Past Presidents

Pictured at the 2017 NACD Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, from left to right: Rudy Rice, Bill Wilson, John Redding, Steve Robinson, Gene Schmidt, Earl Garber, Lee McDaniel, and current NACD President Brent Van Dyke.

E.C. McArthur, Gaffney, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1946-1947

Kent Leavitt, Millbrook, NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1948-1949

Walter S. Davis, Jr., Galveston, TX . . . . . . . . .1950-1954

Nolen J. Fuqua, Jr., Duncan, OK . . . . . . . . . .1955-1958

William E. Richards, Kearney, NE . . . . . . . . . 1959-1961

Marion S. Monk, Jr., Batchelor, LA . . . . . . . . 1962-1965

Sam Studebaker, Troy City, OH . . . . . . . . . . 1966-1969

John S. Wilder, Somerville, TN . . . . . . . . . . . 1970-1973

George R. Bagley, St. Joseph, LA . . . . . . . . . . 1974-1977

Lyle Bauer, Harper, KS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-1981

Milton E. “Bud” Mekelburg, Yuma, CO . . . . . 1982-1984

Clarence Durban, Plain City, OH . . . . . . . . . 1985-1988

Robert “Bob” Wetherbee, Fairmount, ND . . . .1989-1991

Gerhard “Gerry” B. Digerness, Sumas, WA . . . . . . . . . . 1992-1994

Gerald L. Vap, McCook, NE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-1997

Rudy K. Rice, Du Quoin, IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-2000

Read Smith, St. John, WA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001-2003

Gary Mast, Millersburg, OH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003-2005

Bill Wilson, Kinta, OK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005-2007

Olin Sims, McFadden, WY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-2008

John Redding, Monroe, GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-2009

Steve Robinson, Marysville, OH . . . . . . . . . . 2009-2011

Gene Schmidt, Hanna, IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2011-2013

Earl Garber, Basile, LA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2013-2015

Lee McDaniel, Darlington, MD. . . . . . . . . . .2015-2017