Humboldt County Historical Society
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PAST Presidents

A Look Back at HCHS Presidents

Below is a list of all the past presidents of the Humboldt County Historical Society. The ones in red have unfortunately passed away, if you click on them you will be linked to an obituary.

  1. Annie Zane Murray 1947

  2. May Pearsall 1948

  3. Oscar W. Lord 1949

  4. Asta M. Cullberg 1950

  5. Martha B. Roscoe 1951-1952

  6. Dr. Hyman Palais 1953-1954

  7. Richard T. Harville 1955-1957

  8. Wallace E. Martin 1958

  9. Andrew M. Genzoli 1959-1960

  10. Howard B. Melendy 1961

  11. Susie B. Fountain 1962

  12. Richard T. Harville 1963

  13. Col. Thomas Monroe, Sr. 1964

  14. Ivan H. Stockhoff 1965

  15. Daniel F. Villa 1966

  16. William K. Woodcock 1967-1968

  17. Karl Ekaas 1969

  18. Harriett T. DeLong 1970

  19. Joseph H. Frost 1970

  20. Roy Gustafson 1971

  21. Robert A. Palmrose 1972-1973

  22. Jeremiah Scott, Jr. 1974

  23. Dr. Lynwood F. Carranco 1975

  24. Paul M. Ely 1976-1977

  25. R. Chalmers Crichton 1978-1982

  26. Arlene A. Hartin 1983-1986

  27. Evelyn A. McCormick 1987

  28. Glen N. Nash 1988

  29. Donald C. Tuttle 1989-1992

  30. James Roscoe 1993

  31. Marylee Rohde 1994-1995

  32. Jerry Rohde 1996-1997

  33. Gayle Karshner 1998

  34. Jerry Rohde 1999-2000

  35. Jack Nash 2001-2002

  36. Merry Schellinger Phillips 2003-2004

  37. Jack Nash 2005

  38. Armeda Reitzel 2006

  39. Catherine Mace 2007-2008

  40. Leonard McLaughlin 2009-2010

  41. Joe Walund 2011-2012

  42. Bill Rich 2013-2015

  43. Catherine Mace 2016-2017

  44. Thomas Mays 2018-2019

  45. Steven Lazar 2020

  46. Renée Ross 2021

  47. Dr. Alex Service 2022-2023

Jack Nash, dressed as Trinidad Justice of the Peace Thomas Tighe, for an HCHS event on 5/19/2006.

Don Tuttle

Steve Lazar

Arlene Hartin

Renee Ross

Joe Walund

Alexandra Service

Catherine Mace, at a DAR meeting, 2022.

Colonel Thomas Monroe, Sr., ca. 1960s

Jeremiah Scott, Jr.