BRIEF HISTORY OF CAMWS
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South. The First Eighty Years by Herbert Benario (Greenville, S.C.: CAMWS, 1989) is available here in pdf format. An update covering the ninth decade appeared in CJ 91 (1995-96) 309-17 and is available here electronically. A history of the years 1990-2004, entitled “The Last Score of Years,” by Herbert W. Benario, appears in the program for the Centennial meeting (2004).
CAMWS PRESIDENTS
| William G. Manly | 1905-06 | University of Missouri |
| Moses S. Slaughter | 1906-07 | University of Wisconsin |
| Edward Capps | 1907-08 | University of Chicago |
| Arthur T. Walker | 1908-09 | University of Kansas |
| Frederick C. Eastman | 1909-10 | University of Iowa |
| Benjamin L. D'Ooge | 1910-11 | Michigan State Normal College |
| Walter Miller | 1911-12 | Tulane University |
| Grove E. Barber | 1912-13 | University of Nebraska |
| Theodore C. Burgess | 1913-14 | Bradley Polytechnic Institute |
| James H. Kirkland | 1914-15 | Vanderbilt University |
| Herbert J. Barton | 1915-16 | University of Illinois |
| John A. Scott | 1916-17 | Northwestern University |
| Charles A. Smiley | 1917-18 | Grinnell College |
| Campbell Bonner | 1918-19 | University of Michigan |
| Gordon J. Laing | 1919-20 | University of Chicago |
| Robert B. Steele | 1920-21 | Vanderbilt University |
| Charles H. Weller | 1921-22 | University of Iowa |
| Louis E. Lord | 1922-23 | Oberlin College |
| Berthold L. Ullman | 1923-24 | University of Iowa |
| Alexander L. Bondurant | 1924-25 | University of Mississippi |
| Frank J. Miller | 1925-26 | University of Chicago |
| Selatie E. Stout | 1926-27 | Indiana University |
| Charles E. Little | 1927-28 | Peabody College for Teachers |
| Robert J. Bonner | 1928-29 | University of Chicago |
| William J. Battle | 1929-30 | University of Texas |
| Omera F. (Floyd) Long | 1930-31 | Northwestern University |
| Lillian Gay Berry | 1931-32 | ndiana University |
| Roy C. Flickinger | 1932-33 | University of Iowa |
| Gustave A. Harrer | 1933-34 | University of North Carolina |
| Frederick W. Shipley | 1934-35 | Washington University |
| Victor D. Hill | 1935-36 | Ohio University |
| Charles C. Mierow | 1936-37 | Carleton College |
| Hubert M. Poteat | 1937-38 | Wake Forest College |
| Norman W. DeWitt | 1938-39 | University of Toronto |
| Alfred P. Dorjahn | 1939-40 | Northwestern University |
| Gertrude Smith | 1940-41 | University of Chicago |
| Edward K. Turner | 1941-42 | Emory University |
| Fred S. Dunham | 1942-43 | University of Michigan |
| Clyde Pharr | 1943-44 | Vanderbilt University |
| Walter R. Agard | 1944-45 | University of Wisconsin |
| Eugene Tavenner | 1945-46 | Washington University |
| Clyde Murley | 1946-47 | Northwestern University |
| Dorrance S. White | 1947-48 | University of Iowa |
| A. Pelzer Wagener | 1948-49 | College of William and Mary |
| Mary V. Bragington | 1949-50 | Rockford College |
| Clarence A. Forbes | 1950-51 | Ohio State University |
| William C. Korfmacher | 1951-52 | St. Louis University |
| Russel M. Geer | 1952-53 | Tulane University |
| William E. Gwatkin | 1953-54 | University of Missouri |
| Arthur H. Moser | 1954-55 | University of Tennessee |
| Gerald Else | 1955-56 | University of Iowa |
| Norman J. DeWitt | 1956-57 | University of Minnesota |
| Harry J. Leon | 1957-58 | University of Texas |
| Oscar E. Nybakken | 1958-59 | University of Iowa |
| Graydon W. Regenos | 1959-60 | Tulane University |
| John N. Hough | 1960-61 | University of Colorado |
| Bert H. Narveson | 1961-62 | St. Olaf College |
| Chauncey E. Finch | 1962-63 | St. Louis University |
| Phillip H. De Lacy | 1963-64 | Northwestern University |
| Norman T. Pratt | 1964-65 | Indiana University |
| Henry C. Montgomery | 1965-66 | Miami University |
| William H. Willis | 1966-67 | Duke University |
| Francis L. Newton | 1967-68 | Duke University |
| Roger A. Hornsby | 1968-69 | University of Iowa |
| Paul L. MacKendrick | 1969-70 | University of Wisconsin |
| Arthur F. Stocker | 1970-71 | University of Virginia |
| Herbert W. Benario | 1971-72 | Emory University |
| Alexander G. McKay | 1972-73 | McMaster University |
| Paul R. Murphy | 1973-74 | Ohio University |
| James W. Alexander | 1974-75 | University of Georgia |
| Kenneth J. Reckford | 1975-76 | University of North Carolina |
| Laura V. Sumner | 1976-77 | Mary Washington College |
| Charles L. Babcock | 1977-78 | Ohio State University |
| Lynette Thompson | 1978-79 | Florida State University |
| Harry C. Rutledge | 1979-80 | University of Tennessee |
| G. Karl Galinsky | 1980-81 | University of Texas |
| Mark P. O. Morford | 1981-82 | Ohio State University |
| Anna Lydia Motto | 1982-83 | University of South Florida |
| Susan Ford Wiltshire | 1983-84 | Vanderbilt University |
| Eleanor G. Huzar | 1984-85 | Michigan State University |
| Gareth L. Schmeling | 1985-86 | University of Florida |
| Theodore A. Tarkow | 1986-87 | University of Missouri |
| Ernst A. Fredricksmeyer | 1987-88 | University of Colorado |
| Ward W. Briggs | 1988-89 | University of South Carolina |
| David F. Bright | 1989-90, First Half | Emory University |
| Michael Gagarin | 1989-90, Second Half | University of Texas Austin |
| Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr. | 1990-91 | Louisiana State University |
| Joy K. King | 1991-92 | University of Colorado |
| Karelisa V. Hartigan | 1992-93 | University of Florida |
| Roy E. Lindahl | 1993-94, First Half | Furman University |
| Kathryn A. Thomas Kathryn A. Thomas |
1993-94, Second Half 1994-95 |
Creighton University Creighton University |
| William H. Race | 1995-96 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Helena Dettmer | 1996-97 | University of Iowa |
| John F. Hall | 1997-98 | Brigham Young University |
| James M. May | 1998-99 | St. Olaf College |
| John F. Miller | 1999-00 | University of Virginia |
| Christopher P. Craig | 2000-01 | University of Tennessee |
| James S. Ruebel | 2001-02 | Ball State University |
| Niall W. Slater | 2002-03 | Emory University |
| Jenny Strauss Clay | 2003-04 | University of Virginia |
| Jeffrey L. Buller | 2004-05 | Mary Baldwin College |
| Susan D. Martin | 2005-06 | University of Tennessee |
| Marilyn B. Skinner | 2006-07 | University of Arizona |
| Gregory N. Daugherty | 2007-08 | Randolph-Macon College |
| Robert W. Ulery, Jr. | 2008-09 | Wake Forest University |
| Michele Valerie Ronnick | 2009-10 | Wayne State University |
| David W. Tandy | 2010-11 | University of Tennessee |
| Julia D. Hejduk | 2011-12 | Baylor University |
| Peter E. Knox | 2012-13 | University of Colorado |
| Monica S. Cyrino | 2013-14 | University of New Mexico |
| Ruth Scodel | 2014-15 | University of Michigan |
| Antony Augoustakis | 2015-16 | University of Illinois |
| Alden Smith | 2016-17 | Baylor University |
| Laura McClure | 2017-18 | University of Wisconsin |
| Andrew Faulkner | 2018-19 | University of Waterloo |
| Anne H. Groton | 2019-20 | St. Olaf College |
| David Schenker | 2020-21 | University of Missouri |
| Hunter Gardner | 2021-22 | University of South Carolina |
CAMWS SECRETARY-TREASURERS
Benjamin L. D’Ooge, Michigan State Normal College, 1905-08
Theodore C. Burgess, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 1908-11
Herbert J. Barton, University of Illinois, 1911-15
Louis E. Lord, Oberlin College, 1915-20
Rollin H. Tanner, Denison University, 1920-23
Wilbert L. Carr, Oberlin College; later, University of Michigan, 1923-30
John O. Lofberg, Oberlin College, 1930-32
Fred S. Dunham, University of Michigan, 1932-42
Norman J. DeWitt, Washington University, 1942-45
William C. Korfmacher, St. Louis University, 1945-51
John N. Hough, University of Colorado, 1951-59
Paul R. Murphy, Ohio University, 1959-69
Galen O. Rowe, University of Pittsburgh and University of Iowa, 1969-71
Robert A. Tucker, University of Georgia, 1971-73
W. W. de Grummond, Florida State University, 1973-75
Gareth L. Schmeling, University of Florida, 1975-81
Roy E. Lindahl, Jr., Furman University, 1981-1990
John F. Hall, Brigham Young University, 1990-1996
Gregory Daugherty, Randolph Macon College, 1995-2004
Anne H. Groton, St. Olaf College, 2004-12
Thomas J. Sienkewicz, Monmouth College, 2012-2020
T. Davina McClain, Northwestern State University 2020-present
CAMWS ORATORS
William C. Korfmacher, St. Louis University, 1950, 1952, 1955—1961, 1966*
Norman J. DeWitt, Washington University, 1951
Bruno Meinecke, University of Michigan, 1962—1965
Paul L. MacKendrick, University of Wisconsin, 1967—1969
Edward L. Bassett, University of Chicago, 1970—1972
Joseph M. Conant, Emory University, 1973
Arthur F. Stocker, University of Virginia, 1974-1985**
Herbert W. Benario, Emory University, 1986—1989, 1992—2001
Alexander G. McKay, McMaster University, 1990-1991
James M. May, St. Olaf College, 2002-2017***
David J. White, Baylor University, 2018-
*Korfmacher was President in 1952, and evidently presented the ovationes in that capacity. There were none in 1953 and 1954. For 1957, the following notation is recorded:
>Ovationes pro consuetudine societatis collegis bene merentibus oblatae. (CJ 52, 255)
**In 1981, Stocker himself was honored with an ovatio, prepared by Edward E. Best, University of Georgia.
***In 2004 James May was awarded a special ovatio at the Plenary Session entitled “Celebration of the CAMWS Centennial”. It was delivered by Christopher Craig of the University of Tennessee.