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Omicron Delta Kappa
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    • Mission, Vision, and Values
      • Notable Members
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    • Fast Facts
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      • Board of Trustees
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Former National Presidents, Foundation Presidents, and Board Chairs

The Omicron Delta Kappa Society was governed by a Board of Directors and led by a National President up until 2019. The Omicron Delta Kappa Foundation was governed by a Board of Trustees and led by a Foundation President until the same year. The new governance structure has the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation led by a Board of Trustees and a Board Chair. OΔK owes much of its success to the strong leaders who have overseen the organization since its founding in 1914.

D. B. Easter *
Washington and Lee University
1914-20 National President

John C. French *
Johns Hopkins University
1920-22 National President

William Moseley Brown *
Washington and Lee University
1922-25 National President

A. G. Williams *
William & Mary
1925-27 National President

William L. Prince *
University of Richmond
1927-29 National President

Gustav L. Schramm*
University of Pittsburgh
1929-31 National President

Frank R. Brown *
Davidson College
1931-33 National President

George Lang *
University of Alabama
1933-35 National President

William L. Sanders *
Ohio Wesleyan University
1935 National President

Guy E. Snavely *
Birmingham-Southern College
1935-37 National President

Frank L. Jackson *
Davidson College
1937-39 National President

Wilbur H. Norcross *
Dickinson College
1939-41 National President

C. Stanton Belfour *
University of Pittsburgh
1941-47 National President

Ralph C. McDanel *
University of Richmond
1947-49 National President

Marten Ten Hoor *
Tulane University
1949-51 National President

Gordon Johnston *
University of Denver
1951-55 National President

Robson D. McIntyre *
University of Kentucky
1955-59 National President

Arno J. Haack *
Washington University
1959-61 National President

G. Herbert Smith*
Willamette University
1961-64 National President

Robert W. Bishop *
University of Cincinnati
1964-68 National President

Frank A. Rose *
University of Kentucky
1968-70 National President

Frank G. Dickey *
University of Kentucky
1970-72 National President

Wayne L. Rubinas
Florida State University
1972-74 National President

John Karlem Riess*
Tulane University
1974-78 National President

Glenn O. Hilburn *
Centenary College
1978-84 National President
1985-86 Interim National President

Robert L. Morlan *
Denison University
1984-85 National President

Daniel E. Beeman *
1984-88 Foundation President
University of South Florida

Ronald W. Roskens *
Kent State University
1986-90 National President
1988-96 Foundation President

Eldridge W. Roark, Jr. *
Samford University
1990-94 National President

Richard E. Hoover
University of Nebraska at Omaha
1994-98 National President

Sally Jones Hill
Auburn University
1996-2002 Foundation President

Cheryl M. Hogle *
SUNY Plattsburgh
1998-2002 National President

Kenneth P. Ruscio
Washington and Lee University
2002-06 National President

Calder P. Sinclair
Emory University
2002-06 Foundation President

Stephen D. Bisese
William & Mary
2006-10 National President

William R. Johnston
Washington and Lee University
2006-10 Foundation President

Betsy Bugg Holloway
Vanderbilt University
2010-12 National President

Palmer Gene Vance II
Transylvania University
2010-14 Foundation President

Michael N. Christakis
Alfred University
2012-16 National President

Russell W. Chambliss
Washington and Lee University
2014-18 Foundation President

Matthew W. Clifford
Davidson College
2016-19 National President
2019-20 Board Chair

Sally K. Albrecht
Rollins College
2018-19 Foundation President
2020-21 Board Chair

Willie L. Banks, Jr.
University of Georgia
2021-22 Board Chair

Sandra B. Thurmond
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2022-23 Board Chair

* Deceased

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