The Classical Association of the Middle West and South was founded in 1905 as the first regional classical organization in the USA. It immediately began publication of The Classical Journal, which became only the second classical journal (excluding annuals) in the country. Twenty-two states belonged at the beginning; there are now thirty-two states and three Canadian provinces. The Association is much the largest of all regional groups; membership is open to anyone with classical interests, regardless of place of residence.
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South. The First Eighty Years by Herbert Benario (Greenville, S.C.: CAMWS, 1989) is available here in pdf format. An update covering the ninth decade appeared in CJ 91 (1995-96) 309-17 and is available here electronically. A history of the years 1990-2004, entitled "The Last Score of Years," by Herbert W. Benario, appears in the program for the Centennial meeting (2004).
A list of CAMWS Presidents is available here.
A list of CAMWS Secretary-Treasurers is available here.
A list of CAMWS Orators is available here.
A necrology of CAMWS members is available here.
CAMWS Presidents
| William G. Manly | 1905-06 | University of Missouri |
| Moses S. Slaughter | 1906-07 | University of Wisconsin |
| Edward Capps | 1907-08 | University of Chicago |
| Arthur T. Walker | 1908-09 | University of Kansas |
| Frederick C. Eastman | 1909-10 | University of Iowa |
| Benjamin L. D'Ooge | 1910-11 | Michigan State Normal College |
| Walter Miller | 1911-12 | Tulane University |
| Grove E. Barber | 1912-13 | University of Nebraska |
| Theodore C. Burgess | 1913-14 | Bradley Polytechnic Institute |
| James H. Kirkland | 1914-15 | Vanderbilt University |
| Herbert J. Barton | 1915-16 | University of Illinois |
| John A. Scott | 1916-17 | Northwestern University |
| Charles A. Smiley | 1917-18 | Grinnell College |
| Campbell Bonner | 1918-19 | University of Michigan |
| Gordon J. Laing | 1919-20 | University of Chicago |
| Robert B. Steele | 1920-21 | Vanderbilt University |
| Charles H. Weller | 1921-22 | University of Iowa |
| Louis E. Lord | 1922-23 | Oberlin College |
| Berthold L. Ullman | 1923-24 | University of Iowa |
| Alexander L. Bondurant | 1924-25 | University of Mississippi |
| Frank J. Miller | 1925-26 | University of Chicago |
| Selatie E. Stout | 1926-27 | Indiana University |
| Charles E. Little | 1927-28 | Peabody College for Teachers |
| Robert J. Bonner | 1928-29 | University of Chicago |
| William J. Battle | 1929-30 | University of Texas |
| Omera F. (Floyd) Long | 1930-31 | Northwestern University |
| Lillian Gay Berry | 1931-32 | ndiana University |
| Roy C. Flickinger | 1932-33 | University of Iowa |
| Gustave A. Harrer | 1933-34 | University of North Carolina |
| Frederick W. Shipley | 1934-35 | Washington University |
| Victor D. Hill | 1935-36 | Ohio University |
| Charles C. Mierow | 1936-37 | Carleton College |
| Hubert M. Poteat | 1937-38 | Wake Forest College |
| Norman W. DeWitt | 1938-39 | University of Toronto |
| Alfred P. Dorjahn | 1939-40 | Northwestern University |
| Gertrude Smith | 1940-41 | University of Chicago |
| Edward K. Turner | 1941-42 | Emory University |
| Fred S. Dunham | 1942-43 | University of Michigan |
| Clyde Pharr | 1943-44 | Vanderbilt University |
| Walter R. Agard | 1944-45 | University of Wisconsin |
| Eugene Tavenner | 1945-46 | Washington University |
| Clyde Murley | 1946-47 | Northwestern University |
| Dorrance S. White | 1947-48 | University of Iowa |
| A. Pelzer Wagener | 1948-49 | College of William and Mary |
| Mary V. Bragington | 1949-50 | Rockford College |
| Clarence A. Forbes | 1950-51 | Ohio State University |
| William C. Korfmacher | 1951-52 | St. Louis University |
| Russel M. Geer | 1952-53 | Tulane University |
| William E. Gwatkin | 1953-54 | University of Missouri |
| Arthur H. Moser | 1954-55 | University of Tennessee |
| Gerald Else | 1955-56 | University of Iowa |
| Norman J. DeWitt | 1956-57 | Universityof Minnesota |
| Harry J. Leon | 1957-58 | University of Texas |
| Oscar E. Nybakken | 1958-59 | University of Iowa |
| Graydon W. Regenos | 1959-60 | Tulane University |
| John N. Hough | 1960-61 | University of Colorado |
| Bert H. Narveson | 1961-62 | St. Olaf College |
| Chauncey E. Finch | 1962-63 | St. Louis University |
| Phillip H. De Lacy | 1963-64 | Northwestern University |
| Norman T. Pratt | 1964-65 | Indiana University |
| Henry C. Montgomery | 1965-66 | Miami University |
| William H. Willis | 1966-67 | Duke University |
| Francis L. Newton | 1967-68 | Duke University |
| Roger A. Hornsby | 1968-69 | University of Iowa |
| Paul L. MacKendrick | 1969-70 | University of Wisconsin |
| Arthur F. Stocker | 1970-71 | University of Virginia |
| Herbert W. Benario | 1971-72 | Emory University |
| Alexander G. McKay | 1972-73 | McMaster University |
| Paul R. Murphy | 1973-74 | Ohio University |
| James W. Alexander | 1974-75 | University of Georgia |
| Kenneth J. Reckford | 1975-76 | University of North Carolina |
| Laura V. Sumner | 1976-77 | Mary Washington College |
| Charles L. Babcock | 1977-78 | Ohio State University |
| Lynette Thompson | 1978-79 | Florida State University |
| Harry C. Rutledge | 1979-80 | University of Tennessee |
| G. Karl Galinsky | 1980-81 | University of Texas |
| Mark P. O. Morford | 1981-82 | Ohio State University |
| Anna Lydia Motto | 1982-83 | University of South Florida |
| Susan Ford Wiltshire | 1983-84 | Vanderbilt University |
| Eleanor G. Huzar | 1984-85 | Michigan State University |
| Gareth L. Schmeling | 1985-86 | University of Florida |
| Theodore A. Tarkow | 1986-87 | University of Missouri |
| Ernst A. Fredricksmeyer | 1987-88 | University of Colorado |
| Ward W. Briggs | 1988-89 | University of South Carolina |
| David F. Bright | 1989-90, First Half | Emory University |
| Michael Gagarin | 1989-90, Second Half | University of Texas Austin |
| Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr. | 1990-91 | Louisiana State University |
| Joy K. King | 1991-92 | University of Colorado |
| Karelisa V. Hartigan | 1992-93 | University of Florida |
| Roy E. Lindahl | 1993-94, First Half | Furman University |
| Kathryn A. Thomas Kathryn A. Thomas |
1993-94, Second Half 1994-95 |
Creighton University Creighton University |
| William H. Race | 1995-96 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Helena Dettmer | 1996-97 | University of Iowa |
| John F. Hall | 1997-98 | Brigham Young University |
| James M. May | 1998-99 | St. Olaf College |
| John F. Miller | 1999-00 | University of Virginia |
| Christopher P. Craig | 2000-01 | University of Tennessee |
| James S. Ruebel | 2001-02 | Ball State University |
| Niall W. Slater | 2002-03 | Emory University |
| Jenny Strauss Clay | 2003-04 | University of Virginia |
| Jeffrey L. Buller | 2004-05 | Mary Baldwin College |
| Susan D. Martin | 2005-06 | University of Tennessee |
| Marilyn B. Skinner | 2006-07 | University of Arizona |
| Gregory N. Daugherty | 2007-08 | Randolph-Macon College |
| Robert W. Ulery, Jr. | 2008-09 | Wake Forest University |
| Michele Valerie Ronnick | 2009-10 | Wayne State University |
| David W. Tandy | 2010-11 | University of Tennessee |
| Julia D. Hejduk | 2011-12 | Baylor University |
| Peter E. Knox | 2012-13 | University of Colorado |
| Monica S. Cyrino | 2013-14 | University of New Mexico |
| Ruth Scodel | 2014-15 | University of Michigan |
| Antony Augoustakis | 2015-16 | University of Illinois |
| Alden Smith | 2016-17 | Baylor University |
| Laura McClure | 2017-18 | University of Wisconsin |
| Andrew Faulkner | 2018-19 | University of Waterloo |
| Anne H. Groton | 2019-20 | St. Olaf College |
| David Schenker | 2020-21 | University of Missouri |
| Hunter Gardner | 2021-22 | University of South Carolina |
CAMWS Secretary-Treasurers
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Benjamin L. D'Ooge, Michigan State Normal College, 1905-08 Theodore C. Burgess, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 1908-11 Herbert J. Barton, University of Illinois, 1911-15 Louis E. Lord, Oberlin College, 1915-20 Rollin H. Tanner, Denison University, 1920-23 Wilbert L. Carr, Oberlin College; later, University of Michigan, 1923-30 John O. Lofberg, Oberlin College, 1930-32 Fred S. Dunham, University of Michigan, 1932-42 Norman J. DeWitt, Washington University, 1942-45 William C. Korfmacher, St. Louis University, 1945-51 John N. Hough, University of Colorado, 1951-59 Paul R. Murphy, Ohio University, 1959-69 Galen O. Rowe, University of Pittsburgh and University of Iowa, 1969-71 Robert A. Tucker, University of Georgia, 1971-73 W. W. de Grummond, Florida State University, 1973-75 Gareth L. Schmeling, University of Florida, 1975-81 Roy E. Lindahl, Jr., Furman University, 1981-1990 John F. Hall, Brigham Young University, 1990-1996 Gregory Daugherty, Randolph Macon College, 1995-2004 Anne H. Groton, St. Olaf College, 2004-12 Thomas J. Sienkewicz, Monmouth College, 2012-2020 T. Davina McClain, Northwestern State University 2020-present |