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Idaho FFA Past National Officers

Idaho has sent ten of its finest FFA members to the national level for service as a National FFA Officer.

  • Harry Welhousen, 1929-1930 Western Region Vice President from Twin Falls (no photo in National FFA Archives)
  • Leonard Arrington, 1934-1935 Western Region Vice President from Twin Falls
  • Marvin Jagels, 1942-1943 1st Vice President from Buhl (elevated to National FFA President when Harold Gum resigned to join the military in WWII)
  • Lynn Loosli, 1955-1966 Western Region Vice President from North Fremont
  • Vernon France, 1962-1963 Secretary from Gooding
  • Larry Craig, 1965-1966 Western Region Vice President from Midvale
  • Zane Hanson, 1972-1973 Western Region Vice President from Snake River
  • Jeff Isom, 1988-1989 Western Region Vice President from Fruitland
  • Casey Isom, 1989-1990 Western Region Vice President from Fruitland
  • Seth Pratt, 2011-2012 Western Region Vice President from Blackfoot

1934-1935

1934 -1935

William D. Boutwell, Editor, Office of Education; W. T. Spanton, National FFA Advisor; Dr. J. C. Wright, Assistant US Commissioner for Vocational Education; Homer Anderson, Editor, American Farm Youth; George Myers, VP Pennsylvania; Jacques Waller, Secretary, Florida; John Reisz, VP Kentucky; Andrew Sundstrom, President, South Dakota; Leonard Arrington, VP Idaho (Not Pictured: C. A. Duplantis, Jr., VP, Louisiana)

1942-1943

1942 - 1943

David Walker, VP, Virginia; Norman A. Martin, VP, Maine; Marvin Jagels, President, Idaho; George Stelter, VP, New Mexico; Verl Hendrix, Secretary, Nevada (Not Pictured: Roy Dee Meyer, VP, Montana and Willard Visek, VP, Nebraska)

1955-1956

1955 - 1956

Dale Ring, VP Ohio; Lynn Loosli, VP Idaho; Allen Colebank, VP, West Virginia; Daniel Dunham, President, Oregon; Terrell Benton Jr., Secretary, Georgia; Lennie Gamage, VP, Virginia

1962-1963

1962 - 1963

Kenny McMillian, President, Illinois; Vern France, Secretary, Idaho; Duane Leach, VP, Minnesota; Jerry Diefenderfer, VP, California; Larry Whittington, VP, North Carolina; Richard A. Mottolo, VP, Massachusetts

1965-1966

1965 - 1966

Norman Gay, VP, Georgia; Larry Craig, VP, Idaho; William M. Kelly, Jr., VP, New Hampshire; James Stizlein, VP, Ohio; Howard Williams, President, North Carolina; Joseph B. Detrixhe, Secretary, Kansas

1972-1973

1972 - 1973

Zane Hanson, VP, Idaho; Robert Hinton, VP, Florida; Dwight Seegmiller, President, Iowa; Jerry Goolsby, Secretary, Oklahoma; Bruce Earth, VP, New York; Tim Daugherty, VP, Missouri

1988-1989

1988 - 1989

Jeff Isom, VP, Idaho; Dana Soukup, President, Nebraska; Jeff Johnson, Secretary, Florida; Warren Boerger, VP, Ohio; Brad Chambliss, VP, Kentucky; Jaye Hamby, VP, Tennessee

1989-1990

1989 - 1990

Dan Schroer, VP, Ohio; William Hendricksen, VP, Iowa; Casey Isom, VP, Idaho; Brad Lewis, VP, Alabama; Donnell Brown, President, Texas; Scott Crouch, Secretary, Indiana

11-12

2011-2012

Alicia Hodnik, VP, Wisconsin; Kenneth Quick, VP, New York; Seth Pratt, VP, Idaho; Cain Thurmond, VP, Georgia; Ryan Best, President, New Mexico; Jason Troendle, Secretary, Minnesota

  
All photos courtesy of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Special Collections and Archives of the National FFA Organization. Photos are not for use or reproduction without written consent from IUPUI University Library Special Collections.