German Society of Maryland

German Society of Maryland

Preserving and Promoting Maryland's German Heritage

Founded 1783

Past Presidents of the German Society of Maryland

Dr. Charles Frederick Wiesenthal (1783-1789)
Christian Meyer (1817-1820)
Justus Hoppe (1821-1832)
Charles W. Karthaus (1833-1840)
Albert Schumacher (1841-1871)
Herman von Kapff (1872-1878)
Claas Vocke (1879-1886)
Louis P. Henninghausen (1887-1913)
Robert M. Rother (1914-1923)
Karl A. M. Scholtz (1924-1941)
Lewis Kurtz (1942-1951)
Otto H. Franke (1952-1959)
Francis W. Pramschüfer (1959-1961)
Herbert F. Kuenne (1961-1964)
Henry J. Thau (1964-1966)
Charles J. Stein, Jr. (1966-1970)
Kurt H. George (1970-1973)
Vernon H. Wiesand (1973-1976)
Dr. Morgan H. Prichett (1976-1981)
Frederick H. Wehrenberg (1981-1984)
Henry P. Tahu (1984-1986)
Theodore J. Potthast, Jr. (1986-1987)
William E. Ferguson (1987-1988)
Donald E. Tillman (1988-1993)
Theodore J. Potthast, Jr. (1993-1996)
Michael J. Nieberding (1996-1998)
John K. Aymold (1998-2000)
Michael J. Nieberding (2000-2002)
Dr. James D. Schaub (2002-2005)
Brigitte V. Fessenden (2005-2008)
Dr. James D. Schaub (2008-2010)
Rev. H.J. Siegfried Otto (2010-2012)
Thomas A. Werner (2012-2014)
Anton G. Smoot (2014-2017)
Kurt Wittstadt (2017-2018)
Anton Smoot (2018-2019)
Dr. James Schaub (2019-2020)
Shelley Arnold (2020-2021)
Kraig Dean (2021-2022)