IDA History
Since 1858
The Indiana Dental Association was created by a group of Indianapolis dentists in 1858. A year later, some of those same dentists were instrumental in forming the American Dental Association. Today, the IDA is a constituent member of the ADA and counts a majority of Indiana dentists among its members. The IDA fulfills its mission of supporting Indiana dentists through professional development opportunities, continuing education, member publications and special member benefits and discounts. The IDA also promotes the oral health of Indiana residents through our public education programs and online resources.
Each year since 1908, IDA’s members have elected a new president who helps guide the organization and leads the Board of Trustees. Below is a history of IDA’s leadership since its inception:
- 1919-20 Dr. H. C. Carr, Indianapolis
1918-19 Dr. C. E. Ervin, Terre Haute
1917-18 Dr. S. F. Gilmore, Indianapolis
1916-17 Dr. J. C. Zubrod, Evansville
1915-16 Dr. R. R. Gillis, Hammond
1914-15 Dr. Otto U. King, Huntington
1913-14 Dr. W. E. Kennedy, Indianapolis
1912-13 Dr. H. M. Thomson, Indianapolis
1911-12 Dr. C. E. Redmon, Peru
1910-11 Dr. Carl D. Lucas, Indianapolis
1909-10 Dr. H. C. Sexton, Shelbyville
1908-09 Dr. D. A. House, Indianapolis
1929-30 Dr. Victor H. Knapp, Evansville
1928-29 Dr. William R. Meeker, Peru
1927-28 Dr. W. E. Neuenschwander, Fort Wayne
1926-27 Dr. J. B. Carr, Indianapolis
1925-26 Dr. A. J. Kimm, Evansville
1924-25 Dr. F. A. Hamilton, Indianapolis
1923-24 Dr. Charles A. Priest, Marion
1922-23 Dr. Earl Brooks, Noblesville
1921-22 Dr. C. R. Jackson, Indianapolis
1920-21 Dr. Albert R. Ross, Lafayette
1939-40 Dr. R. C. Shurr, Valparaiso
1938-39 Dr. A. A. Spears, Brazil
1937-38 Dr. H. J. Longcamp, Auror
1936-37 Dr. H. T. Berkey, Fort Wayne
1935-36 Dr. E. L. Mitchell, Indianapolis
1934-35 Dr. W. C. Hessler, Crawfordsville
1933-34 Dr. E. E. Voyles, Indianapolis
1932-33 Dr. A. L. Harter, Kokomo
1931-32 Dr. W. I. McCullough, Indianapolis
1930-31 Dr. F. R. Henshaw, Indianapolis
1949-50 Dr. Frank H. O’Halloran, Evansville
1948-49 Dr. Herbert W. Mason, Indianapolis
1947-48 Dr. William Bogie, Vincennes
1946-47 Dr. George E. Guse, Rushville
1945-46 Dr. Guthrie P. Carr, Lafayette
1944-45 Dr. Lynn A. Fonner, Fort Wayne
1943-44 Dr. Roy D. Smiley, Washington
1942-43 Dr. Fred W. Levell, New Castle
1941-42 Dr. R. N. Douglas, Elkhart
1940-41 Dr. B. K. Westfall, Indianapolis
1959-60 Dr. James M. Jones, Columbus
1958-59 Dr. E. A. W. Montgomery, Evansville
1957-58 Dr. Maynard K. Hine, Indianapolis
1956-57 Dr. Paul H. Asher, Gary
1955-56 Dr. William E. Barb, Indianapolis
1954-55 Dr. W. N. Kelly, Clinton
1953-54 Dr. Walter A. Crum, Richmond
1952-53 Dr. Frederick C. Baker, Hammond
1951-52 Dr. Wilbur P. McNulty, Fort Wayne
1950-51 Dr. Clyde T. Mayfield, Kokomo
1969-70 Dr. F. A. Cantrell, Crawfordsville
1968-69 Dr. Clyde W. Parker, Evansville
1967-68 Dr. Norwin M. Niles, Garrett
1966-67 Dr. Harry J. Healey, Indianapolis
1965-66 Dr. John E. Magnuson, LaPorte
1964-65 Dr. E. E. Waddell, Lafayette
1963-64 Dr. Rollie A. Bennett, Anderson
1962-63 Dr. William T. Smith, Schererville
1961-62 Dr. George A. Myers, Logansport
1960-61 Dr. W. R. Shoemaker, Anderson
1979-80 Dr. Lloyd J. Phillips, Indianapolis
1978-79 Dr. W. Kelley Carr, Lafayette
1977-78 Dr. M. Gene Stevens, Columbus
1976-77 Dr. Robert M. Stetzel, Fort Wayne
1975-76 Dr. David N. Stiefler, Marion
1974-75 Dr. Walter H. Vendes, Bicknell
1973-74 Dr. R. Dan Rohn, Alexandria
1972-73 Dr. D. Paul LaCount, Valparaiso
1971-72 Dr. Frank R. Longcamp, Aurora
1970-71 Dr. Charles T. Frissell, Fort Wayne
1989-90 Dr. Scott H. Polizotto, Valparaiso
1988-89 Dr. Charles H. Redish, Indianapolis
1987-88 Dr. David J. Harris, South Bend
1986-87 Dr. John C. Gorman, Marion
1985-86 Dr. John A. Rahe, Aurora
1984-85 Dr. James R. Platt, Fort Wayne
1983-84 Dr. Harvey G. Thomas, Muncie
1982-83 Dr. Eugene E. Brinker, Evansville
1981-82 Dr. C. Robert Ricci, Kokomo
1980-81 Dr. Robert A. Moon, Hobart
1999-2000 Dr. Lloyd J. Hagedorn, Fort Wayne
1998-99 Dr. Raymond M. Maddox, Hartford City
1997-98 Dr. R. Dale Lentz, Indianapolis
1996-97 Dr. William B. Risk, Lafayette
1995-96 Dr. Charles E. Hassel, Bremen
1994-95 Dr. James D. Frey, Fort Wayne
1993-94 Dr. Edward C. Fox, Richmond
1992-93 Dr. Duane E. Compton, Indianapolis
1991-92 Dr. Charles M. Simons, Kokomo
1990-91 Dr. Gerry L. Kaufman, Fort Wayne
2009-10 Dr. J. Mark Thomas, Seymour
2008-09 Dr. Mark R. Stetzel, Fort Wayne
2007-08 Dr. Michael T. Smith, Tipton
2006-07 Dr. Neal B. Richter, Merrillville
2005-06 Dr. David R. Holwager, Cambridge City
2004-05 Dr. David N. Matthews, Fort Wayne
2003-04 Dr. Richard L. Martin, Kokomo
2002-03 Dr. John B. Schymik, Evansville
2001-02 Dr. Charles L. Steffel, Indianapolis
2000-01 Dr. Jean R. Williams, Crawfordsville
2019-20 Dr. Steven Ellinwood, Fort Wayne
2018-19 Dr. Daniel Fridh, LaPorte
2017-18 Dr. Gregory Phillips, Columbus
2016-17 Dr. Jay Asdell, South Bend
2015-16 Dr. Chad R. Leighty, Marion
2014-15 Dr. Steven J. Holm, Portage
2013-14 Dr. Desiree Dimond, Indianapolis
2012-13 Dr. John R. Roberts, Connersville
2011-12 Dr. Terry G. Schechner, Valparaiso
2010-11 Dr. Martin R. Szakaly, South Bend
2025-26 Dr. Rebecca De La Rosa, Avon
2024-25 Dr. Lisa Conard, Lebanon
2023-24 Dr. Thomas Blake, Fort Wayne
2022-23 Dr. Jill Burns, Richmond
2021-22 Dr. Steven C. Hollar, Warsaw
2020-21 Dr. David Wolf, Indianapolis
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