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Name
|
Tenure
|
C. B. Haynes |
1918-1954 |
George W. Chambers |
1954-1958 |
Joseph R. Nelson |
1958-1965 |
Clark Smith |
1966-1980 |
Charles D. Martin |
1980-1986 |
Clarence E. Bracebridge |
1987-1989 |
Richard O. Stenbakken |
1992-2004 |
Martin Fieldbush |
2005-2008 |
Gary Councell |
2008-2014 |
Mario E. Ceballos |
2014- |
Bureau of Public Relations
Name
|
Tenure
|
W. L. Burgan |
1912-1940 |
C. B. Haynes |
1940-1942 |
J. R. Ferren |
1942-1954 |
D. H. Thomas |
1954-1956 |
H. B. Weeks |
1956-1962 |
E. W. Tarr |
1962-1973 |
Name
|
Tenure
|
Virginia L. Smith |
-2003 |
Linda Mei Lin Koh |
2003- |
Communications
Name
|
Tenure
|
W. L. Burgan |
1912-1940 |
C. B. Haynes |
1940-1942 |
J. R. Ferren |
1942-1954 |
D. H. Thomas |
1954-1956 |
H. B. Weeks |
1956-1962 |
E. W. Tarr |
1962-1973 |
W. R. L. Scragg |
1973-1975 |
M. Carol Hetzel |
1975-1978 |
James E. Chase |
1979-1984 |
Robert W. Nixon |
1984-1988 |
Shirley A. Burton |
1988-1994 |
Ray Dabrowski |
1994-2010 |
Williams Costa, Jr. |
2010- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
W. W. Prescott |
1887-1897 |
Lewis A. Hoopes |
1897-1901 |
J. H. Kellogg |
1901-1902 |
W. W. Prescott |
1902-1903 |
Lewis A. Hoopes |
1903 |
Frederick Griggs |
1903-1910 |
Homer R. Salisbury |
1910-1913 |
John L. Shaw |
1913-1915 |
Frederick Griggs |
1915-1918 |
Warren E. Howell |
1918-1930 |
Charles W. Irwin |
1930-1933 |
William E. Nelson |
1933-1936 |
Harvey A. Morrison |
1936-1946 |
Erwin E. Cossentine |
1946-1966 |
Charles B. Hirsch |
1966-1974 |
Walton J. Brown |
1974-1980 |
Charles B. Hirsch |
1980-1981 |
Charles R. Taylor |
1981-1985 |
George H. Akers |
1985-1990 |
Humberto M. Rasi |
1990-2001 |
Garland Dulan |
2003-2010 |
Lisa Beardsley |
2010- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
Arthur and Maud Spalding |
1914-1941 |
Delmar and Betty Holbrook |
1975-1988 |
Ronald and Karen Flowers |
1988-2010 |
Willie and Elaine Oliver |
2010- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
Millward C. Taft |
1936-1961 |
Boardman Noland |
1961-1975 |
Warren L. Johns |
1975-1992 |
Robert W. Nixon |
1993-2005 |
Robert E. Kyte |
2005-2009 |
Karnik Doukmetzian |
2009- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
W. A. George |
1905-1909 |
W. A. Ruble |
1909-1910 |
D. H. Kress |
1910-1911 |
George Thomason |
1912 |
W. A. Ruble & L. A. Hansen |
1913 |
W. A. Ruble |
1919 |
L. A. Hansen |
1919-1922 |
A. W. Truman |
1922-1926 |
L. A. Hansen & C. E. Rice |
1926-1928 |
A. W. Truman |
1928-1936 |
H. M. Walton |
1937-1946 |
T. R. Flaiz |
1946-1966 |
R. F. Waddell |
1966-1975 |
E. A. Crawford |
1975-1976 |
Samuel L. DeShay |
1976-1980 |
Mervyn G. Hardinge |
1980-1985 |
G. Gordon Hadley |
1985-1990 |
Albert S. Whiting |
1990- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
A. T. Jones |
1901 |
Allen Moon |
1901-1904 |
K. C. Russell |
1904-1912 |
W. W. Prescott |
1912-1913 |
Charles S. Longacre |
1913-1936 |
H. H. Votaw |
1941-1950 |
Alvin W. Johnson |
1950-1958 |
J. Arthur Buckwalter |
1958-1959 |
Marvin E. Loewen |
1959-1975 |
W. Melvin Adams |
1975-1980 |
Bert B. Beach |
1980-1993 |
John Graz |
1995-2015 |
Ganoune A. Diop |
2015- |
Radio and Television
Name
|
Tenure
|
Paul Wickman |
1948-1953 |
E. R. Walde |
1953-1964 |
J. O. Iverson |
1964-1966 |
J. J. Aitken |
1966-1971 |
W. R. L. Scragg |
1971-1973 |
Name
|
Tenure
|
H. E. Rogers |
1904-1941 |
Claude Conard |
1941-1950 |
E. J. Johanson |
1950-1952 |
H. W. Klaser |
1952-1962 |
E. Lee Becker |
1962-1965 |
Robert J. Radcliffe |
1965-1966 |
Jesse O. Gibson |
1966-1975 |
F. Donald Yost |
1973-1995 |
R. William Cash |
1995-1998 |
Bert Haloviak |
1998-2010 |
David Trim |
2010- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
W. M. Starks |
1966-1978 |
Paul Smith |
1979-1980 |
Name
|
Tenure
|
W. C. White |
1901-1906 |
C. H. Jones |
1907-1909 |
E. R. Palmer |
1909-1913 |
N. Z. Town |
1913-1930 |
H. H. Hall |
1930-1936 |
C. E. Weeks |
1936-1941 |
H. M. Blunden |
1941-1946 |
W. P. Elliott |
1946-1949 |
G. A. Huse |
1949-1966 |
P. A. McAdams |
1966-1975 |
Bruce M. Wickwire |
1975-1980 |
L. A. Ramirez |
1980-1985 |
R. E. Appenzeller |
1985-2000 |
Jose Campos |
2000-2003 |
Howard F. Faigao |
2005-2015 |
Almir M. Marroni |
2015- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
Rose Otis |
1990-1996 |
Dorothy Eaton Watts |
1996-1997 |
Ardis Dick Stenbakken |
1997-2001 |
Heather-Dawn K. Small |
2005- |
Name
|
Tenure
|
M. E. Kern |
1907-1930 |
H. J. Elliott |
1931-1933 |
Alfred W. Peterson |
1934-1946 |
E. W. Dunbar |
1946-1954 |
Theodore Lucas |
1955-1970 |
John H. Hancock |
1970-1980 |
Leo Ranzolin |
1980-1985 |
Baraka G. Muganda |
1995-2010 |
Gilbert R. Cangy |
2010-2016 |
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