Watkinson Library Trustees
CURRENT WATKINSON LIBRARY TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
Dr. Barbara M. Benedict
Dr. William R. Bronson
Ms. Alice M. DeLana
Ms. Barbara F. Donahue
Mr. Jack Enders, ‘92
Ms. Nancy D. Grover
Mr. James B. Lyon
Mr. Hugh Macgill
Mr. John William Pye, ‘70
Mr. Robert H. Smith, Jr.
Mr. Henry M. Zachs, ‘56
Honorary Members
Mr. Donald B. Engley
Mr. James F. English, Jr., HON. L.H.D. ‘89
Dr. Richard Scheuch
Ex Officio
President of Trinity College – Dr. James F. Jones, Jr.
President, Hartford Public Library Board – Ms. Geraldine Sullivan
President, Connecticut Historical Society Board – Mr. James C. Williams
President, Wadsworth Atheneum Board – Ms. Susan Rottner
Governor, State of Connecticut – Governor M. Jodi Rell
Mayor, City of Hartford – The Honorable Eddie A. Perez, ‘96
Secretary/Treasurer
Trinity College Librarian – Dr. Richard S. Ross
TRUSTEE APPOINTMENT HISTORY
William R. Bronson, 1985 –
George H. Gilman, Jr., 1979-1985
Wilmarth S. Lewis, 1941-1979
Charles P. Cooley, 1924-1940
Henry Ferguson, 1900-1906
Alice M. DeLana, 1985 –
Melancthon W. Jacobus, 1967-1984
Donald B. Engley, 1960-1967
Arthur Adams, 1937-1960
Melancthon W. Jacobus, 1906-1937
Jacob L. Greene, 1886-1906
George M. Bartholemew, 1858-1886
Barbara F. Donahue, 1992 –
John C. Parsons, 1939-1992
Francis Parsons, 1917-1937
James Goodwin, 1897-1917
Nathaniel Shipman, 1876-1897
Collins Stone, 1867-1897
Robert Watkinson, 1858-1867
Vacant, 2004 –
Donald B. Engley, 1967 – 2004
James L. Goodwin, 1953-1967
Charles A. Goodwin, 1923-1952
Francis Goodwin, 1876-1923
James Dixon, 1858-1876
Vacant 2009 -
James F. English, Jr., 1997 – 2009
Thomas Archibald, 1970-1997
Ostrom Enders, 1967-1970
Francis W. Cole, 1946-1966
Warren S. Archibald, 1927-1946
Henry S. Robinson, 1902-1927
Rowland Swift, 1868-1902
John William Pye, 1999 –
Charles J. Cole, 1976-1998
H. Bacon Collamore, 1948-1976
Henry A. Perkins, 1920-1948
Samuel P. Avery, 1918-1920
Austin C. Dunham, 1876-1918
George Brinley, 1858-1875
Nancy D. Grover, 1990 –
G. Keith Funston, 1970-1990
Lyman B. Brainerd, 1953-1969
Morgan B. Brainard, 1920-1952
Theodore Lyman, 1883-1920
James C. Jackson, 1868-1883
Alfred Smith, 1858-1868
James B. Lyon, 1990 –
Herman W. Liebert, 1969-1990
James T. Babb, 1946-1968
William R.C. Corson, 1900-1946
Charles D. Warner, 1897-1900
J. Hammond Trumbull, 1889-1897
Ebenezer K. Hunt, 1868-1889
Alfred Gill, 1858-1868
Hugh Macgill, 1992 –
John M. K. Davis, 1974-1992
Bernard Knollenberg, 1960-1973
Lawrence A. Howard, 1947-1960
Edward M. Day, 1924-1947
Samuel O. Prentice, 1917-1924
James L. Goodwin, 1897-1917
Roland Mather, 1862-1897
William L. Storrs, 1858-1862
Barbara M. Benedict, 2008 –
Henry A. DePhillips, 1999-2008
Michael R. T. Mahoney, 1985-1999
Norton Downs, 1980-1985
Sherman C. Parker, 1975-1980
Jerome P. Webster, 1954-1974
Edgar F. Waterman, 1936-1952
Mayor of Hartford, 1883-1936
James B. Hosmer, 1858-1882
Henry M. Zachs, 2005 –
Hugh S. Campbell, 1977-2000
Allerton C. Hickmott, 1954-1977
James Lee Loomis, 1935-1952
Archibald A. Welch, 1918-1935
James B. Cone, 1886-1918
Edward B. Watkinson, 1858-1884
Ostrom “Jack” Enders II, 2009 –
Richard Scheuch, 1990 – 2004
Ostrom Enders, 1970-1990
Karl W. Hallden, 1953-1970
Earle E. Dimon, 1939-1952
Spencer T. Mitchell, 1931-1939
Richard M. Potter, 1927-1931
Charles H. Clark, 1883-1927
Ezra Clark, 1858-1868
Robert H. Smith, Jr., 1987 –
Lucius F. Robinson, Jr., 1941-1987
Lucius F. Robinson, 1890-1941
William R. Cone, 1858-1890
Ex Officio
President of Trinity College
President, Hartford Public Library Board
President, Connecticut Historical Society Board
President, Wadsworth Atheneum Board
Governor, State of Connecticut
Mayor, City of Hartford
Secretary/Treasurer
Trinity College Librarian
