PAST CHAIRS & COUNCILORS
| 1946-48 | John Morris, University of Oklahoma |
| 1948-50 | George Corfield, Oklahoma A&M University |
| 1950-52 | Harry Hoy, University of Oklahoma |
| 1952-54 | John S. Kyser, Northwestern State University |
| 1954-56 | John Morris, University of Oklahoma |
| 1956-58 | Fred Kniffen, Louisiana State University |
| 1958-60 | Charles C. Baija, Texas A&I University |
| 1960-62 | John Morris, University of Oklahoma |
| 1962-64 | Lorrin Kennamer, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1964-66 | Stephen Sutherland, University of Oklahoma |
| 1966-68 | C. Miller Strack, Henderson State College |
| 1968-70 | Stanley Arbingast, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1970-72 | Robert Crisler, University of Southwestern Louisiana |
| 1973 | Robert Holz, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1974 | William Conroy, Texas Tech University |
| 1975 | Robert Byrnes, Angelo State University |
| 1976-77 | Robert Sawvell, West Texas State University |
| 1978-79 | Robert Norris, Oklahoma State University |
| 1980 | Leon C. Hallman, Stephen F. Austin State University |
| 1981 | Dennis K. Ehrhardt, University of Southwestern Louisiana |
| 1982 | Ronald Briggs, University of Texas at Dallas |
| 1983 | John M. Harlin, University of Oklahoma |
| 1984 | Phillip E. Kithcart, Prairie View A&M University |
| 1985 | Henry W. Bullamore, University of Southwestern Louisiana |
| 1986 | Fred M. Shelley, University of Oklahoma |
| 1987 | F. Andrew Schoolmaster, North Texas State University |
| 1988 | Sent Visser, Southwest Texas State University |
| 1989 | Robert S. Bednarz, Texas A&M University |
| 1990 | Stephen J. Stadler, Oklahoma State University |
| 1991 | Peter C. Johnson, Southwest Texas State University |
| 1992 | Bradley T. Cullen, University of New Mexico |
| 1993 | Clarissa T. Kimber, Texas A&M University |
| 1994 | Olen Paul Matthews, Oklahoma State University |
| 1995 | Frederick A. Day, Southwest Texas State University |
| 1996-97 | William Doolittle, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1998-99 | Brooks Green, University of Central Arkansas |
| 2000-01 | Darrel McDonald, Stephen F. Austin State University |
| 2001-04 | Fiona Davidson, University of Arkansas |
*Institutional affiliations are those at the time of service as SWAAG Chair.
| 1968-1971 | Lorrin Kennemar, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1971-1973 | Allen D. Hellman, Southwest Texas State University |
| 1973-1976 | H. Jesse Walker, Louisiana State University |
| 1976-1980 | Phillip Bacon, University of Houston |
| 1981-1985 | Leon C. Hallman, Stephen F. Austin State University |
| 1985-1988 | Otis W. Templer, Texas Tech University |
| 1988-1991 | F. Andrew Schoolmaster, University of North Texas |
| 1991-1994 | John R. Giardino, Texas A&M University |
| 1994-1997 | Sent Visser, Southwest Texas State University |
| 1997-2000 | Bradley T. Cullen, University of New Mexico |
| 2000-2003 | Fred Shelley, Southwest Texas State University |
| 2003-2006 | Olen Paul Matthews, University of New Mexico |
Special thanks are due to Fred Shelley at Southwest Texas State University
for supplying this list of chairs and regional councilors. These lists are
excerpted from an article entitled "Fifty Years of Geography in the Southwest: A
History of the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers"
forthcoming in The Southwestern Geographer. Dr. Shelley credits Fred Day,
Sent Visser, Dick Nostrand, and Kathie Martel for their assistance with the
history of SWAAG.
Revised 28 October 2003. Please send comments and corrections to bbays@okstate.edu