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The Grand Marshal is the highest elected office in RPI Student Government, serving as the leader and chief spokesperson for the Union. The GM presides over the Student Senate, the chief legislative and representative body of the Union. The GM has regular meetings with Institute officials and serves on a number of institute committees.
The current Grand Marshal can always be contacted at gm@rpi.edu
The current Grand Marshal is Kara Chesal '09.
The Grand Marshals
There have been 141 Grand Marshals in the history of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
| Years of Service
| Grand Marshal
| Graduation Year
|
| 1865-66
| Albert M. Harper
| 1867
|
| 1866-67
| Frank J. Hearne
| 1867
|
| 1867-68
| Virgil G. Bogue
| 1865
|
| 1868-69
| John Pierpoint
| 1869
|
| 1869-70
| Thomas O. Morris
| 1870
|
| 1870-71
| George C. MacGregor
| 1871
|
| 1871-72
| David Reeves
| 1872
|
| 1872-73
| Daniel A. Tompkins
| 1873
|
| 1873-74
| James N. Caldwell, Jr.
| 1874
|
| 1874-75
| William L. Fox
| 1875
|
| 1875-76
| Morris S. Verner
| 1876
|
| 1876-77
| Coddington Billings, Jr.
| 1877
|
| 1877-78
| George S. Davison
| 1878
|
| 1878-79
| Robert R. Bridgers
| 1879
|
| 1879-80
| Frederick S. Young
| 1880
|
| 1880-81
| Thomas D. Whistler
| 1881
|
| 1881-82
| Independence Grove
| 1882
|
| 1882-83
| Robert J. Pratt
| 1883
|
| 1883-84
| William A. Aycrigg
| 1884
|
| 1884-85
| Leverett S. Miller
| 1885
|
| 1885-86
| James E. Larrowe
| 1886
|
| 1886
| Edward B. Ashby
| 1886
|
| 1886-87
| Halsey B. Pomeroy
| 1887
|
| 1887-88
| James M. Africa
| 1888
|
| 1888-89
| Paul O. Herbert
| 1889
|
| 1889-90
| William Easby, Jr.
| 1890
|
| 1894-95
| Athol M. Miller
| 1895
|
| 1895-96
| Henry B. Voorhees
| 1896
|
| 1896-97
| Charles J. McDonough
| 1897
|
| 1897-98
| Thomas R. Lawson
| 1898
|
| 1898-99
| Gustave A. Keller
| 1899
|
| 1899-1900
| Parley L. Williams, Jr.
| 1900
|
| 1900-01
| James W. Davis
| 1901
|
| 1901-02
| William H. Young
| 1902
|
| 1902-03
| Edward W. Banker
| 1903
|
| 1903-04
| Homer G. Whitmore
| 1904
|
| 1904-05
| Cuyler W. Lush
| 1905
|
| 1905-06
| William S. Lozier
| 1906
|
| 1906-07
| Herman S. Chalfant
| 1907
|
| 1907-08
| Horace W. Rinearson
| 1908
|
| 1908-09
| Robert A. Searle
| 1909
|
| 1909-10
| Carl W. Schedler, Jr.
| 1910
|
| 1910-11
| James T. Ganson
| 1911
|
| 1911-12
| Frank B. Watkins
| 1912
|
| 1912-13
| Edward D. P. Gross
| 1913
|
| 1913-14
| Philip C. Rummel, Jr.
| 1914
|
| 1914-15
| Glenn W. Tisdale
| 1915
|
|
| Years of Service
| Grand Marshal
| Graduation Year
|
| 1915-16
| John H. Howard
| 1916
|
| 1916-17
| Walter L. Johnson, Jr.
| 1917
|
| 1917-18
| Harry F. Parrott
| 1918
|
| 1918-19
| Newell L. Nussbaumer
| 1919
|
| 1919-20
| John Van N. Richards
| 1920
|
| 1920-21
| John S. Thompson
| 1920
|
| 1921-22
| Neal D. Howard
| 1922
|
| 1922-23
| Gardner S. Staunton
| 1923
|
| 1923-24
| William M. Stilwell, Jr.
| 1924
|
| 1924-25
| George V. Robbins
| 1925
|
| 1925-26
| H. Fuller Stearns
| 1926
|
| 1926-27
| Marvin H. Anderson
| 1927
|
| 1927-28
| James M. Robbins
| 1928
|
| 1928-29
| Bernard F. Wade
| 1929
|
| 1929-30
| Edward P. Kennedy
| 1930
|
| 1930-31
| Richard E. Warren
| 1931
|
| 1931-32
| Meredith H. Thompson
| 1932
|
| 1932-33
| Howard H. Disbrow
| 1933
|
| 1933-34
| Carl H. Wunnenberg
| 1934
|
| 1934-35
| J. Russell Schwarting
| 1935
|
| 1935-36
| Walter F. Powers, Jr.
| 1936
|
| 1936-37
| Richard V. Anderson
| 1937
|
| 1937-38
| King Ward
| 1938
|
| 1938-39
| Eustace P. Hetzel
| 1939
|
| 1939-40
| Henry T. Moeckel
| 1940
|
| 1940-41
| Frank J. Sherry
| 1941
|
| 1941-42
| William L. Hawks
| 1942
|
| 1942
| Allen R. Stokke
| 1943
|
| 1942-43
| Jack V. Richards
| 1944
|
| 1943-44
| William D. Peace
| 1945
|
| 1945-46
| Frank P. Waters
| 1947
|
| 1946-47
| Richard L. McLaughlin
| 1948
|
| 1947-48
| Ronald F. Ball
| 1949
|
| 1948-49
| Daymon E. Jordan
| 1950
|
| 1949-50
| Gerald S. Ellsworth
| 1950
|
| 1950-51
| Gibson W. Smith
| 1951
|
| 1951-52
| William F. Payne
| 1952
|
| 1952-53
| Geraldo O. Penna
| 1953
|
| 1953-54
| Glenn O. Brown
| 1954
|
| 1954-55
| Robert W. Fox
| 1955
|
| 1955-56
| Larry O. Edwards
| 1956
|
| 1956-57
| David R. Murphy
| 1957
|
| 1957-58
| James F. Morgan
| 1958
|
| 1958-59
| David E. Lord
| 1959
|
| 1959-60
| William J. Murdoch, Jr.
| 1960
|
| 1960-61
| J. Gregory Crozier
| 1961
|
| 1961-62
| Gary B. Garofalo
| 1962
|
|
| Years of Service
| Grand Marshal
| Graduation Year
|
| 1962-63
| Michael D. Spear
| 1963
|
| 1963-64
| Gordon N. McIntosh
| 1964
|
| 1964-65
| Charles H. Harper
| 1965
|
| 1965-66
| Dolf H. Beil
| 1966
|
| 1966-67
| Kenneth A. Ullman
| 1967
|
| 1967-68
| Alan P. Hald
| 1968
|
| 1968-69
| Zachary I. Levine
| 1969
|
| 1969-70
| W. Scott Staruch
| 1970
|
| 1970-71
| Mark P. Rice
| 1971
|
| 1971-72
| Thomas J. Engellenner
| 1972
|
| 1972-73
| Robert J. Koch
| 1973
|
| 1973-74
| Ross B. Gingrich
| 1973
|
| 1974-75
| Donald Michael Stull
| 1976
|
| 1975-76
| Gordon E. Michaels
| 1975
|
| 1976-77
| Ira S. Tackel
| 1976
|
| 1977-78
| Mark R. Feinstein
| 1977
|
| 1978-79
| John A. Malitoris
| 1978
|
| 1979-80
| Paul J. Kowalczyk
| 1980
|
| 1980-81
| William P. Duggan
| 1980
|
| 1981-82
| Peter Traversy
| 1983
|
| 1982
| Jeffry A. Langan
| 1982
|
| 1982-83
| James E. LaPosta
| 1980
|
| 1983-84
| Mary P. Garrity
| 1983
|
| 1984-85
| Richard E. Glassberg
| 1985
|
| 1985-86
| John H. Cerveny
| 1986
|
| 1986-87
| Catherine Ekstrand
| 1985
|
| 1987-88
| Douglas K. MacKechnie
| 1987
|
| 1988-89
| David A. Sovie
| 1989
|
| 1989-90
| Eric M. Lambiaso
| 1990
|
| 1990-91
| David W. O'Connor
| 1991
|
| 1991-92
| Mark N. Fellenz
| 1991
|
| 1992-93
| William A. Wheeler
| 1994
|
| 1993-94
| Kristen Delvental
| 1994
|
| 1994-95
| Sonny Jandial
| 1995
|
| 1995-96
| Greg Waters
| 1997
|
| 1996-97
| Kristen Trout
| 1997
|
| 1997-98
| Mamani Datta
| 1998
|
| 1998-99
| Erica Kulesza
| 1999
|
| 1999-2000
| Eric Schmidt
| 2001
|
| 2000-01
| Joseph Greco
| 2001
|
| 2001-02
| Gil Valadez
| 2002
|
| 2002-03
| Christopher Mather
| 2003
|
| 2003-04
| Michael Borzumate
| 2004
|
| 2004-05
| Michael J. Dillon
| 2005
|
| 2005-06
| Max Yates
| 2006
|
| 2006-07
| Carlos Perea
| 2008
|
| 2007-08
| Julia Leusner
| 2008
|
| 2008-09
| Kara Chesal
| 2009
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