ASUA Timeline


 

1913-19701970-2026
1913-1914       Edgar Goyette
1914-1915       Frank Culin
1915-1916       Albert Condron
1916-1917       Frank McClure
1917-1918       Charles Renaud
1918-1919       Clarence P. Wilson 
1919-1920       Wilson Wood 
1920-1921       Thomas Marlar
1921-1922       Thomas Wallace
1922-1923       Robert Nugent
1923-1924       George Hill
1924-1925       Jack Duerson
1925-1926       John “Buttons” Salmon
1925-1926       Robert Wilkerson
1926-1927       Curtis Benjamin
1926-1927       Harvey Lee Moore
1927-1928       Lawson V. Smith 
1928-1929       William Truman 
1929-1930       Don Striegel
1930-1931       F.W. Boyd Allen
1931-1932       Kelly Nemeck
1932-1933       John Boyd
1933-1934       Frank B. Losee 
1934-1935       William D. “Ducky” Clark 
1935-1936       Louis Simondi
1936-1937       Elmer Vickers
1937-1938       Lee Lowery
1938-1939       Al Wichtrich
1939-1940       John McPherson
1940-1941       Carl Berra
1941-1942       William Daily
1942-1943       Jack L. Ogg
1943-1944       Dan Frost
1943-1944       Edith White Hales
1944-1945       Bob Corron
1945-1946       Peter M. Mosier
1946-1947       Harold Goodman
1947-1948       Morris “Mo” Udall 
1948-1949       Merrill Windsor 
1949-1950       Fred David Snyder
1950-1951       Don Butler
1951-1952       Douglas John Ward
1952-1953       Bill Kemmeries
1953-1954       Jerry Young
1954-1955       Bob Beam
1955-1956       Douglas S. Holsclaw, Jr.
1956-1957       George W. Drach
1957-1958       Jack Redhair
1958-1959       Thomas J. McIntosh
1959-1960       Daniel L. Shafton 
1960-1961       Larry Betts
1961-1962       Robert M. Reade
1962-1963       Donald McGarth II
1963-1964       Peter G. Dunn
1964-1965       Warren S. Rustand
1965-1966       William Ridenour
1966-1967       Harry Bonsall, Jr.
1967-1968       Rafael E. Arvizu, Jr.
1968-1969       Steven Malkin
1969-1970       Mark Ginsberg
1970-1971       Bruce J. Eggers
1971-1972       Randy Tufts
1972-1973       John McKinney
1973-1974       Bryna Vertlieb Zehngut
1974-1975       Ken Sobel
1975-1976       Dave Hameroff
1976-1977       Pat Mitchell
1977-1978       Mark Webb
1978-1979       Doug Ehrenkranz
1979-1980       Flip May
1980-1981       Ron St. John
1981-1982       Richard Garcia 
1982-1983       Pat Duffy
1983-1984       Michael Proctor
1984-1985       Eric Stevenson
1985-1986       John Heigl
1986-1987       Erin McBryde
1987-1988       Ruben Carranza
1988-1989       Craig Stender
1989-1990       Dean Fink
1990-1991       Thad Avery
1991-1992       Lee Knight
1992-1993       Danny Sicilaino
1993-1994       Derek Lewis
1994-1995       Anthony “T.J.” Trujillo
1995-1996       Benjamin W. Driggs
1996-1997       Rhonda T.L. Wilson
1997-1998       Gilbert Q. Davidson
1998-1999       Tara S. Taylor
1999-2000       Francisco V. Aguilar
2000-2001       Benjamin W. Graff
2001-2002       Ray Quintero
2002-2003       Douglas Hartz
2003-2004       J.P. Benedict
2004-2005       Alistair Jon Chapman
2005-2005       Cade Bernsen (May - December 2005)
2006-2006       Erin Hertzog (Interim Spring 2006)
2007-2008       Tommy Bruce
2008-2009       Tommy Bruce
2009-2010       Christopher Nagata
2010-2011        Emily Fritze
2011-2012        James Allen
2012-2013        Katy Murray
2013-2014        Morgan Abraham 
2014-2015        Issac Ortega
2015-2016        Manuel Felix
2016-2017        Michael Finnegan
2017-2018        Matthew Lubisich
2018-2019        Natalynn Masters
2019-2020        Sydney Hess
2020-2021        Tara Singleton
2021-2022        Noah Vega 
2022-2023        Patrick Robles
2023-2024        Alyssa Sanchez
2024-2025        Adriana Grijalva
2025-2026        Adriana Grijalva

ASUA Timeline

1925: John "Buttons" Salmon was the student body president and varsity quarterback who famously coined the phrase "bear down". 

1938: Student government members participate in the annual homecoming parade, which ASUA still continues to do today. 

1943: Edith White Hales was the first female student body president to be elected at the U of A. The school was facing the realities of World War II, and she led a student population where women outnumbered men three to one.  

1948: Morris "Mo" Udall was an ASUA president who went on to become Arizona's Congressman from District 2 for 30 years, from 1961-1991. 

1968: Students fought to change school policy, something ASUA members are still passionate about today. 

1969: Students campaign for student body positions on campus. 

1974: Randy Tufts, pictured on the right, was the former ASUA president who discovered Karchner Caverns with a friend. Tufts kept the caves a secret for 14 years, until he knew they would be kept safe by the Parks Service. 

1974: Spring Fling, now the largest student run carnival in the nation, began in the mid seventies at the U of A

1981: ASUA Safe Ride originally opened on March 9, 1981 with a budget of $1,000.

1984: Actor Greg Kinnear, who has appeared in flims such as Little Miss Sunshine and As Good as it Gets was an ASUA Senator from 1984-1985.

1985: Students in ASUA buried a time capsule near Old Main at this time, to be opened by ASUA members in 2085. 

2002: Zona Zoo, recently voted the best student section in the nation, was founded.