1931-32  Pearl Buchanan, Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College +
1932-33  Pearl Buchanan, Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College +
1933-34  Kenneth H. Freer, Louisville Male High School
1934-35  Jack Reid Sterrett, Western Kentucky State Teachers College
1935-36  Louise A. Blymyer, Berea College
1936-37  William R. Sutherland, University of Kentucky
1937-38  William R. Sutherland, University of Kentucky
1938-39  John W. Sattler, Berea College +
1939-40  John W. Sattler, Berea College / Rena Calhoun, Georgetown College** +
1940-41  Rena Calhoun, Georgetown College +
1941-42  Jack Reid Sterrett, Western Kentucky State Teachers College
1942-43  Jack Reid Sterrett, Western Kentucky State Teachers College
1943-44 
1944-45 
1945-46 
1946-47  Robert Crosby, Covington Holmes High School
1947-48  Ruth Adkinson, Carrollton High School +
1948-49  William F. Russell, Fleming County High School
1949-50  William F. Russell, Fleming County High School
1950-51  Gifford Blyton, University of Kentucky +
1951-52  Nettie Belle Perkins, Danville Public Schools
1952-53  Charles McGlon, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
1953-54  Thelma Beeler, Lexington Lafayette High School
1954-55  Thelma Beeler, Lexington Lafayette High School
1955-56  Rena Calhoun, Georgetown College +
1956-57  Pearl Haggan, Morehead High School
1957-58  Charles McGlon, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
1958-59  Charles McGlon, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
1959-60  Thelma Beeler, Lexington Lafayette High School (elected in fall)
1960-61
1961-62  Donald Holloway, Morehead State College +
1962-63  J.W. Patterson, University of Kentucky +
1963-64  J.W. Patterson, University of Kentucky +
1964-65  J.W. Patterson, University of Kentucky +
1965-66  Randall Capps, University of the Pacific
1966-67  William D. Parsons, Southern Kentucky College +
1967-68  J.W. Patterson, University of Kentucky +
1968-69  J.W. Patterson, University of Kentucky +
1969-70  Donald Holloway, Morehead State University +
1970-71  Edwina Snyder, Georgetown College +
1971-72  E. Eugene Hall, Western Kentucky University +
1972-73  E. Eugene Hall, Western Kentucky University +
1973     * Ray Mofield, Murray State University +
1973-74  Rosemary Stauss, Northern Kentucky University +
1974-75  Gifford Blyton, University of Kentucky +
1975-76  James E. Quisenberry, Morehead State University +
1976-77  James A. Pearse, Western Kentucky University +
1977-78  E. Norman Sims, Bureau of Vocational Education, Frankfort, KY. +
1978-79  Sue Ann Allen, Henry Clay High School +
1979-80  Carley Dodd, Western Kentucky University +
1980-81  Steven Boyd, Northern Kentucky University +
1981-82  Stacy Myers, A.E. Staley Manufacuring Company +
1982-83  Vernon Gantt, Murray State University +
1983-84  Charles Apple, Northern Kentucky University +
1984-85  Barbara Johnson, Western Kentucky University +
1985-86  Evan Rudolph, Western Kentucky University +
1986-87  Rick Moman, Owensboro Community College +  ?
1987-88  Carl L. Kell, Western Kentucky University +
1988-89  Thomas Scott, Morehead State University
1989-90  Thomas Scott, Morehead State University
1990-91  Larry Albert, Morehead State University #
1991-92  Virginia Landreth, Rowan County High School #
1992-93  Robert J. Glenn, III, Owensboro Community College #
1993-94  Judy Truitt, Jefferson Community College #
1994-95  John Modaff, Morehead State University #
1995-96  Lou Davidson Tillson, Murray State University #
1996-97  Alyce Grover, Somerset Community College #
1997-98  Mary Jones, Jefferson Community College, SW #
1998-99  Mary Jones, Jefferson Community College, SW #
1999-00  Judy Truitt, Jefferson Community College, SW #
2000-01  Judy Truitt, Jefferson Community College, SW #
2001-02  Thomas J. Sabetta, Jefferson Community College #
2002-03  Gary Deaton, Transylvania University #
2003-04  Rosemary Bryant, Eastern Kentucky University #
2004-05  Gary B. LaFleur, Morehead State University #
2005-06  Tim Ashmore, Morehead State University #
2006-07  Derek R. Lane, University of Kentucky
2007-08  Pam Gray, Austin Peay State University (TN)***

+ Took office on June 1st of year listed
# Took office after the annual fall meeting in September of year listed
* The Association was named the Kentucky Speech Arts Association from 1931-1936; the Kentucky Association of Teachers of Speech from 1936 to circa 1961; the Kentucky Speech Association from circa 1962 to 1968; the Kentucky Association of Communication Arts from 1969-1993; and the Kentucky Communication Association from 1994 to present.
** Dates of the terms of Calhoun and Sattler are conflicting. On the “Biographical material for Rena Calhoun”, it indicates she was president 1940-1941. However, this typed line is struck through and on the left hand margin is hand written, President 1939, 1940 & 1955. According to Chief Archivist, Dr. Glen Taul at Georgetown College, it is not known whether Calhoun did this herself or it was done at some other time by another person. Concurrently, the “Faculty Data Sheet” on file at the Special Collections & Archives of the Hutchins Library at Berea College, indicates that John William Sattler was president of the Kentucky Association of Teachers of Speech, 1938-40. This appears to be in his handwriting, however his birth date of 1904 is struck through and the year 1903 is written in pencil above with the initials J.W. S. beside the writing indicating perhaps other items and dates could be wrong.
*** Dr. Pam Gray is now 2nd vice president. The listing of her name assumes that she will succeed to the presidency by serving the 2006-07 year as 1st vice president and then as president in 2007-08 as the constitution stipulates. Noted here also is the fact that when Gray was nominated in the summer of 2005 as 2nd vice president, she was a professor Kentucky Wesleyan College. By the time of election, Dr. Gray had secured a new position at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. At present, there is no regulation in the by-laws of the association preventing a member who resides outside of Kentucky from holding office. Previous to this, long time member, Jim Reppert, from Southern Arkansas University, had held an “at large” position on the board and James Kauffman and Vijay Krishna, of Indiana University Southeast, had been approved as editors of the Kentucky Journal of Communication, from 2000 to 2003.

James A. ApplegateExcellence in Research Award

Gary Deaton

Lou Tillson

Christine Marley

Mary Jackson

Eileen Lewandowski

Judi Truitt

Gary Deaton

Alyce Grover

Thomas Sabetta

Enid Waldhart

Lawrence Albert

Ban Hildenbrandt

Pam Gray

Lou Tillson

Ed Bryant

Rosemary Bryant

Derek R. Lane

Thomas Sabetta

Tim Ashmore

Bob Glenn

Bob West

Christine Marley- Frederick

Greg Phelps

VVijay Krishna

Thomas Sabetta

Robert Bostrom

Enid Waldhart

1931, fall, Richmond, Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College
1932, spring, Richmond, Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College
1932, fall, Danville, Centre College
1933, spring, Louisville, Seelbach Hotel
1933, fall, Wilmore, Asbury College
1934, spring, Louisville, Seelbach Hotel
1934, fall, Louisville, Male High School
1935, Georgetown, Georgetown College
1936, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1937, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1938, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1939, Georgetown, Georgetown College
1940, spring, Louisville, Brown Hotel
1941, Spring, Louisville, Henry Clay Hotel
1942, spring, Louisville, Watterson Hotel
1943, Bowling Green and Lexington *
1944, Bowling Green and Lexington *
1945, Bowling Green and Lexington *
1946, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1947, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1948, Louisville, Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church
1948, fall Lexington, University of Kentucky
1949, spring, Louisville, Y. M. C. A.
1949, fall, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1950, fall, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1951, spring, Louisville, First Christian Church
1952, spring, Louisville, First Christian Church
1952, fall, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1953, Spring, Louisville, First Christian Church
1953, fall, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1954, spring, Louisville, Seelbach Hotel
1954, fall, Lexington, University of Kentucky
1955, spring, Louisville, Seelbach Hotel
1956, spring, Louisville, Seelbach Hotel
1957, spring, Louisville, Freedom Hall
1958, spring, Louisville, Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church
1959, spring, Louisville, First Christian Church
1960, spring, Louisville, Seelbach Hotel  
1961  Louisville, Seelbach Hotel
1962   Lexington, University of Kentucky
1963   Lexington, University of Kentucky
1964   Lexington, University of Kentucky
1965   Lexington, University of Kentucky
1966  Bowling Green, Western Kentucky University
1967   No information available
1968  Lexington,  University of Kentucky Student Center
1969  Lexington, University of Kentucky
1970  Bowling Green, Western Kentucky University
1971  Ft. Mitchell, Cincinnati Rountowner Motor Inn
1972  Richmond,  Holiday Inn
1973  Aurora, Ken Lake State Park
1974   No information available
1975  Bardstown, King Conference Center
1976  Lexington, University of Kentucky +
1977  Highland Heights, Cincinnati Round Tower Inn
1978   No information available                                         
1979 Bowling Green, Western Kentucky University
1980 Highland Heights, Northern Kentucky University
1981 Park City, Park Mammoth Resort State Park
1982 Owensboro, Executive Inn Rivermont
1983 Owensboro, Executive Inn Rivermont
1984 Owensboro, Executive Inn Rivermont
1985   No information available
1986  Louisville
1987 Lexington, Campbell House Inn
1988 – 1991, No information available
1992 Owensboro, Executive Inn Rivermont
         Working Toward a Brighter Future
1993  Lexington, Holiday Inn North
1994  Lexington, Holiday Inn North
        Partnerships in Communication
1995  Frankfort, Capitol Plaza Hotel
       Communication: A Skill for Everyone
1996  Jamestown, Lake Cumberland State Resort State Park
1997  Dawson Springs, Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
1998  Prestonsburg, Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
1999  Corbin, Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
      Communicate Kentucky
2000  Jamestown, Lake Cumberland State Resort Park
2001  Gilbertsville, Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
      Communication: Improving the Quality of Life
2002  Carrollton, General Butler State Resort Park
2003  Lucas, Barren River State Resort Park
     Communicating Connections Across Campuses, Communities, and the Commonwealth
2004  Gilbertsville, Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
      May the Force be With You
2005 Slade, Natural Bridge State Resort Park
         Reinvisioning Communication Scholarship in Kentucky: Fresh Approaches
            To Teaching and Learning, Discovery, Engagement and Integration
2006  Corbin, Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
      Celebrating 75 Years of Communication Progress in Kentucky
2007  Carrollton, General Butler State Resort Park
      Keeping Communication Active: A Look at the Future of Communication Education

* During WWII, because of travel restrictions, the organization held two meetings each year, one in the western part of the state and one in the eastern part of the state.
+ There were two meetings in the fall of 1976. One meeting was on September, 23-25, at Bardstown in conjunction with the Kentucky High School Speech League and one on September, 24-25, in Lexington on the campus of the University of Kentucky