History of the Delaware Valley/Philadelphia Section AIHA

The Delaware Valley Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association was established in 1947 with eleven members. 

The section formally changed its name in 1997 after the formation of the Delaware Section.

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Local Section Past Presidents

1947-1948                     Allen D. Brandt, Sc.D.

1948-1949                     Allen D. Brandt, Sc.D.

1949-1950                     Kenneth R. Doremus

1950-1951                     James Reilly, M.D.

1951-1952                     Paul J. Bamberger, M.D.

1952-1953                     Victor H. Kindsvatter, Ph.D.

1953-1954                     Eldred C. Brainerd

1954-1955                     William E. Shoemaker

1955-1956                     Newton E. Whitman

1956-1957                     William M. Pallies

1957-1958                     William S. Johnson

1958-1959                     James F. Morgan

1959-1960                     Jacob S. Sharrah

1960-1961                     Emmert M. Baxter

1961-1962                     Jesse Lieberman

1962-1963                     Richard C. Charsha

1963-1964                     Dorothy B. Hood

1964-1965                     Robert A. Herrick

1965-1966                     Charles H. Stevens

1966-1967                     William S. Wood

1967-1968                     James H. Botsford

1968-1969                     Emil E. Christofano

1969-1970                     Donald L. Webster

1970-1971                     William Reilly

1971-1972                     Lester Levin

1972-1973                     Jonathan M. Haas

1973-1974                     Norman Williams, M.D.

1974-1975                     Samuel Elkin, Ph.D.

1975-1976                     Walter J. Chrostek

1976-1977                     Martin Ornosky

1977-1978                     Peter S. DeFao

1978-1979                     Spencer R. Watts

1979-1980                     William J. Hetrick

1980-1981                     Edward W. Kline

1981-1982                     William R. Freitas

1982-1983                     Frank M. Renshaw, Ph.D.

1983-1984                     Maura J. Sheehan, Sc.D.

1984-1985                     Edward M. Petruska

1985-1986                     Barbara J. Dawson

1986-1987                     Samuel Elkin, Ph.D.

1987-1988                     Sharon R. Sperber

1988-1989                     David Levinson

1989-1990                     Janet Perper

1990-1991                     Paul J. Snyder

1991-1992                     Carol Zimmel

1992-1993                     Mark Kluger

1993-1994                     Daniel M. Bruun

1994-1995                     Donna S. Heidel

1995-1996                     David T. Ridyard

1996-1997                     Daniel M. Bruun

1997-1998                     Betsy (Lowery) Lovensheimer

1998-1999                     Raymond J. Stevens

1999-2000                     Colin J. Brigham

2000-2001                     David T. Ridyard

2001-2002                     Thomas E. Case

2002-2003                     Greg Richey

2003-2004                     Larry Johnson

    2004                           Mark Klein

2004-2006                     Maureen Malachowski

2006-2007                     Dennis J. Mueller

2007-2008                     Mark Klempner

2008-2009                     Ryan Graff

2009-2010                     Elizabeth Vanek

2010-2011                     Ed Hanna

2011-2012                     Larry Johnson

2012-2013                     Chris Wesley                 

2013-2014                     Jo Hoffman-Ferenchak

2014-2015                     Larry Johnson

2015-2016                     Greg Richey

2016-2017                     Steve Siegel

2017-2018                     Larry Johnson

2018-2019                     Rick Levin

2019-2020                     Maura Sheehan

2020-2021                     Chrysoula Komis

2021-2022                     Andy Becker

2022-2023                     Harris Brody

2023-2024                     Stephen Siegel