History

Past Officers

Since 1890, the Fulton Debating Society has been organized in three different ways. From 1891 to Spring 1959, the Fultonians elected a President and Vice President at the beginning of each semester. This meant that there were often two different Presidents for the same year. Starting with the 1959-1960 Academic Year, the Society conducted an annual election for the President and Vice President. This practice changed during the 1986-1987 Academic Year when the Society went to an Executive Board in which two to three Fultonians served as the officers of the Society.

Executive Boards

Years	Names
2022-2023	Cross Conrad, Louis Gleason IV, and Caleb Wachsmuth
2021-2022	Sophia Carter, Cross Conrad, and Louis Gleason IV
2020-2021	Sophia Carter, Ben Dewhurst, Anderson Zhang
2019-2020	Ben Dewhurst, Noah Valdez, Nicholas Wong
2018-2019	Ben Dewhurst, Noah Valdez, Nicholas Wong
2017-2018	Conner Coles, Benjamin Dewhurst, Nicholas Wong
2016-2017	Jenna Bilak, Sean MacDonald, Fisher Pressman
2015-2016	Ryan Carelli, Harrison Kenner, Fisher Pressman
2014-2015	Myles Casey, Ryan Carelli, Fisher Pressman
2013-2014	Stephen Ferguson, Ted Kontopoulos, Michael Maerowitz
2012-2013	Michael Holland, Sullivan McCormick, Ted Kontopoulos
2011-2012	Matthew Bartholomae, Brendan Benedict, and Ryan Folio
2009-2010	Kenneth Aruda, Brendan Benedict, and Grant Gendron
2008-2009	Daniel Berkowitz, Sean O'Hara, and Kevin Walton
2007-2008	Matthew Maerowitz, Ryan Malone and Michael Stork
2006-2007	Allen Best, Mandy Castle, and Kevin Coughlin
2005-2006	Allen Best, Mandy Castle, and Jeff Sullivan
2004-2005	Allen Best, Mandy Castle, and Kevin Shatzkin
2003-2004	Ben Bireley, Joseph Bowden, and Kevin Shatzkin
2002-2003	Ben Bireley, Matthew Hays, and Christopher Schroeck
2001-2002	Ben Bireley, Kevin Hartzell, and Christopher Schroeck
2000-2001	Jared Fields, Kevin Hartzell, and Paul Sutton
1999-2000	Kevin Collins, Jared Fields, and Lisa Langdon
1998-1999	Dominic Cameratta, Jared Fields, and Joshua Marmol
1997-1998	Joshua Marmol, David Staiti, and James Walson
1996-1997	Jennifer Kennedy, Josh Marmol, and Richard Metz
1995-1996	Steve Bazyl, Gregory Connor, and William Macey
1994-1995	Wenyu Ho, Rebecca Kamp, and Jack Minnear
1993-1994	Nick Brady, Wenyu Ho, and Christopher Strunk
1992-1993	Robert Berry, Laura Oei and Dilip Paliath
1991-1992	Craig Cerniello, Dilip Paliath and Darren Schwiebert
1990-1991	Charles Morris, Dilip Paliath and Darren Schwiebert
1989-1990	Alison Mills, Charles Morris and Darren Schwiebert
1988-1989	Lisa Marie Ameden, Christopher Gassett, and Alison Mills
1987-1988	Christopher Gassett and Alison Mills
1986-1987	Christopher Gassett, John Goodwin, and Michael Janas

Presidents and Vice Presidents

By Academic Year

Years	President	Vice President
1985-1986	Susan Tardanico	Michael Janas
1984-1985	Richard Beck	-
1983-1984	Tom Grace	-
1982-1983	Michael Christian	Jeff Corkery
1981-1982	Michael Christian	Jeff Corkery
1980-1981	Larry Supple	Mark Milano
1979-1980	Nick D'Angelo	James Guerra
1978-1979	Cindy Amara	Nick D'Angelo
1977-1978	Frank Lynch	John McGivney
1976-1977	Frank Lynch	John McGivney
1975-1976	John Meany	Michael Reilly
1974-1975	John Meany	Michael Reilly
1973-1974	John Meany	Thomas Flannigan
1972-1973	Michael Tannert	Lee Kulas
1971-1972	Robert Baker	Unknown
1970-1971	Robert Kiggins	Robert Baker
1969-1970	Mark Killenbeck	Unknown
1968-1969	Charles C. Brown	Ronald Hoenig
1967-1968	David M. White	Charles C. Brown
1966-1967	Harold Attridge	Robert Halli
1965-1966	Albert Wagner	Harry Attridge
1964-1965	Joseph McLaughlin	John Raedel
1963-1964	James J. Unger	Paul J. Hamill
1962-1963	William S. Abell, Jr.	William A. McCormack
1961-1962	Andrew B. Somers	James J. Unger
1960-1961	Kevin T. Byrne	Pat Brosnan
1959-1960	John R. McNealy	Kevin T. Byrne

By Semester, 1945-58

Semester	President	Vice President
Fall 1958	Francis E. Collins	Ralph R. Moore
Spring 1959	Ralph R. Moore	Francis E. Collins
Fall 1957	Joseph W. Dello Russo	Rene Pinault
Spring 1958	William Fawcette	Carney E. Gavin
Fall 1956	Dawnald R. Henderson	Edward J.F. Thomas
Spring 1957	Joseph W. Dello Russo	James E. Hagan
Fall 1955	Brian E. Concannon	William Gannon
Spring 1956	William Gannon	James Brosnahan
Fall 1954	Frank Tannian	Brian E. Concannon
Spring 1955	Donald Smith	Hugh Mulligan
Fall 1953	Thomas R. Manning	John J. Curtin
Spring 1954	Frank Tannian	James E. Cotter
Fall 1952	Paul F. Printon	William C. Lynch
Spring 1953	Roderick O'Neil	George Parsons
Fall 1951	Francis E. Dooley	William H. Falvey
Spring 1952	James W. Gorman	William H. Falvey
Fall 1950	Donald White	Thomas F. Martin
Spring 1951	Lloyd P. McDonald	Edward C. Monahan
Fall 1949	John P. McGonagle	John J. Connell
Spring 1950	Edward L. Fogarty	James M. McDonough
Fall 1948	John Keilty	Augustine J. Gilmour
Spring 1948	Lawrence E. Spellman	Robert Dray
Fall 1947	Robert Coughlin	John Sullivan
Spring 1948	John T. Moore	Jerome F. Leonard
Fall 1946	Gene A. Saunders	John P. Mulvehill
Spring 1947	Gene A. Saunders	John P. Mulvehill
Fall 1945	Bill Patterson (conscripted) Harold Evangelista	Harold Evangelista

1925-46

Semester	President	Vice President
Spring 1946	Gene A. Saunders	John P. Mulvehill
Fall 1944	Ronald K. Dunfey	Thomas J. Colbert
Spring 1945	Bill Patterson	Roger Collette
Fall 1943	Paul Burns	Joseph P. O'Donnell
Spring 1944	J. F. O'Donnell	Donald White
Fall 1942	Robert W. Galligan	Robert Halligan
Spring 1943	Joseph A. Timpany	John Battles
Fall 1941	Joseph T. Nolan	Thomas P. Russell
Spring 1942	Robert E. Kopp	William J. Cadigan
Fall 1940	Walter J. Clear	Thomas J. Finnegan
Spring 1941	Robert Murphy	John J. Bagley
Fall 1939	Paul J. Greeley	Francis X. Ahearn
Spring 1940	John M. Malloy	William F. Jay
Fall 1938	Charles P. O'Riordan	Henry F. Lyons, Jr.
Spring 1939	John F. X. Gaguin	Gerald L. Bucke
Fall 1937	Frank Sullivan	Ralph Luise
Fall 1935	Paul L. Schultz	John Dromey
Fall 1936	John F. Donelan	John Keary
Spring 1937	James T. Dunn	Timothy Sullivan
Fall 1935	Lawrence J. Riley	Henry G. Beauregard
Spring 1936	Henry G. Beauregard	Joseph Jones
Fall 1934	Grover J. Cronin	Paul G. Dugan
Spring 1935	Joseph C. Ryan	Donald V. Shannon
Fall 1933	Robert J. Glennon	John J. Hurley
Spring 1934	John J. Barry	A. Kenneth Carey
Fall 1932	James M. Connolly	Robert F. Riley
Spring 1933	Charles F. Donovan	John J. Connolly
Fall 1931	Joseph F. Rogers	Edward B. Cass
Spring 1932	Peter C. Quinn	C. Glynn Fraser
Fall 1930	John J. Wright	James T. A. Cohan
Spring 1931	Edward F. Connelly	Daniel F. Burns
Fall 1929	Harold P. Sullivan	Leo P. Moran
Spring 1930	Leo P. Moran	Thomas L. Kelly
Fall 1928	Henry M. Leen	Leo P. O'Keefe
Spring 1929	Leo P. O'Keefe	James J. McManus
Fall 1927	Neal T. Scanlon	John E. O'Loughlin
Spring 1928	James M. Curley, Jr.	Joseph B. Doyle
Fall 1926	William H. Marnell	John J. Lynch
Spring 1927	Charles A. Hayden	John L. O'Keefe
Fall 1925	Walter Morris	Richard Vahey
Spring 1926	Anthony Driscoll	John Murray
Fall 1924	Joseph M. Gavan	Victor C. Carr
Spring 1925	Joseph M. Gavan	Timothy M. Howard

1891-1900

Semester	President	Vice President
Fall 1923	Charles W. Sheehan	Francis P. Kilcoyne
Spring 1924	Francis P. Kilcoyne	Charles A. Reardon
Fall 1922	John P. Flavin	Edward J. Davis
Spring 1923	Owen A. Gallagher	Thomas M. Lane
Fall 1921	Henry E. Foley	Francis J. Turnbull
Spring 1922	Charles F. Collins	Eugene J. Fanning
Fall 1920	Eugene J. Sullivan	Francis J. DeCelles
Spring 1921	Joseph P. Flynn	Harold J. Sullivan
Fall 1919	Richard S. McShane	William T. O'Halloran
Spring 1920	Eilias F. Shamon	Raymond F. Kiley
Fall 1918	Henry J. Gillen	William H. Harrington
Spring 1919	John J. McCarthy	Bernard F. Donovan
Fall 1917	Daniel J. Murphy	Daniel F. Herlihy
Spring 1918	Martin F. Kane	John J. Shea
Fall 1916	Francis X. Quinn	John J. Mulcahy
Spring 1917	John J. Mulcahy	George I. Murray
Fall 1915	Hugh L. Doyle	Frederick J. Gillis
Spring 1916	Joseph A. Scolponeti	Joseph J. Hurley
Fall 1914	Stephen F. Moran	William R. Duffy
Spring 1915	Richard J. Quinlan	Leo M. Birmingham
Fall 1913	Robert P. Barry	John J. Hogan
Spring 1914	Leo M. Murray	James F. Day
Fall 1912	Francis L. Phelan	Maurice A. O'Brien
Spring 1913	Thomas L. Gannon	James M. Daley
Fall 1911	Henry A. Sullivan	Thomas L. Gannon
Spring 1912	Frank A. Harrington	Joseph Burke
Fall 1910	Thomas A. Flynn	Unknown
Fall 1909	Charles A. Birmingham	David B. Waters
Spring 1910	James A. Coveney	John F. Monahan
Fall 1908	John W. Mahoney	Louis A. White
Spring 1909	Joseph I. Whalen	James A. Coveney
Fall 1907	John T. O'Hare	Henry T. Powers
Spring 1908	Philip J. O'Connell	Joseph I. Whalen
Fall 1906	David V. Fitzgerald	Denis A. O'Brien
Spring 1907	John J. Murray	John T. O'Hara
Fall 1905	Andrew J. O'Brien	William J. Wheatley
Spring 1906	Joseph A. Murphy	Andrew N. Dorr
Fall 1904	Edward J. Campbell	Andrew J. O'Brien
Spring 1905	William A. O'Brien	Joseph A. Murphy
Fall 1903	Philip F. Kennedy	Edward J. Campbell
Spring 1904	William T. Miller	Joseph V. Nevins
Fall 1902	Philip P. Coveney	David H. Fulton
Spring 1903	Daniel C. Carey	William T. Miller
Fall 1901	Joseph A. Lennon	Philip P. Coveney
Spring 1902	Edward J. Fegan	Daniel C. Carey
Fall 1900	Joseph Lynch Early	Joseph A. Lennon
Spring 1901	Thomas D. Lavelle	Edward J. Feegan

1891-1899

Semester	President	Vice President
Fall 1899	Edward F. Crowley	Edward F. Ryan
Spring 1900	John F. Walsh	Thomas D. Lavelle
Fall 1898	John B. Doyle	Edward F. Crowley
Spring 1899	William D. Nugent	John F. Walsh
Fall 1897	Francis J. Carney	Benjamin F. Teeling
Spring 1898	Benjamin F. Teeling	John B. Doyle
Fall 1896	Hugh M. McDermod	Patrick S. Cunniff
Spring 1897	Patrick S. Cunniff	John B. Doyle
Fall 1895	James P. Warren	Hugh McDermod
Spring 1896	William J. Hasson	Francis J. Carrey
Fall 1894	Michael J. Scanlan	William H. Walsh
Spring 1895	Michael J. Scanlan	Patrick S. Cunniff
Fall 1893	William L. Sullivan	William J. McKenna
Spring 1894	William L. Sullivan	William H. Walsh
Fall 1892	James J. Brick	Albert Dorsey
Spring 1893	John J. Douglass	William L. Sullivan
Fall 1891	James J. Brick	William J. Conway
Spring 1892	Daniel J. Gallagher	Albert E. MacDonald
Fall 1890	John T. Creagh	Timothy A. Curtin
Spring 1891	John T. Creagh	Timothy A. Curtin