The following RIOA members have served as President of our proud and storied Association. We are indebted to them all.
November 3, 1903
Hiram Murray, Pres. Pro Tem.
Walter Blake - 1903-04
Walter Davis - 1905
John Dodae - 1906
Fred Neff - 1907
William Wilson - 1908
Herbert Cunningham - 1909
S. Arthur Dodge - 1910
Harris Felman - 1911
Ned Stiles - 1912
John Ward - 1913
Stowell Sherman - 1914
Angus McDonald - 1915
G. Frederic Beane - 1916
Thomas Tarbox - 1917
Peter Ochs - 1918
Francis Close - 1919
Eric Berkander - 1920
John Saunders - 1921
Julius Dockman - 1922
Harold Lake - 1923
Harry Daniels - 1924
Frank Card - 1925
Everett Stuart - 1926
Kenneth Armstrong - 1928
Raoul Cartier -1929
Hugh Cunningham - 1930
Carl Jagolinzer - 1931
M. Curtis Silva - 1932
Frederick Harvey - 1933
Thomas Costa - 1934
Edmund Hughes - 1935
F. Wellington Putnam - 1936
Gerardo Palmieri - 1937
Jeremiah Bainton - 1938
Irving Rice - 1939
Frederick Mooney - 1940
Aime Thuotte - 1941
Raynold Duclos - 1942
Alexander MacBeth - 1943
Harold Kierstead - 1944
Benjamin Garfinkle - 1945
Edward Troendle - 1946
T. Francis Fogarty - 1947
Maurice Lague - 1948
Joseph Miller - 1949
Lester Thomas - 1950
Ernest McVay - 1951
Richard Albert - 1952
Richard Duffy - 1953
James Tramonti - 1954
Allan Wardell - 1955-56
Frank Herrera - 1957
Francis Lukasiewicz - 1958
Leo Lemoi - 1959
Joseph Mittleman - 1960
Bernard Bernstein - 1961-62
Frank DiChiara - 1963
Hayvis Woolf - 1964
Peter Eudenbach - 1965
Harvey Fellman - 1966
Richard Albert - 1967-68
Morton Silverman - 1969-70
Benjamin Hamilton - 1971
David Ferris - 1972 *
Roland DeCesare - 1973
LeRoy Bartlett - 1974
Alfred Rosati - 1975
Thomas Sheehan - 1976
Howard Coleman - 1977
David Vito - 1978
Ronald Serra - 1979
Paul DeCesare - 1980
Robert Miller - 1981-83
Harrison Smiley, II - 1983-85
Ronald Hall - 1985-87
Joseph Osmanski - 1987-88
Scott Surdut - 1988-89
David Mills - 1989-90
Thomas Cesaro - 1990-91
Joe Rowey - 1991-92
Robert Child - 1992-1993
Steven Kreiger - 1993-94
Alessi Rispoli - 1994-95
Monique Picard Root - 1995
Richard Belhumeur - 1995-97
Louise DiChiara Pastore - 1997-98
Samuel Montalto - 1998-1999
George Brown - 1999-00
David De Ruosi - 2000-01
Pamela Blodgett - 2001-03
Elliot Waterman - 2003-05
Fatima Raposo - 2005-2007
Stephen Montaquila - 2007-09
Michael Bellucci - 2009-11
Paul Zerbinopoulos - 2011-13
William Freitas - 2013-15
Elissa Contillo - 2015-2017
Brian Kiley - 2017 to present
* Also served as President of the American Optometric Association.