Presidents:  Society of the First Infantry Division

 

6 June 1919 – 21 October 1946:  Major General Charles P. Summerall 

21 October 1946 – 1972:  Lieutenant General Clarence Ralph Huebner 

1972 – 1979:  General William Eugene DePuy 

1979 – 1996:  Lieutenant General Orwin C. Talbott 

1996 - 2003:  General Gordon R. Sullivan 

2003 - 2012:  Lieutenant General Thomas G. Rhame 

2012 - 2015:  Lieutenant General Robert E. Durbin 

2015 – Present:  Lieutenant General Ronald L. Watts

 

Executive Directors, Society of the First Infantry Division

 

Original Title:  Secretary and Treasurer 

  • June 6,1919:  Major Redmond C. Stewart, JAG. 
  • June 1921 – September 1929:  Unknown 
  • 1930:  Captain D.E. Meeker, 26th Infantry 
  • 1931:  Colonel W.F. Harrell 
  • 1932:  Captain D.E. Meeker 
  • 1933 – 1945:  Captain Stephen “Tim” Flaherty, 7th Field Artillery 
  • 1945 – 1947:  Lieutenant Colonel David Friessel.

October 1947:  Title changed to “Executive Secretary” 

  • 1947 - 1948: Robert J. Riekse. 
  • 1948 - 1951: Lieutenant Colonel Clarence M. Eymer 
  • 1951 - 1952:  Richard Major, 1st Engineers 
  • 1952 - 1976:  Arthur L. Chaitt

 1976:  Title changed to “National Executive Director” 

  • 1976 – 1998:  Arthur L. Chaitt 
  • 1998 – 2010:  Colonel Edward J. Burke. 
  • 2011 – 2015:  Command Sergeant Major Darrell “Buddy” Wallace 
  • 2016 – 2016:  Command Sergeant Major Anna Gregory 
  • 2017 – 2019:  Colonel Tom Hollis 
  • 2019 – 2024:  Chief Warrant Officer (3) Phyllis Fitzgerald
  • 2019 – Present:  MSG Joshua Sandlin