History

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Running History

The Association we know today as the Washington Recreation & Park Association was born in Collin's Field House, Seattle, with 31 charter members dedicated to furthering recreation as a profession and recreational opportunities as a public service. From that beginning, our Association has grown in size, in status and influence.

Established in 1947, and officially incorporated in 1960, the Washington Recreation & Park Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional and public interest organization.

60th Anniversary Report
Credits to Mary Dodsworth & Joanna Puthoff

Live the Legacy Video
(created in 2007)

Brit Kramer, Lynn Cheeney and Jim Webster
Photo taken at the 2002 WRPA Annual Conference in Wenatchee

History of WRPA Executive Directors:

2002-present......	Brit Kramer, CPRP, CAE
1999-2001.........	Lynn Cheeney, CPRP
1991-1998.........	Jim Webster
1989-1990.........	Pam Earl
1988-1989.........	Donna Jean Goheen
1981-1985.........	Byron Haley

WRPA shared office space in Federal Way with the NRPA Pacific Service Center from April 1994 until NRPA closed all the regional offices in the fall of 2003. Pam Earl served as the NPRA Pacific Regional Director until 2003 when the office closed.

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Past Presidents

2010    Robert W. Vaux
2009    Bruce Fletcher
2008     Mary Dodsworth, CPRP
2007     Jennifer Schroder, CPRP
2006     Peter Mayer
2005     Denise Nichols
2004     Craig Larsen
2003     Mike Dobb
2002     Daryl Faber
2001     Don WIlliams
2000     Larry Otos, CPRP
1999     John Couch, CPRP
1998     Judy Quinlivan
1997     John Hodgson, CPRP
1996     Terry Higashiyama
1995     Jim Sheler
1994     Arvilla Ohlde, CPRP
1993     Mike Petersen
1992     Steve Colby
1991     Lynn M. Devoir, CPRP
1990     Robert Hudson, CPRP
1989     Michael Corso
1988     Frank McCoy
1987     Byron Elmendorf
1986     James Montgomerie
1985     Margaret McCormick, CPRP
1984     Jon Aarstad
1983     Gary Feroglia
1982     Cecil Lee
1981     Roger DeSpain
1980     William Fearn
1979     Faye Vinje-Brown
1978     William Hutsinpiller
1977     Barney Wilson
1976     Richard Erickson
1975     Bryan E. Snell
1974     Watson B. Hovis
1973     Don Clark
1972     Gerald W. Pelton
1971     James E. Webster
1970     Byron K. Haley
1969     Thomas Wright
1968     George Wyse
1967     Albert Meuli
1966     Cameron Haslam
1965     Helen McCabe
1964     Thomas M. Ryan
1963     John A. Clark
1962     Gene L. Coulon
1961     George J. Knuass
1960     Donald H. Cook
1959     Roy B. Gunderson
1958     Elmer Anderson
1957     Edward V. Putnam
1956     Arthur Scott
1955     John Caruca
1954     Robert Stephens
1953     Robert Haworth
1952     William Pond
1951     Shelton Kim
1950     Shelton Kim
1949     Andrew Pendergast
1948     Norman F. Knude
1947     Thomas W. Lantz

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