Past Chairmen

Ted Arnold (1945 & 1946)
Pete Burkhalter (1947)
Walter McRae, Sr. (1948)
Robert M. Smith (1949)
Frank Snell, Sr. (1950)
Sam W. Wolfson (1951)
Bill Nimnicht, Sr. (1952)
James McGregor (1953)
Sam Butz (1954)
Glenn Marshall, Jr. (1955)
Roger Main (1956)
Julian Jackson (1957)
Van Fletcher (1958)
John Piombo (1959)
Henry Kramer (1960)
Lamar Dean (1961)
Joseph Sykora (1962)
Conrad Gunti (1963)
W. Ashley Verlander (1964)
A.J. Robida (1965)
Frank Norris (1966)
Nelson Harris (1967)
Henry Dartigalongue (1968)
Norman Harrison (1969)
L.C. Ringhaver (1970)
W.W. Gay (1971)
Dick Stratton (1972)
Gordon Thompson (1973)
Peter Kirill (1974)
Wesley Paxson (1975)
George Olsen (Ex. Dir. Emeritus)
John Lanahan (1976)
Jim Ade (1977)
J.J. Daniel (1978)

Tommy Gay (1979)
John A. Tucker (1980)
Wilford Lyon (1981)
Chris A. Verlander (1982)
Bill Nimnicht, Jr. (1983)
J.T. Hill (1984)
Henry Beckwith (1985)
John Bell (1986)
Tom McCandless (1987)
Don Davis (1988)
Charles Hughes (1989)
Victor Jackson (1991)
Russ Godwin (1991)
Dave Middleton (1992)
Scott McCaleb (1993)
Carl Cannon (1994 & 1996)
Davis Johnson, Sr. (1997)
John Harrison (1998)
Andy Cheney (1999)
Chester Stokes (2000)
Leerie Jenkins (2001)
Jim McCollum (2002)
Susan Hamilton (2003)
Robert E. White (2004)
Robert J. Smith (2005)
Michael Hartley (2006)
Scott P. Keith (2007)
Kelly Madden (2008)
Brian Goin (2009)
Daniel Kennedy Murphy (2010)
Stephen Tremel (2011)
Gregory B. Smith (2012)
Fred Franklin (2013)

FOUNDERS

Ted Arnold
Peter Burkhalter
Sam Butz, Sr.
Maurice Cherry
Barrington Darby, Sr.
Van Fletcher, Sr.

Charles Hilty, Sr.
W.C. Ivey
Raymond McCarthy, Sr.
Walter McRae, Sr.
George Robinson
Charles R. Thebaut, Sr.

  • Mission Statement: The Gator Bowl Association's mission is to provide Northeast Florida with the very best in college athletics and related activities in order to maximize positive impact on the area's economy, national image and community pride.