Presidents of the Virginia Press Association

2007-08 - Ernie Gates, Daily Press, Newport News

2006-07 - Fred Gaskins, Southside Sentinel

2005-06 - Carl Wright, The Roanoke Times

2004-05 - David Cole, Powhatan Today

2003-04 - Carol Melamed, The Washington Post

2002-03 - John Toler, Fauquier Times-Democrat

2001-02 - Lawrence McConnell, The Daily Progress

2000-01 - Ray Robinson, Salem Publishing Co.

1999-2000 - O. Scott Leath, Richmond Times-Dispatch

1998-99 - Matt Paxton IV, The News-Gazette

1997-98 - Ed Jones, The Free Lance-Star

1996-97 - John Edwards, The Smithfield Times

1995-96 - Dick Morin, Daily News-Record

1994-95 - Harry Nanney, The South Hill Enterprise

1993-94 - Forrest M. Landon, The Roanoke Times

1992-93 - J. Malcolm Pace, Hanover Herald-Progress

1991-92 - Evarts W. Opie, Jr., The Daily News Leader

1990-91 - D. Gregory Rooker, Southwest Virginia Enterprise

1989-90 - T. George Washington, The News & Daily Advance

1988-89 - Robbie G. Tate, The Coalfield Progress

1987-88 - Horton Beirne, The Covington Virginian

1986-87 - William C. O'Donovan, The Virginia Gazette

1985-86 - Thomas Byrd, The Winchester Star

1984-85 - David Parker, Atlantic Publications

1983 - Tom Wuriu, Journal Newspapers

1982 - Frank Simmons, Newport News Daily Press and Times-Herald

1981 - William J. Hendrick, Big Stone Gap Post

1980 - Godfrey W. Stancill, Suffolk News-Herald

1979 - James A. Williams, Jr. , Southwest Virginia Enterprise

1978 - John E. Leard, Richmond Times-Dispatch and News Leader

1977 - Charles R. Greever, Jr., Richlands News-Press

1976 - Hierome L. Opie, Jr., Staunton Leader

1975 - Paul A. Muse, Potomac News

1974 - D. Lathan Mims, Daily News-Record

1973 - Frank L. Nanney, Jr., South Hill Enterprise

1972 - William R. Van Buren, Jr., Newport News Daily Press and Times-Herald

1971 - Carroll N. Tate, Coalfield Progress

1970 - Richard F. Beirne III, Covington Virginian

1969 - Garry A. Willard, Manassas Journal Messenger

1968 - William B. Spilman, Waynesboro News-Virginian

1967 - George N. McMath, Eastern Shore News

1966 - Norwood C. Middleton, Roanoke Times

1965 - Lois D. Watkins, Ashland Herald-Progress

1964 - Lindsay B. Mount, Charlottesville Daily Progress

1963 - James F. Tindall, Smyth County News

1962 - Josiah P. Rowe III, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

1961 - Lloyd T. Page, Jr., Buena Vista News

1960 - William J. Missett, Suffolk News-Herald

1959 - Walter B. Potter, Culpeper Star-Exponent

1958 - Charles H. Hamilton, Richmond News Leader

1957 - Paul W. Manns, Tidewater Weeklies

1956 - J. Curtis Lyons, Petersburg Progress-Index

1955 - Watt Miles, Danville Commercial Appeal

1954 - Clark E. Lindsay, Charlottesville Daily Progress

1953 - J. Emory Currell, Rappahannock Record

1952 - E. Walton Opie, Staunton Leader

1951 - Carl B. Knight, Big Stone Gap Post

1950 - Andrew A. Farley,Danville Register and Bee

1949 - Howard B. Bloomer, Arlington Sun

1948 - Robert B. Smith, Martinsville Bulletin

1947 - Raymond S. Davis, Crewe Chronicle

1946 - Thomas A. Hanes, Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch

1945 - Daphne L. Dailey, Caroline Progress

1944 - Powell Glass, Lynchburg News and Advance

1942-43 - A. Robbins, Jr., Hopewell News

1940-41 - Carl B. Short, Roanoke Times and World News

1939 - Paul F. Watkins, Ashland Herald-Progress

1935-38 - Raymond B. Bottom, Newport News Daily Press and Times-Herald

1933-34 - Louis Spilman, Waynesboro News-Virginian

1932 - Josiah P. Rowe, Jr., Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

1931 - Rufus G. Roberts, Culpeper Star

1930 - C. H. Edwards, Altavista Journal

1929 - H. B. Trundle, Danville Register and Bee

1928 - William Y. Morgan, Northern Neck News

1927 - John A. Whitman, Southwest Enterprise

1926 - J. Barrye Wall, Farmville Herald

1925 - W. S. Copeland, Newport News Daily Press

1923-24 - Paul Scarborough, Franklin Tidewater News

1922 - M. T. Harrison, Bedford Democrat

1919-21 - L. E. Pugh, Newport News Press

1918 - R. A. Anderson, Marion News

1916-17 - E. G. Moseley, Danville Methodist

1915 - Robert Barrett, Alexandria Gazette

1914 - George O. Greene, Clifton Forge Review

1912-13 - C. B. Cooke, Richmond Evening Journal

1911 - W. E. Addison, Lynchburg News

1910 - C. J. Campbell, Amherst New Era

1909 - A. B. Williams, Richmond News Leader

1908 - A. S. Graveley, Martinsville Bulletin

1906-07 - W. S. Copeland, Richmond Times-Dispatch

1905 - Roer A. James, Danville Register

1904 - M. Botts Lewis, Old Dominion Sun

1903 - Carter Glass, Lynchburg News

1902 - W. S. Copeland, Richmond Times

1901 - C. E. Thacker, Newport News Press

1900 - A. P. Rowe, Jr., Fredericksburg Free Lance

' 1899 - W. McDonald Lee, The Virginia Citizen, Irvington

1898 - D. S. Lewis, Spirit of the Valley

1897 -W. Seymour White, Fredericksburg Star

1895-96 - R. P. Barham, Petersburg Index-Appeal

1894 - J. E. Booker, Suffolk Herald

1893 - J. H. Lindsay, Charlottesville Progress

1892 - William Bullitt Fitzhugh, Cape Charles Pioneer

1889-91 - James A. Pugh, Roanoke Herald

1884 - Elihu H. Barclay, Lexington Gazette

1883 - Richard F. Beirne, The State (Richmond)

1881-82 - Elihu H. Barclay, Lexington Gazette