Past Presidents Year President Publication 1953 J.S. Russell Des Moines Register & Tribune 1954 Bill Durham The Houston Post 1955 E.S. Kieckhofer Memphis Commercial Appeal 1956 Rex B. Conn Cedar Rapids Gazette 1957 Hal Herd Nashville, Tenn. 1958 Richard T. Orr The Chicago Tribune 1959 James Colby Davenport Times-Democrat 1960 Robert Bjorklund Wisconsin State Journal 1961 Harold K. Street Hartford Courant 1962 Frank Salzarulo Indianapolis News 1963 Glenn Cunningham Des Moines Register & Tribune 1964 William B. Humphries Raleigh News & Courier 1965 Herbert Karner Tulsa Daily World 1966 Harold Joiner Atlanta Journal 1967 Loren H. Osman The Milwaukee Journal 1968 James E. Vance Ft. Worth Star-Telegram 1969 Ray Pagel Green Bay Press-Gazette 1970 Don Muhm Des Moines Register-Tribune 1971 S. Archie Holdridge Harford Courant 1972 William H. Zipf The Columbus Dispatch 1973 Keith L. Wilkey The Quincy Herald-Whig 1974 William M Blair The New York Times 1975 Bernard Brenner UPI- Washington, D.C. 1976 Audrey Mackiewicz The Sandusky Register 1977 Michael J. Carr Decatur Herald & Review 1978 J. Alan Swegle Cedar Rapids Gazette 1979 Donald M. Kendall AP, Washington, D.C. 1980 Mary Roesner The Moline Daily Dispatch 1981 H. Carlisle Besuden, III The Lexington Herald 1982 Thornton Hartley The Florida Times Union 1983 Mildred M. Bunting Lancaster Livestock Reporter 1984 William S. Kilby Jacksonville Journal Courier 1985 Ann M. Toner Kansas City Star 1986 Ernest Wilkinson Indianapolis Star 1987 Sonja Hillgren UPI- Washington, D.C. * 1988 Galen Moses Gainseville Sun 1989 Kathleen Davis (Phillips) Lubbock Avalanche Journal 1990 Lee Egerstrom St. Paul Pioneer Press 1991 Michael Flaherty Wisconsin State Journal 1992 June Sekoll Farm Chronicle 1993 Wayne Falda South Bend Tribune 1994 Dan Looker Successful Farming 1995 Tim White Ohio Farmer 1996 Patricia Klintberg Farm Journal 1997 Steven Lee Dallas Morning News 1998 Scott Kilman Wall Street Journal 1999 Mikkel Pates AgWeek * * 2000 Richard Estrada The Modesto (Calif.) Bee 2001 Laura Rance Manitoba Co-operator 2002 David Hendee Omaha World-Herald 2003 Jerry Perkins Des Moines Register 2004 Sally Schuff Feedstuff 2005 Larry Dreiling High Plains Journal 2006 Jerry Hagstrom National Journal 2007 Chuck Abbott Reuters * When the organization changed from the Newspaper Farm Editors of America to the National Association of Agricultural Journalists. ** When the organization changed from the National Association of Agricultural Journalists to North American Agricultural Journalists.

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