PDA 150TH ANNIVERSARY
Walter Abel Spencer 1918-19 Carbondale
*George S. Schlegel 1919-20 Reading
*R. Hamill D. Swing 1920-21 Philadelphia
*John Flocker Biddle 1921-22 Pittsburgh
*Emerson R. Sausser 1922-23 Philadelphia
*William L. Fickes 1923-24 Pittsburgh
*Otto John Specker 1924-25 Reading
*Charles Root Turner 1925-26 Philadelphia
*P. V. McParland 1926-27 Pittsburgh
*John Calvin Nugent 1927-28 Altoona
*Walter H. Fordham 1928-29 Scranton
*Zachary T. Jackaway 1929-30 Philadelphia
*Alfred C. Young 1930-31 Pittsburgh
*H. M. Kirkpatrick 1931-32 Harrisburg
*George A. Coleman 1932-33 Philadelphia
*Harry C. Metz 1933-34 Pittsburgh
*Walter E. Lotz 1934-35 Tyrone
*F. S. E. Rusca 1935-36 Philadelphia
*Walter E. Mendel 1936-37 Pittsburgh
*Fred D. Miller 1937-38 Altoona
*R. M. Walls 1938-39 Bethlehem
*Glen S. Phillips 1939-40 Meadville
*W. J. Robinson 1940-41 Philadelphia
*Boyd A. Lowry 1941-42 Williamsport
*Fred C. Robinson 1942-43 Uniontown
*LeRoy M. Ennis 1943-44 Philadelphia
*Herbert K. Cooper 1944-45 Lititz
*W. Earl Craig 1945-46 Pittsburgh
*Milon P. Eaton 1946-47 Philadelphia
*Harry K. Willits 1948 Reading
*John S. Oartel 1949 Wilkinsburg
*Charles S. Patton 1950 Philadelphia
*Paul E. Bomberger 1951 Lancaster
Dr. Gaetan Lavalla in his
President’s Address in 1997
The establishment of PDA’s
new web site has opened an
exhilarating, new pathway for
communication with our members.
This electronic age, which some of
us may think of as strange and
incomprehensible, enables us to
convey and disseminate information
almost instantaneously.
Consumers may now connect with
PDA and benefit from our posted
information; and we can now
communicate directly and swiftly
with legislators. It could very likely
change the way we do business.
Perhaps, one day, every officer,
every delegate and alternate
delegate will be linked electronically
and the House of Delegates’
sessions, Reference Committee
hearings, and voting will be
accomplished without the need for
any of us to leave our homes or
offices. New policies can be enacted
immediately; additional House
sessions to decide upon new
programs will cause no major
disruption of association activity.
The possibilities are probably
endless, and they definitely are
exciting.
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