Class Elections
Elect Officers to Lead Your Class
- Class officer terms
- Nomination and election timeline
- Class officer job descriptions
- Nomination chair job description
- Election methods: online or in person
- 2009 class officer election results
A 1992 class officer reads her class reunion giving results. Photo: Justin Knight.
The general business of each class is conducted by a set of officers who are elected every five years. While class organizations vary, the Alumni Association recommends that each class elect a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, and Webmaster. Classes may elect additional officers and members-at-large, depending on the projects they wish to pursue. Good officers make the difference in class activities, and careful attention should be given to their selection.
Class officer terms
Officers are elected for five-year terms at their quinquennial reunions. Terms run from July 1 after the reunion through June 30 in the year of the next reunion.
Nomination and election timeline 2010
| January 27 - February 7 | President appoints nomination chair. |
| February 7 - March 4 | Nomination chair solicits nominations for class officers from classmates. |
| March 4 | Nominations close and nomination chair submits candidates and election method to Alumni Association. |
| April 2 | Class officer candidate statements and photos due to the Alumni office. |
| May 18 - June 7 |
Online voting occurs from 9 a.m. on May 18 to 5 p.m. June 7 for those classes holding elections. |
| June 3 - June 6 |
In-person voting for those holding elections at their class meetings. Dates will vary by class. Nomination chair submits voting results to Class Programs staff. |
| June 14 | Classes are notified of election results. |
Class officer job descriptions
Each class officer has unique responsibilities within the class. Read the job descriptions to learn more.
Nomination chair job description
The nomination chair is appointed by the class president six months before the reunion. This chair thoughtfully reviews and recruits possible candidates for the officer positions, and may select two or three classmates to assist him or her on a nominating committee. Ideally, the nomination chair should choose classmates from different segments of the class in order to represent as many constituencies as possible. Responsibilities include:
- With class president, determine nominations strategy (preparing a slate of officers to present to the class or seeking candidates to run in a contested election).
- With class president, determine election method (for example, elections at a class meeting during reunion vs. online elections).
- Consult with the Class Programs staff in the Alumni Association, if necessary, for assistance in identifying potential candidates.
- Seek nominations from classmates for officer positions - president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and Webmaster.
- Use existing class communication vehicles (email list, Web site) to encourage nominations, and/or personally contact current volunteers or other classmates for suggestions.
- When preparing a slate, review possible candidates and match skills and interests with position requirements.
- Contact prospective candidates to confirm their interest and availability to serve if elected (prospective slate or all candidates if conducting a contested election).
- Submit names of candidates to the Alumni Association and class president once they are confirmed.
Election methods: online or in person
The election process relies on one of two methods: online elections or voting at a class meeting during Tech Reunions. The Alumni Association began supporting online class elections in 2001. Online elections enable a greater number of class members to participate in the process, since alumni who are unable to attend the reunion may still vote. Online elections also provide an opportunity to more broadly promote the importance of class officer roles and responsibilities. The online process supplies automatic compilation and the online posting of results for the entire class to follow. For some classes, however, conducting elections during reunion weekend is preferable. In that case, a class business meeting should be scheduled during a high attendance reunion event to hear reports, consider motions, and elect officers.
2009 class election results
| 1939 | 1959 | 1984 | 1999 |
| 1944 | 1964 | 1989 | 2004 |
| 1954 | 1974 | 1994 |
Class of 1939
President: Frederick F. Schaller
Class of 1944
President: Norman Beecher
Vice President: Louis R. Demarkles
Secretary: Frank K. Chin
Treasurer: Norman I. Sebell
Class of 1954
President: Joseph B. Scheller
Executive Vice President: Alexander W. Dreyfoos
Executive Vice President: Ronald A. Kurtz
Executive Vice President: Dominick A. Sama
Treasurer: George G. Schwenk
Co-Secretary: Marilyn L. Shilkoff
Co-Secretary: Barbara B. Black
President Emeritus: Paul E. Gray
Vintner: Dominick A. Sama
Reunion Chairman Emeritus: Robert D. Warshawer
Class of 1959
President: Walter J. Humann
Vice President: Allan S. Bufferd
Vice President: Arthur J. Collias
Vice President: Michael A. Drew
Vice President: Jack M. Fischer
Vice President: George T. Haymaker
Vice President: Myer P. Kutz
Vice President: Robert A. Muh
Vice President: David W. Packer
Vice President: Adul Pinsuvana
Vice President: Richard L. Sampson
Treasurer: Charles O. Staples
Webmaster: Jerry D. Welch
Secretary: M. Dixon Browder
Class of 1964
President: Robert P. Popadic
Vice President: Emma Root
Vice President: David N. Saul
Vice President: Andrew J. Silver
Vice President: William R. Young
Treasurer: Bruce P. Strauss
Secretary: William A. Ribich
Webmaster: Robert M. Gray
Member-at-Large: Leo F. Cardillo
Class of 1974
President: Sandy Yulke
Vice President: Richard J. Sternberg
Treasurer: Martin Davidoff
Co-Secretary: Barry N. Nelson
Co-Secretary: David D. Withee
Webmaster: Barry N. Nelson
Class of 1984:
President: Natalie M. Givans
Vice President: C. Robert Pearsall
Secretary: Wendy Keilin
Treasurer: Tanya E. Segel
Class of 1989
President: Michael J. Parzuchowski
Vice President: Leslie A. Liu
Secretary: Henry H. Houh
Treasurer: Stacy E. Schalick
Class of 1994
President: John M. Feland
Secretary: Mariquita C. Blumberg
Class of 1999
President: Farzana S. Mohamed
Vice President: Seema Nagpal
Secretary: Tony Chao
Treasurer: Jennifer A. Peoples
Webmaster: Jennifer J. Won
Class of 2004
President: Patrick Y. Kim
Vice President: Ida Wahlquist-Ortiz
Secretary: Emily T. Chi
Treasurer: Julia F. Kane
Webmaster: Elliott G. Williams
