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A list of past-Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Censors-in-Chief, Treasurers and Executive Officers.

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Presidents

2021-2023   Sally Jane Langley
2019-2021   Anthony Lloyd Sparnon
2017-2019   John Charles Batten
2016-2017   Philip Gregory Truskett

2015-2016   David Allan Kilpatrick Watters
2014-2015   Michael John Grigg
2012-2014   Michael John Hollands
2010-2012   Ian Donald Shepherd Civil
2008-2010   Ian Ronald Gough
2007-2008   Andrew Darcy Sutherland
2005-2007   Russell William Stitz
2003-2005   Anne Kolbe
2001-2003   Kingsley Walton Faulkner
1998-2001   Bruce Henry Barraclough
1996-1998   Colin Ulric McRae
1995-1996   John Peterson Royle
1993-1995   David Egmont Theile
1991-1993   John Chadwick Hanrahan
1989-1991   Thomas Smith Reeve
1987-1989   Edward Durham Smith
1985-1987   Donald Gordon Macleish
1983-1985   Mervyn Keith Smith
1981-1983   John Kevin Clarebrough
1979-1981   Graham Douglas Tracy
1978-1979   Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland
1975-1978   Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes
1974-1975   John Wellesley Evan Raine
1971-1974   John Lowenthal
1969-1971   Patrick John Kenny
1968-1969   Stanley Francis Reid
1966-1968   Benjamin Keith Rank
1964-1966   Kenneth William Starr
1962-1964   Julian Ormond Smith
1961-1962   Stanley Livingstone Wilson
1959-1961   Leonard Charles Edward Lindon
1957-1959   Ian Douglas Miller
1955-1957   Ivan Bede Jose
1953-1955   Harold Robert Dew
1951-1953   Sir Victor Hurley
1949-1951   George Bell
1947-1949   Francis Gordon Bell
1945-1947   Hugh Raymond Guy Poate
1943-1945   Sir Alan Newton
1941-1943   Edward Denis Ahern
1939-1941   Sir Hugh Devine
1937-1939   Sir Louis Barnett
1935-1937   Robert Blakeway Wade
1929-1935   Sir Henry Newland
1927-1929   Sir George Syme

Vice-Presidents

One vice-president

2022-2023   Christopher Martin Pyke
2021-2022   Lawrence Pietro Malisano
2020-2021   Julie Ann Mundy
2019-2020   Richard Edward Perry
2017-2019   Catherine Mary Ferguson
2016-2017   Spencer Wynyard Beasley
2015-2016   Graeme John Campbell
2014-2015   David Allan Kilpatrick Watters
2012-2014   Michael John Grigg
2010-2012   Keith Louis Anthony Mutimer
2008-2010   Ian Carnegie Dickinson
2007-2008   Ian Ronald Gough
2005-2007   Stephen Arthur Deane
2003-2005   Peter William Harold Woodruff
2001-2003   Anne Kolbe
2000-2001   Kingsley Walton Faulkner
1999-2000   Alastair Rowland Brown
1998-1999   Donald Harley Gray
1996-1998   Rupert Leigh Atkinson
1995-1996   Colin Ulric McRae
1993-1995   John Peterson Royle
1991-1993   David Egmont Theile
1990-1991   Bernard McCarthy O'Brien

Two vice-presidents, senior and junior

1989-1990   Brian Patrick Morgan and Bernard McCarthy O'Brien
1987-1989   Selim Abraham Mellick and Thomas Smith Reeve
1985-1987   Edward Durham Smith and Richard Clayton Bennett
1983-1985   Donald Gordon Macleish and Arthur Wynyard Beasley
1982-1983   Mervyn Keith Smith and John Ludbrook
1981-1982   John Ernest Dunlop Goldie and Mervyn Keith Smith
1979-1981   John Ernest Dunlop Goldie and John Kevin Clarebrough
1978-1979   Peter Braithwaite and Graham Douglas Tracy
1977-1978   Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland and Peter Braithwaite
1975-1977   James Warwick Fraser Macky and Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland
1974-1975   Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes and Clarence Arthur Campbell Leggett
1973-1974   John Wellesley Evan Raine and Clarence Arthur Campbell Leggett
1971-1973   Alistair Campbell McEachern and John Wellesley Evan Raine
1969-1971   Russell Norfolk Howard and Bryan Tobin Keon-Cohen
1968-1969   Patrick John Kenny and Bryan Tobin Keon-Cohen
1967-1968   Stanley Francis Reid and Patrick John Kenny
1966-1967   Alan Harding Lendon and Stanley Francis Reid
1964-1966   Benjamin Keith Rank and Alan Harding Lendon
1963-1964   Kenneth William Starr and Alan Harding Lendon
1962-1963   Kenneth William Starr and Benjamin Keith Rank
1961-1962   Julian Ormond Smith and Kenneth William Starr
1960-1961   Neville Graham Sutton and Stanley Livingstone Wilson

Two vice-presidents of equal rank

1959-1960   Neville Graham Sutton and Stanley Livingstone Wilson
1957-1959   Leonard Charles Edward Lindon and Eardley Lorimer Button
1955-1957   Clifford Henry Coomer Searby and Ian Douglas Miller
1954-1955   Ivan Bede Jose and Clifford Henry Coomer Searby
1951-1954   Harold Robert Dew and Ivan Bede Jose
1947-1951   Thomas Edward Victor Hurley and Harold Robert Dew
1945-1947   Francis Gordon Bell and Thomas Edward Victor Hurley
1943-1945   Hugh Raymond Guy Poate and Francis Gordon Bell
1941-1943   Sir Alan Newton and Hugh Raymond Guy Poate
1939-1941   Sir Alan Newton and Sir John McKelvey (succeeded by Edward Denis Ahern)
1937-1939   Sir Hugh Devine and Sir Alan Newton
1933-1937   Sir Louis Barnett and Hugh Berchmans Devine
1927-1933   Sir Alexander MacCormick and Sir Louis Barnett

Censors-in-Chief

Censor-in-Chief

2019-2021   Phillip James Carson
2017-2019   Anthony Lloyd Sparnon
2016-2017   John Charles Batten
2014-2016   Philip Gregory Truskett
2012-2014   Simon Alan Williams
2010-2012   Mark Gordon Edwards
2007-2010   Ian Donald Shepherd Civil
2006-2007   Ian Ronald Gough
2003-2006   Patricia Margaret Davidson
2001-2003   Richard Hugh West
1998-2001   Anne Kolbe
1995-1998   Donald Harley Gray
1991-1995   Brendan John Dooley
1989-1991   David Egmont Theile
1986-1989   Brian Patrick Morgan
1983-1986   Selim Abraham Mellick
1979-1983   Donald Gordon Macleish
1975-1979   John Ernest Dunlop Goldie
1974-1975   Hamilton D'Arcy Sutherland
1969-1974   Edward Stuart Reginald Hughes
1966-1969   Bryan Tobin Keon-Cohen
1962-1966   Stanley Francis Reid
1961-1962   Benjamin Keith Rank
1954-1961   Julian Ormond Smith
1949-1954   Clifford Henry Coomer Searby
1943-1949   William Allan Hailes
1933-1943   Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton
1931-1933   Robert Hamilton Russell

Director-General

1929-1931   Robert Hamilton Russell
1927-1929   Sir George Syme

Treasurers

Treasurer

2016-2020  Julie Ann Mundy
2012-2016  Marianne Vonau
2010-2012  Michael John Hollands 

Honorary Treasurer

2007-2010   Keith Louis Anthony Mutimer
2003-2007   Andrew Darcy Sutherland
2000-2003   Peter William Harold Woodruff
1998-2000   Kingsley Walton Faulkner
1995-1998   Bruce Henry Barraclough
1993-1995   Colin Ulric McRae
1991-1993   John Peterson Royle
1987-1991   John Chadwick Hanrahan
1979-1987   Richard Clayton Bennett
1977-1979   John Kevin Clarebrough
1975-1977   Peter Braithwaite
1969-1975   Frank Douglas Stephens
1968-1969   Russell Norfolk Howard
1958-1968   Charles James Officer Brown
1951-1958   Edgar Samuel John King
1949-1951   Frederick John Orr Colahan
1937-1949   Balcombe Quick
1936-1937   Julian Ormond Smith

Honorary Secretary and Treasurer

1933-1936   Julian Ormond Smith
1929-1933   Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton
1927-1929   Augustus Leo Kenny

Executive Officers

Chief Executive Officer/Executive General Manager

2019-2023  John Biviano
2017-2019 Mary Harney
2004-2017 David John Hillis
2003-2003 David Ferguson Scott (Acting CEO)
1999-2003 Vincenzo Massaro
1997-1999 Peter Henry Carter

College Secretary

1989-1997   Peter Henry Carter
1962-1989   Raymond Arthur Chapman
1934-1962   Harold Gordon Wheeler

Honorary Secretary

1961-1962   Russell Norfolk Howard
1942-1945   George Robin Adlington Syme

Honorary Secretary and Treasurer

1933-1936   Julian Ormond Smith
1929-1933   Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton
1927-1929   Augustus Leo Kenny

Honorary Assistant Secretary

1933-1936   George Robin Adlington Syme
1932-1933   Julian Ormond Smith

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