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Organization


The Organization Structure of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is based on that found in the Plymouth Colony. It is headed by a Governor who has an Assistant Governor (now called Deputy Governor) and a board consisting of a number of other Assistants. Its current officers and assistants including those elected by the membership at the annual meeting held January 26, 2008 are as follows:


Officers

* Nominee to be elected by the GSMD Board at the 2008 GSMD Triennial Congress

Governor: Norman Robinson
Deputy Governor: Robert Heinsohn, PhD
Secretary: Layton Fireng
Assistant Secretary: Valerie Cullen
Treasurer: Deborah Yingst
Assistant Treasurer: David Hunt, Jr.
Historian: Mary Connelly
Registrar: Robert Heinsohn
Elder: Debra Miller
Captain: Richard Smith Sr.
Counselor: Thomas R. Kellogg, Esq.
Membership Officer: Joan Miller
Deputy Governor General*: Robert Heinsohn, PhD
Assistant General*: Joan Miller
The Assistants
Valerie Cullen
Aldys Davis
David H. Hunt, Jr.
Deborah T. Markowitz
Debra Miller
Lois Rilling
Joan Miller
Colette Bailes
Kames Buckner
Patricia Hill
Alice Boucher
Hunter Davis
Peter Zelov
Colony Officers

Western (Pittsburgh Area)

Colony Governor
W. Brewster Cockrell, Esq.

Assistant Colony Governor
Margaret M. Leo

Secretary
Linda G. Laitine

Treasurer
Robert M. Coates

Registrar
Patricia A. G. Hill

Immediate Past Colony Governor
Billie J. Gailey

Susquehanna (Harrisburg Area)

Colony Governor
Joan C. Miller

Assistant Colony Governor
Debra G. Miller

Secretary
James R. Buckner

Treasurer
Robert S.Fuller

Elder
Alice E. Boucher

Immediate Past Colony Governor
Robert J. Heinsohn, PhD

Living Past Governors
Winchell S. Carroll (2005-2007)
Mimi B. Johnson (2004)
Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. (2001-2003)
Edward A. Parker, IV (1998-2000)
Frederick T.J. Clement, Jr. (1996-1997)
Constance F. Lagerman (1991-1992)
Henry K. Justi (1983)
D. Weston Darby, Jr. (1979-1980)
Lynmar Brock, Jr. (1971-1973)
 
Committee Chairpersons
Audit: TBA
Membership: Joan C. Miller
Community Relations: Winchell S. Carroll
Newsletter: John M. Hunt, Jr. Ph.D., Editor
Education: James R. Buckner
Nominating: Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr
Executive: Norman P. Robinson
"Pilgrims Then & Now" (ad hoc): Alice E. Boucher
Finance: Robert J. Heinsohn, PhD
Social Events: Aldys C. Davis & Lois E. Rilling
Junior Membership: Hunter B. Davis
Web Site: Stacy B.C. Wood Jr.
Library: Joan C. Miller
Webmaster: Joseph Wood

Past Governors of the SMDPA


Charlemagne Tower, Jr. 1896 - 1903
Francis Olcott Allen 1904 - 1908
Charlemagne Tower, Jr. 1909 - 1910
George Champlin Mason 1911 - 1920
George Fales Baker, M.D. 1921 - 1922
Ashbel Welch 1923 - 1924
Georges Fales Baker, M.D. 1925 - 1926
Joseph Wharton Lippincott 1927
Herman Vandenburg Ames 1928 - 1929
Louis Iungerich Matthews 1930 - 1931
Samuel Leonard Kent 1932 - 1933
Tristram Coffin Colket, 2nd 1934 - 1935
Laurence Howard Eldredge 1936 - 1937
Frank Worthington Melvin 1938 - 1939
Leon Stauffer Oliver 1940 - 1941
Alexander Reed McIntire 1942 - 1943
Margaret Antoinette Lennig 1944 - 1945
George Scott Castle 1946 - 1947
Louis Iungerich Matthews 1948 - 1950
Ralph Dornfield Owen 1951 - 1953
Bertram Lippincott 1954 - 1956
Ledyard Hart Hecksher 1957 - 1959
Arthur Thatcher Lukens 1960 - 1961
Norman Joy Greene 1961 - 1962
Henry Martin Justi, Jr. 1963 - 1964
Donald Weston Darby 1965 - 1967
Charles Brunner Barclay 1968 - 1970
  Lynmar Brock, Jr. 1971 - 1973
  Arthur Thatcher Lukens, Jr. 1974 - 1976
Roosevelt Schuyler Lippincott 1977 - 1978
  Donald Weston Darby, Jr. 1979 - 1980
Conrad Wilson 1981 - 1982
  Henry Kellogg Justi 1982 - 1983
Joseph Lanktree Castle, II 1984 - 1985
Barbara Brock Kidder 1986 - 1988
William Brewster 1989 - 1990
  Constance Flynn Lagerman 1991 - 1992
Randolph Dickinson Zelov 1993 - 1995
  Frederick Tomson Jones Clement, Jr. 1996 - 1997
  Edward Augustus Parker, IV 1998 - 2000
  Stacy Budd Campion Wood, Jr. 2001 - 2003
  Mimi B. Johnson 2004 - 2004
  Winchell S. Carroll 2005 - 2007