Club History

Past Presidents

Since 1914, the St. Louis Camera Club has been guided by dedicated volunteers whose leadership has helped the club grow into one of the nation's longest-running photography organizations. We gratefully recognize the members who have served as President.

2023–2025
Mary Sue Rosenthal Gee
2021–2023
Cindy Lynch
2019–2021
Donna Parrone
2017–2019
Paul Fisher
2015–2017
Bernard Gerdelman
2013–2015
Karen Kotner
2011–2013
Don York
2009–2011
Richard Glass
2008–2009
Dave Schmitt*
2006–2008
Robert Schmidt
2005–2006
Skip LaRue
2003–2005
Philip Brammer*
2001–2003
James A. Reynolds*
1999–2001
Lynda Stair
1997–1999
Janet McNichols*
1995–1997
Mary Ellen Brucker*
1993–1995
William F. Henderson
1991–1993
Pete Glass*
1989–1991
Evelyn M. Greaves*
1988–1989
Martha Frentrop McMillin
1986–1988
Lonnie D. Schmidt
1984–1986
James A. Reynolds*
1982–1984
Wade W. Clutton*
1980–1982
Irene Hartman*
1978–1980
Gerald W. Turk*
1976–1978
Doris Alberts*
1974–1976
John H. Hartman*
1972–1974
Arthur R. Weber
1970–1972
Eugene E. Brucker*
1968–1970
Jane S. Prince*
1966–1968
Robert G. Wagner
1964–1966
Burton M. Kitson*
1962–1964
W.F. Scott, Jr.*
1960–1962
Norman Brice*
1958–1960
Carl Irwin*
1956–1958
Ervin A. Tucker*
1954–1956
Noel Delporte*
1952–1954
Paul Gilleland*
1950–1952
LL "Larry" Gray*
1948–1950
Dorothy Pratte*
1947–1948
G. Barry Telfair*
1946–1947
Walter Skrainka*
1944–1945
Richard Ramming*
1942–1943
Paul Pratte*
1941–?
Justin Savage*
1914–1940
Oscar Kuehn*

Founding President

* Indicates a past president who is deceased.


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