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WMEA CONFERENCE HISTORY

We honor our history with a comprehensive list of WMEA Presidents and the conferences for which they were responsible.

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Conference Year Conference Location WMEA President
1937 #Portland *James Yenney
*Edna McKee
1939 #Tacoma *Marjorie Pidduck
1941 #Spokane *Robert Choate
1943 #Eugene *Leslie Armstrong
1948 Tacoma *Theodore F. Norman
1950 Bellingham *Harriet Charlton
1952 Yakima *Wayne S. Hertz
1954 Yakima *Frank L. D'Andrea
1956 Spokane *Edward Krenz
1958 Yakima *William T. Herbst
1960 Wenatchee *Randall Rockhill
1962 Tacoma *Jack E. Schaefer
1964 Yakima *Jack W. Francis
1966 Spokane *A. Bert Christianson
1968 ^Seattle *William D. Cole
1970 Yakima *Fred P. Schlichting
1972 Vancouver *Raymond W. Thompson
1974 Tri-Cities *Robert L. Miller
1976 Wenatchee *Vern Nicklaus
1978 Yakima Bernie Ackerman
1980 Bellingham *Jack Potter
1982 Richland Karla M. Timmerman
1984 Renton Neal Porter
1986 Wenatchee Peggy Burrough
1988 Tacoma Ken Noreen
1989 ~Seattle *Wayne Timmerman
1990 Olympia *Wayne Timmerman
1992 Tacoma Mel Clayton
1994 Yakima Bruce Caldwell
1996 Tacoma Dave Cross
1998 Yakima Vicki White-Miltun
1999 ~Shoreline Bruce Gutgesell
2000 Yakima Bruce Gutgesell
2001 ~Tukwila Ted Christensen
2002 Yakima Ted Christensen
2003 ~Tukwila Fred Dole
2004 Yakima Fred Dole
2005 ~Tukwila Dave Weatherred
2006 Yakima Dave Weatherred
2007 ~Tukwila Don Clausen
2008 Yakima Don Clausen
2009 #Spokane Mark Lane
2010 Yakima Mark Lane

* Deceased
~ Combined with Arts-Time Conference
# Combined with Northwest Conference
^ Combined with National MENC Conference

 

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