1907     Lewis B. Griffith, presiding

            1901    Lewis E. Griffith, presiding.

            1909    Edward M. Murray, presiding   Hon. William 1. Prendergast

                                                            Registrar of Brooklyn, N. Y.

                                                            Rev. Robert M. Reilly

                                                            William I. Roche

                                                            John T. Norton

            1910    William S. Roche          Hon. Charles Evans Hughes

                                                            Governor of New York

                                                            Hon. Wewley O. Howard, J.S.C.

                                                            Hon. Elias P. Mann, Mayor

                                                            Rev. John Slattery

            1911    Michael A. Tierney       Hon. D-Cady Herrick, J.S.C.

                                                            Hon. Daniel D. Frisbie

                                                              Speaker of Assembly

                                                            Francis F. Cullen, Attorney

            1912    John T. NortonHon. John A. Dix

                                                            Governor of New York

                                                            Hon. Thomas Carmody

                                                            Attorney General

Hon. Charles A. Towne

former U. S. Senator from Minnesota

Rev. Daniel J. McCarthy

            1913    Holy Week

            1914  James V. CoffeyHon. Martin H. Glynn

Governor of New York

Francis E. Cullen, Attorney

                                                            Rev. John Talbot

                                                            James H. Potts

Pres. Robert Burns Society

            1915    James M. McDonnell    Hon. John F. Fitzgèrald

                                                            former Mayor of Boston

                                                            Hon. Thaddeus C. Sweet

                                                            Speaker of the Assembly

                                                            Hon. Joseph A. Lawson

                                                            Rev. James F. Dolan

            1916  William H. Anderson      Hon. Charles S. Whitman

                                                            Governor of New York

                                                            Rt. Rev. Mons. John Walsh

                                                            Col. Ned Arden

            1917  William A. Dunne           Hon. David I. Walsh

                                                            Former Governor of Mass.

                                                            Rev. Joseph A. Mulry

                                                            President of Fordham Univ.

                                                            Hon. Louis Emerson

                                                            Member of Congress

                                                            Hon. Eugene Travis

                                                            State Comptroller

                                                            Hon. James V. Barry

                                                            Supt. Insurance, Minnesota

            1918    WAR YEAR

            1919   Martin L. Murray           Rt. Rev. Mons. Michael I. Lavalle

                                                            St. Patrick’s Cathedral, N. Y. C.

                                                            Hon. Harry C. Walker

                                                            Lieut. Governor

                                                            Arthur Black

Major Ransom H. Gillet

                                                            James C. Higgins

            1920    no report                      See “Seventy Years with Friends”

            1921    no report                      See ‘Sixty Years with Friends”

1922   Joseph F. Foxell            Rev. William H. Sheridan

                                                            John MacFarlane Howie

Wilton Lakaye

1923   James F. ByronHon. George R. Lunn

                                                            Lieut. Governor

Rev. George A. Dunney

                                                            Rev. Henry Freeman

1924   John McGlynn               Rev. Daniel C. Cunnion

                                                            Staten Island

                                                            Dr. James Walsh

                                                            New York

                                                            Hon. Aaron J. Levy, J.S.C.

                                                            (Cancelled because of illness)

1925   William D. Mahoney      Capt. Irving O’Hay

1926   Herbert F. Roy              Alexander I. Rorke

                                                            Former Asst. D.A., N. Y. C.

                                                            Rev. Peter J. Donnelly

                                                            James C. Higgins

1927   Albert I. Danaher           Hon. Albert Ottinger

                                                            Attorney General

                                                            Hon Fred S. Purnell

                                                            James B. Rice

1928   Frank B. Sheary            Hon. James J. Fitzgerald

                                                            Municipal Court. N. Y. C.

                                                            Brandon Tynan

                                                            Irish Actor

                                                            Bartle B. Doyle

1929   William Hutton Jr.          Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Governor of New York

Rev. Wm. H. Sheridan

1930   Joseph C. Behan           Walter C. Kelly

                                                            “The Virginia Judge”

Walter James Sinnott

1931   John W. Higgins            Major John Basset

                                                            Managing Editor, Montreal Gazette

                                                            D.B. Mulligan

                                                            Montreal, Canada

                                                            Joe Cunningham

1932   Charles S. Sibbald         Rev. James T. Gillis, D.D., C.S.P,

                                                            Editor, The Catholic World

                                                            Hon. John B. Coyle

                                                            Judge of Westchester County

                                                            Joseph Cunningham

1933   Francis I. Quillinan         Hon. Herbert H. Lehman

                                                            Governor of New York

                                                            Hon. John T. Loughran, J.S.C.

                                                            Andrew F. Kelly

1934   John J. Fogarty              Major General Edward H. Markham

                                                            Rev. William H. Sheridan

                                                            Rev. Arthur Johnston

                                                            Don Reed

1935   James L. Cronin            Joseph I. Casey

                                                            Asst. Dist. Atty.—substituting

                                                            for Mayor John Boyd Thatcher

                                                            Don Reed

1936   John J. Mackrell            Hon. Wm. D. Cunningham

                                                            former Judge, Court of Claims

                                                            James D. Rice

                                                            Montreal

1937   John J. Hart                   Hon. Dixon Ryan Fox. Ph.D.

President, Union College

Dr. James L. Meader

President. Russell Sage College

Don Reed

Boston

1938    Thomas W. Rourke     Hon. James M. Mead

Member of Congress

Maj. Gen. Edw. W. Markham

Dr. James L. Meader

1939    Gerald W. O’Connor  Hon. Christopher J. Heffernan, J.S.C.

Dr. Ray Palmer Baker

President, R. P. I.

Frank Mullane

 1940   James E. Teson

1940    ‘Dr. Robert E. Plunkett Hon. C. Byron Brewster, J.S.C.

             Frederic Snyder

1941    Ralph Haver                 Frank M. Totten

V.P., Chase Nat. Bank, N.Y.C.

1942    Hugh C. Morrissey       Hon. William O’Dwyer

Dist. Atty., Kings Co., N. Y.

Hon. Holman Willis

Former Member Virginia House

Of Delegates

1943    Eugene V. Coffey         Rev. M. Kenneth Doyle

(War Luncheon)

1944    James T. Whitehurst   Rev. Ambrose R. Hyland

Chaplain, Dannemora State Prison

Joseph Galligan

1945    Charles C. Freihofer    William I. McCulloch

Foreign Editor, Canadian Newspapers

1946    William N. Anderson Major General Thomas F. Farrell

Native Son

Frank Mullane

1947    R. Oakley Kennedy     Hon. William T. Byrne

Member of Congress, 32nd Dist,

Tex O’Rourke

1948   Dr. Clement J. Handron George E. Sokolsky

Newspaper Columnist

Jimmy Reynolds

1949    H. Frank Phelps           M. Gratton O’Leary

Canadian Journalist

1950    Charles J. Ranney         Hon. Stephen Brennan

U. S. Dist. Court Judge

1951    Herbert D. Hamm         Hon. Robert P. Patterson former Secretary of War

Hon. Charles S. Desmond

Associate Judge, Court of Appeals

1952    Dr. John I. Quinlan       Hon. Daniel R. Prior

Former City Court Judge, Albany

1953    Gordon L. Hayes          Hon. Paul Dever

Former Governor of Mass.

Milton Bacon

1954   John I. Tower                Stephen A.. Mitchell

Chm. Democratic Nat. Comm,

1955    T. M. Guerin Jr.            George E. Sokolsky

Newspaper Columnist

1956    Thomas V. Kenny        Rev. Charles F. X. Dolan, S.J.

                                                            Harry Tanner

1957    Hon. Douglas Hudson    Hon. George Hamilton Combs

                                                            Former Member of Congress

1958    Patrick S. Flannery       Thomas B. Dowd

                                                            Secretary, The Boston Red Sox

1959   Hon. Harold M. J. Lewis Hon. John L. Flynn, J.S.C.

1960    Dr. Eugene F. Connally  Dr. Shane MacCarthy

                                                            Washington, D.C.

                                                            Director, President’s Council

                                                            on Youth Fitness

1961    Hon. A. J. Allan Jr.       Alonzo McNickle

                                                            V.P., Pittsburg National Bank

1962    William M. Connors     Dr. Shane MacCarthy

                                                            Washington, D.C.

1963    John H. Ryan                Rev. Owen Bennett, O. F. M. Conv,

                                                            Native Son

                                                            Samuel H. Ramsay

                                                            Rhode Island

1964    Hon. Matthew M. Dunne          Mr. Joseph Madden

                                                            “Uncle Dinny from Boston”

1965    Hon. Gordon L. Banker    Rev. Frederick A. McGuire, C. M.

                                                            Exec. Sec. Mission Secretariat

                                                            Washington, D.C.

                                                            Samuel H. Ramsay