The following is a list of the presidents and executive secretaries of the

Religious Education Association The Religious Education Association is the world’s oldest and largest association of scholars and researchers in the field of religious education. It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a professional and learned society for scholars a ...

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is a nonprofit member association, serving as a professional and learned society for scholars and researchers involved in the field of religious education. In 2003 it merged formally with the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education. Up until that date, REA presidents could serve for more than a year at a time, while APRRE presidents served for only one year at a time. At the moment of merger, presidential terms were limited to one year and "practitioners" was added to the title of the organization, making it the "Religious Education Association: An Association of Professors, Practitioners and Researchers in Religious Education" (REA: APPRRE).

Presidents of the REA

*1903-04 : Frank Knight Sanders *1904-05 : Charles Cuthbert Hall *1905-06 :

William Fraser McDowell Rev. William Fraser McDowell, A.B., S.T.B., (February 4, 1858 – April 26, 1937) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Early life and education McDowell was born in Millersburg, Ohio on February 4, 1858. He earned the ...

*1906-07 : William Hubert P. Faunce *1907-08 : Henry Churchill King *1908-09 :

Francis Greenwood Peabody Francis Greenwood Peabody (1847–1936) was an American Unitarian minister and theology professor at Harvard University. Peabody was born on December 4, 1847, in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1869. When a junior ...

*1909-10 : George Albert Coe *1910-11 : William Lawrence *1911-12 :

James Hampton Kirkland James Hampton Kirkland (September 9, 1859 – August 5, 1939) was an American Latinist and university administrator. He served as the second List of Chancellors of Vanderbilt University, chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1893 to 1937. ...

*1912-13 :

Harry Pratt Judson Harry Pratt Judson (December 20, 1849 – March 4, 1927) was an American educator and historian who served as the second president of the University of Chicago from 1907 to 1923. Biography Judson was born at Jamestown, New York and educated at W ...

*1913-14 :

Charles Franklin Thwing Rev. Charles Franklin Thwing (November 9, 1853 – August 29, 1937) was an American clergyman and educator. Birth He was born in New Sharon, Maine on November 9, 1853. He graduated from Harvard University in 1876, and from Andover Theologi ...

*1914-15 : Charles David Williams *1915-16 : George Black Stewart *1916-17 : Francis J. McConnell *1917-18 :

Washington Gladden Washington Gladden (February 11, 1836 – July 2, 1918) was a leading American Congregational pastor and early leader in the Social Gospel movement. He was a leading member of the Progressive Movement, serving for two years as a member of the Colu ...

*1918-19 : Samuel A. Elliott *1919-21 : Arthur C. McGiffert *1921-24 : Theodore G. Soares *1924-26 : Donald J. Cowling *1926-28 : Robert A. Falconer *1928-31 : William Adams Brown *1931-33 : John H. Finley *1933-35 : Herbert N. Shenton *1935-39 : Hugh Hartshorne *1940-42 : Harrison Elliott *1942-44 : Ernest Chave *1944-46 : F. Ernest Johnson *1946-48 : Ernest W. Kuebler *1948-55 : Samuel P. Franklin *1955-57 : George N. Shuster *1957-62 : Jerome Kerwin *1962-67 : Philip Scharper *1967-69 : David R. Hunter *1969-72 : Oswald P. Bronson, Sr. *1972-75 : Sr. Ann Ida Gannon, BVM *1975-77 : Rabbi David Wolf Silverman *1977-79 : Emily V. Gibbs *1979-81 : Henry C. Simmons, C.P. *1981-85 : Rabbi Walter Jacob *1985-89 : Joanne Chafe *1989-1993 : Mary Elizabeth Moore *1993-97 : Stephen B. Scharper *1997-99 : Noel B. Shuell *1999-2000 : Sherry Blumberg *2000-02 : Ronald H. Cram

Presidents of the APRRE

*1970-71 : Allen J. Moore *1971-72 : Neely D. McCarter *1972-73 : C. Ellis Nelson *1973-74 : Iris V. Cully *1974-75 : Berard L. Marthaler *1975-76 : Gerald A. Slusser *1976-77 : Norma H. Thompson *1977-78 : Clarence H. Snelling, Jr. *1978-79 : Mary Charles Bryce, O.S.B. *1979-80 : David S. Stewart *1980-81 : Margaret Webster *1981-82 : Charles F. Melchert *1982-83 : Lucie W. Barber *1983-84 : Donald M. Joy *1984-85 : Taylor Mcconnell *1985-86 : Joanmarie Smith *1986-87 : Richard A. Olson *1987-88 : Maria Harris *1988-89 : Robert Browning *1989-90 : Gloria Durka *1990-91 : Gabriel Moran *1991-92 : William B. Kennedy *1992-93 : Susanne Johnson *1993-94 : Stephen Schmidt *1994-95 : Mary C. Boys *1995-96 : Charles Foster *1996-97 : Fayette Breaux Veverka *1997-98 : Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore *1998-99 :

Thomas Groome Thomas H. Groome is an author and a professor in theology and religious education at Boston College. Groome has been critical of the Catholic Church's stance on clerical celibacy. Biography Professor Groome has a doctoral degree from Union Th ...

*1999-2000 : Sara S. Lee *2000-01 : Jack Seymour *2001-02 : Greer A. Wenh-In Ng

Presidents of the REA:APPRRE

*2002-03 : Anne Streaty Wimberly *2003-04 : Lorna Bowman *2004-05 : Robert O’Gorman *2005-06 : Ronnie Prevost *2006-07 : Margaret Ann Crain *2007-08 : José Irizarry *2008-09 : Carol Lakey Hess *2009-10 : Maureen O’ Brien *2010-11 : Mary Hess *2011-12 : Dean Blevins *2012-13 : Yolanda Smith *2013-14 : Siebren Miedema *2014-15 : Mai-Anh Le Tran *2015-16 : Harold (Bud) Horell *2016-17: Bert Roebben *2017-2018: Mualla Selcuk *2018-2019: Kathy Winings *2019-2020: Hanan Alexander *2020-2021: Boyung Lee *2022-2023: Patrick B. Reyes *2023-2024: Anne Walker *2024-2025: Karen-Marie Yust

REA General Secretaries

*1970-82 : Boardman (Barney) Kathan *1982-85 : Randolph Crump Miller *1985-87 : Dorothy Savage *1987-92 : Donald T. Russo *1992-97 : Barbara B. Ryan *1997-2002 : Ronald Cram

Executive Secretaries, APRRE

*1970-90 : Donald F. Williams *1990-91 : Clarisse Croteau-Chonka and Burton Everist *1991-94 : Padraic O’Hare *1994-2001 : Charles F. Melchert *2001-03 : Randy Litchfield

Executive Secretaries, REA:APPRRE

*2002-03 : Randy Litchfield *2004-06 : Lawanda Smith *2006-10 : W. Alan Smith *2010–2020 : Lucinda Huffaker *2020-2024 : Lakisha Lockhart *2024-Present : Jennifer Moe

References

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