Conference Chairs

The Chair of each year's Northeast Conference plays a vital role in shaping, guiding, and leading not only the Conference itself, but also the professional issues of importance to all foreign language educators.

From 1954 through 2010, the following individuals embody the inspiration and leadership that has made NECTFL the second-largest foreign language conference in the nation.

1954: Hunter Kellenberger, Brown University1985: Stephen L. Levy, Roslyn (NY) Public Schools
1955: Germaine Brée, New York University1986: Helen S. Lepke, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
1956: Dorothy B. Crawford, Philadelphia High School for Girls1987: Christine L. Brown, Glastonbury (CT) Public Schools
1957: William N. Locke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology1988: Richard C. Williamson, Bates College
1958: George N. Shuster, Hunter College1989: John P. Nionakis, Hingham (MA) Public Schools
1959: Léon E. Dostert, Georgetown University1990: Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University
1960: Remigio U. Pane, Rutgers University1991: Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro, Middlebury College
1961: Carl F. Bayerschmidt, Columbia University1992: Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Wellesley College
1962: Edward J. Geary, Harvard Unviversity1993: José M. Díaz, Hunter College High School
1963: Harry L. Levy, Hunter College1994: Sylvia Brooks-Brown, Baltimore County (MD) Public Schools
1964: Alfred S. Hayes, Center for Applied Linguistics1995: Rebecca R. Kline, Penn State University
1965: Wilmarth H. Starr, New York University1996: Julia T. Bressler, Nashua (NH) Public Schools
1966: Jean Perkins, Swarthmore College1997: Eileen W. Glisan, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1967: G. Reginald Bishop, Jr., Rutgers University1998: Richard Donato, University of Pittsburgh
1968: Robert G. Mead, Jr., University of Connecticut1999: Martha G. Abbott, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools
1969: F. André Paquette, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages2000: Frank W. Medley, Jr., West Virginia University
1970: Remunda Cadoux, Hunter College2001: Margaret Ann Kassen, Catholic University of America
1971: Hilary Hayden, OSB, St. Anselm's Abbey School2002: Don Reutershan, Maine State Department of Education
1972: Mills F. Edgerton, Jr., Bucknell University2003: John Webb, Princeton University
1973: Joan L. Feindler, East Williston (NY) Public Schools2004: Frank Mulhern, Wallingford-Swarthmore (PA) School District (ret.)
1974: Joseph A. Tursi, SUNY at Stony Brook2005: Mikle Ledgerwood, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1975: Jerome G. Mirsky, Jericho (NY) Public Schools2006: Nancy Gadbois, High School of Science and Technology, Springfield (MA)
1976: Philip E. Arsenault, Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools2007: Marjorie Hall Haley, George Mason University
1977: Jane MacFarland Bourque, Stratford (CT) Public Schools2008: Sharon Wilkinson, Simpson College
1978: Thomas H. Geno, University of Vermont2009: Laura Franklin, Northern Virginia Community College
1979: Paul D. Cincinnato, Farmingdale (NY) Public Schools2010: Jaya Vijayasekar, Vernon (CT) Public Schools
1980: John L. D. Clark, Educational Testing Service2011 Charlotte Gifford, Greenfield (MA) Community College
1981: Helene Zimmer-Loew, New York State Department of Education
1982: Toby Tamarkin, Manchester (CT) Community College
1983: John M. Darcey, West Hartford (CT) Public Schools
1984: June K. Phillips, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

NECTFL thanks ALL its chairs -- past, present, and future -- for their leadership and commitment to the profession!


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