Institute of Management Accountants

History of the Wilmington, N.C.
IMA Chapter

In March, 1967, an Organizing Committee met to develop a Southeastern North Carolina chapter of the National Association of Accountants.
The efforts of the committee were met enthusiastically by the accounting community in the Cape Fear area!
Members of the committee included Harold R. Blakeman, Harry W. Cherry, Frank Faint, George E. Harding, C. J. Hogervorst, and Frank Thoburn.
A Charter was formulated on July 1, 1967, with the following charter members:


B. George Abeyounis	Joyce M. Horstkamp
George T. Averette	Mary M. Hubbard
Fred C. Ballard	William G. King
Jerry P. Barkas	Maurice A. Kulp
Albert J. Bergen	William L. Lanier, Jr.
Harold R. Blakeman	James. R. Latham
Robert E. Bland	Catherine E. Maddux
Fred J. Buchanan	Louis Maier
William N. Butler	Vance T. Moore, Jr.
John A. Carraway	William E. Perdew
John A. Casha, Jr.	James A. Price, Jr.
Harry W. Cherry	Ralph N. Rannbury
Robert E. Clark	Robert J. Rhodes
James C. Coulter	Robert C. Ritch
Ruff A. DeVane	Roger T. Ronner
Wallis Dumas	Joseph P. Rutten
David C. Ellwanger	Charles A. Simms, Jr.
Frank E. Faint	Edward B. Smith
John O. Fullerton	Leo H. Starling
Thomas J. Green, Jr.	Elizabeth P. Stevenson
C. Mendel Ham	Frank Thoburn
George E. Harding	Samuel A. Troy, Jr.
Charles T. Harmon	Wilbert E. Turner
J. Donald Harrell	C. Ross Whittaker
Cornelis J. Hogervorst	Dewey V. Wright

When the Carolinas Council was founded in 1971, the Wilmington Chapter was one of the nine original chapters in the Council.
The Carolinas Council includes North and South Carolina and a portion of Georgia.
Membership in the Wilmington Chapter has grown from 50 on July 1, 1967 to 122 as of June 1, 1998.
The Wilmington Chapter belongs to the National IMA's Warner Division for chapters with membership of 150 or less, and participates in the national competitions.
During the years of 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1981-82 and 1982-83, the Wilmington Chapter won banners for being among the top 20 chapters in the nation.
During 1997-1998, the Wilmington group won the coveted Keller Trophy for being the most improved chapter in the United States in the Warner Division.
The Warner group includes close to 140 chapters nationwide.
In addition to presenting awards to outstanding accounting graduates and to the outstanding Student Chapter member each year, the Wilmington Chapter began an IMA Scholarship Fund in 1983-1984 with a goal of $10,000.
This scholarship will come from earnings from a trust fund set up at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
During FY1997-1998 the chapter members realized their goal from contributions by members and corporate donations of close to $2,000.
Members are continuing the fund drive for a second scholarship to a deserving student at the college or university of their choice.
Past presidents of the Wilmington Chapter of Institute of Management Accountants are listed below:

1967 - 1968 Harry W. Cherry	1968 - 1969 George E. Harding Ralph N. Ranbury Frank Thoburn
1969 - 1970 Frank Thoburn	1970 - 1971 Robert O. Walton, Jr.
1971 - 1972 David R. Morton	1972 - 1973 William L. Lanier, Jr.
1973 - 1974 John O. Fullerton	1974 - 1975 J. Lawrence Harvey
1975 - 1976 David G. Whaley	1976 - 1977 Lee D. Weddle
1977 - 1978 Norman R. Kayler	1978 - 1979 Roland Register
1979 - 1980 Timothy Jordan	1980 - 1981 Marion Spencer
1981 - 1982 James R. Rouse	1982 - 1983 L. Eddie Dutton
1983 - 1984 Jairy C. Hunter	1984 - 1985 W. Michael Clewis
1985 - 1986 H. Charles Craft III	1986 - 1987 Mary P. Thomson
1987 - 1988 Nikki Howard	1988 - 1989 Henry G. Boon
1989 - 1990 Robert Wooley	1990 - 1991 Millie S. Elledge
1991 - 1992 Tammy Blizzard	1992 - 1993 Darlene P. Pallang
1993 - 1994 Phyllis P. Elikai	1994 - 1995 Candice Malaney
1995 - 1996 Angelique Nichols	1996 - 1997 Michael Wilson
1997 - 1998 Elaine V. Shappell	1998 - 1999 James A. Charlton
1999 - 2000 Paul Knott	2000 - 2001 Mark Childress
2001 - 2002 David Caulkins

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