Leadership of Phi Gamma Delta

Appointed Volunteer Leaders are volunteers appointed by the Archons.
Letters following the names indicate other offices held:

President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Councilor, Appointed Volunteer Leader, NIC Officer, Editor, Headquarters Staff, Field Secretary.

Durrance Award, Coulter Cup, Haynes Award and Wilkinson Award recipients are also noted.

KEEPER OF THE ROLLS
Position created in 1902 and abolished in 1903 by the 55th Ekklesia.
1902-1903 - T. Alfred Vernon (Yale 1875)

HISTORIAN
Position created in 1909 at the 61st Ekklesia
1909-1943 - William F. Chamberlin (Denison 1893) - P, C
1944-1950 - Gilbert W. Mead (Allegheny 1911) - NIC
1950-1960 - Danner Lee Mahood (Davidson 1922, Virginia 1923) - P, V, S, FS
1961-1968 - Richard H. Crowder (DePauw 1931)
1968-1974 - no historian
1974-1989 - Richard H. Crowder (DePauw 1931)
1989-2018 - William E. Parrish (Westminster Faculty)
2018-____ - Towner A. Blackstock (Davidson 1994) - FS

RITUALIST
Position created in 1915 at the 67th Ekklesia
1915-1936 - Edwin L. Mattern (Allegheny 1890)
1936-1937 - Lyle K. Bush (Washington 1922) - FS
1937-1941 - Horace I. Brightman (Columbia 1892) - P, S, C
1941-1946 - Gilbert W. Mead (Allegheny 1911) - NIC
1946-1950 - Loyal A. Shoudy (Washington 1904)
1950-1954 - Philip C. Ebeling (Ohio Wesleyan 1928) - P, S
1954-1963 - Frank B. Crandall (Ohio Wesleyan Faculty)
1963-1966 - Michael O. Shipley (Syracuse 1958) - P, T, NIC FS
1966-1974 - Louis A. "Bud" Mangels (Indiana 1956) - P, V, C, FS
1974-1979 - Henry T. Courtney (Oregon 1962)
1979-2004 - William R. Miller (Indiana 1962) - P, V, S, C, FS
2004-2017 - Charles E. Gabe (Hanover 1990) - FS, Ed., HS
2017-2023 - Justin M. Burns (Ohio State 2007) - FS
2023-____ - Josh Laufenberg (Illinois 2008) - FS, S

GRADUATE SECRETARY
Position created in 1916 at the 68th Ekklesia, and retired in 1929 at the 81st Ekklesia. [In 1963 this title was used for a Headquarters staff position.]
1916-1929 Charles J. Eastman (Illinois 1906)

DIRECTOR OF SECTION CHIEFS
Position created in 1916 at the 68th Ekklesia, and left vacant following the resignation of Brother Long.
1916-1920 - Hargrave A. Long (Chicago 1911) - C

CURATOR OF ARCHIVES
Position created in 1921 at the 73rd Ekklesia
1921-1954 - Chester A. Darling (Allegheny Faculty)
1961-1968 - J. Earle Dunford, Sr. (Bethel 1912, Richmond 1915)
1968-1976 - DeWitt R. Cogswell (Case Western Reserve 1915)
1976-1986 - George Hopper (Wittenberg 1932)
1986-1988 - William S. Zerman (Michigan 1949) - E, Ed., FS
1988-1996 - George Hopper (Wittenberg 1932)
1996-2018 - Towner A. Blackstock (Davidson 1994) - FS
2018-____ - Joesph A. Weist (Rose Hulman 1987)

GENERAL COUNSEL (LEGAL ADVISOR)
Position created in 1946 at the 98th Ekklesia
1946-1956 - John S. Sickels (City College 1908, Columbia 1911)
1956-1960 - Hugh J. Baker, Jr. (Ohio State 1931) - P, V
1960-1963 - Charles R. Richey (Ohio Wesleyan 1945)
1963-1964 - Theodore M. Mann (Case Western Reserve 1943)
1964-1968 - Henry S. Brainard (Case Western Reserve 1922) - P, V
1968-1972 - William J. Van Aken (Lafayette 1934)
1972-1982 - Peter O. Clauss (Chicago 1955) - S, C
1982-1990 - William S. Garner, Jr. (Arkansas 1971) - T, Wilkinson
1990-1996 - John Fox Arnold (Colorado 1959, Missouri 1959)
1996-2008 - Scott J. Mikulecky (Colorado State 1982) - FS, C, V, P, Wilkinson
2008-2014 - Kevin F. Mitchelson (Kansas 1979) - S
2014-2018 - Alexander S. Wylie (Arizona State 1996) - FS
2018-____ - James M. Boyers (Hanover 1994) - FS

BOARD OF VISITORS
Position created in 1948 at the 100th Ekklesia; removed in 1956 at the 108th Ekklesia
1952-1954 - Ralph H. Cake (Oregon 1913) - C, P
1952-1954 - C. Ernest Lovejoy (Illinois 1920) - C, S
1952-1954 - J. Smith Miller (Idaho 1929)
1952-1954 - William S. Robb (Pennsylvania 1934) - FS
1954-1956 - Eugene H. Clapp (Lafayette 1936)
1954-1956 - Albert F. Hillix (Missouri 1918) - C
1954-1956 - A. Dale Miller (Texas 1929)
1954-1956 - Harry E. Templeton (Stanford 1925) - C

EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR
Position created in 1954 at the 106th Ekklesia
1954-1961 - Richard H. Crowder (DePauw 1931)
1961-1962 - John N. Stauffer (Wittenberg Faculty)
1962-1970 - William R. Hauser (Denison 1950) - P, HS
1970-1972 - William F. Elliott (W.P.I. 1966)
1972-1974 - William R. Hauser (Denison 1950) - P, HS
1974-1982 - Ronald S. Beer (Kent State Faculty)
1982-1988 - William R. Bracewell (Georgia 1968) - C, Coulter
1988-2000 - William S. Zerman (Michigan 1949) - E, Ed., FS
2000-2019 - William R. Bracewell (Georgia Faculty) - C, Coulter
2020-____ - Amelious N. Whyte (Minnesota Faculty) - Coulter

PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
Position created in 1989
1989-1995 - G. William Gray, Jr. (Alabama 1948)
1995-1998 - Joseph E. Samora, Jr. (New Mexico 1978) - C, V, Durrance
1998-2005 - Jeffrey R. Garrett (Missouri 1990) - FS
2005-2017 - Joshua C. Holly (Tennessee 1997) - FS
2017-____ - Michael B. Sacks (James Madison 2004) - FS

DIRECTOR OF HOUSING
Position created in 2002 at the 154th Ekklesia
2003-2008 - Clark A. Robertson (Nebraska 1982) - FS
2008-2010 - Ronald L. Thomas (Georgia Tech 1968) - S, C
2013-2018 - Ronald A. Sages (Ohio 1973) - T
2023-____ - John Ziza (Ohio 1978)

Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Position created by the Archons in 2021
2021-____ - DeVere Kutscher (Davidson 1997)

Director of Governmental Affairs
Position created by the Archons in 2021
Vacant