History

Students, faculty and staff have been reading news and opinion in the Andersonian since 1947. Editors, typefaces, formats and paper stocks have changed over the years, but the Andersonian has remained an important part of campus life.

To learn more about how the Andersonian came into being and what it was like in its early years, read this interview with Dr. Kenneth Hall, the newspaper’s founding editor.

Here is a complete list of the Andersonian’s editors-in-chief (or, in some years, co-editors) from 1947 to the present:

1946-47: Kenneth Hall
1947-48: Kenneth Hall
1948-49: John Bouseman, James Fair
1949-50: James Fair
1950-51: Billy Joe Thomas
1951-52: Cathy Bailey
1952-53: Iona Blevins
1953-54: Richard Lau
1954-55: Ray Price
1955-56: Ned Russells, Jan Phillips
1957-58: Garry Hornback
1958-59: Joyce Weaver
1959-60: Joyce Weaver, Ray Brennan
1960-61: Ray Brennan
1961-62: Ray Brennan
1962-63: Roger Hatch
1963-64: Roger Hatch
1964-65: Roger Hatch
1965-66: Bruce Reinhardt
1966-67: Bruce Reinhardt
1967-68: Carl Kramer
1968-69: J. Philip Wallace
1969-70: Keith Byerman
1970-71: Joe Allison
1971-72: Cherie Baril
1972-73: Tim Bagwell
1973-74: Wayne Schaffter, Kay Watts
1974-75: Steve Elliott
1975-76: Diane Noe, George Wolfe, Doug Hall
1976-77: George Wolfe
1977-78: Mike Linville, Cheryl Brown
1978-79: Cheryl Brown
1979-80: Richard Winford, Gary Doyens
1980-81: Nick Gerlich
1981-82: Mary Mitchell
1982-83: Steve Beverly
1983-84: Lanette Wilferd, Kristi Stone
1984-85: David Madole, Beth Fortune, Gary Wollenhaupt
1985-86: Scott Underwood, Stan Morris
1986-87: Bridget Bidwell
1987-88: Christy Newsom, Anthony Surratt
1988-89: Allen Hurst
1989-90: Gina Chapman, Justine Albright
1990-91: Cynthia Edwards
1991-92: Kimberly Kardos
1992-93: Ross Knecht, Jenny Earhart, Charity Traylor
1993-94: Ross Knecht, Leah Nichols
1994-95: Brenda Bryan, Ty Gerig
1995-96: Leah Schwarz
1996-97: Alison Turner
1997-98: Kyle Minor, Katherine Paschal, Rachel Eichenberger
1998-99: Allison Perrett, Kaylana Halm
1999-00: Valerie Snider, Adam Barone
2000-01: Heather Schwartz, Katherine Paschal
2001-02: Bethany Warner
2002-03: Rebecca Moses, Travis McSherley
2003-04: Tyler Clark, Maryann Koopman
2004-05: Lindsay Thompson
2005-06: Mandy Mowers, Chris Wolfgang
2006-07: Kayley Frank
2007-08: Kayla Dunkman
2008-09: Dave Melton
2009-10: Tarah Novak, Stacy Wood
2010-11: Cassie Croslow, Tiffany Fry
2011-12: Michael Haynes, Andrea Whitacre
2012-13: Michael Haynes
2013-14: Tyler Dague, Marisa Vogel
2014-15: Tyler Dague, Megan DeBruyn, Jacob Holmes
2015-16: Megan DeBruyn, Faith Middleton, Beth Stark
2016-17: Nikki Edrington, Faith Middleton, Beth Stark
2017-18: Nikki Edrington
2018-19: Nikki Edrington, Amalia Arms
2019-20: Amalia Arms, Jacey Crawford
2020-21: Jacey Crawford
2021-22: Gillian Lintz, Samantha Huber
2022-23: Rebekah Hisle
2023-24: Rebekah Hisle, Abigail Goldman
2024-25: Abigail Goldman
2025-26: Abigail Jeyakaran