Past Presidents

Years of Service Name Retirement Board
1937-1940 James Fitzgerald Springfield
1940-1942 Ralph D. Pettingell Norfolk County, Dedham
1942-1947 Arthur H. Mackinnon Everett
1947-1948 J. Beck Pierce Haverhill
1948-1950 I. Murray Adams Swampscott
 
1950-1952 J. Irving Botting Hingham
1952-1957 John E. Coyne State Retirement Board
1957-1958 James B. Perault Fitchburg
1958-1959 Francis Haran Peabody
1959-1960 Raymond Eldridge State Teachers Board
 
1960-1962 Westford Robbins Malden
1962-1963 Paul H. Fell Worcester
1963-1964 John J. Sheehan Watertown
1964-1965 Arthur Marr, Jr. Newton
1965-1966 Maurice J. Sheehan Watertown
1966-1967 Norbert A. Carey Newburyport
1967-1968 J. Frank Holland Winchester
1968-1969 Alexander Smith Quincy
1969-1970 Daniel M. Walsh, Jr. Springfield
 
1970-1971 Thomas J. McGrimley Boston
1971-1972 Frank Mauritz Brookline
1972-1973 James D. Cummings, Jr. Malden
1973-1974 Joseph Callahan Medford
1974-1975 Frank L. Cogen Medford
1975-1976 Richard E. Gould Reading
1976-1977 Edward L. Powers Wellesley
1977-1978 Margaret O'Neil Dukes County, Edgartown
1978-1979 John Troy Everett
1979-1980 Claire Persson Shrewsbury
 
1980-1981 John E. Murphy, Jr. Somerville
1981-1982 Joseph L. Whalen Holyoke
1982-1983 William F. O'Connor Hampshire County
1983-1984 John F. McLellan Plymouth County
1984-1986 Joseph L. Whalen Holyoke
1986-1987 Edward Ogonosky Medford
1987-1989 Joseph Connarton Cambridge
 
1989-1991 John E. Kearney State Teachers Board
1991-1993 Gerard E. Miller Pittsfield
1993-1995 Katherine O'Leary Essex County
1995-1997 Robert J. Drew Natick
1997-1999 George F. McCray Quincy
1999-2001 Kevin J. Regan Westfield
2001-2003 Rosario A. Sacco Belmont
2003-2007 Thomas A. Welch Needham
2007-2009 Bradford Tenney Cambridge
2009-2015 Denis Devine Woburn