Founders List
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FOUNDERS & PRESIDENTS OF THE SPGA / SEATTLE CHAPTER OF THE GRAPHIC ARTISTS GUILD ** 1955-2003
Prepared by Dan Ballard SPGA/Seattle Chapter Seattle, WA Ph/Fax: (206) 634-0084 E-Mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Updated November 12, 2001 (Originally written March 29, 1997) ** The “SPGA” letters in the chapter’s name are simply the initials from the group’s former name, the “Society of Professional Graphic Artists” ** For the years before the group became a Graphic Artists Guild chapter (prior to 1994), it is referred to below simply as the “SPGA.” From 1994 to the present, it is referred to as the “SPGA/Seattle Chapter.” |
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FOUNDERS OF THE SPGA Seattle, WA 1955 |
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Harry Bonath Rudy Bundas Ray Gerring Bob Wandesforde Bill Werrbach |
(Harry Bonath & Associates) (Studio Art) (Studio Art) (Studio Art) (Studio Art) |
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CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE SPGA Seattle, WA 1956 - 1958 (After about a year, the Founders invited a number of Seattle’s top freelancers to join them at the informal meetings. The group was eventually chartered as a non-profit organization in 1958) Gerry Abbott Dick Brown Art Browne Harry Bonath Rudy Bundas Irwin Caplan Bob Cram Ray Gerring Mits Katayama Niles Kelly Nick Kritikos Durwood Lapham Roy Miller Bob Morgan Dick Nelms Ted Rand Gus Swanberg Tad Wada Bob Wandesforde Bill Werrbach Bob Wikstrom |
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PRESIDENTS OF THE SPGA AND SPGA / SEATTLE CHAPTER (Note: Prior to the group’s reorganization in 1971-72, the leader was more often referred to as the “Chairman” than “President”) |
| *** SPGA Founded, 1955 *** |
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1955 (first half) 1955 (second half) 1956 (first half) 1956 (second half) 1957 (first half) 1957 (second half) |
No officers - informal Harry Bonath Gus Swanberg Roy Miller Bob Morgan Dick Nelms |
| *** SPGA Officially Chartered (as “ASA”), 1958 *** |
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1958 (first half) 1958 (second half) 1959 (first half) 1959 (second half) 1960 (first half) 1960 (second half) 1961 (first half) 1961 (second half) 1962 (first half) 1962 (second half) 1963 (first half) 1963 (second half) 1964 (first half) 1964-65 1965 (second half) 1966 (first half) 1966 (second half) 1967 1968 (first half) 1968 (second half) 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975-76 1976 (second & third qtrs.) 1976-77 1977 (second qtr.) 1977 (last half) 1978 (first half) 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984 1985 1986 1987 (Co-Presidents) 1988 1989 (Co-Presidents) 1990 1991 1992 (first qtr.) 1992 (last 3 qtrs.) 1993 |
Bob Wandesforde Ray Gerring Bob Matthiesen Mits Katayama Ted Rand Charles Allen Lloyd Pierce Niles Kelley Bob Cram Bill Werrbach Ted Wada Rudy Bundas John Lee James Peck Walt Price Al Watson Robert Bock Jim Richardson Fred Griffin Ralph Olsson Robert Wikstrom Bill Haddon Ken Dankwardt John Amendola Ken Duffin Ruth Pande Eleanor Wolters Smith Miles Hardiman Diane Solvang Howard Bullock Dennis Fahlen Lance Wallen Gary Nelson Dale Nordell Tim Heitzman Rusty Platz Bob Rankin Nancy Gellos Steve Chin Bill Werrbach Kate Reightley Teresa Bennett & Vern Hjelsand Jonathan Combs Obadinah Heavner & Denise Nugent Debra Noah John Chamberlin Bill White John Chamberlin Dan Ballard |
| *** SPGA became SPGA / Seattle Chapter of the Guild, 1994 *** |
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1994-95 1995-97 1997-99 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-Present |
Chuck Shultz Kyle Cruver Gary Gumble Lisa Shaftel Lisa Shaftel Chuck Schultz Ann J. Warman Russell Cowgill Sara L. Chapman |
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