Presidents of the CAC

Select a CAC President 1st President, Frank Rennsselear Liddell 2nd President, William Wendt 3rd President, Benjamin Chambers Brown 4th President, William Wendt 5th President, Channel Pickering Townsley 6th President, Jack Wilkinson Smith 7th President, Dana Bartlett 8th President, Edwin Roscoe Shrader 9th President, Edgar Alwin Payne 10th President, Edwin Roscoe Shrader 11th President, Julian Ellsworth Garnsey 12th President, Paul Starrett Sample 13th President, Robert Merrell Gage 14th President, Edwin Roscoe Shrader 15th President, Frank Tenney Johnson 16th President, Ralph William Holmes 17th President, Paul Lauritz 18th President, John Hubbard Rich 19th President, Benton Francis Scott 20th President, Edward Oscar Withers 21st President, Edward Emile Chiapella 22nd President, Innocenzo Daraio 23rd President, Charles James Gladstone Argall 24th President, Philip Kran Paval 25th President, Frank Leslie Sandford 26th President, Walter Fredrick Seely 27th President, Jose Drudis-Biada 28th President, Horace Edmund Huey 29th President, Victor Stanley Matson 30th President, Herbert Dickens Ryman 31st President, Victor Carl Houser 32nd President, Joseph Morgan Henninger 33rd President, M. Hale Brown 34th President, Robert Schaar 35th President, Kaffy Reinhardt 36th President, Henry Ketting Olivier 37th President, Jean Blanchard 38th President, Henry Ketting Olivier 39th President, Renato Contini 40th President, Carol Rensen 41st President, Sig Vogel 42nd President, Carol Rensen 43rd President, Charles I. Harris 44th President, Peter Seitz Adams

No Image Available Frank Rennsselear LIDDELL (1864 – 1923) 1st CAC President, 1909-10	William WENDT (1845 – 1946) 2nd & 4th CAC President, 1911-14, 1917-18	Benjamin Chambers BROWN (1865 – 1942) 3rd CAC President, 1915-16
Channel Pickering TOWNSLEY (1867 – 1921) 5th CAC President, 1919 Photo courtesy Millard Sheets Library, Otis College of Art and Design	Jack Wilkinson SMITH (1873 – 1949) 6th CAC President, 1920-21 Photo courtesy of Jean Stern, The Irvine Museum	Dana BARTLETT (1882 – 1957) 7th CAC President, 1922-23
Edwin Roscoe SHRADER (1878 – 1960) 8th, 10th & 14th CAC President, 1924-26, 1927-30, 1934 Photo courtesy Millard Sheets Library, Otis College of Art and Design	Edgar Alwin PAYNE (1883 – 1947) 9th CAC President, May-Dec. 1926 Photo courtesy Evelyn Payne Hatcher	Julian Ellsworth GARNSEY (1887 – 1969) 11th CAC President, May 1930 – April 1931
Paul Starrett SAMPLE (1896 – 1974) 12th CAC President, 1931 Photo courtesy AskART.com	Robert Merrell GAGE (1892 – 1981) 13th CAC President, 1932-33 Photo courtesy USC Archives	Frank Tenney JOHNSON (1874 – 1939) 15th CAC President, 1935-38 Photo courtesy of Jean Stern & Lois Ashe
Ralph William HOLMES (1876 – 1963) 16th CAC President, 1939-41	Paul LAURITZ (1889 – 1975) 17th CAC President, 1942-43 Photo courtesy AskART.com	John Hubbard RICH (1876 – 1954) 18th CAC President, 1944-45
Benton Francis SCOTT (1907 – 1983) 19th CAC President, 1945-46 Photo courtesy Robert B. Scott	Edward Oscar "Ted" WITHERS (1896 – 1964) 20th CAC President, 1946-47	Edward Emile CHIAPELLA (1879 – 1951) 21st CAC President, 1947-49
Innocenzo DARAIO (1903 – 1993) 22nd CAC President, 1949-51	Charles James Gladstone ARGALL (1893 – 1956) 23rd CAC President, 1951-53	Philip Kran PAVAL (1899 – 1971) 24th CAC President, 1953-56
No Image Available Frank Leslie SANDFORD (1891 – 1977) 25th CAC President, 1956-57	No Image Available Walter Fredrick SEELY (1886 – 1959) 26th CAC President, 1957-59	Jose DRUDIS-BIADA (1890 – 1985) 27th CAC President, 1959-60 Photo courtesy Mount Saint Mary’s College
No Image Available Horace Edmund HUEY (1895 – 1963) 28th CAC President, 1960-61	Victor Stanley MATSON (1895 – 1972) 29th CAC President, 1961-62	Herbert Dickens RYMAN (1910 – 1989) 30th CAC President, 1963 Photo courtesy Ryman Arts
Victor Carl HOUSER (1895 – 1972) 31st CAC President, 1964	Joseph Morgan HENNINGER (1906 – 1999) 32nd CAC President, 1965 Photo courtesy of ACCD Archives	No Image Available M. Hale BROWN (1901 – 1987) 33rd CAC President, 1966-68
Robert SCHAAR (b. 1932) 34th CAC President, 1969-70 Photo courtesy Schaar Galleries	Kaffy REINHARDT (1918 – 1992) 35th CAC President, 1970-74	Henry Ketting OLIVIER (1924 – 2004) 36th & 38th CAC President, 1974-77, 1981- June 1985
No Image Available Jean BLANCHARD (d. 1990) 37th CAC President, 1977-81	Renato CONTINI (d. July 31, 1985) 39th CAC President, July 1985	No Image Available Carol RENSEN (c. 1939-2010) 40th & 42nd CAC President, August 1985-89, 1990
Siegfried Conrad "Sig" VOGEL (b. 1917) 41st CAC President, Oct.-Dec. 1989	Charles I. HARRIS (b. 1922) 43rd CAC President, 1991-93 Photo courtesy the artist	Peter Seitz ADAMS (b. 1950) 44th CAC President, Oct. 1993 – present Photo courtesy of ALFA

Select a CAC President 1st President, Frank Rennsselear Liddell 2nd President, William Wendt 3rd President, Benjamin Chambers Brown 4th President, William Wendt 5th President, Channel Pickering Townsley 6th President, Jack Wilkinson Smith 7th President, Dana Bartlett 8th President, Edwin Roscoe Shrader 9th President, Edgar Alwin Payne 10th President, Edwin Roscoe Shrader 11th President, Julian Ellsworth Garnsey 12th President, Paul Starrett Sample 13th President, Robert Merrell Gage 14th President, Edwin Roscoe Shrader 15th President, Frank Tenney Johnson 16th President, Ralph William Holmes 17th President, Paul Lauritz 18th President, John Hubbard Rich 19th President, Benton Francis Scott 20th President, Edward Oscar Withers 21st President, Edward Emile Chiapella 22nd President, Innocenzo Daraio 23rd President, Charles James Gladstone Argall 24th President, Philip Kran Paval 25th President, Frank Leslie Sandford 26th President, Walter Fredrick Seely 27th President, Jose Drudis-Biada 28th President, Horace Edmund Huey 29th President, Victor Stanley Matson 30th President, Herbert Dickens Ryman 31st President, Victor Carl Houser 32nd President, Joseph Morgan Henninger 33rd President, M. Hale Brown 34th President, Robert Schaar 35th President, Kaffy Reinhardt 36th President, Henry Ketting Olivier 37th President, Jean Blanchard 38th President, Henry Ketting Olivier 39th President, Renato Contini 40th President, Carol Rensen 41st President, Sig Vogel 42nd President, Carol Rensen 43rd President, Charles I. Harris 44th President, Peter Seitz Adams