A proud history of presidential leadership
John Winter (J.W.) Crowfoot 29/30 (Archeologist)
Leut.-Col. Dr. J.C. Strathearn, O.B.E. 30/31 (Ophthalmologist,
First Warden of St. John's Ophthalmologic Hospital)
Dr. H.J Orr-Ewing 31/32 (Head of the British Mission Hospital)
Canon Herbert Danby 32/33 (Anglican Priest, Librarian of St. George's Cathedral,
President and editor of Palestine Oriental Society)
D.G. Salameh 33/34 Vice Mayor of Jerusalem
Leon Roth (2nd time) 34/35 (Professor of Philosophy, Hebrew University)
Ely Eliot Palmer 35/36 (U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem, Ambassador to Afghanistan)
Bernard Chaikin 36/37 (British born Architect)
Edward Thomas Cosgrove, Esq., Assistance Superintendent of Police 37/39
PDG Lars E. Lind 39/40 (Photographer, American Colony,
elected first District Governor from Palestine in 1944)
N.A. Stewart 40/41
Alvah L. Miller 41/42 (General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A)
Speech in 1938 PALESTINE IN RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
John Henry Iliffe 42/43 (British Archeologist, Curator, Rockefeller Museum)
W.H. Chinn 43/44 (British from Birmingham, served in the Mandate
Probation Service (Education)
M. Dajani 44/45
I.B. George 45/46
Elie Eliachar 46/47 (Author, Jewish Palestinian relations)
H.W. Barratt 47/48
Mark Jaffee 48/49 (Banker, Chair, Palestine Corporation- later the Union Bank)
Leon Roth 49/50 (Professor of Philosophy, Hebrew University)
Dr. Emanuel Propper 50/51
A. Scott Morrison 51/52
A. Suss 52/53
G. Ilan 53/54
Ronny M. Silver 54/55 (captain and conductor of the Police Band)
S. Kelly 55/56
Zoltan S. Harmat 56/57
Dr. Charles Boasson 57/58 (lawyer, peace research)
Ted Lurie 58/59 (Editor, Jerusalem Post)
Anshel Citron 59/60 (Auditor)
Herbert Minard 60/61 (YMCA Director General)
M. Haft 61/62
Dr. L. Basow 62/63
L.A. Bar Gur 63/64
Ernest H Siedner 64/65
Shabtai A. Petrushka 65/66 (Composer and conductor)
Jacob Daron 66/67 (Ambassador, Foreign Service, formerly Rudberg)
Mordechai Maron (administrative manager, Hadassah- University Hospital) 67/68
PDG Lucien Harris 68/69
Reverend Dr. G.Douglas Young 69/70 (Founder and President,
Holy Land Bible Institute)
Dr. David Yarom 70/71
Nathan Fischer 71/72
Eleasar L. Weissbrot 72/73
Oded Eliashar 73/74
Joshua Shai 74/75
Moshe Raz 75/76 (Banker)
Werner Loval 76/77 (Real Estate, Founder of Anglo Saxon Real Estate)
Emanuel Glassman 77/78
Max Wittman 78/79 (Married to Dola Ben-Yehuda, daughter of Eliezer Ben Yehuda;
Jewish Agency)
Shimon T. Samuels 79/80 (Director, international liason,
Simon Wiesenthal Centre, based in Paris)
Dr. Moshe Kelman 80/81 (Health, Dental Service, Ethicist)
Richard Fain 81/82 (Lawyer)
Franklyn Ephraim Landes 82/83
Bill Macafee 83/84 (YMCA Director General)
Yehuda Haber 84/85
Cyril Swiel 85/86
Paul Brown 86/87
Rizek Abusharr 87/88 (YMCA Director General)
Yitzhak M. Rogow 88/89
Yossi Cassuto 89/90 (Insurance)
Shalom Doron 90/91 (Finance, Chair, Bnai Brith)
Ronald Bates 91/92 (Bahá'í Representative)
Avraham Cohen 92/93 (Diplomatic Service - former Ambassador)
Avraham Taubenhouse 93/94
Don Edelstein 94/95 (Education)
Benad Avital 95/96 (Ambassador, Foreign Service)
Ruth G. Harris 96/97 (Health-Occupational Therapist)
Alex Falcon 97/98
PDG Irène Lewitt 98/99 (Photograph archivist, Israel Museum)
Alexandra Darmon 99/00 (Banking)
Dr. Amram Miller 00/01 (Health-Dentistry)
Professor Felix Jaffe 01/02 (Geologist)
David Seligman 02/03 (International Educational Consultant)
Don Shrensky 03/04 (Accountant)
Rafi Aldor 04/05 (Business Administration)
Kern Wisman 05/06 (Bahá'í Representative)
Marilyn Farber 06/07 (Health-Ocular Epidemiologist)
Shlomo Khayat 07/08 (Architect)
Shared Presidency:(Kern Wisman, Ruth Harris, David Seligman) 08/09
Mark Alan Zober, Ph.D. 09/10 (Public Adminstration:
Executive Management & Research)
Nikolaus Kircher 10/11 (Secondary Education: School Headmaster)
Elly Kenner 11/12 (Journalist)
Rafi Aldor (2nd time) 12/13 (Business Administration)
Alexandra Darmon (2nd time) 13/14 (Banking)
Nezar Tannous 14/15 (Lawyer)
Yaron Amitai 15/16 (Natural Resources Consultant)
Dan Shanit 16/17 (Social and Medical Entrepeneur)