YLD Past Presidents

*1949  B.C. Gardner Jr., Albany
*1950  Griffin B. Bell, Atlanta
*1951  James D. Maddox, Rome
*1952  Trammell F. Shi, Macon
*1953  Marcus B. Calhoun, Thomasville
*1954  Kirk M. McAlpin, Savannah
*1955  Robert R. Richardson, Atlanta
*1956  Kenneth M. Henson, Columbus
*1957  Frank C. Jones, Atlanta
*1958  Gould B. Hagler, Augusta
*1959  Robert T. Thompson, Atlanta
*1960  Willis J. Richardson Jr., Savannah
*1961  J. T. Pope Jr., Dalton
  1962  Harry C. Howard, Atlanta
*1963  Erwin A. Friedman, Savannah
*1964  Charles J. Driebe, Jonesboro
*1965  W. G. Elliott, Valdosta
*1966  Theodore G. Frankel, Atlanta
*1967  B. Carl Buice, Gainesville
*1968  Robert L. Steed, Atlanta
*1969  Lloyd T. Whitaker, Atlanta
*1970  L. Martelle Layfield, Columbus
*1971  Matthew H. Patton, Atlanta
  1972  Thomas E. Dennard Jr., Brunswick
*1973  A. Felton Jenkins Jr., Atlanta
  1974  Robert M. Brinson, Rome
  1975  R. William Ide III, Atlanta
  1976  James A. Bishop, Brunswick
*1977  A. James Elliott, Atlanta
  1978  Charles T. Lester Jr., Atlanta
  1979  Theodore M. Hester, Washington, D.C.
  1980  James L. Pannell, Savannah
  1981  W. Terence Walsh, Atlanta
  1982  Richard A. Childs, Columbus
  1983  Richard T. de Mayo, Atlanta
  1984  Walter H. Bush Jr., Macon
  1985  William D. Barwick, Atlanta
  1986  S. David Smith Jr., Rome

  1988  John C. Sammon, Decatur
  1989  Donna G. Barwick, Atlanta
  1990  Dana B. Miles, Decatur
  1991  Stanley G. Brading Jr., Atlanta
  1992  Leland M. Malchow, Augusta
  1993  Elizabeth B. Hodges, Atlanta
  1994  Rachel K. Iverson, Cumming
  1995  Tina Shadix Roddenbery, Atlanta
  1996  Nolie J. Motes, Gainesville
  1997  J. Henry Walker IV, Atlanta
  1998  James D. Hyder Jr., Augusta
*1999  Ross J. Adams, Atlanta
  2000  Joseph W. Dent, Albany
  2001  S. Kendall Butterworth, Atlanta
*2002  Peter J. Daughtery, Columbus
  2003  Derek J. White, Savannah
  2004  Andrew W. Jones, Marietta
  2005  Laurel Payne Landon, Augusta
  2006  Damon E. Elmore, Atlanta
  2007  Jonathan A. Pope, Canton
  2008  Elena Kaplan, Atlanta
  2009  Joshua C. Bell, Bainbridge
  2010  Amy V. Howell, Atlanta
  2011  Michael G. Geoffroy, Covington
  2012  Stephanie Kirijan Cooper, Atlanta
  2013  Jonathan B. Pannell, Savannah
  2014  Darrell L. Sutton, Marietta
  2015  Sharri Edenfield Lindsey, Statesboro
  2016  John R. B. Long, Augusta
  2017  Jennifer C. Mock, Statesboro
  2018  Nicole C. Leet, Atlanta
  2019  Hon. Rizza O’Connor, Lyons
  2020  Will Davis, Newnan
  2021  Bert Hummel, Atlanta
  2022  Elissa B. Haynes, Atlanta
  2023  Ronald Edward “Ron” Daniels, Eastman
  2024  Brittanie Browning, Atlanta