Past-Presidents

APEGA has existed for more than 100 years, and for every year of its existence, there has been a president of Council to uphold the pillars that APEGA stands for: integrity, accountability, innovation, and service. Through the decades of change and growth, the men and women listed below led APEGA’s Council.

They have worked across the globe, from Mississippi to Venezuela, but all settled their talents here in Alberta. Each came from different walks of life, from serving in the Second World War, to teaching aeronautics, to instigating first-time overseas ventures. This incredible group of outstanding people made their mark on the world and helped make APEGA what it is today.

Year	President
2023	Manon Plante, CD1, P.Eng., MDS, FEC
2022	Lisa Doig, P.Eng., MBA, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2021	Brian Pearse, P.Eng., FEC
2020	John Van der Put, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2019	George Eynon, P.Geo., FGC, FEC (Hon.)
2018	Nima Dorjee, CM, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2017	Jane Tink, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2016	Steven (Steve) E. Hrudey, CM, AOE, P.Eng., PhD, FCAE, FRSC, FSRA, IWAF, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2015	Connie Parenteau, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2014	Jim Gilliland, P.Eng., PhD, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2013	Colin Yeo, P.Geo., FGC, FEC (Hon.)
2012	Leah Lawrence, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2011	James (Jim) E. Smith, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2010	Kim Farwell, P.Eng., MBA, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2009	W. James (Jim) Beckett, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2008	Gordon D. Williams, P.Geo., PhD, FGC, FEC (Hon.)
2007	John G.F. McLeod, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2006	D.B. (David) Chalcroft, P.Eng., FEC, FCAE, FCSSE, FGC (Hon.)
2005	L.B. (Larry) Staples, P.Eng., FEC, FCAE, FGC (Hon.)
2004	Linda C. Van Gastel, P.Eng., FCAE, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2003	M.W. (Mike) Smyth, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2002	R.S. Tenove, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2001	H.D. (Dale) Miller, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
2000	S.E. (Sue) Evison (Aitken), P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1999	Darrel J. Danyluk, P.Eng., FEC, FEIC, FCSCE, MASCE, FGC (Hon.)
1998	D.R. Dan (Dan) Motyka, P.Eng., FCAE, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1997	Dennis A. Lindberg, P.Eng.
1996	Dr. Frederick D. Otto, P.Eng., FCAE, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1995	John R. Wood, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1994	Dr. David W. Devenny, P.Geol., P.Eng., FGC, FCAE, FEC
1993	J.A. (Tony) Howard, P.Eng., CMC, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1992	Barry Lester, P.Eng., FCAE, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1991	Noel A. Cleland, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1990	Norman Orr, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1989	David T. Irving, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1988	Thomas W. Chambers, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1987	James S. Denis, P.Eng., FEC
1986	William W. Blair, P. Geoph.
1985	Donald G. Bellow, P.Eng., FCAE, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1984	Robert H. Savage, P.Eng., FCAE, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1983	John M. (Jack) Browning, P. Geol., FEC (Hon.)
1982	William L. Fraser, P.Eng., FEC
1981	G. Ronald Gray, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1980	John R. McDougall, P.Eng., FCAE, FEC, OStJ, FGC (Hon.)
1979	Roy O. Lindseth, CM, P.Geoph., FGC, FEC (Hon.)
1978	Gerald (Gerry) J. Maier, OC, P.Eng., CD, LLD, FCAE, FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1977	Emil J. Sanden, P.Eng.
1976	Elmer M. Berlie, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1975	Frank K. Spragins, P.Eng.
1974	Akira (Aki) Nawata, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1973	Ronald N. Dalby, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1972	R. Alexander Hemstock, P.Eng., FEC
1971	James R. Hume, P.Geoph., FGC, FEC (Hon.)
1970	W.A.B. (Al) Saunders, P.Eng.
1969	Richard H. Swann, P.Eng.
1968	Percy M. Butler, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1967	Norman L. Reid, P. Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1966	Walter A. Smith, P.Eng.
1965	Dr. Ralph McManus, P.Eng., FCAE, FEC
1964	Douglas R. Craig, P.Eng.
1963	Dr. George Ford, P.Eng., FCAE
1962	Norman J. Allison, P.Eng.
1961	Beverley A. Monkman, P.Eng.
1960	D.Carlton Jones, P.Eng.
1959	Charles A. Stollery, P.Eng.
1958	George W. Govier, OC, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
1957	J. Campbell Sproule, P.Geol.
1956	J. Graham Dale, P.Eng.
1955	Thomas D. Stanley, P. Eng.
1954	LeRoy Allan Thorssen, C.M., P.Eng.
1953	J. Jefferey Hanna, P.Eng.
1952	Herbert H. Moor, P. Eng.
1951	Harold P. Randle, P.Eng.
1950	F. Austin Brownie, P.Eng.
1949	Robert M. Hardy, OC, P.Eng.
1948	Chester S. Clendening, P.Eng.
1947	Joseph S. Irwin, P.Geol.
1946	Leonard C. Stevens, P.Eng.
1945	James McMillan, P.Eng.
1944	Julian Garrett, P.Eng.
1943	Vernon Pearson, P.Eng.
1942	Samuel G. Coultis, P.Eng.
1941	Wilfred E. Cornish, P.Eng.
1940	Howard J. McLean, P.Eng.
1939	John T. 'Jack' Watson, P.Eng.
1938	James G. Sanderson, P.Eng.
1937	Charles E. Garnett, P.Eng.
1936	Albert W. Haddow, P.Eng.
1935	Penrose Melvin Sauder, P.Eng.
1934	Joseph B. de Hart, P.Eng.
1933	James D. Baker, P.Eng.
1932	Robert J. Gibb, P.Eng.
1931	R.S. (Russell) Trowsdale, P.Eng.
1930	John A. Allan, P.Eng.
1929	R. Bruce Baxter, P.Eng.
1928	Robert S.L. Wilson, P.Eng.
1927	William J. Cunningham, P.Eng.
1926	B.L. (Benjamin) Thorne, P.Eng.
1925	R.W. 'Billy' Boyle, P.Eng.
1924	Lionel C. Charlesworth, P.Eng.
1923	Charles A. 'Baldy' Robb, P.Eng.
1922	Robert G. Drinnan, P.Eng.
1921	Robert A. Brown, P.Eng.
1920	Frederick H. Peters, P.Eng.