Alumni Council Chairs
By an amendment to the Tufts charter in 1934, an Alumni Council was formed "to take active control of alumni affairs and to organize the Tufts alumni of all departments into a more closely welded and more aggressive body." The primary responsibility of the Council was to facilitate the election of 10 Alumni Trustees. The then- 21 member council, representing all divisions of the college, became the first integrated and truly coordinated body to administer alumni affairs. Since that time, with biennial and annual elections, the Tufts Alumni Council has grown to more than 300 members. Through the Alumni Council and its volunteer committees, the organization has a broad influence on programs and services for all Tufts University Alumni Association members.
1934-1937 |
Arthur B. Newhall, E1908 |
1937-1939 |
Arthur J. Anderson, E1912, H1943 |
1939-1941 |
Francis H. Russell, A1926, H1959 |
1941-1943 |
C. Elmore Watkins, A1904, H1953 |
1943-1946 |
Joel W. Reynolds Jr., E1923, G1948 |
1946-1948 |
Ralph L. Williams, E1924 |
1948-1952 |
James G. Geddes, A1918, H1950 |
1952-1953 |
George D. Hall, A1921 |
1953-1954 |
Robert W. Meserve, A1931, H1979 |
1954-1955 |
Herbert Black, A1933 |
1955-1956 |
Dr. George W. Papen, A1915, M1916 |
1956-1957 |
Raymond J. Fay, A1929, G1931, H1967 |
1957-1958 |
Myra L. Herrick, J1941,G1942, H1958 |
1958-1959 |
Robert L. Nichols, A1926, H1978 |
1959-1960 |
The Honorable Jacob Lewiton, A1930 |
1960-1961 |
Dr. H. Spencer Glidden, A1927, M1931 |
1961-1962 |
George W. Chane, E1934 |
1962-1963 |
Ralph H. Morse, A1930 |
1963-1964 |
Dr. Irving Glickman, D1938 |
1964-1965 |
Dwight E. Bellows, A1928 |
1965-1966 |
Dr. Charles Djerf, A1933, M1937 |
1966-1967 |
Rudolf J. Fobert, A1950, G1951 |
1967-1969 |
William I. MacDonald, A1950 |
1969-1970 |
Richard H. Pierce, E1941 |
1970-1971 |
Dr. Howard J. Christian Jr., A1948, A1949, M1952 |
1972-1973 |
William G. Grinnell, A1935 |
1971-1972 |
Elizabeth A. Weiant, J1943, G1943 |
1973-1974 |
Thomas O’Brien, A1960 |
1974-1975 |
Maurene L. Golden, J1959, G1961 |
1975-1976 |
Julius Doliner, A1950 |
1976-1977 |
William G. Meserve, A1962 |
1977-1978 |
Barbara G. Michaels, J1947 |
1978-1979 |
John F. Zamparelli, A1947 |
1979-1980 |
Sondra A. Szymczak, J1959 |
1980-1981 |
Peter F. Merenda, A1945, G1948 |
1981-1982 |
Dr. Ralph H. Goldstein, A1951, M1955 |
1982-1983 |
Richard W. Boyden, A1950 |
1983-1984 |
Pauline Chase Harrell, J1962, G1980 |
In 1984, a change in by-law combined the duties of the President of the Tufts University Alumni Association with those of the Tufts Alumni Council Chairman; this new position retained the title of President of the Tufts University Alumni Association, and in 1986 the term of President was lessened to two years. View all past presidents.
