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SABEW Presidents, Present and Past


This list indicates the media with which the president worked during his/her term.


2008 SABEW President

Bernie Kohn
The Baltimore Sun



2007 SABEW President:

Gail DeGeorge
South Florida Sun Sentinel


2006 SABEW President:

Dave Kansas
The Wall Street Journal


2005 SABEW President:

Jonathan Lansner
Orange County Register


2004 SABEW President:

Rex Seline
Fort Worth Star-Telegram


2003 SABEW President:

Kathy Kristof
Los Angeles Times


2002 SABEW President:

Chuck Jaffe
The Boston Globe


2001 SABEW President:

Bill Barnhart
Chicago Tribune


2000 SABEW President:

Barney Calame
The Wall Street Journal


1999 SABEW President:

Charley Blaine
Better Homes and Gardens Family Money


1998 SABEW President:

Susan Wells
Atlanta Journal-Constitution


1997 SABEW President:

Henry Dubroff
Denver Business Journal


1996 and 1976 SABEW President:

Myron Kandel
Cable News Network



1995 SABEW President:

Jodi Schneider
Washington Post


1994 SABEW President:

Gary Klott*
National Newspaper Syndicate


1993 SABEW President:

James M. Kennedy
Associated Press, New York


1992 SABEW President:

Randall D. Smith
Kansas City Star



1991 SABEW President:

Sandra J. Duerr
Louisville Courier-Journal


1990 SABEW President:

Sue Thomson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch



1989 SABEW President:

Larry Werner
Minneapolis Star-Tribune


1988 SABEW President:

Philip Moeller
Baltimore Sun


1987 SABEW President:

Cheryl Hall
Dallas Morning News


1986 SABEW President:

Fred Monk
The State, Columbia, S.C.


1985 SABEW President:

Mike Millican
Associated Press, New York


1984 SABEW President:

James J. Mitchell*
San Jose Mercury News


1983 SABEW President:

David L. Beal
St. Paul Pioneer-Press Dispatch


1982 SABEW President:
John Rumsey
Rochester Times-Union


1981 SABEW President:

Jerry Heaster
Kansas City Star


1980 SABEW President:
Margaret Daly
Better Homes and Gardens


1979 SABEW President:

Ray Kenney*
Milwaukee Sentinel


1978 SABEW President:

Robert Corya
Indianapolis News


1977 SABEW President:

Larry Birger*
Miami News


1976 and 1996 SABEW President:
Myron Kandel
New York Post
(see photo under year 1996)


1975 SABEW President:
Dick Griffin
Chicago Daily News
(photo not available)


1974 and 1973 SABEW President:

Hobart Rowen*
Washington Post


1972 SABEW President:
David Smith
Ward's Auto World
(photo not available)


1971 SABEW President:

Al Altwegg
Dallas Morning News


1970 SABEW President:
John D. Henry*
Washington Star
(photo not available)


1969 SABEW President:
William A. Doyle*
New York Daily News
(photo not available)


1968 SABEW President:

Ross M. Dick
Milwaukee Journal


1967 SABEW President:

Robert E. Nichols*
Los Angeles Times


1966 SABEW President:

Ben Schifman*
Kansas City Star


1965 and 1964 SABEW President:
J.A. Livingston*
Philadelphia Bulletin
(photo not available)



* Deceased




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