The Commission on Appraisal
Current Members of the Commission
Terms Expire 2009
- Rev. Orlanda Brugnola, Chair
- Rev. Thomas Owen-Towle, Vice Chair, Chaplain
- Megan Dowdell *
Megan was appointed by the UUA Board of Trustees at their June 2007 meeting to replace Manish Mishra for the remainder of his term
Terms Expire 2011
- Rev. Barbara Child, Project Manager
- Jacqui C. Williams, Treasurer
- Michael Ohlrogge, Secretary
Terms Expire 2013
- Bev Harrison
- Don Mohr
- Pete Fontneau
Former Members of the Commission
COA members are listed by election class.
1961-63:
Mrs. George E. Kimball, Winchester MA
Dr. Louis Navias, Schenectady NY
Dr. Tracy M. Pullman, Detroit MI
1961-65
L. Hamilton Garner, Newark NJ
Dr. Max A. Kapp, Canton NY
Dr. Paul W. Penningroth, Atlanta GA
David T. Stanley, Vienna VA
Dr. Robert B. Tapp, Claremont CA
1963-67
Dr. James A. Gibson, Ottawa, Ontario (later St. Catharines, Ontario)
Mrs. George E. Kimball, Winchester MA (re-elected)
Dr. Tracy M. Pullman, Detroit MI (re-elected)
Rev. Clarke D. Wells, Cincinnati OH (later Portland OR)
1965-69
L. Hamilton Garner, West Orange NJ (re-elected)
Dr. Alfred McClung Lee, Short Hills NJ
William J. McGlothlin, Louisville KY (later Ann Arbor MI)
Dr. Paul W. Penningroth, Atlanta GA (re-elected)
David T .Stanley, Vienna VA (re-elected)
1967-71
Dr. Paul N. Carnes, Buffalo NY
Rev. John Cummins, Minneapolis MN
Dr. Frank E. Faux, Memphis TN
Wilson C. Piper, Boston MA
1969-73
Joseph B. Samples, Jr., Detroit MI
Mrs. Frank E. Buell, San Gabriel CA
Lawrence R. Ladd, Amherst MA
Dr. Harry B. Scholefield, San Francisco CA
Rev. Harold Wilson, Walnut Creek CA
1971-75
Rev. John Cummins, Minneapolis MN (re-elected)
Curtis Battles, Ridgewood NJ
(replaced by Joseph B. Samples, Jr., Detroit MI)
Mrs. Mary W. Hart, Rockville MD
Mrs. Rosemary S. Morris, Augusta GA
1973-77
Mrs. Carolyn Howlett, Center Lovell ME
Rev. Richard A. Kellaway, New York NY
Mrs. Norma R. Poinsett, Chicago IL
Dr. Harry B. Scholefield, San Francisco CA (re-elected)
Miss Molly Monahan, Seattle WA
1975-79
Mary W. Hart, Rockville MD (re-elected)
Margaret Ann Link, Tallahassee FL
Rev. Peter S. Raible, Seattle WA
Jean Starr Williams, Chicago IL
(replaced by Rev. Dorothy Tilden Spoerl, Sanford ME)
1977-81
Dr. Milton G. Holmen, Hermosa Beach CA
Ms. Jeannette E. Hopkins, New York NY
Ms. Stephanie H.G. Lawson, Northfield MA
Mrs. Norma R. Poinsett, Chicago IL (re-elected)
Rev. John B. Wolf, Tulsa OK
1979-83
Harry S. Nachman, Chicago IL
Ms. Margaret Ann Link, Raleigh NC (re-elected)
Dr. Dalmas A. Taylor, Potomac MD
David N. Bortin, Walnut Creek CA
1981-85
Dr. Josiah R. Bartlett, Montclair NJ (later Berkeley CA)
Natalie W. Gulbrandsen, Wellesley Hills MA
Mary Ann B. Oakley, Atlanta GA
Bonnie H. Stauffacher, Ironton OH
Rev. John B. Wolf, Tulsa OK (re-elected)
1983-87
Helen Backhouse, Calgary AB
Dr. Jane A. Boyajian, Minnesapolis MN
Dr. Dalmas A. Taylor, Potomac MD (re-elected)
Rev. Mark D. Morrison-Reed, Rochester NY
1985-89
Rev. David G. Sammons, Walnut Creek CA
Rev. Josiah R. Bartlett, Ridgewood NJ
Ruth Miles Bruns, Rockville MD
OâFerrell V. Nelson, Memphis TN
Bonnie Stauffacher, Shorewood WI (later Charleston WV)
(later Bonnie Stauffacher Withers)
1987-91
Rev. Mark D. Morrison-Reed, Rochester NY (re-elected)
1987-93
Helen Backhouse, Calgary AB (re-elected)
Jerry Davidoff, Westport CT
Rev. James A. Hobart, Denver CO
1989-91
Rev. David G. Sammons, Walnut Creek CA (re-elected)
ÓFerrell V. Nelson, Memphis TN
1989-95
Ms. Florence Gelo, Philadelphia PA
Ms. Amy Kelly, San Francisco CA
Rev. Charles Howe, Hyattsville MD
1991-97
Rev. W. Frederick Wooden, Austin TX
Rev. Dianne Arakawa, Hingham MA
Ms. Deborah Roberts, Shreveport LA
1993-99
David Barus, New York NY
Rev. George K. Beach, Falls Church VA
Rev. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley, New York NY
1995-01
Gustave J. Rath, Evanston IL, later Costa Mesa, CA
Rev. Lisa Presley, Southfield MI
Arthur J. Ungar, Lafayette CA
1997-03
Rev. Roberta Finkelstein, Sterling VA
Janis Sabin Elliot, Portland OR
Charles B. Redd, Fort Wayne IN
1999-2005
Joyce T. Gilbert, Rochester NY
Rev. Earl K. Holt III, St. Louis MO, later Boston MA
Janice Marie Johnson, New York NY
James Casebolt, St. Clairsville OH
Mark Hamilton, Toronto ON
Rev. Linda Weaver Horton, Saskatoon SK, later West Vancouver BC
2003-2009
Rev. Orlanda Brugnola, Brooklyn NY
Rev. Manish Mishra, Boston MA, later St. Petersburg FL
Rev. Tom Owen-Towle, San Diego CA
2005-2011
Rev. Barbara Child, Gainesville FL, later Ann Arbor, MI
Jacqui C. Williams, Albany NY
Michael Ohlrogge, Okemos MI
Arthur Morrison, West Palm Beach FL resigned Jan. 2006
