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Executive Secretary 1919-1940
F. M. Messenger (President)
C. E. West (1st Vice-President)(Resigned to be a missionary)
David Anderson (2nd Vice-President)
A. H. Kauffman (Secretary/Treasurer 1919-20)(Resigned 1920)
E. J. Fleming (Secretary/Treasurer 1920-23)
C. L. Bradley (Appointed vs. A. H. Kauffman)
M. Lunn (Appointed vs. C. E. West)
Same members as at end of prior quadrennium. This Board not included in General Board by General Assembly 1923. David Anderson listed as Vice-President.
On December 12, 1923, at the meeting of the General Board, the General Board of Ministerial Relief requested to become a Department of the General Board and agreed to "transfer all activities to the General Board." The request was accepted and members assigned:
F. M. Messenger (President)
E. J. Fleming (Secretary)
J. W. Short (Treasurer 1923-26)
M. Lunn (Added 1926)(Treasurer 1926-28)
E. L. Hawkes (Chairman)(Resigned 1929)
J. A. Dolson (Elected vs. E. L. Hawkes)(Chairman 1929-31)
C. H. Griswold (Chairman 1932)
S. E. Slocum (Vice-Chairman 1928-31)
Tim Moore (Elected vs. John T. Benson)(Vice-Chairman 1932)
Harry M. Messenger (Finance Committee)(Rec. Secretary 1928-31)
Kenneth R. Hunt (Rec. Secretary 1932)
John T. Benson (Deceased 1931)
C. B. Widmeyer (Chairman)
S. W. True (Vice-Chairman)
J. W. Felmlee (Rec. Secretary)
E. S. Carman (Finance Committee)
Orval J. Nease
G. B. Williamson
C. B. Widemeyer (Chairman)
C. E. Hardy (Vice-Chairman)
Grover Van Duyn (Rec. Secretary)(Resigned 1937)
T. W. Willingham (Elected 1937)(Rec. Secretary 1937-40)
E. S. Carman (Finance Committee)
C. Warren Jones (Elected 1937. Later elected Mission Secretary and resigned.)
S. W. True (Resigned 1937)
Samuel Young (Elected 1937 vs. C. Warren Jones)
Executive Secretary 1940-1956
C. B. Widmeyer (Chairman)
C. E. Hardy (Vice-Chairman)
C. E. Thomson (Rec. Secretary)
E. S. Carman (Finance Committee)
J. B. Deisenroth (Added 1941)
George Frame (Added 1941)
D. I. Vanderpool (Chairman)
E. S. Carman (Vice-Chairman)
J. W. Moore (Rec. Secretary)
J. B. Deisenroth (Finance Committee)
(1948-1972)
(used since 1946 but official at General Assembly 1948)
D. I. Vanderpool (Chairman 1948-49)(Finance Committee 1948-49)(Resigned 1949)
J. W. Moore (Vice-Chairman 1948-49)(Chairman 1950-52)
J. B. Deisenroth (Vice-Chairman 1950-52)
George Frame (Rec. Secretary 1948-52)
Edward Lawlor (Rec. Secretary 1948-52)
E. D. Simpson (Finance Committee 1950-52)
Ray Hance
Arthur Morgan (Elected 1949 vs. D. I. Vanderpool)
Grover Van Duyn
A. E. Sanner (Chairman)
B. V. Seals (Vice-Chairman)
Harlan Heinmiller (Rec. Secretary)
John L. Knight (Finance Committee)
Harry Craddock
J. B. Deisenroth
George Frame
E. E. Grosse
Morris Davis (Elected 1955 vs. Grover Van Duyn)
Grover Van Duyn (Deceased after 1954 meeting)
Executive Secretary of the Department 1956-1977
Harlan Heinmiller (Chairman)
Charles E. Oney (Vice-Chairman)
E. W. Snowbarger (Rec. Secretary 1956)(Assigned to Education 1957)
Kenneth Pearsall (Assigned Jan. 1957, Replacing E. W. Snowbarger)(Rec. Secretary 1957- 59)(Resigned 1959, effective 1960)
Fred Hawk (Elected vs. Don J. Gibson 1958, Seated 1959)(Rec. Secretary 1959-60)
John S. Carlson, Sr. (Finance Committee)
P. J. Bartram
John T. Benson, Jr.
Milton Bunker (Elected vs. Kenneth Pearsall 1959, Seated 1960)
Lawrence Crawford (Assigned Jan. 1957)
Morris Davis (Assigned Jan. 1957)
Don J. Gibson (Assigned Jan. 1957. Resigned 1958, effective 1959)
Kenneth Olsen
B. V. Seals (Assigned 1957)
Harlan Heinmiller (Chairman 1960-62)(Finance Committee 1962-64)
E. E. Grosse (Vice-Chairman 1960-62)(Chairman 1962-64)
L. W. Durkee (Vice-Chairman 1962-64)
L. Guy Nees (Rec. Secretary)
Leonard Spangenberg (Finance Committee 1960-62)(Reassigned to Foreign Missions 1962)
Morris D. Wilson (Finance Committee 1962)
John T. Benson, Jr.
Lawrence Crawford
Bert Daniels (Elected 1961 vs. Leonard Spangenberg, Seated 1962)(Resigned 1964)
Ray Hance
Vernon Lunn
Kenneth Olsen
Robert F. Woods (Elected 1964 vs. Bert Daniels, Seated 1964)
W. D. McGraw (Chairman)
Morris Wilson (Vice-Chairman)
Ponder Gilliland (Rec. Secretary)
Harlan Heinmiller (Finance Committee)
John T. Benson, Jr.
John Hancock
Vernon Lunn (Resigned, changed zones 1967)
Paul Macrory (vs. Vernon Lunn 1967, effective 1968)
Kenneth Olsen
E. W. Snowbarger
Leonard Spangenberg
E. H. Steenbergen
W. D. McGraw (Chairman 1968-71)(Resigned 1971)
Raymond Kratzer (Beginning 1971)(Chairman 1971-72)
Morris E. Wilson (Vice-Chairman)
H. Harvey Hendershot (Rec. Secretary 1968-71)(Resigned 1971)
John Bundy (Rec. Secretary 1971-72)
Harlan Heinmiller (Finance Committee)
D. A. Diehl
Harvey S. Galloway (Beginning 1971)
Glenn McArthur
Kenneth Olsen
Herman L. G. Smith
A. Milton Smith (Chairman 1972-75)(Resigned January 1975)
M. Harold Daniels (Chairman 1975-76)
E. E. Zachary (Vice-Chairman)
Morris E. Wilson (Rec. Secretary)
Vernon Lunn (Finance Committee)
Homer Adams
H. Harvey Hendershot (Beginning January 1975)
J. E. Johnston (Beginning January 1974)
Blaine Proffitt
Bob Smee
Gordon Wetmore
M. Harold Daniels (Chairman)
H. Harvey Hendershot (Vice-Chairman)
Morris Wilson (Rec. Secretary)
Vernon Lunn (Finance Committee)
Homer Adams
Blaine Proffitt
Juan Madrid
Dallas Moore
Gerald Oliver
Bob Smee
Gordon Wetmore
Executive Director of the Department (1977-1981)
M. Harold Daniels (Chairman)
Homer Adams (Vice-Chairman 1977-80)(Resigned 1980--President of TNC)
Charles Muxworthy (Added 1979)(Vice-Chairman 1980)
Gordon Wetmore (Rec. Secretary)
Vernon Lunn (Finance Committee)
Howard Hamlin
H. Harvey Hendershot
Neil Hightower
Juan Madrid
Odie Page (Replaced Homer Adams 1980)
W. M. Lynch (Chairman)
Vernon Lunn (Vice Chairman)
Gordon Wetmore (Rec. Secretary)
Dudley Powers (Finance Committee Member)
Talmadge Johnson
Neil S. McKay
Charles Muxworthy
Odie Page
L. Thomas Skidmore
Director of Pensions and Benefits Services (1981-1985)
Director of Pensions and Benefits Services USA (1985-1993)
The restructure of February 1981, organized the work of Headquarters into five Divisions. The new name of "Pensions and Benefits Services" was assigned as a subdivision of the Finance Division. Dean Wessels' title was changed to Director of Pensions and Benefits Services. (In 1985, the name was changed to Pensions and Benefits Services USA.) The General Board Departments were also reorganized February 1981 and grouped into "Committees of the General Board." Therefore, the old Department of Pensions and Benefits along with other finance related departments of the General Board were grouped together into the Finance Committee of the General Board. (The name was changed in 1982 to Finance Department of the General Board.)
The work of Pensions and Benefits--International was created as a part of the restructure taking place during this quinquennium. It was made a part of the Division of Finance and Dean Wessels was asked to lead its work as assistant to the Finance Division Director.
Finance Committee of the General Board (1981)
Finance Departmnet of the General Board (1982- 1989)
Ponder Gilliland (Chairman 1981-85)
Robert Wilfong (Vice-Chairman 1981-85)
Gordon Wetmore (Rec. Secretary 1981-83)(Resigned August 1983--President NNC)
W. M. Lynch (Rec. Secretary 1984-85)
Robert Collier (Beginning Fall 1982, replacing R. D. Rimington)
Talmadge Johnson
Herb Ketterting (Beginning 1984, replacing Gordon Wetmore)
Vernon Lunn
Neil S. McKay
Charles Muxworthy (Resigned February 1981--D.S. of Canada Pacific)
Odie Page
Dudley Powers
Robert D. Rimington (Beginning February 1981, replacing Charles Muxworthy)(Resigned Fall 1982 to become Administrator of the Canadian Executive Board, which he held until 1984)
L. Thomas Skidmore
Ponder Gilliland (Chairman 1985)(Resigned Fall 1985--President BNC)
Vernon Lunn (Vice-Chairman 1985)(Chairman 1986-1989)
Ron Mercer (Vice-Chairman 1986-1989)
Homer Adams (Secretary/Treasurer)
Mannfred Dannewitz
John Dickey
Jim Diehl (Resigned 1985, changed zones)
Richard Jones
David McClung
Melvin McCullough (Appointed/elected 1986 to replace Eugene Sanders)
Odie Page
Robert D. Rimington
Eugene Sanders (Beginning 1986, replacing Ponder Gilliland)(Resigned October 1986 to become D.S. in North Arkansas)
Forrest Whitlatch (Beginning 1986, replacing Jim Diehl)
NOTE: 1980-1989--The Board of Pensions and Benefits USA membership has been comprised of most of the Finance Department members, therefore, all Pensions business has been conducted by the Board of Pensions and "approved" by the Finance Department. (Hereafter, refer to official Board of Pensions membership list.)