Former Presidents
Click the + sign to see the past leaders of the DHI, National Builders Hardware Association,
the American Society of Architectural Hardware Consultants,
and DHI Canada.
2021 — 2022 Ron Couch, AHC, CFDAI
2020 — 2021 David M. Sylvester, PSP
2019 — 2020 Bill S. Trimble III, AHC
2018 — 2019 Mark J. Berger, FDHI
2017 — 18 Michael L. Gibson, CPL
2015 — 17 Robert D. Maas, FDHI, CSI
2014 — 15 Barry Shovlin, FDHI
2013 — 14 Mark Lineberger, AHC/EHC/FDAI, FDHI
2012 — 13 Tim Petersen, LEED AP
2011 — 12 David L. Neuner
2010 — 11 Ken J. Metzler, AHC
2009 — 10 James R. Tartre, CDC
2008 — 09 Scott A. Sabatini, DAOC, FDHI, FDAI, CSI, CCPR
2007 — 08 Douglas E. Gerbing, AHC, FDHI, CSI
2006 — 07 Terry B. Hamlet, AHC
2005 — 06 Dale P. Garrett, DAHC, FDAI, FDHI
2004 — 05 Mark S. Hallgren, AHC, FDHI
2003 — 04 John W. Manes, DAHC/EHC, FDHI
2002 — 03 William H. Elliott, Jr., DAHC, FDHI
2001 — 02 Neal Frazier, AHC/CDC, FDHI
2000 — 01 Thomas R. Orihel, FDHI
1999 — 00 Stephen R. Hildebrand, FDHI
1998 — 99 Susan P. Flowers, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
1997 — 98 Daniel J. Heinz, DHT, DAOC, DHC, FDHI
1996 — 97 Robert J. Jutzi, DAHC
1995 — 96 Richard J. Barnhard, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
1994 — 95 *Richard A. Suminski, DAHC/CDC
1993 — 94 Michael J. Wendland, DAHC/CDC, FDHI
1992 — 93 Charles F. Smith, Jr., FDHI
1991 — 92 *James W. Ageton, DAHC
1990 — 91 *C. E. (Tom) Warren, FDHI
1989 — 90 Ben W. Matney, DAHC
1988 — 89 *Frank S. Strong, Jr., DAHC
1987 — 88 James A. Russenberger, DAHC, FDHI
1986 — 87 *Dominick J. Gargano, DAHC
1985 — 86 *James A. Stevens, FDHI
1984 — 85 Walter C. Watson, III, DAHC
1983 — 84 John E. Bachand, DAHC/CDC
1982 — 83 *David E. Culver, AHC
1981 — 82 Charles W. Mullins, DAHC
1980 — 81 *Frank J. Verge, DAHC/CDC
1979 — 80 Donald L. Poe, DAHC
1978 — 79 *Andrew J. Turner, Jr., DAHC
1977 — 78 *Joseph G. Lesniak, DAHC
1976 — 77 *Robert C. Arthur, AHC
1975 — 76 Ray S. Robinson, DAHC/CDC
2017 — 19 Rob Dippell
2015 — 17 Stephen Peterman, DHT
2013 — 15 Lawrence Beatty, AHC, FDHI, DHT/DHC
2011 — 13 Dan Molineaux, AHC
2009 — 11 Milton G. Allred, AHC, FDHI
2007 — 09 Paul W. Jackson, AHC, DAHC
2005 — 07 Kevin Orde, FDHI
2003 — 05 Susan Gosney, FDHI
2001 — 03 Malcolm B. Eyre, FDHI, CSC
1999 — 01 William A. Morris, DAHC
1997 — 99 John W. Manes, DAHC/EHC, FDHI
1995 — 97 Bryan R. Miles, FDHI
1993 — 95 Guy Aird
1991 — 93 Geoffrey D. Holmes, DAHC, FDHI
1977 — 91 *Ian R. Devine, FDHI
1974 — 75 David E. Thompson, DAHC
1973 — 74 Thomas B. O'Neill, DAHC
1972 — 73 William B. McAuliffe, DAHC/CDC
1971 — 72 Clarence H. King, Jr., DAHC
1970 — 71 Robert E. Clayton, AHC
1969 — 70 *Robert J. McCabe, AHC
1968 — 69 *Thomas A. Morris, DAHC
1967 — 68 *Les G. Groves, DAHC
1966 — 67 *C. H. Johnson, AHC
1965 — 66 *Dan H. Dickinson, DAHC
1963 — 65 Edward H. McCulloch, DAHC
1961 — 63 *John M. Wilson, DAHC
1959 — 61 Edward B. Veihmeyer, DAHC
1957 — 59 *Robert A. Wesche, DAHC
1955 — 57 *Arthur H. Uhler, AHC
1954 — 55 *L. Curtis Booth, AHC
1953 — 54 *Ralph J. Compton, AHC
1952 — 53 *William Davies, AHC
1951 — 52 *Jno. Worner, Sr.
1950 — 51 *William E. Peterson, AHC
1949 — 50 *Daniel C. Hay, DAHC
1948 — 49 *George P. Merrill, DAHC
1947 — 48 *Orville L. Meister, AHC
1946 — 47 *Lawrence B. Stuart, AHC
1945 — 46 *J. R. Raymer, AHC
1944 — 45 *Carl D. Himes, DAHC
1943 — 44 *John H. Freeman, AHC
1942 — 43 *Paul Easby-Smith, Sr., DAHC
1941 — 42 *I. Stauffer Eshleman, HAHC
1940 — 41 *Howard MacCarthy, Jr., DAHC
1974 — 75 *Ray K. Forgay, DAHC
1973 — 74 *W. D. Morrison, AHC
1972 — 73 *Robert D. Himes, DAHC
1971 — 72 *Raymond C. Tartre, DAHC/CDC
1970 — 71 *Edwin J. Kelley
1969 — 70 *Daniel C. Hay, DAHC
1968 — 69 *Frank D. Chown, AHC
1967 — 68 *Henry W. Schilling
1966 — 67 *Ray S. Robinson, DAHC/CDC
1965 — 66 *David H. Eskin
1964 — 65 William J. Hanley
1963 — 64 *J. Harold Heston, Jr., DAHC
1962 — 63 *Norman F. Barber, DAHC
1961 — 62 *W. H. McAninch, DAHC
1960 — 61 *J. E. O'Keefe, AHC
1959 — 60 *Francis E. Traver, DAHC
1958 — 59 *James C. Carroll
1957 — 58 *Joe R. Murphy
1956 — 57 *William Davies, AHC
1955 — 56 *Carl D. Himes, DAHC
1954 — 55 *William Weston, Sr., AHC
1953 — 54 *Jno. Worner, Jr.
1952 — 53 *Frank E. Eiler, AHC
1951 — 52 *Preston Delph, AHC
1950 — 51 *Franklin C. Schlitt, AHC
1949 — 50 *Howard MacCarthy, Jr., DAHC
1948 — 49 *Arthur J. Schelly, AHC
1947 — 48 *John J. Soeffing, Sr., AHC
1946 — 47 *Robert L. Dohrmann
1945 — 46 *W. H. Haase
1944 — 45 *William E. Peterson, AHC
1943 — 44 *Ralph F. Barber, AHC
1942 — 43 *Jno. Worner, Sr.
1941 — 42 *R. E. Foskett, AHC
1940 — 41 *Paul Easby-Smith, Sr., DAHC
1939 — 40 *J. R. Raymer, AHC
1938 — 39 *I. Stauffer Eshleman, HAHC
1934 — 38 *J. H. Dumbell
*Deceased