440 (2nd District)
2006-2007 ............................................ James A. Delaney ......................................................Brown-Dolson Post #113 (6th District)
2007-2008 .............................................Thomas Somerville ..............................................Hammond Victory Post #168 (1st District)
2008-2009 .............................................Ralph Tolan .................................................................... Speedway Post #500 (11th District)
2009-2010 .............................................Robert Newman.......................................................Aaron Scisinger Post #178 (4th District)
2010-2011............................................. Leland Baxter (Deceased) ...................................... Wilbur M. Ruby Post #204 (8th District)
2011-2012............................................. Michael J. Miller (Deceased).......................................... Mishawaka post #161 (3rd District)
2012-2013 .............................................Richard A. Jewell .....................................Simon Ethelbert Snyder Post #122 (10th District)
2013-2014 .............................................Ed Trice..............................................................................Fairmount Post #313 (5th District)
2014-2015 .............................................Kenneth Hylton ..................................................... Kenneth L. Diver Post #337 (9th District)
2015-2016 ............................................ Larry Lowry ............................................................................Walton Post #418 (2nd District)
2016-2017 ............................................ James B. May ........................................................... Burton Woolery Post #18 (7th District)
2017-2018 ............................................ Marty Dzieglowicz ............................................ East Chicago Allied Post #369 (1st District)
2018-2019 .............................................Rodney Strong (Deceased) .............................................. Byron Cox Post #72 (6th District)
2019-2021 .............................................Allen Connelly ...................................................................LaGrange Post #215 (4th District)
PAST NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN
1919-1921 .............................................Dr. T. Victor Keene (Deceased)........................................Indianapolis Post #4 (11th District)
1921-1922 .............................................Oswald Ryan (Deceased)...................................................Anderson Post #127 (5th District)
1922-1927 .............................................Bowman Elder (Deceased)..............................................Indianapolis Post #4 (11th District)
1927-1928 .............................................Paul V. McNutt (Deceased)............................................Bloomington Post #18 (7th District)
1928-1929 .............................................Frank M. McHale (Deceased)..........................................Logansport Post #60 (2nd District)
1929-1931 .............................................Raymond Springer (Deceased) ......................................Connersville Post #1 (10th District)
1931-1933 .............................................Dr. A. C. Arnett (Deceased).................................................Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District)
1933-1935 .............................................Glen R. Hillis (Deceased)..........................................................Kokomo Post #6 (5th District)
1935-1943 ............................................. Isadore E. Levine (Deceased) ...............................................LaPorte Post #83 (3rd District)
1943-1945 .............................................V. M. (Army) Armstrong (Deceased)....................................Memorial Post #3 (11th District)
1945-1947 .............................................Patrick Maloney (Deceased)............................................Crown Point Post #20 (1st District)
1947-1949 .............................................George N. Craig (Deceased) .......................................................Brazil Post #2 (7th District)
1949-1951 .............................................Harry E. Fitch (Deceased) ................................................Terre Haute Post #40 (6th District)
1951-1953 .............................................Vincent Kelley (Deceased).................................................Anderson Post #371 (5th District)
1953-1955 ............................................. John Wilson (Deceased)...............................................Bloomington Post #18 (7th District)
1955-1959 ............................................. Lawrence H. Hinds (Deceased)................................Broad Ripple Post #312 (11th District)
1959-1961 .............................................Ferd Badt (Deceased)..........................................................Portland Post #211 (5th District)
1961-1963 .............................................Arthur McDowell (Deceased)..................................................Delphi Post #75 (2nd District)
1963-1965 .............................................Dr. Fred Daugherty (Deceased)...................................Crawfordsville Post #72 (6th District)
1965-1967 .............................................Robert L. Kuntz (Deceased) ....................................................Kokomo Post #6 (5th District)
1967-1969 .............................................Charles S. Boehm (Deceased) ...................................Indianapolis Post #264 (11th District)
1969-1977 ............................................. Melvin H. Heckman (Deceased) ....................................Fort Wayne Post #47 (4th District)
1977-1998 .............................................Gilbert E. Sheeks (Deceased) ............................................Mitchell Post #250, (9th District)
1998-1999 ............................................. John W. Pipher.................................................................LaGrange Post #215 (4th District)
1999-2003 .............................................Richard Quattrin (Deceased) ................................................Whiting Post #80 (1st District)
2003-2005 .............................................Ron Lowe (Deceased) ..............................................................Attica Post #52 (6th District)
2005-2007 .............................................Thomas Henderson ................................................................. Valparaiso #94 (2nd District)
2007-2015 .............................................Darrell Hansel ......................................................................... Vevay Post #185 (9th District)
2015-2017 .............................................Paul Steward...................................................................Mark L Wilt Post #210 (3rd District)
2017-2021 ............................................. Jerry Jordon.............................................................. Knightstown Post #152 (10th District)
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS
1929
Paul V. McNutt.....................Post 18
1950-1951
George N. Craig....................Post 2
1957-1958
A. Dale Eby...........................Post 25
1973-1974
Earl W. Merry......................Post 227
1980-1981
Ralph F. Gates.......................Post 98
Frank M. McHale .................Post 60
Herman A. Wenige...............Post 35
Barnett W. Breedlove.............Post 3
1981-1982
V.M. “Army” Armstrong ........Post 3
Robert E. Gates.....................Post 98
Raymond Springer..................Post 1
Isadore E. Levine...................Post 83
Reed Beard............................Post 33
Rabbi Albert Shulman...........Post 50
Father Bernard Gerdon.........Post 28
William A. Brennan Jr............Post 34
Robert M. Fritz.....................Post 111
Byron Waggoner.................Post 168
Col. Frank R. Kossa...............Post 35
Frank I. Hamilton ...............Post 129
Gilbert E. Sheeks...............Post 250
1982-1983
John D. Fuller ......................Post 33
Robert Gaskill ......................Post 47
Clarence A. Jackson ..........Post137
Harold A. Shindler...............Post 44
Col. Roscoe Turner................Post 4
John A. Watkins .................Post 22
James R. Zoll.....................Post 111
Charles S. Boehm.............Post 264
William W. Greeman........Post 271
Melvin H. Heckman............Post 47
Lawrence H. Hinds ..........Post 312
Fr. Edmund J. Murray ......Post 284
H. Melvin Napier..............Post 122
Orin “Red” Nowlin ..........Post 173
1983-1984
W.I. Brunton.....................Post 234
Gen. L.R. Gignilliat...........Post 103
Clarence Gramelspacher..Post147
Forest A. Harness................Post 6
Thomas S. McConnell .......Post 57
Fred L. Wiecking..............Post 111
John Krupa ......................Post 369
Roy Pope...........................Post 38
Gaylord Sheline ...................Post 6
Wayne L. Talbert................Post 75
1984-1985
William E. Brown................Post 18
Perry Faulkner...................Post 70
Harold E. Morris...............Post 214
William O. Nelson ............Post 127
Arthur Wilkie ......................Post 47
Ralph V. Cushman...........Post 288
Joseph P. Donovan............Post 49
Jack W. McIntyre .............Post 196
Robert “Bill” Sweet...........Post 197
1985-1986
Edmund Arthur Ball............Post 19
Leo Mulva ..........................Post 80
Bert Nowinski...................Post 357
Raymond “Jim” Yellig.......Post 242
Raymond T. Anglin...........Post 404
Keith Doyle ......................Post 368
Vincent Kelley..................Post 371
Robert Lewis....................Post 284
Allen L. Titus ....................Post 254
Robert D. White .................Post 97
1986-1987
Maurice Barr......................Post 36
Alton W. Cochran...............Post 20
Gay Gerster.....................Post 292
Claude Gregg ....................Post 73
Russell R. Rhodes.............Post 14
Henry E. Siebenmark.......Post 284
Robert C. Ayers .................Post 12
Kenneth W. Ohl..................Post 11
Al Waichulis .....................Post 289
Richard Wright.................Post 196
1987-1988
Bowman Elder .....................Post 4
J.E. McCurdy .....................Post 83
Col. Robert Moorhead .........Post 4
Walter Myers........................Post 4
Gerald L. Bole..................Post 368
James P.A. Fulton............Post 159
Frederick J. Jensen .........Post 154
Max E. Julian Sr.................Post 31
Dale E. Kuhn....................Post 119
George R. Morton Sr..........Post 37
Norman C. Schlemmer....Post 129
Alvin O. Werner ...............Post 464
John Wilson .......................Post 18
1988-1989
Larry Bartlett ....................Post 180
Gilbert Bates......................Post 49
Ralph Harrison...................Post 76
Donald W. Hynes...............Post 80
Norman Travis ...................Post 62
1989-1990
Billie J. Holmes ................Post 331
Keith Brown .......................Post 94
Harry E. Fitch.....................Post 40
Lindsay Lamb ....................Post 37
Joseph F. Lutes..................Post 55
James K. Staley.................Post 43
1990-1991
John K. Chappell .............Post 179
Donald R. Conn ...............Post 297
Bobby G. Davis................Post 418
Willard Walls ........................Post 5
George S. Wilkerson........Post 416
1991-1992
Jim Koutz.........................Post 200
Harold Reker....................Post 147
Joseph G. Weinberg........Post 101
1992-1993
William Hauck..................Post 178
Webber LaGrange ...........Post 205
William D. Jackson ..........Post 196
1985-1986
Edmund Arthur Ball............Post 19
Leo Mulva ..........................Post 80
Bert Nowinski...................Post 357
Raymond “Jim” Yellig.......Post 242
Raymond T. Anglin...........Post 404
Keith Doyle ......................Post 368
Vincent Kelley..................Post 371
Robert Lewis....................Post 284
Allen L. Titus ....................Post 254
Robert D. White .................Post 97
1986-1987
Maurice Barr......................Post 36
Alton W. Cochran...............Post 20
Gay Gerster.....................Post 292
Claude Gregg ....................Post 73
Russell R. Rhodes.............Post 14
Henry E. Siebenmark.......Post 284
Robert C. Ayers .................Post 12
Kenneth W. Ohl..................Post 11
Al Waichulis .....................Post 289
Richard Wright.................Post 196
1987-1988
Bowman Elder .....................Post 4
J.E. McCurdy .....................Post 83
Col. Robert Moorhead .........Post 4
Walter Myers........................Post 4
Gerald L. Bole..................Post 368
James P.A. Fulton............Post 159
Frederick J. Jensen .........Post 154
Max E. Julian Sr.................Post 31
Dale E. Kuhn....................Post 119
George R. Morton Sr..........Post 37
Norman C. Schlemmer....Post 129
Alvin O. Werner ...............Post 464
John Wilson .......................Post 18
1988-1989
Larry Bartlett ....................Post 180
Gilbert Bates......................Post 49
Ralph Harrison...................Post 76
Donald W. Hynes...............Post 80
Norman Travis ...................Post 62
1989-1990
Billie J. Holmes ................Post 331
Keith Brown .......................Post 94
Harry E. Fitch.....................Post 40
Lindsay Lamb ....................Post 37
Joseph F. Lutes..................Post 55
James K. Staley.................Post 43
1990-1991
John K. Chappell .............Post 179
Donald R. Conn ...............Post 297
Bobby G. Davis................Post 418
Willard Walls ........................Post 5
George S. Wilkerson........Post 416
1991-1992
Jim Koutz.........................Post 200
Harold Reker....................Post 147
Joseph G. Weinberg........Post 101
1992-1993
William Hauck..................Post 178
Webber LaGrange ...........Post 205
William D. Jackson ..........Post 196
1993-1994
George Reed................Post 229
Roy “Taxi” Ayers .............Post 12
Terry L. Smith .................Post 98
1994-1995
August “Gus” Karacson .Post 303
Thomas A. Goad..............Post 22
L. J. Burkholder ...............Post 14
James Valentine ............Post 204
1995-1996
Ron Miller .....................Post 368
Ted Stenger ..................Post 464
Father Richard Cooley
1996-1997
Ron Lowe...........................Post 52
Richard Adamski..............Post 357
1997-1998
Thomas Henderson ...........Post 94
Bob Bartholmew ................Post 94
Mike Hedrick....................Post 500
Don Cadman......................Post 64
Roger Baker.....................Post 469
Linder Schmeltz...............Post 189
Gene Wilson ....................Post 173
1998-1999
William Cline....................Post 495
Jack Butler.......................Post 402
Dewey Thomas................Post 365
Joe Rivich ........................Post 369
Bob Osos.......................................
1998-1999
Bob Ward...........................Post 28
Joe Gilkey..........................Post 28
1999-2000
Richard Quattrin.................Post 80
Bud Nichols........................Post 14
Walter Bode.....................Post 270
Jim Holmes......................Post 500
Herman Bittner...................Post 43
2000-2001
Joseph T. Bumbleburg.......Post 11
Roger T. Storey..................Post 37
Harold J. Epley ..................Post 44
2001-2002
Richard Tonkel.................Post 409
Ed Ramsey ......................Post 119
John Penman...................Post 104
William Wolverton............Post 156
2002-2003
James I. Miller..................Post 102
Anthony Riley.....................Post 79
Harold Brubaker.................Post 47
Tim Darr...........................Post 223
C.W. Hoff ...........................Post 81
James Handy.....................Post 57
2003-2004
John Michalski .................Post 297
John Pipher......................Post 215
Donald L. Ross ................Post 340
Thomas E. Gregory .........Post 328
Loren Danner...................Post 258
George Brattain ...............Post 338
Max W. Gellinger .............Post 127
Basil Bryant......................Post 161
2004-2005
Larry Lowry......................Post 418
David Heath.....................Post 253
David Dilling.....................Post 402
Russell Miller .....................Post 72
Robert Pfrank...................Post 346
Bill Hicks ..............................Post 2
Owen Wells......................Post 254
Lowell Sullivan.................Post 185
John Grubbs ....................Post 333
Kenneth Dowden ...............Post 64
2005-2006
Irvin Gilbert Thomas, Sr.....Post 28
Burt Tiemersma .................Post 80
Mary York.........................Post 333
Robert Morris.....................Post 72
Roger Baker.....................Post 127
2006-2007
John Bubala.....................Post 332
Robert Oeth .....................Post 351
Herbert Woodard...............Post 89
K. Michael Ayers................Post 12
Ida May Jewell.................Post 122
Thomas W. Pett...............Post 111
Gerald I. Lamkin ................Post 59
Randy McCroskey ...........Post 368
2007-2008
Norris Keirn......................Post 139
Bill Firkins ........................Post 196
Ronald Martin ..................Post 440
James Holmes.................Post 500
David Ruell ......................Post 470
Robert Bach.....................Post 313
Edward Trice....................Post 313
Lowell Spencer................Post 102
David King .......................Post 254
Gordon Rayburn..............Post 169
2008-2009
James A Delaney.............Post 113
David P. Rook ..................Post 205
Darrell Hansel..................Post 185
Norbert Bultemeier.............Post 43
Martin J. Dzieglowicz.......Post 369
Lawrence A. Horvath .........Post 66
George K. Blackburn, Jr ..Post 374
2009-2010
Thomas Somerville..........Post 168
Paul Steward ...................Post 210
Joe Schuman...................Post 464
2010-2011
Ralph Tolan......................Post 500
Jack Cook........................Post 210
2011-2012
Ron Taylor .......................Post 308
Robert Newman...............Post 178
Dave Sharber ......................Post 5
David Roche......................Post 28
2012-2013
John Wrolen ....................Post 100
James Hewitt.....................Post 83
Sonner Faught.................Post 139
Leland Baxter ..................Post 204
Walter Rodgers................Post 227
2013-2014
Al Palido.............................Post 66
James Daube ..................Post 189
Mike Miller .......................Post 161
Dave Ritenour..................Post 160
Rick Hudson ....................Post 156
James Phipps..................Post 281
Steve Bowman ..................Post 73
Gary Twomey ..................Post 121
James Hagler ..................Post 353
2014-2015
Max Miller ........................Post 258
Anthony Sadowski ...........Post 451
Richard Jewell .................Post 122
Russell Chorpenning ......Post 300
2015-2016
Richard Motsinger............Post 502
Eric Baggett .....................Post 279
John “Danny” Rice.............Post 64
Charles Weir....................Post 216
2016-2017
Homer Loudermilk ...........Post 122
William Gatewood............Post 502
Kenneth Hylton ................Post 464
Raphael Perez.................Post 508
Joseph Komenda.............Post 186
2017-2018
Walter “Doug” Howard .....Post 368
Fred Langley....................Post 301
Peter C. Van Woerden.....Post 485
2018-2019
James May ........................Post 18
Steve Short......................Post 212
Charles Martin .................Post 403
Jerry Maune.....................Post 464
2019-2020
Jim Abrams....................Post 106
Jerry Jordon...................Post 152
Jerry Stevens.................Post 313
2020-2021
Jeff Morris......................Post 113
John French...................Post 113
Don Hudson...................Post 155
Don Cole..........................Post 15