PCPA PAST PRESIDENTS 1913-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 *J.N. Tillard 1913-1918 Altoona *Fred W. Tepel 1920-1922 Williamsport *L.J. O’Neill 1930-1931 Pittsburgh *John F. Devine 1940-1941 Philadelphia *Joseph Mock 1950-1951 Larksville *Lona B. Day 1918-1920 Scranton *Robert H. Braun 1922-1924 Pittsburgh *B.B. Scheetz 1931-1932 Pottstown *George J. Christoph 1941-1942 Erie *Frank A. Sweeney 1951-1952 Jenkintown *Harry H. Stroble, Jr. 1924-1925 Reading *Charles P. Smith 1932-1933 Lower Merion Township *H.S. Carey 1942-1943| Altoona *Chris H. Keisling 1952-1953 Carnegie *C.E. Briney 1925-1926 Johnstown *W.E. Mair 1933-1934 East Pittsburgh *Samuel W. Gearhart 1943-1944 Lower Merion Township *John M. Watahovich 1953-1954 Freeland *Joseph P. Thompson 1926-1927 Harrisburg *George W. Murren 1934-1935 Allegheny County *Theodore H. Hallowell 1944-1946 Cheltenham Township *James F. Hartness 1954-1955 Haverford Township *D.T. McKelvey 1927-1930 Hazelton *Frank J. Eckhart 1935-1936 Wilkes-Barre *Leo D. Coleman 1946-1947 Pittsburgh *Edward C. Gibson 1955-1956 Meadville *George J. Shoemaker 1936-1937 Harrisburg *Lawrence L. Kendig 1947-1948 Plymouth *Fred W. Good 1956-1957 Pittsburgh *William J. Kane 1937-1938 Mt. Lebanon *Guy E. Parsons 1948-1949 Philadelphia *Lester J. Carpenter 1957-1958 Ambler *George Bausewin 1938-1939 Norristown *Harvey J. Scott 1949-1950 Pittsburgh *Vaul E. Rouzer 1958-1959 Altoona *John G. Good 1939-1940 Williamsport *Walter Weir 1959-1960 Duquesne 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 *Lawrence H. Shores 1960-1961 Upper Moreland Twp *S. Clarence Johnston 1970-1971 Cheltenham Township *Victor A. Dinzeo 1980-1981 Wilkins Township Stephen W. Ott 1990-1991 Cheltenham Township Thomas H. Staley, Jr. 2000-2001 Forward Township *Francis J. Schafer 1961-1962 Pittsburgh *John T. Radko 1971-1972 Hanover Township *Frank Giordano 1981-1982 Carlisle Paul M. Sabol 1991-1992 Kingston Township *Paul D. Rager 2001-2002 Manheim Township *James W. Hutchinson 1962-1963 Tyrone *Thomas M. Maioli, Sr. 1972-1973 Collier Township *Harry J. Gaab 1982-1983 Lansdowne Borough *Theodore R. Villani 1992-1993 South Fayette Twp Michael Carroll 2002-2003 West Goshen Township *Edward H. Bateman 1963-1964 Newtown *Herbert H. Howell 1973-1974 Southmont Borough *John A. Reese 1983-1984 Kingston Township W. Ronald Smeal 1993-1994 N. York County Regional Edward Carroll 2003-2004 Rush Township *Joseph Simononis 1964-1965 Girardville *Benjamin F. Cairns, Jr. 1974-1975 Upper Gwynedd Twp *Richard R. Baer 1984-1985 Pine Marshall Bradfordwoods Samuel S. Ziviello 1994-1995 Delaware County Park Police Russell McKibben 2004-2005 Dormont Borough *James Loizes 1965-1966 McKeesport *Roland Biscontini 1975-1976 Plains Township *William R. Collins 1985-1986 Fairview Township *Len Lotrick 1995-1996 Marysville Borough *Elwood (Skip) Hocker 2005-2006 City of Lock Haven *Shannon C. Hartland 1966-1967 Westmont *John C. 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