Texas Psychological Association Past Presidents

Honoring Our Legacy of Leadership
TPA is proud to recognize the outstanding leaders who have shaped our organization over the years. Our past presidents have played a vital role in advancing psychology across Texas and laying the foundation for the continued growth and impact of our profession.

2024: Hani Talebi, PhD, LSSP
2023: Jennifer Rockett, PhD  
2022: Alfonso Mercado, PhD  
2021: Fran Douglas, PsyD  
2020: Megan Mooney, PhD  
2019: Alice Ann Holland, PhD, ABPP  
2018: Cheryl Hall, PhD, MS PsyPharm  
2017: Carol A. Grothues, PhD  
2016: Gregory Oliver Simonsen, PhD  
2015: James H. Bray, PhD  
2014: Marcia Mayers Laviage, PhD  
2013: Ray Holt Brown, PhD  
2012: Lane G. Ogden, PhD  
2011: Rob Franklin Mehl, PhD  
2010: Brian H. Stagner, PhD  
2009: Ollie J. Seay, PhD  
2008: Ron L. Cohorn, PhD  
2007: M. David Rudd, PhD  
2006: Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD  
2005: Paul Burney, PhD  
2004: C. Alan Hopewell, PhD  
2003: Deanna F. Yates, PhD*
2002: Walter E. Cubberly, PhD*
2001: Sam J. Buser, PhD  
2000: Richard M. McGraw, PhD*
1999: Jerry R. Grammer, PhD* 
1998: Robbie N. Sharp, PhD  
1997: Robert H. McPherson, PhD  
1996: Kimberly K. McClanahan, PhD  
1995: Michael Duffy, PhD*
1994: Lynn Paul Rehm, PhD*
1993: Thomas H. Cook, PhD* 
1992: Roy Scrivner, PhD*
1991: John Kenneth Reid, PhD  
1990: Emily Sutter, PhD  
1989: Charles T. McDonald, PhD  
1988: Michael C. Gottlieb, PhD  
1987: Karen S. Kamerschen, PhD  
1986: Cliff A. Jones, PhD*
1985: Randall M. Parker, PhD*
1984: Elizabeth McDaniel, PhD*
1983: Thomas W. Lowry, PhD*
1982: Laurence Abrams, PhD*
1981: Robert M.G. Gordon, PhD*
1980: June M. Gallessich, PhD*
1979: Joseph C. Kobos, PhD  
1978: Robert Paul Anderson, PhD  
1977: Joan S. Anderson, PhD  
1976: James K. Weatherly, PhD  
1975: Alvin Burstein, PhD  
1974: George H. Kramer, Jr., PhD  
1973: A. Jack Jernigan, PhD  
1972: John I. Wheeler, Jr, PhD  
1971: Laurence C. Smith, PhD  
1970: Beeman N. Phillips, PhD  
1969: James L. McCary, PhD  
1968: Maurice Korman, PhD  
1967: Jack Strange, PhD  
1966: Harold Goolishan, PhD  
1965: Ollie Brown, PhD  
1964: Ira Iscoe, PhD  
1963: Carson Maguire, PhD  
1961–1962: Charles Cleland, PhD  
1960: Ruth Hubbard, PhD  
1959: Carl Hereford, PhD  
1958: Sylvan Kaplan, PhD  
1957: S.B. Selis, PhD  
1956: Wayne H. Holtzman, PhD  
1955: Alvin J. North, PhD  
1954: Hugh Blodgett, PhD  
1953: L.T. Callicut, PhD  
1952: B.B. Hudson, PhD  
1951: Gordon V. Anderson, PhD  
1950: M.E. Bonney, PhD  
1949: C.W. LaGrone, PhD  
1948: Aaron Q. Sartain, PhD  
Sept 1947 – Feb 1948: Paul Young, PhD 

*Deceased