Honoring Past Presidents
PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE
NEW JERSEY STATE EXEMPT FIREMEN’S ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENTS
1887-1892 … R.M. Stites, Morristown *
1892-1894 … William Exall, Newark *
1894-1896 … Charles W. Biles, Trenton *
1896-1899 … Augustus Salzman, Plainfield *
1899-1901 … Irving Waltmire, Hackensack *
1901-1903 … John J. Ready, Orange *
1903-1905 … Joseph G. Burns, Perth Amboy *
1905-1909 … Daniel W. Littell, Plainfield *
1909-1911 …James J. Manning, Elizabeth *
1911-1917 …John J. Kennell, Passaic *
1917-1919 …Augustus Schwartz, Elizabeth *
1919-1931 …John G. Andes, West New York *
1931-1944 … Frank R. Sharpe, Irvington *
1944-1946 … Jacob J. Vreeland, Dover *
1946-1948 … Bruno Gostovny, Cliffside *
1948-1951 … Andrew Hutch, Nutley *
1951-1953 … Frank P. Connelly, Phillipsburg *
1954-1955 … William L. Kour, Wood-Ridge *
1956-1957 … Charles Waechter, Union City *
1958-1959 …Kenneth A. Mylor, Pompton Lakes *
1960-1961 … L. Thomas Daub, Garwood *
1962-1963 …Thomas Cunningham, N Arlington *
1964-1965 … Emanuel Arcieri, Bound Brook *
1965-1967 … William Rexter, Metuchen *
1968-1969 … Franklin Jenson, Sr., Burlington *
1969-1970..9Mon)Daniel Collins, Ridgefield Park*
1971-1972 … Richard Ferry, Dover *
1973-1974 … Edward J. Kennedy, Avenel *
1975-1976 …Harry A. Hoonan, Nutley *
1977-1978 …Lloyd Ronchetti, Vineland *
1979-1980 … Dante Natale, Woodbridge *
1981-1982 … George A. Grillo, Hawthorne *
1983-1984 … C. Kenneth Anderson, Delran *
1984-1985 …W. Hankerson, Sr., Piscataway*
1986-1987 …Frank A. Bocchino, Norwood *
1988-1989 … Carl S. Christensen, Iselin-Colonia*
1990-1991 … Roland L. Van Winkle, Passaic
1992-1993 …William Doherty, Florence
1994-1995 …Howard Pendle, North Brunswick*
1996-1997 … Frank E. Wheatley, Wharton*
1998-1999 …William H. Beckett, IV, Mantua Twp
2000-2001 …JohnLeo A. Fedorka, Perth Amboy
2002-2003 … Richard W. Vander Berg, Totowa Boro
2004-2005 … Archie D. Roemmich, Paulsboro
2006-2007 …Joseph R. Pawlak, Plainsboro
2008-2009 …William A. Egbert, Roxbury
2010-2011 …Robert H. Myers, Jr., Goshen
2012-2013 … Theodore R. Vegh, Phillipsburg
2014-2015 … Gregory H. Kennedy, Ocean
2016-2017 … Glenn D. Roemmich, Gloucester
2018-2021 … Elisa Fantozzi, Passaic
2022-2023 …Garrick D. Miller, Old Bridge
2023-2025 … Robert Sweeten, Cape May
2025- … James M. Domville, Bergen
* Deceased
SECRETARIES
1887-1892 … Charles H. Green, Morristown *
1892-1894 … Charles J. Hamburger, Newark *
1894-1903 … Elias K. Leslie, Trenton *
1903-1912 … Edgar I. Humphrey, Nutley *
1912-1919 … Horac G. Adams, Plainfield *
1919-1922 … Edward D. Close, Clifton *
1922-1927 … Edward F. Schlosser, Clifton *
1927-1957 … Ellsworth Post, Wharton *
1957-1972 … Harry A. Hoonan, Nutley *
1972-1978 … Carl S. Christensen, Iselin-Colonia *
1978-1982 … Albert Koeniges, Haworth*
1983-1984 … Robert B. Tulley, Roselle Park
1985-1989 … Jere E. Cole, Jr., West Caldwell
1990-2023 …Thomas J. Haborak, Sr., Perth Amboy
2024- 2025…Glenn D. Roemmich, Gloucester
2025- ……….. William Smith, Middlesex
STATISTICIANS
1902-1922 … John J. O’Brien, Hoboken *
1922-1926 … James A. Rikeman, Jersey City *
1926-1932 … William Wallace, Nutley *
1932-1972 … Lester M. Requa, Verona *
1972-1997 … Edgar N. Dinkelspiel, Long Branch *
1997-2023 …J. Hobart Wainwright, Roebling
2024- ………. Robert H. Myers, Jr., Cape May
TREASURERS
1887-1905 …Thomas Leather, Jersey City *
1905-1942 …Nicholas Snyder, Trenton *
1942-1957 … Harry A. Hoonan, Nutley *
1958 (5 mon.) Vincent P. Kain, East Brunswick *
1958-1977 … William Dean, Butler *
1978-1987 …James Gibney, Morris Plains *
1988-2004…James A. Kilker, Iselin-Colonis*
2005-2013 …Edward H. McMahon, Jr., Sewell *
2013- ……….JohnLeo A. Fedorka, Perth Amboy
* Deceased