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Organization

Officers

Governor 
James Patrick McNeilly, Esq.

​Deputy Governor
Peter Livezey Clarke, Esq.

Lieutenant Governor
​Michael Timothy Bates, Esq.

Secretary
Kenneth Harrington McKeever, Ph.D.

​Treasurer
Stephen Layng Griggs, Esq.

Registrar
Edward Nicholson Rianhard, Esq.

Historian

Gregory Kenneth May, Esq.

Chaplain
Robert Pond Vivian Jr., Esq.

Chancellor
Julian Gammon III, Esq.

 

Surgeon
Peter Lloyd Sheerin, DMD

Additional Members of the Council

In addition to the above-listed Officers, the following are members of the Council: 

Deputy Governor General of the General Society for the State of New Jersey

John Edward Idenden, Esq.

LIFE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

Governors Emerita of the Society

The Hon. Glen Edward Beebe

Daniel Howard Harman III, Esq.

Wickliffe Hollingshead, Esq.

Edward Charles Horton, Esq.

John Edward Idenden, Esq.

Charles Axel Poekel Jr., Esq.

Robert Pond Vivian, Esq.

Robert Pond Vivian Jr., Esq.

Ten Years of Service as Officers/Councillors

Francis M. Clarke III, Esq.

Gerald Glenn DeGroat, Esq.

Thomas Clifton Etter Jr., Esq.

Robert Myron Frisch Jr., Esq.

Frank Richard Gregg, Esq.

The Rev. Donald Keith Hummel, D.Min.

Andrew Ross Huston, Esq.

Richard James Peterson, Esq.

William Brand Pryor, Esq.

Randall Weston Richards III, Ed.D.

James Franklin Smith Sr., Esq.

ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

Class of 2027

Edward Pierce Abbot, Esq.

Malcolm Nealand McKinnon, Esq.

Richard Francis Ober, Jr., Esq.

Class of 2028

LCDR Carl Edward John Amiaga

David Lent Church, Esq.

Gerald Kline Hutchison, Esq.

Benjamin Woodbridge Strong, Esq.

Class of 2029

The Hon. Brian Scott McNeilly

Peter Swift Seibert, Esq.

Committees

  • Audit - Gregory Kenneth May, Esq., Chairman

  • Bylaws - Edward Charles Horton, Esq., Chairman

  • Color Guard - Frank Richard Gregg, Esq., Chairman

  • Grants - The Hon. Glenn Edward Beebe, Chairman

  • Finance - Edward Charles Horton, Esq., Chairman

  • Historical - Kenneth Harrington McKeever, Esq., Chairman

  • House - Wade Thomas Speas, Esq., Chairman

  • Membership - Malcolm Nealand McKinnon, Esq., Chairman

  • Nominations - John Edward Idenden, Esq., Chairman

  • Publications - Timothy Griswold Cutler, Esq. and Daniel Howard Harman III, Esq., Co-Chairmen

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