CHAPTER HISTORY
This page is a collection of information regarding the formation and association of our local Milwaukee Chapter as related to ARMA International as well as a place for historical information to be assembled to create a snapshot view of the ARMA Milwaukee Chapter.
ARMA MILWAUKEE HISTORY
The ARMA Milwaukee Chapter is one of the first chapters chartered. The Milwaukee Chapter was originally established at “The Milwaukee Filing Association” on March 6, 1948 with 15 charter members, and the group was chartered on July 1, 1948. The first chapter president was Ida Welch.
In 1952, the organization changed its name to the “Records Management Association of Milwaukee.” During the 1955-56 chapter year, the local group joined the national American Records Management Association as the Milwaukee Chapter.
In 1975, the American Records Management Association and the Association of Records Executives and Administrators (AREA) merged their organizations to form the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA). Today, the association is known as ARMA International – The Association for Information Management Professionals.
The Milwaukee Chapter hosted the 1960 National ARMA Convention. In 1979, the Milwaukee Chapter was recognized as Medium Chapter of the Year, and one of its members – Dr. David Goodman, CRM, FAI – was named an ARMA Fellow in 2002.
ARMA International
The membership of ARMA International includes a global network of more than 10,000 records and information management professionals in the United States, Canada, and 30-plus other countries. ARMA members hold positions as records managers, archivists, corporate librarians, imaging specialists, legal professionals, information technology managers, consultants, and educators; and they are employed in a wide variety of public and private organizations, such as government, legal, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and utilities.


ARMA Milwaukee has been fortunate to be recognized over the years for the outstanding work the Chapter has done in providing outstanding resources and content to its members as well as being recognized for managing the Chapter’s business in a professional manner.
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2023 75th Anniversary Accolade
2023 THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BESTOWS ARMA MILWAUKEE WITH 75th ANNIVERSARY ACCOLADE AWARD
2021 Standing Ovation
2021 ARMA INTERNATIONAL STANDING OVATION AWARD
2020 Chapter Liminary
2020 ARMA INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER LUMINARY AWARD
MILWAUKEE CHAPTER PAST PRESIDENTS
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- Term ~ President
- 2022-2023 ~ Shirley Derrick
- 2021-2022 ~ Mike Kaye/Shirley Derrick
- 2020-2021 ~ Mike Kaye
- 2019-2020 ~ Richard Gureski, CRA
- 2018-2019 ~ Richard Gureski, CRA
- 2017-2018 ~ Donald Force
- 2016-2017 ~ Donald Force
- 2015-2016 ~ Pamela Bartoli
- 2014-2015 ~ Pamela Bartoli
- 2013-2014 ~ Ezekiel Gipson
- 2012-2013 ~ Bryan Bastar
- 2011-2012 ~ Bryan Bastar
- 2010-2011 ~ Herb Foster, CRM
- 2009-2010 ~ Linda Walker, RHIA
- 2008-2009 ~ Linda Walker, RHIA
- 2007-2008 ~ Sharon Chudy
- 2006-2007 ~ Mike Coakley
- 2005-2006 ~ Angie Morgano
- 2004-2005 ~ Arlyce Vogel, CRM
- 2003-2004 ~ Steve Webber
- 2002-2003 ~ Pat Hardy
- 2001-2002 ~ Mark LeMahieu
- 2000-2001 ~ Sharon Chudy
- 1999-2000 ~ Nancy Hinneberg, CRM
- 1998-1999 ~ Amy Coughlin , CRM
- 1997-1998 ~ Sharon Chudy
- 1996-1997 ~ Dennis Larsen, CRM
- 1995-1996 ~ Sharon LaPlant, CRM
- 1994-1995 ~ Sharon LaPlant, CRM
- 1993-1994 ~ Dennis Larsen, CRM
- 1992-1993 ~ Maryanne Merwin
- 1991-1992 ~ Dan Johnson
- 1990-1991 ~ John Kendellen
- 1989-1990 ~ Richard Blue
- 1988-1989 ~ Richard Kunstmann
- 1987-1988 ~ Ed Beauchamp
- 1986-1987 ~ Jim Peterson
- 1985-1986 ~ Amy Coughlin, CRM
- 1984-1985 ~ Jeanette Scherer
- 1983-1984 ~ Richard Kunstmann
- 1982-1983 ~ Richard Kunstmann
- 1981-1982 ~ Linda Mitsch
- 1980-1981 ~ Russell Slonske
- 1979-1980 ~ Lee Luenser
- 1978-1979 ~ Christine Zanotti, CRM
- 1977-1978 ~ Thomas Dillon
- 1976-1977 ~ Sharon Vinette Cuske
- 1975-1976 ~ Nancy Sanfelippo
- 1974-1975 ~ Richard W. Horngren
- 1973-1974 ~ Richard W. Horngren
- 1972-1973 ~ Louis R. Ganser
- 1971-1972 ~ David L. Unger
- 1970-1971 ~ Norman L. Brockmeyer
- 1969-1970 ~ Dr. David Goodman, CRM, FAI
- 1968-1969 ~ Bert Hartinger
- 1967-1968 ~ Donald L. Frayer
- 1966-1967 ~ Donald L. Frayer
- 1965-1966 ~ Bert Hartinger
- 1964-1965 ~ Hubert Wieben
- 1963-1964 ~ Priscilla Gass and Hubert Weiben
- 1962-1963 ~ Harold F. Haas
- 1961-1962 ~ Alester L. Zobel
- 1960-1961 ~ Donald Schauer
- 1959-1960 ~ Robert Baldwin
- 1958-1959 ~ Mary E. Tesovnik
- 1957-1958 ~ Catherine M. Halladay
- 1956-1957 ~ Marie Koenigs, CRM
- 1955-1956 ~ Elsie L. Matthews
- 1954-1955 ~ Rae M. Whitcomb
- 1953-1954 ~ Edith M. Tilton
- 1952-1953 ~ Ruth Zitlow
- 1951-1952 ~ Mattie Bumbalek
- 1950-1951 ~ Mary S. Curtis
- 1949-1950 ~ Gladys Kohlhagen
- 1948-1949 ~ Ida Welch
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