MANA History
The Maryland Association of Nurse Anesthetists was founded in 1946 and incorporated in 1975. The first State meeting was December 2, 1946.
The first officers of the Association were as follows:
President: Mrs. Marion Wark Thomas
Vice President: Miss Olive Berger
Secretary/Treasurer: Doris E. O'Malley
Trustees: Mary O'Brien and Ruth S. Elliott
A SALUTE TO MANA'S PRESIDENTS
1946-1947 MARION THOMAS
1947-1949 OLIVE BERGER
1949-1951 MADELYN BURNS KNAPP
1951-1952 MARGHERITA POWERS
1952-1954 MIRIAM DONEKER
1954-1955 ELLA SMITH
1955-1957 JOSEPHINE BOYLE
1957-1959 MARIE LITZ
1959-1961 MARGHERITA POWERS
1961-1962 NICHOLAS HALANYCH
1962-1962 MARY RACHUBA
1964-1966 ANN RAE TIMANUS FINCHER
1966-1968 MARION ARENA
1968-1970 DOLORES CARRIGAN
1972-1974 WINIFRED PARIS
1974-1976 JAMES GALFORD
1976-1977 FERN HEALEY
1977-1979 EMMA SOETHE NIGHTINGALE
1979-1980 PATRICIA EMERICK
1980-1981 MARGARET FROLA
1981-1982 DELILA A. HUGHES
1982-1983 MARJORIE BERGEMANN
1983-1984 ROBERT WEHNER
1984-1985 DANNY MCCARTHY
1985-1986 MARTHA SHEPHERD
1986-1987 BARBARA JONES STEVENSON
1987-1988 HENRY (BILL) GILES
1988-1989 CLEMENT MARKARIAN
1989-1991 VICTOR RIVERA
1991-1993 KAREN MCMAHON MORROW
1993-1994 JOHN CONNELLY
1994-1995 MARVIN (MARTIE) HOWARD
1995-1996 JACK HITCHENS
1996-1997 CHRISTINE LUTZ
1997-1998 LISA LaCIVITA
1998-1999 RUBY MILLS
1999-2000 CAROL DAVIS
2000-2001 LISA LaCIVITA
2001-2002 CHRIS ROMANOWSKI
2002-2003 JOHN BING
2003-2004 KATHE NUGENT THANNER
2004-2005 JOHN BING
2005-2006 MARIBETH MASSIE
2006-2007 CASSANDRA BOYD
2007-2008 MICHELLE DUELL