The Society of FSP: A History of Education and Development
The Society of Financial Service Professionals was founded in 1928 as the Alumni Association of the American College of Life Underwriters by the initial class of 21 recipients of the Chartered Life Underwriter designation. The organization soon changed its name to the National Chapter – Chartered Life Underwriters and in 1940 became The American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters.
Over the years the alumni association evolved into a true professional society and in 1946 chartered as a nonprofit corporation. That same year, it hosted the first CLU Institute (later, the FSP Institute) and began publishing the precursor to the Journal of Financial Security Professionals, the premier scholarly publication in insurance and financial services.
Membership in the society expanded beyond CLUs to include financial professionals from a variety of practice specialties holding widely recognized financial service designations or degrees, including AEP®, CASL®, CEBS®,CFA®, CFP®, ChFC, CIMA®, CLF, CPA, CPCU®, CTFA, MBA, MS, MSFS, MSM, Enrolled Actuary, REBC®, RHU®, and RICP®. Members included insurance agents, financial advisors, attorneys, CPAs, actuaries, and others.
Reflecting the professional diversity of its membership, the organization in 1998 became the Society of Financial Service Professionals. Through the years it earned its reputation as the industry’s premier provider of quality education. In 2024, FSP completed its merger with NAIFA, bringing together two of the foremost associations of financial service professionals. The FSP brand, continuing as a NAIFA Community, remains distinguished as a professional development and educational leader.
Society of FSP Presidents
1928-1929 C. Vivian Anderson
1929-1930 Harry McNamer
1930-1931 A. H. Bennell
1931-1932 Gerard S. Brown
1932-1933 William P. Stedman
1933-1934 Lawrence C. Woods
1934-1935 Paul F. Clark
1935-1936 Fred L. Cassidy
1936-1937 Alfred J. Johannsen
1937-1938 Kellogg Van Winkle
1938-1939 Joseph H. Reese, Sr.
1939-1940 Earle W. Brailey
1940-1941 Benjamin Alk
1941-1942 John D. Moynahan
1942-1943 George E. Lackey
1943-1944 M. Luther Buchanan
1944-1945 James Elton Bragg
1945-1946 Clifford H. Orr
1946-1947 Roland D. Hinkle
1947-1948 William S. Leighton
1948-1949 Martin I. Scott
1949-1950 Karl K. Krogue
1950-1951 Howard H. Cammack
1951-1952 Carl M. Spero
1952-1953 James W. Smither, Jr.
1953-1954 Gerald W. Page
1954-1955 W. Frank Cooper
1955-1956 George Neitlich
1956-1957 Fitzhugh Traylor
1957-1958 Eugene C. DeVol
1958-1959 William H. Andrews
1959-1960 Robert L. Woods
1960-1961 Lillian G. Hogue
1961-1962 Herbert W. Florer
1962-1963 James P. Poole
1963-1964 Bruce Bare
1964-1965 Alan D. Hecht
1965-1966 Thomas B. McGlinn
1966-1967 Leo R. Futia
1967-1968 Bernard S. Rosen
1968-1969 Carroll Walker
1969-1970 Louis J. Toia
1970-1971 Miles W. McNally
1971-1972 Raymond F. Triplett
1972-1973 Sumner Rodman
1973-1974 Jack L. Nix
1974-1975 James B. Irvine, Jr.
1975-1976 Robert P. Gatewood
1976-1977 William J. Braun
1977-1978 Bernard H. Zais
1978-1979 Robert B. Williams
1979-1980 Jarret L. Davis
1980-1981 Robert W. Greig
1981-1982 Loren L. Andrews
1982-1983 Gary R. Froid
1983-1984 Irving N. Stein
1984-1985 Kenneth L. Fry, Jr.
1985-1986 William W. Fenniman
1986-1987 Stanley Liss
1987-1988 John B. Peyton
1988-1989 Maxine B. Niemeyer
1989-1990 Jon W. Webber
1990-1991 Donald H. Mehlig
1991-1992 Brian S. Brown
1992-1993 John D. Campbell, Jr.
1993-1994 Ray A. Silva
1994-1995 Millard J. Grauer
1995-1996 Curtis B. Ford
1996-1997 Stuart G. Tugman, Jr.
1997-1998 Edward H. Miller, III
1998-1999 Beverly L. Brooks
1999-2000 Clark B. McCleary
2000-2001 Bruce Bare, Jr.
2001-2002 Ann W. Hartmann
2002-2003 Alan R. Ziegler
2003-2004 Richard A. Bell
2004-2005 Anthony J. Domino, Jr.
2005-2006 Ward B. Anderson
2006-2007 Richard H. Linsday
2007-2008 James J. Tyrpak
2008-2009 Roderick P. Hansen
2009-2010 Clifford Berg, Jr.
2010-2011 Thomas L. Petsche
2011-2012 April Caudill
2012-2013 Richard M. Weber
2013-2014 James B. Lammers
2014-2015 James M. Christian
2015-2016 Michael P. Dow
2016-2017 Anthony R. Bartlett
2017-2018 James S. Aussem
2018-2019 Elvin D. Turner
2019-2020 Robert B. Wellendorf II
2020-2021 Michael J. McGlothlin
2021-2022 Kathleen W. Bilderback
2022-2023 Ernest J. Guerriero
2023-2024 Jesse G. Dogillo
