Past Presidents
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 - 2002-03
- Elliot Waterman - 2004-05
- Fatima Raposo - 2006-07
- Stephen Montaquila - 2008-09
- Michael Bellucci - 2010-11
- Paul Zerbinopoulos - 2012-13
- William Freitas - 2014-15
- Elissa Contillo - 2016-17
- Brian Kiley - 2017-18
- Robert Parks - 2019-2021
* Also served as President of the American Optometric Association.
