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NAED Leadership, 1908-Present

2008-09:  Richard Waterman, Rexel, Dallas, Texas
2007-08:  Tammy Miller, Border States Electric Supply, Fargo, ND
2006-07:  John Duda, Butler Supply, St. Louis, Missouri
2005-06:  Bill Elliott, Elliott Electric Supply, Nacogdoches, Texas
2004-05:  Peter de Steiger, Raymond De Steiger, Inc, Sterling Heights, MI
2003-04:  Thomas Cloud, United Electric Supply, New Castle, Delaware
2002-03:  Ben Herr, Dakota Supply Group, Fargo, North Dakota
2001-02:  James Morlan, Electric Supply, Phoenix, Arizona
2000-01:  Arnold Jones, Williams Supply, Roanoke Virginia
1999-00:  Michael Barker, Springfield Electric Supply, Springfield, Illinois
1998-99:  James Summerlin, Mayer Electric Supply, Birmingham, AL
1997-98:  Lee Hite, The Hite Company, Altoona Pennsylvania
1996-97:  David Crum, Crum Electric Supply, Casper, Wyoming
1995-96:  Richard Butler, Butler Supply, St. Louis, Missouri
1994-95:  James Pockey, McDonald Distributors of FL, Ft Lauderdale, FL
1993-94:  Chuck Guttadore, EMCORP, Columbus, Ohio
1992-93:  Paul Perko, North Coast Electric, Seattle, Washington
1991-92:  Stanley Weiss, Englewood Electric Supply, Chicago, Illinois
1990-91:  Ben Gambill, Jr., Braid Electric, Nashville, Tennessee
1989-90:  Edward Berman, Allied Electric Supply, Pittsburgh, PA
1988-89:  James Ryall, Ryall Electric Supply, Denver, Colorado
1987-88:  Leonard Siegel, Standard Electric Supply, Mequon, Wisconsin
1986-87:  Charles Collat, Sr., Mayer Electric Supply, Birmingham, AL
1985-86:  Edward Girvin, Dauphin Electric, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1984-85:  Luis Zabala, Sr., Electric Supply of Salinas, Salinas, California
1983-84:  Denton Matteson, American Electric Company, St. Joseph, MO
1982-83:  Robert Hunt, Electrical Supply, High Point, North Carolina
1981-82:  Zev Rosen, Good Friend Electrical Supplies, Toms River, NJ
1980-81:  Robert Lemman, North Coast Electric, Seattle Washington
1979-80:  William Schnirring, Springfield Electric Supply, Springfield, IL
1978-79:  Malcolm Watson, Watson Electric Supply, Lindale, Texas
1977-78:  Kertis Kuhlman, General Electric Supply, Bridgeport, CT
1976-77:  Ben Smith, Sr., Fife Electric Supply, Detroit, Michigan
1975-76:  Morgan Smith, Smith & Royals Electric Supply, Jacksonville, FL
1974-75:  J.E. Redmond, J.E. Redmond Supply, Phoenix, Arizona
1973-74:  Harold Baynes, Baynes Electrical Supply, Brockton, MA
1972-73:  Edward Anixter, Englewood Electric Supply, Chicago, Illinois
1971-72:  Jack Passailaigue, P&W Electric Supply, Columbus, Georgia
1970-71:  John Waltersdorf, Tristate Elect. & Electr., Hagerstown, MD
1969-70:  Walter Norton, Sr., Norton Electric Wholesale, Los Angeles, CA
1968-69:  Thomas Schmid, Crescent Electric Supply, Dubuque, Iowa
1967-68:  Philip Leff, The H. Leff Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio
1965-67:  Kirby Risk, Kirby Risk Electrical Supply, Indianapolis, Indiana
1964-65:  John Newton, Jr., Oakes Electric Supply, Wolfeboro, NH
1963-64:  C.E. Butler, Jr., Butler Supply, St. Louis, Missouri
1962-63:  Ralph Rohrbach, Electric Supply, San Diego, California
1961-62:  Bolan Boatner, WESCO, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1960-61:  J.A. Meier, Florida Electric Supply, Tampa, Florida
1959-60:  George Provost Jr., Doubleday-Hick Electric, Pittsburgh, PA
1958-59:  J.P. Hamblen, Southern Electric Supply, Houston, Texas
1957-58:  George Albiez, Englewood Electric Supply, Chicago, Illinois
1956-57:  R.J. Brown, GE Supply, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1954-56:  L.E. Barrett, Barrett Electric Supply, St. Louis, Missouri
1953-54:  R.M. Johannesen, Johannesen Electric, Greensboro, NC
1952-53:  G.F. Hessler, Graybar, New York, New York
1950-52:  W.G. Peirce, Jr., Peirce-Phelps, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949-50:  D.M. Salsbury, WESCO, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1947-49:  E.B. Ingraham, Ingraham Supply, New York, New York

The association officially became the National Association of Electrical Distributors in 1947.  The association was called the National Electrical Wholesalers Association from 1928-1947.

1944-47:  John Busey, GE Supply, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1942-44:  D.L. Fife, Fife Electric Supply, Detroit, Michigan
1940-42:  John Newton, Oakes Electric Supply, Holyoke, Massachusetts
1938-40:  J.G. Johannesen, General Electric Supply New York, New York
1936-38:  L.E. Latham, Latham Electric Supply, New York, New York
1934-36:  F.R. Eiseman, Revere Electric Supply, Chicago, Illinois
1932-34:  W.J. Drury, unknown
1930-32:  B.W. Clark, WESCO, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1928-30:  G.E Cullinan, Graybar, New York, New York

The association was called the Electrical Supply Jobbers Association from 1908-1928.  There were three division chairs, one for each region—Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.  Names are known, companies are not.

Year Atlantic Central Pacific
1927-28:  W.E Roberston John Duncan Harry Harper
1926-27: W.I. Bickford H.C. Downing C.B. Howley
1925-26: J.G. Johannesen H.C. Downing O.B. Stubbs
1924-25: F.S. Price W.S. Bissell R.J. Holtermann
1923-24: O.F. Rost W.R. Herstein N.W. Graham
1922-23: J.G. Johannesen W.R.Herstein C.E Wiggin
1921-22: G.L. Patterson W.R.Herstein F.N. Averill
1920-21: A.M. Little (resigned)
F.E. Stow
W.R.Herstein C.C. Hillis
1919-20: W.I. Bickford W.R.Herstein T.E. Bibbins
1918-19: E.C. Graham F.M. Bernardin W.S. Berry
1917-18: W.E. Robertson F.M. Bernardin Sam Taylor
1916-17: F.S. Price A.J. Selzer H.V. Carter
1913-15: F.S. Price N.G. Harvey H.V. Carter
1912-13: E.W. Rockafellow W.W. Low C.C. Hillis
1910-12: E.W. Rockafellow W.W. Low Andrew Carrigan
1908-10: F.H. Steward W.W. Low Andrew Carrigan

 NAED Staff Leaders
2001-Present:  Tom Naber, President
1999-00:  Jim O’Hallaron, President
1998-99:   Joel Hoiland, President
1995-97:   Arnold Farber, CEO
1991-95:   Randy Goldrick, President
1984-90:  Marvin Schylling, President
1954-84:   Arthur Hooper, Executive Director
1942-54:  Charles Pyle, Managing Director/Executive Director
1928-42:   Donald Tolles, Managing Director
1927-28:  G.P. Rodgers, Managing Director
1908-27:  Franklin Overbagh, General Secretary

                

 

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