1st 1891 – 1925 Dr. Graeme M. Hammond*
2nd 1926 – 1929 Col. Henry Breckinridge*
3rd 1930 – 1933 F. Barnard O’Connor
4th 1934 – 1935 Leon M. Schoonmaker*
5th 1936 – 1939 Harold Van Buskirk*
6th 1940 – 1943 John R. Huffman*
7th 1944 Harold Van Buskirk*
8th 1945 – 1948 Dernell Every*
9th 1949 – 1952 Miguel A. de Capriles*
10th 1952 – 1956 Jose R. de Capriles*
11th 1957 – 1960 Donald S. Thompson
12th 1960 – 1964 Dr. Paul T. Makler
13th 1964 – 1968 Norman Lewis
14th 1968 – 1972 Alan Miles Ruben
15th 1972 – 1976 Stephen B. Sobel
16th 1976 – 1980 Irwin F. Bernstein*
17th 1980 – 1982 Emily B. Johnson*
18th 1982 – 1984 Michel A. Mamlouk
19th 1984 – 1988 Lewis W. Siegel
20th 1988 – 1990 Samuel D. Cheris
21th 1990 – 1992 Michel A. Mamlouk
22nd 1992 – 1996 Stephen B. Sobel
23rd 1996 – 2000 Donald W. Alperstein
24th 2000 – 2004 Stacey R. Johnson
25th 2004 – 2008 Nancy E. Anderson
26th 2008 – 2012 Kalle Weeks
27th 2012 – 2016 Donald K. Anthony, Jr.
AFLA / USFA Presidents
President’s Speech – AFLA
It is a pleasant tradition for the president of the AFLA to send this annual greeting to the membership at the opening of each fencing season. It is also an opportunity for comment and exhortation which a new “brass hat” can hardly resist after a quarter of a century (come next spring) of active membership in the League.
15 and 22 – Steve Sobel 1972 – 1976 & 1992 – 1996
15th and 22nd President of the USFA 1972 – 1976 and 1992 – 1996
VIDEO: Steve Sobel interviewed by Andy Shaw, July 2012
