W&M Senior Class Officers
The President of the Senior Class at William & Mary is the leader of the senior class and presides over the class cabinet. Other class officers include a vice-president and a secretary-treasurer. During Commencement, the president of the senior class wears the Senior Class Chain of Office.
Senior Class Officers
The years listed here are the graduation years for the officers.
1908-1928
| Year | President | Vice-President | Secretary | Treasurer | Historian | Prophet | Poet | Valedictorian | Chaplain | Architect | Attorney | Orator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Edwin Francis Shewmake, Jr. | Stephen Ashley McDonald | Jesse Ewell, Jr. | Harry Gilmore Carter | Channing M. Hall | Smith J. Williams | Guy Ansell Bond Dovell | Grover Ashton Dovell | L. Bismark Frank | Kendall Palmer Birckhead | - | - |
| 1909 | Clarence Edgar Koontz | John Compton Freeman | Charlie "Lad" Taylor | John Y. Mason | Paul Sherwood Gilliam | Joseph Harper Brent | David Daniel Sizer | Wilfred Everard Roach | - | - | - | - |
| 1910 | Roscoe Conkling Young | Channing Westbrook Hall | Amos Ralph Koontz | Elisha Lucas Snipes | Cecil Cooper Bell | Micajah Oliver Townsend | Edward Le Baron Goodwin | Charles L. Ebell | Francis Harvey Bear | - | Henry Fitzhugh Tompkins | Joseph Mettauer Hurt, Jr. |
| 1911 | Frank Erskine Graves | Alvin Louis Thomas | Harry Evans Trimble | John Edgar Capps | George Prince Arnold | A.S. Howe | - | Kenneth Arnold Agee | - | - | - | - |
| 1912 | William Haynie Neblett | William Hansen Deierhoi | James Herman Summers | Edward Roane Willcox | Wade T. Brown | Joseph Farland Hall | William Kavanaugh Doty | Robert Bruce Jackson | Charles Chapman Snow | - | - | - |
| 1913 | Wilbur Robbins Dameron | Percy Lewis Witchley | Charles Harmon Schepmoes | Abraham Alexander Brodowski | John Dameron Moore | Wayne Carr Metcalf | - | Robert Clarence Warburton | Kenneth Arnold Agee | - | H.L. Carter | - |
| 1914 | John Lewis Tucker | Walter Leslie Drewry | Hugh Leonard Womack | Charles H. Hamlin | William Walter Winsbro | Bathurst Dangerfield Peachy | Henry Godwin Parker | John Eldridge Taylor | Alvin Francis Beale | - | - | - |
| 1915 | Clarence Jennings | Oliver Walter Frey | Charles Clark Renick | Wilson Edward Somers | Victor Ewart Galdstone Emery | Herman Lee Harris | John Waller Smith, Jr. | John William Massey | Lewis Jones | - | - | - |
| 1916 | Robert Murphy Newton | George Baskerville Zehmer | Charles Ashley Muncaster | H. Wilson Thorpe | Frederick Dean Goodwin Ribble | James Warren Stephens | William Cross Ferguson | Charles Alexander Scott | Richard Brownley Gayle | - | - | - |
| 1917 | Zelma Talmage Kyle | Arthur Douglas Parker | Isaac Wiley Robertson | Floyd Talmage Joyner | William Benjamin Tilley | Vernon Meredith Geddy | Cecil Randolph Heflin | Paul Neyron Derring | Frank Bowie Tolson, Jr. | - | - | - |
| 1918 | Floyd Franklin Jenkins | Alf Johnson Mapp | Clarence Luke Charlton | Jesse Rawls Byrd | Ennolis Albert Stephens | Herbert Grey Chandler | Alf Johnson Mapp | Earl Benton Broadwater | Arthur Hendly Blakemore | - | - | - |
| 1919 | Walter Finnall Cross Ferguson | Robert Carroll Rives | Albert Pettigrew Elliot | Albert Pettigrew Elliot | Benjamin Burrass Mitchell, Jr. | William Waller Johnson | Robert Carroll Rives | Walter Finnall Cross Ferguson | Harry Hooper Edwards | - | - | - |
| 1920 | Walter Hughart Cheatham | Van Franklin Garrett, Jr. | Robert Watson Copeland | Robert Watson Copeland | Julian Arlington Brooks | Edgar Linwood Connellee | James Durrette Carneal, Jr. | John Robert Chappell, Jr. | William Wilkens Farmer | - | - | - |
| 1921 | Herbert Lee Bridges, Jr. | Ruth Etta Cashion | Edward Dewey Hudson | Edward Dewey Hudson | Arthur Warren Johnson | Inger Sophia Scheie | Alexander David Joyner | Alexander David Joyner | Morris W. Derr | - | - | - |
| 1922 | Floyd Berl | Emily Hall, Oscar Hugh Fulcher | Madeline Blakey | Madeline Blakey | Irving Hamilton White | Rosena Kohout | Marguerite Jenkins | William Andrew Dickinson | Walter Josselyn Reed | - | - | - |
| 1923 | Ottowell Sykes Lowe(listed as President of the Student Body but not Senior Class) | Dorothy Louise Terrill | Fairmont Richmond White | Mabel Stratton | Elizabeth Margaret Smith | - | - | John Garland Pollard, Jr. | - | - | - | - |
| 1924 | Joseph C. Chandler | Carolyn Kelly | J.C. Phillips | J.C. Phillips | A.H. Cooke | - | Henry Moncure | - | Helen Lannigan | - | - | - |
| 1925 | Thomas W. Evans | John B. Todd | Suzanne Garrett | - | Elizabeth Gaines | - | Muriel Valentine | - | John W. Luke | - | - | - |
| 1926 | C. Howard Cain | Louise Sale | Winston H. Irwin | Winston H. Irwin | Mary L. Parker | - | Thomas Bland | - | Marshall Travers | - | - | - |
| 1927 | Fletcher James Barnes | Edward Cotton Rawls | Mary Maxwell Brockenborough | Mary Maxwell Brockenborough | Kitty Cofer Myrick | - | M. Carl Andrews | - | J. Wilfred Lambert | - | - | - |
| 1928 | William Henry Elliott | Marjorie Lacy | Carlton Macon | Carlton Macon | Dot Farrar | - | Hannah Margolis | - | E.B. Simpkins | - | - | - |
1929-1982
| Year | President | Vice-President | Secretary-Treasurer | Historian |
| 1929 | Edward T. Justis | McLain T. O'Ferrall | John B. Hozier | - |
| 1930 | John H. Waters | Sara Ann Everett | Eleanor Williamson | - |
| 1931 | William L. Scott | E. Howard Roche | Ellen Archer Ticer | - |
| 1932 | Binford H. Sykes | W. Brooks George | Josephine M. Habel | - |
| 1933 | Charles P. McCurdy | Margaret M. Clark | Flora E. Willcox | - |
| 1934 | Otis Crozier Southern | Elizabeth Toler | Mary Zaida Abbitt | - |
| 1935 | Blake T. Newton, Jr. | John Newell Lewis | Virginia Mister | - |
| 1936 | Eugene Barclay | William Howard | Kate Bristow | - |
| 1937 | Howard M. Gouldman, Jr. | Donald MaGuire | Doris E. Campbell | - |
| 1938 | Horace Gray Dyer | Ruth A. Merkle | Ned S. Keiter | - |
| 1939 | Edward Themak, Jr. | Robert Bruce Mattson | Winifred Wheeler | - |
| 1940 | Jack Garrett | Merritt Foster | Rosa Ellis | - |
| 1941 | Sterling T. Strange, Jr. | John J. Brennan | Austin L. Roberts, Jr. | Kitty Jane Britton |
| 1942 | Charles Malcom Sullivan | Patricia Nichols | Mary Margaret Figley | Virginia A. Tripp |
| 1943 | Owen L. Bradford | Elizabeth Jones | Robert L. Blandford | Claire Bardwell |
| 1944 | Mary Wilson Carver | Mary Prickett Carter | Marilyn Miller | Katharine Rutherford |
| 1945 | Virginia Old Darst | Martha Macklin | Nancy Carnegie | Nellie Greaves |
| 1946 | Nancy Grube | Frank Davis | Glo Rankin | - |
| 1947 | Hubert Rance | James Riley | Jacqueline Armor | June Haller |
| 1948 | Roy F. Ash, Jr. | Robert T. Hewitt | Jean Rathbun Morgan | Anna Maye Andrews |
| 1949 | David Ashley Saunders | Richard Winslow Beatty | Eleanor Hotchkiss Pendleton | Mary Moore |
| 1950 | Charles Groesbeck Scofield | Thomas Alfred Palmer | Nancy Virginia Black | Patricia Ann Jones |
| 1951 | James Sands Kelly | William Arnold Lehrburger | Suzita Elizabeth Cecil | Evelyn Lois Gardner |
| 1952 | Fred Seaman Allen, Jr. | Linwood Franklin Perkins, Jr. | Doris Ann Hasemeyer | Inga Juliana Youngquist |
| 1953 | Carmen Joseph Romeo | James Shatynski | Barbara Jo | David Lee Belew |
| 1954 | Joseph Edward Jay | Luther Wilson Kiger | Betsy Burr | Mildred Marguerite Huff |
| 1955 | Walter Eugene Guess | William Taliaferro Prince | Elaine Thomas | Edward D. Coco |
| 1956 | Thomas H. Rink | William Thomas Rundio, Jr. | Eloise Gideon | Margot Ketcham |
| 1957 | James Wayne Adams, Jr. | Edward Schefer | Donna Kay Smith | Ann Wilson |
| 1958 | William Oden Hambler | Arthur Barry Gingold | Elizabeth Ann Meyer | - |
| 1959 | Tom Lee Law | Harry William Miller | Patty Jo Divers | Gail Elaine Jordan |
| 1960 | Thomas Harmon Foster | Alice Caldwell Cooke | Jogina Lee Diamanti | Beryl Joyce Hornung |
| 1961 | C. Peter Siegenthaler | August William Nicolai, Jr. | Carol Lee Gist Sykes | Lorna Jane Bowen |
| 1962 | Paul J. Bankes, Jr. | Stephen Hodson Lopez | Jo Ann Dotson | Mary Sue Oakley |
| 1963 | Bruce Patrick O'Hara | Steven Edward Segal | Judith D. Williams | Ruth Elizabeth Risser |
| 1964 | David Carter Hunter | Jerry L. Ward | Ginnie Lynn Peirce | Vivian Elizabeth Jones |
| 1965 | Martin Matthew Morris, Jr | Thomas J. Kirkup, III | Mary Margaret Erskine | Ann Meade Baskerville |
| 1966 | Walter R. Wenk, Jr. | William Charles Harris | Gail Tennille Williams | Gail Anne Morgan |
| 1967 | Jeff Foster | Fred Palmore | Bonnie Hamlet | Cathleen Cecelia Crofoot |
| 1968 | Robert Allen Blair | Bruce Anthony Oliver | Kerry Ann Sawick | Mary Yeager |
| 1969 | John Waverly Keiter | Harry Hugh Dodson, Jr. | Ruth Donnan Chancellor | Linda Lee Freeman |
| 1970 | Robert A. Beason | Randy Lee Pearson | Nancy Condit Cooper | Gail Elizabeth Gates |
| 1971 | David L. Bernd | James R. Duff | Robert Craig Windham | Susan W. Cunningham |
| 1972 | Bruce Shatswell | Albert Lloyd Payne | Elaine Louise May | - |
| 1973 | Donald A. Purdy | William G. Hendricks, Jr. | Peter L. Fitzgerald | - |
| 1974 | Craig Thornton Cornwell | Peggy Scott Hedstrom | Earle A. MacKenzie | - |
| 1975 | James Van Istendal Black | William Douglas Smyth | Nancy Patricia Burgess | - |
| 1976 | Nancy Carroll Turrentine | Stephen Durham Rudlin | George Wesley Duke | - |
| 1977 | Maggie Rollins | David Elwin Smith | Cynthia Diane Bennett | - |
| 1978 | Christopher Kelley | Andy Vernick | Margaret Brown | - |
| 1979 | Margaret Nelson | Lela Early | Meg Lewis | - |
| 1980 | Suzanne Doggett | Pat Warfle | Pam Lunny | - |
| 1981 | Bob Wagner | Missy Wright | Kristi Esbenson | - |
| 1982 | Laurie Brewer | Shoo-Li Liu | Mike Mallare | - |
1983-2003
| Year | President | Vice-President | Secretary | Treasurer |
| 1983 | Carolyn Finnocio | Sue Newman | Amy Reich | Paul Markowski |
| 1984 | Fraser Hudgins | Joanna Ashworth | Dennis Shea | Margee Mulhall |
| 1985 | Tony McNeil | Liz Harris | Heather McDonald | Jeff Grossman |
| 1986 | Elizabeth Flamm | John Poma | Cheryl Keenan | Jen Jones |
| 1987 | Beth Shapiro | Chris Kidder | Lisa Maruca | Karin Mageira |
| 1988 | Tim McEvoy | Renee Snyder | Suzy Hoube | John Holloway |
| 1989 | Anson Christian | Beth Johnson | Colleen Flinnell | Chun Woo Rhee |
| 1990 | Lisa Stewart | Ed Beardsley | Jennifer Ashley Lane | Scott Forrest |
| 1991 | Reggie Jones | Heather Murphy | Trish Davis | Heather Scobie |
| 1992 | John Graham | Betsy Wilcox | Mike Egely | Melissa Cales |
| 1993 | Mike Murphy | Heather ? | Jenny McCall | Zeke Knox |
| 1994 | Pete Snyder | Charlie Ackerman | - | Jason Flemmons |
| 1995 | K.T. Turner | Jessica Setrin | Jen Vranek | Vicki Henley |
| 1996 | Brandon Ritchie | Shannon Smith | Jenine Egan | Matt Jones |
| 1997 | Matt Couch | Jason Schemmel | Amy Shoemaker | Neal Batra |
| 1998 | Karen Silverberg | Mandy Lake | Laura Miller | Chad Carr |
| 1999 | - | Liz Speck | - | Reagan Clyne |
| 2000 | Paul Clay-Rooks | Katie Knapp | Betsy Haws | Marsh Pattie |
| 2001 | Sarah Glass | Lauren Morgan | Kimberly Lynn | Sarah Rosquist |
| 2002 | Zakiya Thomas | - | Sonya Islams | - |
| 2003 | Summer Conage | Collier Lumpkin | Michelle Tait / Christian Hennel | Annie Yehl |
2004- Present
| Year | President | Vice-President for Advocacy | Vice-President for Social Affairs | Secretary | Treasurer |
| 2004 | Marc Johnson | Jamie Jackson | Mary Kate Meincke | Caroline Dietrich | Nick Blonkowski |
| 2005 | Bree Booth | - | Max O'Keefe | Wesley Allen | Erin Wiegand |
| 2006 | Jon Adams | Stephanie Casler | Allison Muth | Pierce Blue | Phil Perry |
| 2007 | Jess Vance | - | Bryan McDermott | Ashley Staff | Denis Beausejour |
| 2008 | Nick Faulkner | - | Patrick Donaldson | Ashley Pinney | Laura Rogers |
| 2009 | Kevin Dua | Kristin Slawter | Samantha Fien-Helfman | Chris Ilardo | Cliff Dunn |
| 2010 | Alyssa Wallace | Jessica Taubman | Laura Nelson | - | Ray Ciabattoni |
| 2011 | Michael Tsidulko | Katherine Ainsworth | Wayne Pearson | Sahra Roble | Corey Flatt |
| 2012 | Stephanie McGuire | Amanda Brazzel | Matt Schofield | Symone Michelle Jones | Stephen Gardner Fay |
| 2013 | Morgan Dyson | Ryan McManus | Lemondre Waston | - | - |
| 2014 | Grace Martini | Philip Lavely | - | - | Brett Prestia |
| 2015 | Alexandria "Joe" Foster | Daniel Kennedy (just VP) | - | Kameron Melton | Tyler Dunphy |
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References
- Student Government--Class Officers, University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, The College of William & Mary.
- Class Activities, Flat Hat, William & Mary News, Alumni Gazette Index, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary.
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