b'TomEgana ndothersontheboard,toreachint~eirownpocketstofin~nc 2 thatyear\'sconvention . Ofthese men,~t=.Forbesist heoldestsur 0 rivingpastpresident t:1oughhei snowreti!:"edfromtheroofing!:Jusines:;.OrvilleDuffisstil.~ activea ndattendst heAnnualConvent i on.Both cfthesemenhavebeen invaluablesourcesofinfor mationinresea:::chi:-.;the,1o_q_c.i\\Historyar,d havegenerouslysu?pliedinformationfro~their fileswhichdatebackto thebeginning. OurRosterof PastPreside:1tsleavesnodo astowhytheAssoc iation .!bt hasflourished .Eachhasadehisownu::\\iquecontribution.Thebookwill containacomplet~profileoneach ofthesemenandtheiraccomplishment s, buttobrieflyhighlightafewseensp!:"oper. In1957Preside ntWilliamBuckelyof Wichi t arecognizedthefactthat theo f ficeof Presidentwasbecomi ngt oonuchto handle .Its dutiesand r es?onsibilities hadgrowntothepointwhereit wasa l mostafull-time job.It wasuponMr.Buck:l ey \' sr ecorr-u-:iendationt:- tanExecutiveSecreta-::y ,a~a5hiredinthepersonof Mr.Robert Lyons~T~~wisdo~ ofthisdecisio~ wasunanimouswiththosewholaterheldtheoffice ofPresidentand1-lr . Lyons\'disti rrguishedanddevotedservicetot hel~P.C.~islargelyres?onsite lfori tsstat uretoday. Othermenwhowe=eresponsibleforguidi~;~~eAssociationthrou~~i ts first decadewerePa;.ilWatkinsofTo?eka,A.B.::am.brick:ofLa.\'iton,Oklahoma,J .EdDalyofKansasCity,andtoakeU?orthe Swedewhodidr,\' t knowwhathewasdoingandfouncedtheindustry,weweres,erved byaSwee.,;; whodid,M .Nilt OlsonofOr:taha. r1960wasthebeginning ofanewerawherratunandynamoofenergy namedPaulNorrisofKansasCityt ookoffice .?.::iofingwasnolongera s implejobbut wasbecomingahighlytec~,ical p:::ocedure.~ew methods werereplacingtheold andequipmentwasbecoming moremechanized.The wholeindustry wasrapidly becomingmorecom?lex.It wasduringthisti~e ofchangetha ttheAssociation was a lsoexperiencingrapidgrowthbutthe presidents of thesixtieswere rr tcapableof exercisingtheleadership ,osneeded .DwightChandlerof Omahatookthehelfilin 1961,followedbyRobe:::~ KoderofDesMoines,G.Iv.Power sof Lincol n,JoinSheaof0:11.aha(werea l l y wantedhi smotherbutshecouldn\'tleavethekettle longenoughtoatte~d the conventions),RobertMarquisof KansasCity,andin1967theAssociation hadanotherfirst:aPresi dent whocould moonlightasacha.upionhogcalle r DaleCramptonof LittleRockOfthe manycont.::-ibutionsN.::-.Cramptonracie totheMRCAperhapst hemostimportantwastheloveheandhiswifehave forpeople.Severalpeoplehavetoldmethat tc~efirstpersont heymetir. theM~CAwasDal e -Crampton,andwhenhefoundouttheywerenew,hetook themunderhis wingandmad_es uretheygotacqu=.inted.VictorNottingha.:-. of Greel ey,EwingLusk,J r . of KansasCity,and WilliamKuglerofDenver successfullyfinishedguidingtheM Athroughi tsseconddecade . RCIn1970werealizedthat evenasmallporchanddormerrooferffiigh~ beabletohandlethePresi dencyandelected To=:MansonofKansasCityt o thatoffice .Mr.Mansonwasfollowedbyoneoft heMRCA\'smostcolorf ul p.::-esidents,areject oftheAl amobutarightfineTexan ,BillyBransono: Houston.Lila Stephenson \' shusband,George,of St.Louis wasthe1972 Presi dentandoneofthehardestworkerstheK\'l. haseverhad.Henot :;. onlyworkedforthe~ but generouslygaveguiianceandadvicetothe L~CA -9-'