ACTFL Past Presidents
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Throughout its history, ACTFL has benefited from the outstanding and unselfish leadership of the top professionals in language education.  This list of ACTFL Past Presidents is truly a Hall of Fame of the outstanding teachers and administrators who have made this organization a dynamic, respected voice for languages.  Their vision and dedication should be an inspiration for all those who will follow in their footsteps.

Rita A. Oleksak 2007

Paul Sandrock

2006

Audrey L. Heining-Boynton

2005

Thomas Keith Cothrun

2004

Martha G. Abbott

2003

Christine L. Brown

2002

June K. Phillips

2001

Paul A. Garcia

2000

Emily Spinelli

1999

Elizabeth Hoffman

1998

Ann Tollefson

1997

Valorie S. Babb

1996

Kathleen M. Riordan

1995

Robert M. Terry

1994

Ray T. Clifford

1993

Gerard L. Ervin

1992

Lynn Sandstedt

1991

Diane Birckbichler

1990

Robert Ludwig

1989

Toby Tamarkin

1988

Jacqueline Benevento

1987

Alice C. Omaggio-Hadley

1986

William N. Hatfield

1985

Helene Zimmer-Loew

1984

Robert Gilman

1983

Charles R. Hancock

1982

Thomas H. Geno

1981

Dale L. Lange

1980

Jane Bourque

1979

Lorraine A. Strasheim

1978

Howard B. Altman

1977

Helen Warriner-Burke

1976

Frank M. Grittner

1975

Carl Dellacio

1974

Jermaine D. Arendt

1973

Gail Hutchinson Eubanks

1972

Lowell Dunham

1971

Lester McKim

1970

Leo Benardo

1969

Emma-Marie Birkmaier

1968