Past Presidents

Junior League of Wilmington Past Presidents:

1918-19           Mrs. Cecil F. Backus (Elizabeth Edsall)
Mrs. William S. Bergland (Eloise Bond)
Mrs. Dunham Higgins (Marion Dunham)
1919-21           Mrs. Dunham Higgins
1921-22           Mrs. Philip Kimball (Esther Ward)
1922-24           Mrs. James Douglas (Elinor Thompson)
1925-27           Mrs. William A. Worth (Jane Richards)
1927-28           Mrs. Alfred Gildersleeve (Helen Odell)
1928-29           Mrs. George Lewis Callery (Katherine Hilles)
1929-30           Mrs. Thomas Craven (Josephine Wales)
1930-31           Mrs. Charles Reese, Jr. (Harriet Curtis)
1932-34           Mrs. C. A. W. Uhle (Janet Patterson)
Mrs. Richard Gundry (Emily L. Spruance)
1934-35           Mrs. Richard Gundry (Emily L. Spruance)
1935-37           Mrs. Joseph Y. Jeanes, Jr. (Elizabeth Stubbs)
1937-39           Mrs. David H. Stockwell (Emita Ferriday)
Mrs. H. Kirkus Dugdale, Jr. (Martha Beadenkopf)
1939-40           Mrs. Russell A. Applegate (Katherine Minard)
1940-42           Mrs. Brooks Darlington (Lillian Crichton)
1942-44           Mrs. William A. Henry (Bessie Maynard)
1944-46           Mrs. W. Lysle Alderson, Jr. (Jean Sobotta)
1946-48           Mrs. J. H. Tyler McConnell (Jean Ellen duPont)
1948-50           Mrs. William W. Beck (Mary Yoder)
1950-51           Mrs. Henry M. Cadot (Agnes Allinson)
Mrs. Thomas W. Stephenson (Elizabeth Forster)
1951-52           Mrs. Harcourt C. Vernon (Frances Hitch)
1953-54           Mrs. Leslie D. Joynes (Dorothy Carpenter)
1954-55           Mrs. James H. Dawson (Leila McCain)
1955-56           Mrs. John F. Preston (Sue Marshall)
1956-57           Mrs. Gordon L. Bussard (Carolyn Ackart)
1957-58           Mrs. Donald F. Pollock (Carolyn Mayerberg)
Mrs. John B. Tepe (Jeanne Skerry)
1958-59           Mrs. Irenee duPont, Jr. (Barbara Batchelder)
1959-60           Mrs. W. Coleman Edgar (Anne Jessup)
Mrs. Willard E. Henderer, II (Nancy Burnham)
1960-61           Mrs. Willard E. Henderer, II (Nancy Burnham)
1961-62           Mrs. George T. Barnhill, III (Muriel Martin)
1962-63           Mrs. David C. Porter (Barbara Beatty)
1963-64           Mrs. Frank VanLeeuwen (Elizabeth Pearce)
1964-65           Mrs. Robert H. Baker, Jr. (Carol King)
1965-66           Mrs. Arthur C. Calvin (Carolyn Denning)
1966-67           Mrs. W. W. Walls, Jr. (Joan Underwood)
1967-68           Mrs. Ben W. Melvin, Jr. (Elizabeth Hershey)
1968-69           Mrs. William A. Jenkins (Elizabeth Miller)
1969-70           Mrs. George C. Hering, III (Fairfax Flinn)
1970-71           Mrs. Conrad L. Hoover (Barbara Alabaster)
1971-72           Mrs. Richmond D. Williams(Lynn Washbourne)
1972-73           Mrs. Jean-Claude Chevrier (Nesta Warfield High)
1973-74           Mrs. Don R. Kuespert (Cynthia Henderson)
1974-75           Ms. Adelaide Atkins
1975-76           Mrs. John R. McGrath (Margaret MacKinnon)
1976-77           Mrs. John D. Kern (Sheila McManus)
1977-78           Mrs. Roger B. Gordon (Virginia Briggs)
1978-79           Mrs. Richard E. Poole (Elisabeth Stroud)
1979-80           Carol Harlan-Aastad (Andreas Aastad – husband)
1980-81           Mrs. James C. Richards (Barbara Boicourt)
1981-82           Mrs. James A. Erisman (Jane Sarius)
1982-83           Mrs. Stephen E. Herrmann (Susan Agoos)
1983-84           Mrs. Mary Frances Maguire (Mary Frances Monigle)
1984-85           Kristin Langerak DeMesse
1985-86           Julia Lambeth Phillips
1986-87           Liane McDowell Sorenson
1987-88           Carolyn (Lyn) Clark Newsom
1988-89           Marian Squires Romanelli
1989-90           Gabrielle King
1990-91           Joan Carota Gehrke
1991-92           Katherine Snow Segars
1992-93           Sharon Rothwell
1993-94           Elizabeth (Lisa) Humphreys Stoddard
1994-95           Heather O’Connell
1995-96           Nancy Graves
1996-97           Dee Durham
1997-98           Pam Cornforth
1998-99           Nina Sneeringer
1999-00           Amy Hughes
2000-01           Charlene Bertheaud
2001-02           Jean Western
2002-03           Suzy Johnson
2003-04           Kate Cowperthwait
2004-05           Cindy Love
2005-06           Dinah Kirby
2006-07           Francie Truran
2007-08           Kimberly Gessner
2008-09           Catherine Miller
2009-10           Tara Agne
2010-11           Lynn Bouscaren
2011-12           Laura Fontana
2012-13           Jinni Hayes Butz
2013-14           Stephanie Cory Gorris
2014-15           Susan Coulby
2015-16           Kristen McMullen
June 2016-December 2017 Stephanie Graev
January 2018-May 2019 Angela Gustavsen
2019-20         Kyle Gay
2020-21         Jessica Chapple
June 2021 – December 2022 Melissa Marlin