OPMA Past Presidents

1946 H. L. Steckel*

1947 William Pippard*

1948 Harry Studier*
1949 Herman Militzer*
1950 Arthur Davis*
1951 Plummer E. Diehl*
1952 Harry L. Myers*
1953 Bernard C. Scherzinger*
1954 H. B. McGahan*
1955 Waldo Auspurger*
1956 Emest A.Villiers*
1957 Joe Mooney*
1958 Dale A. Belknap*
1959 Herman E. Flanagan*
1960 James King*
1961 James V. Benschoter*
1962 James V. Shoaf*
1963 Luther Amrine*
1964 John J. Kuhl*
1965 Richard J. Schroeder*
1966 James R. Fisher*
1967 Robert C. Yeager*
1968 Herb Fisher*
1969 Frank Meister*
1970 Paul Sorell*
1971 Bettie Portwood*
1972 John R. Patton*
1973 William L. Kirchner*
1974 Lawrence A. Zimmer*
1975 George E. Ross*
1976 Orlando M. Alonso*
1977 Edward Scherzinger*
1978 Lowell Christman*
1979 John G. Breen
1980 Dean E. Hahn*
1981 Robert Caldwell
1982 John Goldman*
1983 John J. Gedeon, Jr.
1984 Lonnie Alonso
1985 Steve Belknap
1986 John S. Patton*
1987 Steve Wells*
1988 Carl Cline *
1989 Earl Atwood*
1990 Charles Kettler
1991 Steve Scherzinger
1992 Randy E. Dodds
1993 Michael Grace
1994 John Livingston
1995 Ronald Belknap
1996 John R. Moran
1997 William Gall
1998 William Gall
1999 Ward Freeman
2000 Ward Freeman
2001 Robert A. Marquette
2002 Robert A. Marquette
2003 Robert Geltz
2004 Robert Geltz
2005 Terry Perrine
2006 Terry Perrine
2007 Scott Steckel
2008 Scott Steckel
2009 William P. Kirchner
2010 Andrew Christman
2011 Jeff Teague
2012 Hank Althaus
2013 Brian Beining
2014 Gerald Moore
2015 Gerald Moore
2016 Brian Alonso
2017 Brian Alonso
2018 Kurt Scherzinger
2019 Kurt Scherzinger
2020 Molly Patton Marsh
2021 Molly Patton Marsh
2022 Molly Patton Marsh
2023 William "BJ" Gall
2024 William "BJ" Gall

2025 Anthony "AJ" Alonso

*Deceased

OPMA Past President's Scholarship Fund Application

College scholarship awards will again be awarded in 2027. These awards will be granted to qualified students that meet the conditions of eligibility below. Since the Fund’s establishment, more than $100,000 has been awarded. These scholarships will be used toward tuition only.

We encourage you to pass this along to all your employees as they and their family members are eligible for this great opportunity!

Conditions of Eligibility:

• Student must be an owner, an immediate family member, employee, son or daughter of an employee, or employee’s spouse of an OPMA member firm.
• The university or college of the student's choice must be located in the United States of America. Student must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8. Transcripts are required for verification.
• Student must be a full-time student of the university or college of choice.
• Student must be ineligible for the OPMA Ohio State University Scholarship.
• Student cannot be a previous recipient of the OPMA Past Presidents Scholarship.

College scholarship awards will be granted to qualified students who meet the eligibility criteria.

Applications will open in late 2026 and will be accepted through February 28, 2027.