CCC-DPHMD History
Below you will find a bit of history about our Division. Please check back! We are researching our founding members and plan to provide more information about who we are and how we got to where we are now!
Very Brief History
The CCC-DPHMD began as the Association of Educators of Homebound and Hospitalized Children (AEHHC). It was organized initially on April 26, 1957, formally affiliated with the Council for Exceptional Children April 8-12, 1958, and chartered on April 22, 1960. The name of the Division was changed to the Division for the Physically Handicapped and then to the Division for Physical and Health Disabilities in (year unknown). In 2010, we became the Division for Physical, Health and Multiple Disabilities. In 2019, the Division was renamed Complex and Chronic Conditions:The Division for Physical, Health and Multiple Disabilities. We will update this page as more information becomes available. If you have information about our history, please email Cate Smith ([email protected]).
The Presidents
The list below contains the names and locations of all the people who have served as president of the Division. We plan to add more information about some of these individuals as we acquire it from our long-time members and/or archives.
| 1958-60 | Ruth E. Green | Springfield, IL |
| 1960-61 | Albert R. Goldsmith | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1960-62 | Elizabeth Wetzel | Houston TX |
| 1962-63 | June Peterson | Seattle, WA |
| 1963-64 | Edythe F. Blackburn | Ottawa, ON, Canada |
| 1964-65 | Clarissa Hug | Chicago, IL |
| 1965-66 | Gloria Calovini | Springfield, IL |
| 1966-67 | Marian Hunter | Detroit, MI |
| 1967-68 | Virginia Lorentz | Carnegie, PA |
| 1968-69 | Dorothy M. Seigle | Las Vegas, NV |
| 1969-70 | Gloria Wolinsky | New York, NY |
| 1970-71 | Dorothy Carr | San Pedro, CA |
| 1971-72 | Elizabeth M. Goodman | Washington, DC |
| 1972-73 | Geraldine Fergen | Normal, IL |
| 1973-74 | Frances P. Connor | Jackson Heights, NY |
| 1974-75 | Ethel Leach | Denton, TX |
| 1975-76 | Arselia S. Ensign | Lansing, MI |
| 1976-77 | Betty Kolstoe | Greeley, CO |
| 1977-78 | June Bigge | San Francisco, CA |
| 1978-79 | Dennis Fair | Slippery Rock, PA |
| 1979-80 | Peter Cardullias | Cincinnati, OH |
| 1980-81 | Ronald Howard | Washington, DC |
| 1981-82 | Barbara Kulik | Northridge, CA |
| 1982-83 | Jane Scandary | Lansing, MI |
| 1983-84 | Karlene Duke | Winter Springs, FL |
| 1984-85 | Gary A. Best | Los Angeles, CA |
| 1985-86 | June B. Mullins | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1986-87 | Peter Kopriva | Fort Collins, CO |
| 1987-88 | Michael D. Weinroth | Lawrenceville, GA |
| 1988-89 | John Venn | Jacksonville, FL |
| 1989-90 | Phyllis Ollie | Milwaukee, WI |
| 1990-91 | Pamela Smith | Lexington, KY |
| 1991-92 | Vivian Rankin | Chicago, IL |
| 1992-93 | Karen Kainz | S. Milwaukee, WI |
| 1993-94 | Carolyn M. King | Stone Mountain, GA |
| 1994-95 | Donna Kloppenburg | Marietta, GA |
| 1995-96 | Mary Kay Dykes | Gainesville, FL |
| 1996-97 | Sherwood Best | Ontario, CA |
| 1997-98 | Joseph Taylor | Fresno, CA |
| 1998-99 | Kathryn Wolff Heller | Doraville, GA |
| 1999-00 | Donald Cross | Lexington, KY |
| 2000-01 | Catherine Keating | Providence, RI |
| 2001-02 | Steven Daley | Sacramento, CA |
| 2002-03 | Dianne Koontz Lowman | Richmond, VA |
| 2003-04 | Elisabeth Cohen | Cranford, NJ |
| 2004-05 | David Ross | Kutztown, PA |
| 2005 | Kathy Segers | Macon, GA |
| 2006 | Alison Stafford | Marietta, GA |
| 2007 & 2008 | Pamela DeLoach | Tampa, FL |
| 2009 | Mari Beth Coleman | Knoxville, TN |
| 2010 | Blanche Jackson Glimps | Nashville, TN |
| 2011 | Linda Thomas | Tampa, FL |
| 2012 | Lisa Pufpaff | Muncie, IN |
| 2013 | Kharon Grimmet | Bloomington, IN |
| 2014 | Melissa Jasieniecki | Tinley Park, IL |
| 2015 | David Gordon | New York, NY |
| 2016 | Patrice Kuntzler | New York, NY |
| 2017 | Megan Elam | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2018 | Angie Juárez | Los Angeles, CA |
| 2019 | Laura Clarke | Richmond, KY |
| 2020 | Robbie Hampton | Nashville, TN |
| 2021 | Denise Griffin | Moore, OK |
| 2022 | Alyssa Marcum | Washington, DC |
| 2023, 2024 | Allison Kroesch | Normal, IL |
| 2025 | Cate Smith | Knoxville, TN |