NSS Directors

Directors of the
National Speleological Society

A comprehensive alphabetical listing of all cavers who have served as a Director of the Society from 1939 to the present.

A
Ernest Ackerly (1946-1951)
Bob Addis, WV/NY (1977-1979)(1979-1982)(1982-1985)(1985-1988)(1988-1991)(1992-1995)(1995-1998)
Samuel H Allen (1944-1948)
Nick Anderson (2020-2021(2021-2024)
Richard R Anderson (1960-1961)(1962-1965)
Aaron Atz, IN (2014-2017)
Nancy Holler Aulenbach, GA (1997-2000)

B
Floyd L Barloga (1944)
Bob Barns, VA (2016-2017)
Gary Barnes, AL (2017-2020)
Dr Thomas C Barr Jr (1953-1956)(1960-1962)
Hazel Barton, CO/CA/UT/KY (2000-2003)(2003-2006)
Dr Ray S Bassler (1940-1941)
Gale L Beach, CA (1976-1978)
James N Beard (1945)
Dr Barry F Beck, GA (1981-1984)
Dave Belski, NM (1989-1992)(1993-1996)(1996-1999)
James H Benn (1948)
Erwin W Bischoff (1943)
Donald F Black (1956-1957)(1960-1963)
Herbert L Black (1967-1969)
William G Blaha (1946-1947)
Don Bloch (1939-1940)(1946)
Evelyn Bradshaw, VA (1978-1981)(1981-1984)
Robert S Bray (1943)
Ronal Bridgemon, AZ (1972-1975)
Langford G Brod Jr (1964-1967)
Julie Schenck Brown, AL (2016-2019)
Robert F Brown (1959-1961)
Roger W Brucker (1954-1956)(1958)
Wm Gary Bush, OH (2007-2010)(2010-2013)
Bill Bussey, NC (1989-1992)(1992-1995)(1997-2000)(2000-2003)

C
Robert P Carroll (1949-1951)
John W (Jay) Clark, Jr, AL (2006-2009)(2010-2013)
John LaMar Cole, KY (2006-2007)(2007-2010)
James E Comer Jr (1951)
Charles Cooke (1939-1940)
John E Cooper (1967-1970)
Donald N Cournoyer (1955-1958)
George Crabbe (1944)
Tom Cravens, MO (1977-1980)
Mike Crockett (2012-2015)
Dr Rane L Curl, MI (1959-1962)(1967-1970)(1974-1977)(1977-1980)(1980-1983)(1983-1986)(1986-1989)

D
George C Dare (1943)(1945)
Dr Robert E Davies (1957-1958)
William E Davies (1948-1950)
Roy A Davis (1958)(1959-1962)
James W Dawson, VA (1973-1976)(1977-1980)
Kenrick L Day, AZ/AR (1983-1984)(1984-1987)(1987-1990)
Dwight E Deal, TX (1967-1968)(1971-1974)(1974-1977)
Dave Decker, NM (2015-2018)
George H Deike III (1957)(1959)
Ruth G Deike (1960-1962)
Linda Baker Devine, VA/MD (1985-1988)(1988-1991)(1992-1995)(1995-1998)(1999-2002)(2002-2005)(2006-2009)(2009-2012)
Jean DeVries, MI (2016-2019)
Joe Domnanovich, AL (1991-1994)
Henry H Douglas (1957)
Riley Drake, MA (2020-2023)
J Robert Dunn (1949)
Michael D Dyas, WA/NC/VA (1979-1980)(1980-1983)(1983-1986)(1986-1989)(1990-1993)
James W Dyer (1951-1952)

E
Christine Ebrey, AL (2017-2020)
B Gillum Ediger, VA/TX (1973-1976)
Burnell F Ehman (1957-1958)
Bob Ehr, CA/MN (1983-1984)(1984-1987)
Thom Engel, NY (1999-2001)
Dr Thomas A Engle (1959)

F
Nathan Farrar, VA (2013-2014 partial)(2018-2021)
Burton S Faust (1959)
J Duane Featherstonhaugh (1949-1951)
B Scott Fee, IN (1988-1989)(1989-1992)
Ronald G Fieseler, TX (1976-1977)
Robert H Flack (1952-1954)
Kim Fleischmann, MD (2016-2018)
Stephen Fleming, NM (1998-2001)
Lee Florea, FL (2006-2009)
Jennifer Foote, NM (2008-2011)
LeRoy W Foote (1943)
William J Foster (1952-1954)
James A Fowler (1945-1953)
Peri Frantz, CA (2012-2014, partial term)(2014-2017)(2017-2020)
Bill Fritz, MI (1990-1993)
Ethelyn Fusselle (1947)(1949)

G
Margot Geisler (2012-2015)(2015-2018)
Stephen Gladieux, OR (2019-2022)
Jim Goodbar, NM (1987-1990)
Standiford R Gorin (1955)
Oscar J Gossett (1956-1958)
Emmons Graham (1949-1951)
Dale J Green (1958)
Russell H Gurnee, NJ (1955-1959)(1963-1966)(1966-1969)(1969-1972)

H
George J Hall (1940-1941)
Dr William R Halliday, WA/TN/HI (1950)(1952-1955)(1960-1963)(1969-1972)(1988-1991)(1991-1994)(1999-2002)
Maureen Handler, TN (1994-1997)
Elmer W Harmon (1939-1940)
Dave Haun (2014-2015, partial)
Dr Oscar Hawksley (1956)(1959)
John C Hempel, PA/WV (1979-1982)(1982-1985)(1987-1990)
Alan Hill, NM (1969-1970)(1970-1973)
William S Hill (1946-1948)(1952-1953)(1957)
GP Jim Hixson, WV (1969-1972)(1972-1975)
Horton Hobbs III, OH (1985-1988)
Dr Ralph J Holden (1943-1945)
John R Holsinger, VA (1962-1965)(1965-1968)(1968-1971)
Mike Hood, IN (2013-2016)
Louise Hose, MO (1993-1996)(1996-1999)

I
David Irving, SC/TN (1970-1973)

J
George F Jackson (1949-1951)(1954-1955)
Dr Herbert W Jackson (1945-1947)
William N. (Bill) Jackson, GA (2013-2016)(2016-2019)
David Jagnow, NM (2000-2001)(2001-2004)
Pete Johnson, CO (2020-2023
Jim Johnston (1969-1970)
Cheryl Jones, VA (2002-2005)(2005-2006)
David B Jones (1956-1957)
Dr Walter B Jones (1946)
Mark W Joop, TN (2008-2011)(2011-2012, resigned)

K
Theodore O Kayes, VA (2006-2009)(2009-2012)
Ray Keeler, AZ (1995-1998)(1998-2001)
Ronal Kerbo, CO (2011-2012, resigned)
Louis A Klewer (1943)
Bill Klimack, NY (2001-2002)(2002-2005)
Jean Krejca, TX (2021-2024)

L
Kenneth Laidlaw, CA (1969-1972)
Charles Larson, WA (1970-1973)(1978-1979)
James I Lavelle (1939-1940)
Joseph D Lawrence Jr (1952)(1956-1959)
Arthur C Lembeck (1940-1941)
Dave Lester, CO (1998-1999)(2000-2001)(2001-2002)
Joe E Levinson, NJ (2004-2007)
Albert C Lewis (1939-1942)
James Lewis, TN (2005-2008)
Bill Liebman, WV/CA (2002-2004)(2004-2007)(2007-2010)(2011-2014)
Bob Liebman, WV (1976-1979)(1979-1982)(1982-1985)(1985-1988)(1993-1996)(1996-1999)
Cord H Link Jr (1958-1959)
Richard F Logan (1947)(1951-1953)
Samuel Aston Loyd Jr (1953-1954)
Jerome M Ludlow (1949-1950)

M
Allen Maddox, PA (2015-2018)
Ida V (Sawtelle) Mallory (1954-1956)
Dr Clyde A Malott (1944)
Don R Martin, NM (1977-1978)
Larry D Matthews, OH (1968-1971)
James D McClung (1955)
Dave McClurg, CA (1970-1973)
Allen D McCrady (1959)
Haskell H McGriff (1952)
Doug Medville, VA/CO (1972-1975)(1975-1978)(1978-1981)(1982-1985)(2000-2003)(2003-2006)
Hazel Medville, VA (1980-1983)
John F Meenahan (1942)
Sonia Meyer, CA (2020-2023)
Martha Mills, AL/TN (2003-2006)
Amos Mincin, PA (2015-2016)
Dick Mitchell (2012-2015)
William Mixon, IL/TX (1971-1973)(1975-1978)(1978-1981)(1981-1984)(1984-1987)(1987-1990)(1991-1994)(1994-1997)
Emily Davis Mobley, MA (1980-1983)
George W Moore (1956)(1960-1961)(1961-1964)
Dr Joseph PE Morrison (1940-1942)(1944-1946)
Gary Moss, VA (1997-2000)(2001-2002)(2002-2005)(2005-2008)
Philip L Moss, MO/IL (1997-1999)(1999-2002)(2003-2006)
Donna Mrockzowski, CA (1971-1974)(1974-1977)
Dr Martin H Muma (1943-1945)

N
Dr M Graham Netting (1947)
Lydia Neubeck (1948)
Brother G Nicholas FSC (1953)(1961-1964)(1964-1967)
Cynthia Norris, OH (2015-2016)

O
Jim Olsen, UT (2001-2003)
A Y Owen (1950)

P
Scott A Parvin, AL (2008-2011)
Randall L Paylor, KY (2008-2011)(2011-2014)
Clay Perry (1943-1948)
Thornton T Perry (1940-1942)
John S Petrie (1942)(1951)(1965-1968)
Miles D Pillars (1954-1956)
William T Plummer (1966-1969)
Tom Pollack, NJ (1988-1989)
John W Preble (1942)
Dr Paul W Price (1942-1943)(1948)
Bill Putnam. GA (2010-2013)(2013-2016)

R
G Thomas Rea, IN (1963-1966)(1981-1984)(1986-1989)(1993-1996)
Richard J Reardon (1962-1965)
James R Reddell (1965-1968)
Ed Ricketts, MD (1989-1992)
Richard Rigg, PA (1972-1975)
Doug Robertson, AR (2005-2008)
G Alexander Robertson (1947-1951)
Nancy G Rogers (1950-1952)
John M Rutherford Jr, WV (1968-1971)

S
Savannah Sawyer, WY (2018-2020)
Julie Schenck-Brown, AL (2019-2022)
William J Schlichtig (1940-1941)
Victor A Schmidt (1965-1968)(1968-1971)
Richard Schreiber, GA (1976-1979)(1979-1982)
Pat Seiser, NM (2014-2017)
Don Shofstall, IN (1973-1976)
Howard A Shugart (1954-1955)
Adrian (Ed) Sira, NJ (1994-1995)(1995-1997)(1997-2000)
Howard N Sloane (1951-1953)
J Kevin Smith, AL (2004-2007)(2007-2008)
Philip M Smith (1954-1955)
Alden E Snell (1939-1941)
Rick Speaect, CO (2015-2018)
C William Steele, TX (1978-1980)
Jack Stellmack, PA (1971-1974)
John A Stellmack (1957-1958)(1960-1963)(1963-1966)(1966-1967)
William J Stephenson (1939-1945) (1960-1961)(1961-1964)
Paul J Stevens, VA (1989-1992)(1992-1995)
Robert Stitt, WA (1973-1976)(1979-1982)(1983-1986)
Dr Ralph W Stone (1942-1947)
Bill Storage, CA (1990-1993)
Thomas R Strong, WA (1990-1993)(1992-1995)(1995-1998)
Bern Szukalski, CA (2004-2007)

T
David S Taylor, AR (1998-2001)(2001-2004)
Earl M Thierry (1953)
Janet (McCormick) Thorne, PA (1983-1986)(1986-1989)
John V Thrailkill (1962-1965)(1966)
Carol Tiderman, MD (2009-2012)(2012-2015)(2018-2021)(2021-2024)
Ben Tobin, KY (2020-2023)
Bill Tozer, IN (1998-2001)(2001-2004)
Daniel J Tyrrell (1939-1941)

U
Will Urbanski, MT (2017-2020)(2020-2021)

W
William W Varnedoe Jr (1965-1966)
Eugene P Vehslage, CA (1963-1964)(1964-1967)(1967-1969)(1970-1971)(1971-1974)(1976-1979)
Jerry D Vineyard (1961-1964)(1964-1967)(1967-1970)
Dr Halvard Wanger (1954-1955)
Doug Warner (2021-2022)
R Thomas Watts (1948)
Adam Weaver (2019-2020)
Sharon Weaver, SD (2021-2024)
Meredith Hall Weberg, VA (2019-2022)
Patrick H Wells (1958)
Dr William W Welsh (1939-1942)
Keith D Wheeland, PA (2009-2012)
William B White (1959-1962)(1962-1963)(1963-1965)
Florence I Whitley (1942-1946)
Robert H Willis (1965)
John J Wilson (1940-1942)
John M Wilson, VA (1991-1994)
L E Wilson (1944)
Phil Winkler, AL/DE (1984-1987)
Dean Wiseman, IN (2010-2013)(2013-2016)
Cindy Wu, NY (2018-2021)

Y
Edward M Yarbrough, TN (1976-1978)
Bill Yett, NM (1994-1997)
Betty A Yoe (1948-1949)(1952-1953)
Debra S Young, FL (2007-2010)
Peter Youngbaer, VT (2016-2019)

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