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Past Presidents of NBMDA

1951-1952 *Harold W. Sparks
Lumberyard Supply Company, St. Louis, MO
(President, Predecessor group of NBMDA)
1952-1953 *John P. Ashton
Ashton Wholesale Service, Des Moines, IA
1954 *H. M. Dooley
Dooley Distributing Company, Saginaw, MI
1955 *R. R. Maylone
Saltpoint Supply Corp., Syracuse, NY
1956 C. A. Haag
Springfield Builders Supply Co., Springfield, IL
1957 *E. P. Reising
Indiana Wholesalers, Inc., Evansville, IN
1958 *T. J. Dougherty
Ohio Valley Supply, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
1959 *Don Knecht
Building Material Distributors, Rapid City, SD
1960 M. C. Blackstock
Lumber Supply & Warehouse Co., Seattle, WA
1961 M. L. McCreery
Michigan Wholesalers, Inc., Jackson, MI
1962 *Donald B. Richardson
Richardson Lumber Co., Denver, CO
1963-1964 Lewis H. Jenkins
Jenkins Wholesale Supply Co., N. Wilkesboro, NC
1965 *W. G. Grieve
Building Material Distributors, Inc., Galt, CA
1966 L.H. Crofoot
Western States Plywood Corp.
Santa Fe Springs, CA
1967 J. F. Dillon
Great Lakes Distributing Corp., South Bend, IN
1968 H. D. Wilgus
Lumber Wholesalers, Inc., Cadiz, OH
1969 *Donald O. Mirts
Dealers Warehouse Corp., Knoxville, TN
1970 Joseph M. Jentis
Newark Steel Products Co., Inc., Roseland, NJ
1971 *Robert D. Peterson
Palmer G. Lewis Co., Inc., Auburn, WA
1972 David G. Dutton Jr.
A. C. Dutton Lumber Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY
1973 *Milton J. Orr
Canfor Limited, New Westminster, B.C.
1974 *Frank E. O'Dowd
Edward Hines Lumber Company, Chicago, IL
1975 Richard E. Freeman
So-Cal Commercial, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Roger L. Hancock
Arizona Millwork Company, Phoenix, AZ
1977 James L. Stringfellow
Stringfellow Supply Company, Gainesville, FL
1978 David P. Bennett
Bennett Supply Company, Pittsburgh, PA
1979 Robert E. Martin
Schultz, Snyder & Steele Lumber Co., Lansing, MI
1980 Richard E. Lundgren
Palmer G. Lewis, Co., Inc., Auburn, WA
1981 *John M. Gillespie
Hansen Corporation, Walled Lake, MI
1982 J. Hays Wimsatt
Wimsatt Brothers, Louisville, KY
1983 Perry N. Sparks
Lumberyard Supply Company, St. Louis, MO
1984 A. Richard Kasper
Amerhart, Ltd., Green Bay, WI
1985 James R. Quillen
Thunderbird Steel Corp., Albuquerque, NM
1986 Robert Westing
Westing Company, Grand Rapids, MI
1987 Joseph T. Theby Jr.
Lensing Wholesale, Inc., Evansville , IN
1988 Glenn A. Hart
OrePac Building Products, Inc., Wilsonville, OR
1989 C. Keith Rust
Roland & Roland, Inc. Bethlehem, PA
1990 Steve Ellinwood
Building Material Distributors, Inc., Galt, CA
1991 George Bryson
Aetna Plywood, Inc., Arlington Heights, IL
1992 Gary McKillican
McKillican International, Edmonton, AB, Canada
1993 Paul Hylbert
PrimeSource, Inc., Carrollton, TX
1994 William A. Ellis
REICO Distributors, Springfield, VA
1995 Gary Leonard
Flagg, Inc., Fairfield, OH
1996 Ron Calhoun
Palmer Donavin Mfg., Columbus, OH
1997 Mark Kasper
Amerhart Ltd., Green Bay, WI
1998 Dennis Mitchell
Schultz, Snyder & Steele Lumber Co., Williamsburg, MI
1999 Robert Stolz
Charlotte Hardwood Center
Charlotte, NC
2000 Jim Daniels
Parksite Plunkett-Webster
New Rochelle, NY
2001 David P. Bennett III
Bennett Supply Co.
Cheswick, PA
2002 Jim White
White-Wood Dist. Ltd..
Winnipeg, MB
2003 Chris Tompkins
Kruse Plastic & Plywood, Inc.
Louisville, KY
2004 Ron Calhoun
Palmer Donavin Mfg. Co.
Columbus, OH
2005 Andy Ellis
North Bay Distributors
Elkridge, MD
2006 Garry Tabor
BMD, Inc.
Galt, CA
2007

Roger Debnam
Wurth Wood Group
Charlotte, NC

2008 Len Kopec
The Wolf Organization
York, PA

 * Deceased