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Presidents of PSMS
- 1964-66Ben Woo
- 1966-67Charles Volz
- 1967-68George Rafanelli
- 1968-69Ralph Nolan
- 1969-70Morrill Gatcom
- 1970-72Robert Ramsey
- 1972-74Howard Melsen
- 1974-76Milton Grout
- 1976-78John Orth
- 1978-80Jennie Schmitt
- 1980-82Carl Hermanson
- 1982-84Milton Grout
- 1984-86Margaret Dilly
- 1986-88Coleman Leuthy
- 1988-90Gilbert Austin
- 1990-92Kern Hendricks
- 1992-94Richard Sieger
- 1994-96Patrice Benson
- 1996-98Marshall Palmer
- 1998-00Doug Ward
- 2000-02Joanne Young
- 2002-04Karin Mendell
- 2004-06Ron Post
- 2006-10Patrice Benson
- 2010-15Marian Maxwell
- 2015-19Kim Traverse
- 2019-23Randy Richardson
- 2023-25Colin Meyer
*Blue indicates those PSMS Presidents who have passed.
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