Past Presidents

1927 - Chief Alex Henderson, Kansas City, MO
1928 - Chief W. A. Buell, Parson, KS
1935 - Chief Wm. A. Sloan, Sioux Falls, SD
1936 - Chief Daniel B. Shire, Mason City, IA
1937 - Chief A. W. Olson, Omaha, NE
1938 - Chief E. A. Johnson, Boulder, CO
1939 - Chief Sol Willis, Sidney, NE
1940 - Chief T. Hardwick, Kansas City, MO
1941 - Chief Wm. J. Cawker, Topeka, KS
1942 - Chief Wm. J. Cawker, Topeka, KS
1943 - Chief Charles L. Slade, Des Moines, IA
1944 - Chief John T. Lynch, Kansas City, MO
1945 - Chief John T. Lynch, Kansas City, MO
1946 - Chief C. W. Brown, Wichita, KS
1947 - Chief Charles L. Slade, Des Moines, IA
1948 - Chief Wm. H. Gardner, Kansas City, MO
1949 - Chief R. J. Van Fleet, Hastings, NE
1950 - Chief Fred J. Wells, Fargo, ND
1951 - Chief T. P. Tredwell, Fort Collins, CO
1952 - Chief Roy S. Moulton, Kansas City, KS
1953 - Chief Wright Hedges, Atlantic, IA
1954 - Chief W. C. Campbell, Pittsburg, KS
1955 - Chief V. L. Crusinberry, Sioux Falls, SD
1956 - Chief Thomas C. HIckson, Dubuque, IA
1957 - Chief Fred H. Lausch, Colorado Springs, CO
1958 - Asst. Chief R. Salak, Schuyler, NE
1959 - Chief Fred E. Saefke, Fargo, ND
1960 - Chief Eugene W. Fields, Omaha, NE
1961 - Chief Wayne E. Ulm, Des Moines, IA
1962 - Chief L. W. Graves, Sunrise Beach, MO
1963 - Chief Roscoe Benton, Lincoln, NE
1964 - Chief Dean Annis, Abilene, KS
1965 - Chief A.F. (Tony) Putschler, Dickinson, ND
1966 - Chief Jesse Hunter, Cedar Rapids, KS
1967 - Chief Elvin Warhurst, Newton, KS
1968 - Chief Hugh Bandriff, Berkeley, MO
1969 - Chief Burdette Sheldon, Sioux Falls, SD
1970 - Chief Dallas Johnson, Lincoln, NE
1971 - Chief Robert N. Dunphy, Dubuque, IA
1972 - Chief Willard S. Swoffer, Independence, MO
1973 - Chief Bruce Forbes, Greeley, CO
1974 - Chief John H. Gertken, Community Fire Protection District, MO
1975 - Chief Myrle K. Wise, Denver, CO
1976 - Chief Vernon L. Van Scoy, Jr., Omaha, NE
1977 - Chief Norman F. Elgan, Council Bluff, IA
1978 - Chief Charles Kamprad, St. Louis, MO
1979 - Chief W. J. Tellilnghuser, Sioux Falls, SD
1980 - Chief R. J. Milner, Williston, ND
1981 - Chief Lawrence Bowers, Kansas City, KS
1982 - Chief John H. Otte, Normandy Fire Protection District, MO
1983 - Chief Charles Willis, Pourde Valley Fire Prot. District, CO
1984 - Chief Gary L. Nichols, Sedgwick County, KS
1985 - Chief Joe Boespflug, Dickinson, ND
1986 - Chief Dallas Jones, Hutchinson, KS
1987 - Chief William Cowan, Snowmass, CO
1988 - Chief Robert L. Schick, Davenport, IA
1989 - Chief Harry Guinn, Joplin, Missouri
1990 - Chief Warren Hanks, Bonner Spring, Kansas
1991 - Chief Glenn Hill, Green River, Wyoming
1992 - Chief Larry Donner, Boulder, CO
1993 - Chief Glenn Hill, Green River, Wyoming
1994 - Chief James Pumfrey, Iowa City, IA
1995 - Chief William Markgraf, Columbia, MO
1996 - Chief John O’Hayre, Northglenn, CO
1997 - Chief William Scott, Pittsburg, KS
1998 - Chief Richard Lehmann, Liberty, MO
1999 - Chief Robert Hamilton, Sioux City, IA
2000 - Chief Rick Beaty, Grand Junction, CO
2001 - Chief “Buck” Hartley, Shawnee, KS
2002 - Chief Steve Westermann, Blue Springs, MO
2003 - Chief Robert Brown, Castle Rock, CO
2004 - Chief Andrew J. Rocca, Iowa City, IA
2005 - Chief Jim Keating, St. Mary’s, KS
2006 - Chief Mark Young, Casper, WY
2007 - Chief Robert Dahlquist, Omaha, NE
2008 - Chief Jerry Rhodes, Cunningham, CO
2009 - Chief Mark Wessel, Keokuk, IA
2010 - Chief Jack Taylor, Emporia, KS
2011 - Chief John Mullin, Littleton, CO