Western Surgical Association

Past Presidents & Meeting Locations

PresidentPlaceYear
Margo ShoupDana Point, CA2023
Karen BraselSanta Barbara2022
Leigh NeumayerIndian Wells2021
David R. FarleyVirtual2020
M Ashraf Mansour Las Vegas, NV2019
Mark Talamonti San Jose del Cabo2018
Kelly McMastersParadise Valley2017
R. James ValentineCoronado2016
William ChapmanNapa Valley2015
Steven StainIndian Wells2014
Clive S. GrantSalt Lake City2013
Raymond JoehlColorado Springs2012
Gregory J. JurkovichTucson2011
Michael FarnellChicago2010
Wayne SchwesingerSan Antonio2009
Bruce L. GewertzSanta Fe2008
Merril T. DaytonColorado Springs2007
Richard C. ThirlbyLos Cabos, Mexico2006
Arthur S. McFee*San Antonio 2005
Fabrizio Michelassi   Las Vegas2004
Richard A. PrinzTucson2003
Claude H. Organ*Vancouver, B.C., Canada2002
J. David Richardson*San Antonio2001
Amilu S. RothhammerDana Point2000
Thomas V. Berne*Santa Fe1999
Jay L. Grosfeld*Indianapolis1998
Jack R. PicklemanColorado Springs1997
Jon A. van HeerdenPortland1996
Norman W. Thompson*Chicago1995
Basil A. Pruitt, Jr.Palm Desert1994
George E. Block*Seattle1993
Arthur J. DonovanSan Antonio1992
John L. Glover*Colorado Springs1991
David G. AshbaughScottsdale1990
J. Bradley Aust*St. Louis1989
Melvin A. Block*Coronado1988
Alexander J. Walt*Dallas1987
R. Dale Liechty*Detroit1986
Martin A. Adson*Rochester1985
George L. Jordan, Jr.*Colorado Springs1984
Robert E. McCurdy *Monterey1983
James J. Berens*Kansas City1982
Paul E. Hodgson*Albuquerque1981
William H. ReMine*Salt Lake City1980
Harvey R. Butcher, Jr.*Colorado Springs1979
D. Emirick Szilagyi*Scottsdale1978
Allen M. Boyden*Las Vegas1977
William P. Mikkelsen*Coronado1976
Chester B. McVay*Colorado Springs1975
Darrell A. Campbell*San Francisco1974
Tom D. Throckmorton*Houston1973
Carl P. Schlicke*Rochester1972
Raleigh R. White*Portland1971
Kenneth C. Sawyer*Colorado Springs1970
Arthur C. Pattison*Dallas1969
Merle M. Musselman*Chicago1968
O. Theron Claggett*Los Angeles1967
Walter W. Carroll*Phoenix1966
Arthur J. Hunnicutt*Omaha1965
Eugene A. Osius*Colorado Springs1964
Charles W. Mayo*Galveston1963
Jacob K. Berman*St. Louis1962
John T. Reynolds*San Francisco1961
Caleb S. Stone, Jr.*Detroit1960
James T. Priestley*Colorado Springs1959
James B. Brown*Rochester1958
Everett P. Coleman*Salt Lake City1957
Charles G. Johnston*Cincinnati1956
Michael L. Mason*Seattle1955
Herbert H. Davis*Colorado Springs1954
Lawrence Chaffin*Chicago1953
George B. Packard*Houston1952
Erwin R. Schmidt*Colorado Springs1951
Warren H. Cole*Minneapolis1950
Robert L. Sanders*Santa Barbara1949
Harry B. Zimmerman*St. Louis1948
William M. Mills*Colorado Springs1947
Arthur R. Metz*Memphis1946
James C. Masson*Chicago1945
Willis D. Gatch*Chicago1944
Willis D. Gatch*No General Meeting1943
Willis C. Gatch*No General Meeting1942
Albert H. Montgomery*St. Paul1941
Alfred Brown*Topeka1940
Vernon C. David*Los Angeles1939
Casper F. Hegner*Omaha1938
Fred W. Bailey*Indianapolis1937
Thomas G. Orr*Kansas City1936
Reginald H. Jackson*Rochester1935
Frank R. Teachenor*St. Louis1934
Samuel C. Plummer*Cincinnati1933
Harry P. Ritchie*Madison1932
Clarence G. Toland*Denver1931
Carl E. Black*Kansas City1930
E. Starr Judd*Del Monte1929
Kellog Speed*Chicago1928
Lewis H. McKinnie*Omaha1927
Robert C. Coffey*Duluth1926
Willard D. Haines*Wichita1925
Donald Macrae, Jr.*French Lick Springs1924
Horace G. Wetherill*Colorado Springs1923
Miles F. Porter*Minneapolis1922
Charles D. Lockwood*St. Louis1921
Arthur T. Mann*Los Angeles1920
Roland Hill*Kansas City1919
James F. Percy*Chicago1918
Leonard Freeman*Omaha1917
Lawrence W. Littig*St. Paul1916
Joseph R. Eastman*Des Moines1915
Bryon B. Davis*Denver1914
Jabez N. Jackson*St. Louis1913
Lewis L. McArthur*Cincinnati1912
Amos W. Abbott*Kansas City1911
John P. Lord*Chicago1910
Arthur L. Wright*Omaha1909
William W. Grant*Minneapolis1908
Charles W. Oviatt*St. Louis1907
Malcolm L. Harris*Salt Lake City1906
Harvey D. Niles*Kansas City1905
Charles H. Mayo*Milwaukee1904
Charles H. Mayo*Milwaukee1904
Alexander H. Ferguson*Denver1903
James E. Moore*St. Joseph1902
August F. Jonas*Chicago1901
O. Beverly Campbell*Minneapolis1900
Homer C. Crowell*Des Moines1899
David S. Fairchild*Omaha1898
Joseph Eastman*Denver1897
Thomas J. Beattie*Topeka1896
John E. Summers, Jr.*Kansas City1895
Lewis Schooler*Omaha1894
Milo B. Ward*Des Moines1893
Milo B. Ward*Kansas City1892
S.S. Todd*Topeka1891

*Denotes deceased