ALA Past National President from NY
this Department is very proud to acknowledge the 5 Past Department Presidents who have served in a higher capacity AS A National pRESIDENT.
1996-1997
Phyllis Bachman Sickmond*
1979-1980
Mrs. Agnes Kennedy*
1953-1954
Mrs. Betty S. Burdett*
1939-1940
Mrs. Doris Corwith*
1931-1932
Mrs. Louisa C. Williams*
*DECEASED
The following women have served the Department of New York, American Legion Auxiliary in it’s highest office! Below are our current Past Department Presidents (PDP’s) portraits from when they served as Department President!
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NEW YORK PAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENTS *FROM THE PHOTOS ABOVE* |
| Year Served | Past Dept. President | DISTRICT | COUNTY | UNIT |
| 1991-1992: | Cathleen MacInnes | 7 | Wayne County | Unit 120 |
| 1992-1993: | Betty Jane Light | 4 | Essex County | Unit 551 |
| 1995-1996: | Mary Lou Platt | 6 | Otsego County | Unit 1566 |
| 1996-1997: | Priscilla Imburgia | 7 | Monroe County | Unit 942 |
| 2001-2002: | Mary Anne Casadei | 5 | Oneida County | Unit 24 |
| 2002-2003: | Linda Moseman | 3 | Ulster County | Unit 72 |
| 2003-2004: | Violet Brosart | 8 | Erie County | Unit 527 |
| 2005-2006: | Mary Williams | 7 | Cayuga County | Unit 257 |
| 2006-2007: | Joan Caccamo | 2 | Kings County | Unit 1175 |
| 2008-2009: | Susan Britton | 3 | Albany County | Unit 589 |
| 2011-2012: | Ann Geer | 6 | Otsego County | Unit 259 |
| 2012-2013: | Sally Johnston | 4 | Franklin County | Unit 875 |
| 2013-2014: | Barbara Corker | 9 | Dutchess County | Unit 1758 |
| 2015-2016: | Janet P. Mahoney | 9 | Dutchess County | Unit 429 |
| 2016-2017: | Deborah Morris | 5 | Oneida County | Unit 1794 |
| 2017-2018: | Patricia Hennessy | 3 | Rensselaer County | Unit 1231 |
| 2018-2019: | Marie Mock | 3 | Albany County | Unit 927 |
| 2019-2021*: | Linda Tome | 7 | Wayne County | Unit 102 |
| 2022-2023: | Nancy Babis | 8 | Niagara County | Unit 410 |
| 2023-2024: | Karen St. Hilaire | 5 | Onondaga County | Unit 1832 |
PAST DEPARTMENT PRESIDENTS- DECEASED
1921-1922 Thias Prescott
1922-1923 Jane Keene
1923-1924 Mrs. Charles Seymour
1924-1925 Mrs. E. B. Garrison
1925-1926 Mrs. C.F. Parkhurst
1926-1927 Mrs. Isabel Burnham
1927-1928 Mrs. George Murphy
1928-1929 Mrs. William Pooley
1929-1930 Mrs. Frederick Williams*
1930-1931 Mrs. Whit Y. MacHugh
1931-1932 Mrs. Clarence Cunion
1932-1933 Mrs. Charles Schmidt
1933-1934 Mrs. Frank Ambrose
1934-1935 Mrs. Alan Hathaway
1935-1936 Mrs. William Cortwith*
1936-1937 Mrs. Clyde Kernahan
1937-1938 Mrs. Harvey Stegman
1938-1939 Mrs. Perry Alexander
1939-1940 Mrs. Herbert E. Hafley
1940-1941 Mrs. Rufus G. Grange
1941-1942 Mrs. Lillian Innecken
1942-1943 Mrs. G. K. Oxholm
1943-1944 Mrs. Leon Bristol
1944-1945 Sadie King
1945-1946 Betty Burdett*
1946-1947 Isobel Powers
1947-1948 Maud Millard
1948-1949 Mae Matthews
1949-1950 Myrtle Weber
1950-1951 Mrs. Harold Taylor
1951-1952 Mrs. George Carlson
1952-1953 Mrs. Leo Carey
1953-1954 Mrs. Stanley Autenrith
1954-1955 Mrs. Jesse Haley
1955-1956 Mrs. John Milbury
1956-1957 Mrs. Leonard Miscall
1957-1958 Mrs. James Cunningham
1958-1959 Mrs. Charles Collins
1959-1960 Margaret Hack
1960-1961 Mrs. Herbert Robbins
1961-1962 Mrs. Michael Boland
1962-1963 Mrs. Robert Johnson
1963-1964 Mrs. Charles Wright
1964-1965 Vivian Luitink
1965-1966 Mrs. William Peabody
1966-1967 Mrs. William Hutching
1967-1968 Agnes Kennedy*
1968-1969 Catherine Mazzie
1969-1970 Mrs. William Robinson
1970-1971 Ann Harrington
1971-1972 Mrs. James Coyle
1972-1973 Regina Davison
1973-1974 Mary Smack
1974-1975 Evelyn Sheldon
1975-1976 Mrs. Bernard Schork
1976-1977 Luana Clow
1977-1978 Betty Perkins
1978-1979 Annie Moskwa
1979-1980 Marion Capasso
1980-1981 Irene Tanner
1981-1982 Wilma Laraway
1982-1983 Betty Boulio
1983-1984 Hilda Davis
1984-1985 Charlotte Craven
1985-1986 Ann Henik
1986-1987 Phyllis Bachman Sickmond*
1987-1988 Violet Argila
1988-1989 Eleanor Priest
1989-1990 Helen Kilmek
1990-1991 Anna Schultz
1993-1994 Viola Babin
1994-1995 Juanita Lochner
1997-1998 Shirley Olinger
1998-1999 Anna Ballard
1999-2000 Regina Harris
2000-2001 Marie Cook
2004-2005 Patricia Dyer
2007-2008 Carol Johnson
2009-2010 Karyn Porempski
2010-2011 Nancy Kurk
2014-2015 Diane Gerber
2021-2022 Mary Farley
(*Past National President)