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Furman History and Traditions

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Student Government Presidents

Furman Council presidents:

1913-14 – E.B. Crain

1914-15 – Joseph Cornelius Pow

1915-16 – E. H. Henderson

1916-17 – C.P. Price

1917-18 – Marcus Stewart Boyd

1918-19 – D.N. Wilburn

Student Council presidents:

1919-20 – D.M. Nixon

1920-21 – Jake Rasor

1921-22 – W.J. Ellenburg

1922-23 – C.J. Allen

1923-24 – C.H. Woodside

1924-25 – W.C. Boyd

1925-26 – J.M. Hicks

1926-27 – A.T. Thomas

1927-28 – P.M. Doman

1928-29 – C.L. Rasor

1929-30 – Robert Andrew Crawford, Jr.

1930-31 – Harris A. Marshall

1931-32 – James Dew

1932-33 – Horace Bomar

1933-34 – Paul Randall Hutchison

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1935-36 – Archie Brickle; Ruth Gordon

1936-37 – R. Boykin Curry, Jr.; Kathleen Riley

1937-38 – Benjamin F. Broadway; Mary Singletary

1938-39 – Edward Cushman; Peggy Brown

1939-40 – Harry Covington; Ruby Jones

1940-41 – John Berry; Nell Rose Vernon

1941-42 – Clarence Hazel Gilstrap; Marcia Bell

1942-43 – Bill Bussey; Ruth Mitchell

1943-44 – Horace Buddin; Ann Poe

1944-45 – Horace Benjamin; Martha Keys

1945-46 – Chester Russell; Leila Nixon

1946-47 – Ted Machen; Margaret Youman

1947-48 – Ed Dunlap; Helen Bryson

1948-49 – Charles Browne; Nancy Bell

1949-50 – Joe Lowder; Winnie Wills 

1950-51 – Don Gregory; Sue Chandler

1951-52 – Blackie Cook; Helen Jeffords

1952-53 – Dayton Riddle; Betty Galloway

1953-54 – Walter Martin; Jo Ann Perkins

1954-55 – Jerry Monroe; Lynn Cater

1955-56 – Marvin Hughes; May Frances Bailey

1956-57 – Ray Austin; Emma Jean Walker

1957-58 – Walker Breland; Marietta Martin 

1958-59 – Terry Harper; Eva Lou Sherrod 

1959-60 – Tony Arrington; Lib Bradley

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Student Legislature presidents:

1960-61 – Richard Murdoch

1961-62 – Tom Player

1962-63 – John Hughes

1963-64 – Paul Huss

Student Senate presidents:

1964-65 – Hugh Hammett

1965-66 – Charlie Carpenter

1966-67 – Jim Sullivan

1967-68 – Wally Gray

1968-69 – Jim Windham

1969-70 – Jeff Smith

1970-71 – Marc Brown

1971-72 – Mike Ray

Student Government Association (SGA) presidents

1972-73 – Adrienne Radulovic [first woman]

1973-74 – Judy Clarke

Association of Furman Students (AFS) 

1974-75 – Sam Wilkins

1975-76 – Paul W. Layman

1976-77 – Kenneth J. Ries

1977-78 – Bob LaGarde

1978-79 – Lizanne Thomas

1979-80 – David Ullman

1980-81 – Mike Harley

1981-82 – Mark Sanford

1982-83 – Greg Hinote, resigned end of Fall term ’82 [term of office supposed to be April 1, 1982 – March 31, 1983. Steve Smith completed term of office.]

1983-84 – Ted Vereen

1984-85 – Kent Inglehart

1985-86 – David Sherbert

1986-87 – Mike McClanroch

1987-88 – Troy Simpson

1988-89 – Mark Eckels

1989-90 – Larry Lee

1990-91 – Paul Purvis

1991-92 – Tommy Turner

1992-93 – Shannon E. Wilkerson

1993-94 – Brian Wooten

1994-95 – Laura Tragesser

1995-96 – Jeff Ukrop

1996-97 – Warren Kinghorn

1997-98 – Paul Aiesi

1998-99 – Todd Lawrence

1999-00 – Allen Cothran

2000-01 – Amy Adkisson

2001-02 – Beau Seagraves

2002-03 – A. B. Puckett

2003-04 – Patrick Kerley

2004-05 – Benton Pitkanen

2005-06 – Amer Ahmad

2006-07 – Carrie Beth Wallace

2007-08 – Christina Henderson

2008-09 – Nick Holsinger

Student Government Association (SGA)

2009-10 – Ben Able

2010-11 – Patrick Wallace

2011-12 – Teddy Hess

2012-13 – David Hathaway

2013-14 – Brian Boda

2014-15 – Bernadette Hritzo

2015-16 – Joseph Fretwell

2016-17 – Austin Pretsch

2017-18 – Jess Norum

2018-19 – Will Sanders

2019-20 – Jesse Tompkins

2020-21 – Griffin Mills

2021-22 – Asha Marie Larson-Baldwin

2022-23 – Josh Swope

2023-24 – Meredith Ervin