Chairs

of North Atlantic Region and Northeast

Agricultural/Biological Engineering Conference

1925 - 2006

Year	Chairman	Affiliation	Current Address (if known)
1925	R.U. Blasingame	PA State, State College, PA
1926	R.T. Wagner	General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY
1927	C.I. Gunness	MA Agric. College, Amherst, MA
1928	W.C. Harrington	Portland Cement Assoc., Syracuse, NY
1929	W.C. Harrington	Portland Cement Assoc., Syracuse, NY
1930	R.W. Carpenter	U of MD, College Park, MD
1931	L.S. Caple	Rochester Gas & Elec., Rochester, NY
1932	B.B. Robb	Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
1933	J.R. Haswell	PA State College, State College, PA
1934	D.E. Blandy	NY Power & Light, Albany, NY
1935	F.L. Fairbanks	Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
1936	G.A. Rietz	General Elect. Co., Schenectady, NY
1937	W.C. Krueger	Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
1938	H.W. Riley	Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
1939	J.S. Webb	Philadelphia Power & Light Co, Coatsville, PA
1940	W.T. Ackerman	Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
1941	F.H. Hamlin	Papec Co., Shortsville, NY
1942	A.V. Krewatch	Univ. of MD, College Park, MD
1943	A.A. Stone	LI Agr. & Tech Inst. Farmingdale, NY
1944	R.G. Harvey	Center NY Power Co., Syracuse, NY
1945	A.W. Clyde	PA State Univ., State College, PA
1946	F.M. Wigsten	Center Hudson Gas & Elec., Poughkeepsie, NY
1947	H.E. Beasley	Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
1948	H.E. Beasley	Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
1949	R.J. Bugbee	Central VT Public Ser. Corp., Rutland, VT
1950	L.G. Heimpel	Macdonald Col., Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Can.
1951	A.H. Hemker	General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY
1952	A.D. Longhouse	West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV
1953	W.J. Ridout, Jr.	Electricity on the Farm, New York, NY
1954	C.G.E. Downing	Ontario Ag College, Guelph, Ontario, Can.
1955	M.H. Lloyd	Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Buffalo, NY
1956	M.S. Klinck	Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1957	H.N. Stapleton	Shelburne Farms, Burlington, VT
1958	F.W. Peikert	PA State Univ., University Park, PA
1959	F.L. Rimback	New England Electric Systems, Clinton, MA
1960	O.C. French	Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
1961	N.T. Brenner	Gulf Oil Co., Pittsburgh, PA
1962	W.C. Wheeler	Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1963	A.G. Fox	New England Electric System, Clinton, MA
1964	F.H. Theakston	Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Can
1965	H.J. Hansen	Electricity on the Farm, New York, NY
1966	M.E. Singley	Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
1967	J.A. Roberts	Dept. of Agriculture, New Brunswick, Can.
1968	J.B. Stere	New Holland Machine Co., New Holland, PA
1969	E.S. Shepardson	Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1970	H.W. Kitching	Terramec Services, Inc., Ltd., Toronto, Can.
1971	J. Bornstein	U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Burlington, VT
1972	J.F. Whitney	Univ. of MA, Amherst, MA
1973	D.P. Brown	Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Watertown, NY
1974	J. Pos	Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Can	Guelph, Ontario
1975	N. Smith	Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME
1976	R.P. Gehman	MGS Incorporated, Stevens, PA	Stevens, PA
1977	W.W. Irish	Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY
1978	C.E. Wolf	NYS Electric & Gas Corp., Binghamton, NY
1979	H.V. Walton	PA State Univ., Univ. Park, P A	State College, PA
1980	E.D. Gilchrist	Univ. of New Brunswick, Federicton, NB, Can	Fredericton, NB
1981	H.H. Klueter	U.S. Dept. of Ag, ARS, Beltsville, MD	Beltsville, MD
1982	F.E. Gilman	Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH	Rochester, NH
1983	W.J. Roberts	Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ	New Monmouth, NJ
1984	W.F. Ritter	Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE	Newark, DE
1985	E.R. Norris	McGill Univ., SA-Bellevue, Quebec, Can.	SA-Bellevue, Quebec
1986	O.L. Vanderslice	Agway Incorporated, Tully, NY
1987	G. H. Comer	U.S. Dept. of Ag, SCS, Washington, DC
1988	R.A. Peterson	NYS Electric & Gas Co., Binghamton, NY	Ithaca, NY
1989	Lloyd Thomas	USDA, SCS, Broomall, PA
1990	Dale Lehman	Greenhorne & O’Mara Inc., Greenbelt, MA
1991	Clair Gartley	NB Dept. of Ag, Fredericton, NB, Can
1992	Terri Morrow	Penn State	Gainesville, FL
1993	Vijarja Rughavan	McGill University, SA-Bellevue, QC	SA-Bellevue, QC
1994	Stanley Weeks	Agway, Tully, NJ	Middle Grove,NY
1995	Gene Giacomelli	Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ	Tucson, AZ
1996	William Bowers	USDA, NRCS, Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg, PA
1997	Arthur Johnson	Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD	College Park, MD
1998	Kenneth Lomax	Univ. of DE, Newark, DE	Newark, DE
1999	Paul Heinemann	Penn State	University Park, PA
2000	Spencer Givens	Ag Core Inc., Camillus, NY	Camillus, NY
2001	William Ritter	Univ. of DE, Newark, DE	Newark, DE
2002	Wayne Bogovich	U.S. Dept. of Ag, NRCS, Storrs, CT	Storrs, CT
2003	Julie Cayley	Ont. Ministry of Ag, Food & Rural Affairs	Midhurst, Ontario
2004	Eileen Wheeler	Penn State	University Park, PA
2005	Bruce DuMond	Delaware Technologies, Walton, NY	Walton, NY
2006	Cristina Ratti	Laval Univ., Ste-Foy, QC Canada	Ste-Foy, Quebec

2007	Ali Demirci	Penn State	University Park, PA
2008	Bob Thompson	NRCS	Colchester, VT

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