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BOARD LEADERSHIP - 1912 TO PRESENT

President: 1912 to 1971 (Volunteer Position)
Frederick Frelinghuysen The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. 1912-1913
William C. Heppenheimer The Trust Company of NJ 1913-1915
George A. Viehmann The New Brunswick Fire Insurance Co. 1915-1918
Forrest F. Dryden The Prudential Insurance Co. of America 1918-1919
Charles D. Freeman Iselin 1919-1920
Weller H. Noyes Swift & Co. 1920-1921
Newton H. Porter Counsellor at Law 1921-1923
Willard I. Hamilton The Haskell Improvement Co. 1923-1935
Walter Kidde Walter Kidde & Co. 1935-1938
Robert T. Bowman Solfo Paint & Chemical Co. 1938-1941
George K. Batt Dugan Brothers of NJ, Inc. 1941-1943
Thomas Roy Jones Daystrom, Incorporated 1943-1946
Glenn Gardiner Frostmann Woolen Company 1946-1950
Charles H. Watts Beneficial Management Corp. 1950-1952
H. Bruce Palmer The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. 1952-1954
John C. Williams L. Bamberger & Co. 1954-1956
B. L. England Atlantic City Electric Co. 1956-1958
Lansing P. Shield The Grand Union Company 1958-1959
James P. Stewart DeLaval Steam Turbine Co. 1959-1961
Charles A. Eaton, Jr. Fidelity Union Trust Co. 1961-1963
Frederick H. Groel The Prudential Insurance Co. of America 1963-1965
Mark Anton Suburban Propane Gas Co. 1965-1967
Earl N. Felio Colgate-Palmolive Co. 1967-1969
Thomas C. Butler The Grand Union Company 1969-1971
Chairman of the Board: 1971 to Present (Volunteer Position)
John J. Magovern, Jr. The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. 1971-1973
Edward A. Jesser, Jr. Peoples Trust of NJ 1973-1975
Paul F. Richardson Sea-Land Service, Inc. 1975-1977
Frederick A. Westphal Exxon Company, U.S.A. 1977-1979
John D. Feehan Atlantic Electric 1979-1981
Thomas J. Stanton, Jr. First Jersey National Bank 1981-1983
Duane E. Minard, Jr. Hospital Service Plan of NJ 1983-1985
Robert R. Ferguson, Jr. First Fidelity Bancorporation 1985-1987
Robert V. Van Fossan The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. 1987-1989
Victor A. Pelson AT&T 1989-1991
Clyde H. Folley Ingersoll-Rand Company 1991-1993
E. James Ferland Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 1993-1995
Alfred T. Cade Caesars Atlantic City Hotel/Casino 1995-1997
T. Joseph Semrod Summit Bancorp 1997-1999
Alfred C. Koeppe Public Service Electric & Gas. Co. 1999-2001
M. Brian Maher Maher Terminals, Inc. 2001-2003
Anne Evans Estabrook Elberon Development Co. 2003-2005
Thomas A. Bracken Sun National Bank 2005-2007
William J. Marino Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ 2007-2009