Past Presidents

These are the outstanding public relations professionals who have led PRSA Houston since its founding. We thank them for their leadership and dedication to the profession.

• 1950 James A. Clark
• 1952 Henry C. Webb
• 1954 Emerson G. Smith
• 1955 John Mortimer
• 1956 J. Michael Murphy
• 1957 Tom Brawner
• 1958 Jack Shannon
• 1960 Sam E. Drake
• 1961 Pat J. Nicholson, APR (deceased)
• 1962 Val Jean McCoy
• 1963 Hal Hazelrigg
• 1964 Robert Fitzpatrick
• 1965 J.L. Bart, Jr., APR (deceased)
• 1966 Ralph Frede, APR, Fellow PRSA (deceased, Jan. 1, 2005)
• 1967 Robert Stine (deceased)
• 1968 Bill Robertson
• 1969 Russell Burget
• 1970 Alvin R. Busse, APR, Fellow PRSA (deceased, July 26, 2010)
• 1971 Stewart P. Smith
• 1972 Culver Turlington, APR (deceased)
• 1973 Fred Wichlep, APR
• 1974 R. Robert Rowley, APR (deceased)
• 1975 Arthur L. Dowling, APR
• 1976 Sabra H. Gill, APR (deceased March 2009)
• 1977 H. Dale Henderson (deceased)
• 1978 James H. Powers (deceased)
• 1979 William McElwain
• 1980 Nancy C. Davis
• 1981 James Eager
• 1982 Farris Block, APR (deceased)
• 1983 Phil Taggart, APR (deceased)
• 1984 David R. Dodrill, APR
• 1985 Margot Dimond, APR
• 1986 Marvin Brown, APR
• 1986 Robert E. Haine, APR (after Marvin’s job changed)
• 1987 Guy E. Brown, II, APR
• 1988 Robert E. Haine, APR (deceased Sept. 13, 2013)
• 1989 Wellington Osterloh, APR, Fellow PRSA (deceased April 7, 2005)
• 1990 George Nelson, APR
• 1991 Hank Moore, APR, Fellow PRSA
• 1992 Dr. Barbara Langham, APR
• 1993 Thomas K. Stewart, APR, Fellow PRSA (deceased Jan. 9, 2019)
  
• 1994 D. Gayle McNutt, APR, Fellow PRSA
• 1995 Maureen Civiletto, APR
• 1996 Kay Kendall, APR
• 1997 Woody Madden, APR
• 1998 Graham Painter, APR
• 1999 Judi Martin, APR
• 2000 Carolyn Mayo, APR
• 2001 Ben Wheatley, ABC, APR
• 2002 Julie Gorling, APR
• 2003 Kris Taylor, APR
• 2004 Dan Keeney, APR
• 2005 Cindy Suggs, APR
• 2006 Sally Ramsay
• 2007 Lisa Walsh
• 2008 Priscilla Tinsley
• 2009 Terri Larson, APR
• 2010 Stephanie Dedeaux, APR
• 2011 Michelle McCormick
• 2012 Edward Davis, III
• 2013 Lisa Dimond Vasquez, APR
• 2014 Kelly George, APR
• 2015 Lee Vela
• 2016 Kim Miller
• 2017 Saki Indakwa
• 2018 Chuck Smith, APR
• 2019 Isidro Reyna, APR
• 2020 Jessica Anderson