Past Presidents

Years of Service

Name

Retirement Board

1937-1940

James Fitzgerald

Springfield

1940-1942

Ralph D. Pettingell

Norfolk County, Dedham

1942-1947

Arthur H. Mackinnon

Everett

1947-1948

J. Beck Pierce

Haverhill

1948-1950

I. Murray Adams

Swampscott

1950-1952

J. Irving Botting

Hingham

1952-1957

John E. Coyne

State Retirement Board

1957-1958

James B. Perault

Fitchburg

1958-1959

Francis Haran

Peabody

1959-1960

Raymond Eldridge

State Teachers Board

1960-1962

Westford Robbins

Malden

1962-1963

Paul H. Fell

Worcester

1963-1964

John J. Sheehan

Watertown

1964-1965

Arthur Marr, Jr.

Newton

1965-1966

Maurice J. Sheehan

Watertown

1966-1967

Norbert A. Carey

Newburyport

1967-1968

J. Frank Holland

Winchester

1968-1969

Alexander Smith

Quincy

1969-1970

Daniel M. Walsh, Jr.

Springfield

1970-1971

Thomas J. McGrimley

Boston

1971-1972

Frank Mauritz

Brookline

1972-1973

James D. Cummings, Jr.

Malden

1973-1974

Joseph Callahan

Medford

1974-1975

Frank L. Cogen

Medford

1975-1976

Richard E. Gould

Reading

1976-1977

Edward L. Powers

Wellesley

1977-1978

Margaret O'Neil

Dukes County, Edgartown

1978-1979

John Troy

Everett

1979-1980

Claire Persson

Shrewsbury

1980-1981

John E. Murphy, Jr.

Somerville

1981-1982

Joseph L. Whalen

Holyoke

1982-1983

William F. O'Connor

Hampshire County

1983-1984

John F. McLellan

Plymouth County

1984-1986

Joseph L. Whalen

Holyoke

1986-1987

Edward Ogonosky

Medford

1987-1989

Joseph Connarton

Cambridge

1989-1991

John E. Kearney

State Teachers Board

1991-1993

Gerard E. Miller

Pittsfield

1993-1995

Katherine O'Leary

Essex County

1995-1997

Robert J. Drew

Natick

1997-1999

George F. McCray

Quincy

1999-2001

Kevin J. Regan

Westfield

2001-2003

Rosario A. Sacco

Belmont

2003-2007

Thomas A. Welch

Needham

2007-2009

Bradford Tenney

Cambridge

2009-2015

Denis Devine

Woburn