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MacBride, Weatherly and Dietz
This photo of MacBride, Weatherly and Dietz appeared in the Spring 1982 issue of The Dixie Philatelist (Official publication of The Southern Philatelic Federation), Volume XVI, Number 1, courtesy of H.L. “Sonny” Hill, who was the editor at the time. The photo was taken at the Society of Philatelic Americans convention in New York City on August 15, 1952 by Adrien Boutrelle of New York.

Offices of the Civil War Philatelic Society

The offices of the Civil War Philatelic Society have changed dramatically over time. This is highlighted by there being seven different offices bearing the name vice president.

Currently there are four Trustees.

The different organizations of officers are listed chronologically below:

1935-1937President
Secretary-Treasurer
1937President
Secretary
1937-1971President
General Vice President
Northern Vice President
Southern Vice President
Trans-Mississippi Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
1972-1993President
General Vice President
Northern Vice President
Southern Vice President
Trans-Mississippi Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
1994-2005President
First Vice President
Second Vice President
Northern Vice President
Southern Vice President
Trans-Mississippi Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
2006-President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Trustees
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Past Officers of the Civil War Philatelic Society

President

1935-1937August Dietz, Sr. (pro tem)1937-1939August Dietz, Sr.1939-1943Don Preston Peters *
1943-1946Dr. Marye Y. Dabney1946-1949A. Earl Weatherly1949-1950Stanley B. Ashbrook
1950-1953Peter Brannon1953-1955Raynor Hubbell1955-1957George Malpass
1957-1959Robert W. Wiseman1959-1961Thomas W. Crigler, Jr.1961Van Dyk MacBride *
1962Thomas M. Parks **1962-1963Roland E. Hopkins1963-1965David Kohn
1966-1967Robert S. Phillips *1967-1969M. Clinton McGee1970-1971Billy Matz
1972-1973Jack Solomon1974-1975Ludwig L. Simon, MD1976-1977Morris Everett
1978-1979Sherrell Nunnelley1980-1981Harvey E. Sheppard1982-1983Francis J. Crown, Jr.
1984-1985Richard H. Byne1986-1989Jerry S. Palazolo1990-1993Peter W. W. Powell
1994-1995Brian M. Green1996-1997Tony L. Crumbley1998-1999Ronald R. Tate
2000-2001Roger H. Oswald2002-2003Daniel C. Warren, MD2004-2005Ronald V. Teffs
2006-2007James L. D. Monroe2008-2010Patricia A. Kaufmann2010-2011Van Koppersmith
2012-2015Richard Murphy2016-2019Deane R. Briggs, MD2020-2021Larry Baum
2022-2023Michael C. O'Reilly2024-Daniel M. Knowles, MD
* Died in office
** Resigned
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Vice President

2006-2007Patricia A. Kaufmann2008-2010Van Koppersmith2010-2011Richard Murphy
2011-2016Deane R. Briggs, MD2016-2019Francis J. Crown, Jr. 2020-2021Michael C. O'Reilly
2022-2023Daniel M. Knowles, MD2024-Michael C. O'Reilly
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General Vice President

1937-1939Dr. Marye Y. Dabney1939-1943August Dietz, Sr. 1943-1944Van Dyk MacBride
1944-1946August Dietz, Sr. 1946-1947Van Dyk MacBride1947-1949August Dietz, Sr.
1949-1950Lawrence L. Shenfield1950-1957Van Dyk MacBride1957-1959David Kent
1959-1961Van Dyk MacBride1961Thomas M. Parks *1962Roland E. Hopkins *
1962-1963Thomas W. Crigler, Jr. 1963-1965Harry J. Lemley *1966-1967A. Earl Weatherly
1968-1969Billy Matz1970-1973Charles E. Kilbourne1974-1975Morris Everett
1976-1977Daniel C. Warren, MD1978-1979Richard H. Byne1980-1981Robert W. Werner
1982-1983Brian M. Green1984-1985Jerry S. Palazolo1986-1989*Richard Krieger **
1989-1991Sam Zimmerman, Jr. 1992-1993Brian M. Green
* Assumed presidency
** Died in office
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1st Vice President

1994-1995Tony L. Crumbley1996-1997Ronald R. Tate1998-1999Roger H. Oswald
2000-2001Richard L. Calhoun2002-2003Ronald V. Teffs2004-2005James L. D. Monroe
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2nd Vice President

1994-1995Ron R. Tate1996-1999Richard L. Calhoun2000-2001Daniel C. Warren, MD
2002-2003James L. D. Monroe2004-2005Patricia A. Kaufmann
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Northern Vice President

1937-1939Cornelius W. Wickersham1939-1943Oscar W. Brehmer1943-1946George Malpass
1946-1947Lawrence L. Shenfield1947-1948John A. Fox1949-1950Van Dyk MacBride
1950-1951George N. Malpass1951-1958Stanley B. Ashbrook *1958-1959Van Dyk MacBride
1959-1963David Kohn1964-1965Jack E. Molesworth1966-1973Morris Everett
1974-1975A. Colton Park1976-1977James W. Milgram, MD1978-1979Daniel C. Warren, MD
1980Francis J. Crown, Jr. **1980-1985Richard Krieger1986-1991Peter A. Robertson
1992-1993Ronald R. Tate1994-1995Richard L. Calhoun1996-1967Roger H. Oswald
1998-2001James L. D. Monroe2002-2004Patricia A. Kaufmann2004-2005Robert L. Frailey
* Died in office
** Resigned
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Southern Vice President

1937-1939Meta E. Beall1939-1943Marye Y. Dabney1943-1944John G. Oxer
1944-1947W. E. Hoyt, Jr. 1947-1948Thomas W. Crigler, Jr. 1948-1950Dr. Marye Y. Dabney
1950-1953Laura Virginia Hale1953-1955George N. Malpass1955-1956J. Hubert Scruggs *
1956-1957Robert W. Wiseman1957-1959Lee Pickett1959-1965A. Earl Weatherly
1966-1969J .V. Nielsen, Jr. 1970-1973M. Clinton McGee1974-1975Harvey E. Sheppard
1976-1977Daniel T. Gilbert1978-1981Brian M. Green1982-1989Peter W.W. Powell
1990-1993Tony L. Crumbley1994-1997Harry L. McDowell1998-2005Newton W. Crouch, Jr.
* Resigned
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Trans-Mississippi Vice President

1937-1939J. W. Williams, Jr. 1939-1943August H. Schumacher1943-1944J. F. Lentz
1944-1946August H. Schumacher1946-1951Earl B. Antrim1951-1953E. E. Carver
1953-1955Harrie S. Mueller1955-1969Earl B. Antrim1970-1971Gordon G. Bleuler
1972-1975A. L. T. Tobias1976-1977Richard H. Byne1978-1979Charles S. Jones
1980-1981Gordon G. Bleuler1982-1983Richard H. Byne1984-1985James W. Bowman
1986-1987John Birkinbine II1988-1993John R. Hill, Jr. 1994-1999WiIIiam J. McCarren, Jr.
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Secretary-Treasurer

1935-1937August Dietz, Sr (Acting)1937-1939Charles L. Hoffman *1939Oscar W. Brechmer
1939-1943Milton Moses1943-1944August H. Schumacher1944-1948Haydn Myer
1948-1959Thomas W. Crigler, Jr.1959-1961Roland E. Hopkins1961-1963Robert S. Phillips
1963-1965Harry M. Hewson1966-1967Billy Matz1968-1969Sherrell Nunnelley
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Secretary

1937Charles L. Hoffman (pro tem)1972-1975Daniel C. Warren, MD 1976-1979Francis J. Crown, Jr.
1980-1983Jerry S. Palazolo1984-1987Buck Boshwit1988-1991Ronald R. Tate
1992-1993Richard L. Calhoun1994-1997W. Newton Crouch, Jr. 1998-2001Ronald V. Teffs
2002-2005Kevin Baker2006-2011Richard Murphy2012-2019Larry Baum
2020-2021Rodney Kelley2022-2022John W. Vagnetti *
2022-Dennis King
* Resigned
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Treasurer

1972-1979Daniel M. Telep1980-1987**Robert M. Eldridge *1987Jerry S. Palazolo
1988-1993Harry L. McDowell1994-2003Rex H. Felton2004-2007Van Koppersmith
2008-2011Robert L. Frailey2011-2013Thomas Lera2014-2016Francis J. Crown, Jr.
2016-Wayne Farley
* Resigned
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Trustees

2006-2007Kevin Baker2006-2007Robert L. Frailey2006-2007William McCarren
2006-2009D. Thomas Royster2008-2011Deane R. Briggs, MD 2008-2009Steven C. Walske
2008-2011Philip V. Warman2009-2011Larry Baum2009- 2011Randy L. Neil
2012-2017Maurice Bursey2012-2015John L. Kimbrough, MD 2015-2014Steven M. Roth
2014-2021John Walker2016-2019Tom Lera2016-2019Michael C. O'Reilly
2018-2019Steven M. Roth2020-2021Daniel M. Knowles, MD2020-James Montich
2020-2021Doug Weisz2022-2023Francis J. Crown, Jr2022-Daniel M. Telep
2022-Randolph P. Smith2024-Paul Benson, MD
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