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Past Presidents
1948 William J. Keegan New York Post
1949 Anthony Marino New York Daily News
1950 Alfred E Clark New York Times
1951 Joseph Endler New York Herald Tribune
1952 Rodney "Budd" Stahl New York Mirror
1953 Frank Engle Fairchild Publications
1954 Syd Livingston New York Journal American
1955 Raymond Doyle American Weekly
1956 James Ritchie Associated Press
1957 Arthur Rosenfeld New York Post
1958 James C O'Connor New York Mirror
1959 Thomas D Zumbo UPI
1960 Edward Kirkman New York Daily News
1961 James Antone Fairchild Publications
1962 Harry Singer New York Mirror
1963 Robert Mindlin Long Island Press
1964 Charles Grutzner New York Times
1965 Harold Phelan World-Telegram and Sun
1966 George Douris Long Island Star-Journal
1967 Gus Engelman WABC-AM
1968-69 Thomas Poster New York Post
1970 John San Antonio Long Island Press
1971-72 John Shanahan Associated Press
1973 Pati Davis UPI
1973-74 John Mulligan Associated Press
1975-76 Patrick Muldowney WABC-TV
1977 Joe Bragg WHN
1978-79 Vincent Lee New York Daily News
1980-81 Mark Lieberman New York Daily News
1982-83 Len Buder New York Times
1984 Jerry Schmetterer CNN
1985-86 Marcia Kramer New York Daily News
1987 Mitch Lebe WYNY
1988 Larry Sutton New York Daily News
1989-90 Larry Celona New York Daily News
1991-92 Harry Ryttenberg WNBC
1993-94 Phil O'Brien NY1 News
1995-96 Deborah Wetzel WCBS-FM
1997-00 Gabe Pressman WNBC
2001-03 Carol Ann Riddel WNBC
2004-2006 Rich Lamb WCBS 880
2007-2009 Stephannia Cleaton Staten Island Advance