Our Chapter’s History
The Philadelphia Metropolitan Chapter of the Appraisal Institute technically covers the City of Philadelphia and its four surrounding Pennsylvania counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware. However, some of our Chapter members live or work beyond this immediate region in the Lehigh Valley, the Susquehanna Valley, New Jersey, or Delaware.
Just as the Appraisal Institute was formed by the 1990 merger of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and the Society of Real Estate Appraisers, our Chapter came about with the merger of AIREA’s Chapter #9 and the Society’s Chapter #2.
Shown below are the presidents of these Philadelphia chapters since the beginnings of what is now the Appraisal Institute.
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers Chapter #9
1935-36 **Philip Kniskern, MAI | 1937-38 **R.J. Nash, MAI | 1940-41 **M.R. Massey, MAI |
1942-43 **R.J. Seltzer, MAI | 1944 **S.T. Hall, MAI | 1945 **J.W. Widing, MAI |
1946 **Glyndon Priestman, MAI | 1947 **Roland Rodrock Randall, MAI | 1948-49 **Freas B. Snyder, MAI |
1950 **C. Harris Colehower, MAI | 1951 **Oscar I. Stern, MAI | 1952 **Ambrose J. Winder, MAI |
1953 **Joseph Baile, MAI | 1954 **John P. Dolman, MAI | 1955 **Oscar B. Quintoo, MAI |
1956 Frederick H. Stafford, MAI | 1957 **Walter M. S. Buck, MAI | 1958-9 **Samuel Beck, MAI |
1958-9 **Samuel Beck, MAI | 1960 Walter H. Geary, Jr., MAI | 1961 **Jerome H. Mallon, MAI |
1962** Charles F. Seymour, MAI | 1963 George R. Bunting, MAI | 1964-65 Samuel C. Hanby, MAI |
1966 **Edward G. Zepp, MAI | 1967 **Robert W. Moore, MAI | 1968 **Frank D. Cox, II, MAI |
1969 Bart F. Brigidi, MAI | 1970 **Charles B. Patt, Jr., MAI | 1971 Roland L. Porreca, MAI |
1972 **James I. Donahue, MAI | 1973 Reaves C. Lukens, Jr., MAI | 1974** Miles M. Etter, MAI |
1975 Warren G. Bevan, Jr., MAI | 1976 John N. Fortner, MAI | 1977 John D. Bloodwell, MAI |
1978 H. Bruce Thompson, Jr., MAI | 1979 Robert W. Hall, MAI | 1980 **Felice A. Rocca, Jr., MAI |
1981 Elliott B. Sherwood, MAI | 1982 **William D. Pugliese, MAI | 1983 **Daniel A. Dinote, Jr., MAI |
1984 Joseph A. O’Donnell, MAI | 1985 Louis A. Iatarola, MAI | 1986 Frederick F. Buchholtz, MAI |
1987 Michael J. Lerario, Jr., MAI | 1988 **William J. Shea, MAI, RM | 1989 **James M. Toolan, MAI |
1990 **George D. Sinclair, MAI |
Society of Real Estate Appraisers Chapter #2
1935-37 **Louis A. Harrison | 1938 **August B. Schulte | 1939 **J. Solis-Cohen |
1940 **Carl Helmetag | 1941 **Charles Heyer | 1942 **Oscar B. Quinto |
1943 **Louis MacHale | 1944 **Oscar I. Stern | 1945 **William G. Benham |
1946 **Samuel T. Hall | 1947 **Maurice H. Matsinger | 1948 **George W. Beehler, Jr. |
1949 **Samuel Beck | 1950 **Edmund D’Ambrosio | 1951 **Alfred L. Haig |
1952 **Jerome H. Mallon | 1953 **Ambrose J. Winder | 1954 **Earle N. Barber |
1955 **Robert W. Plank | 1956 **John T. Dolde | 1957 **John W. Burkhart |
1958 **William A. Suter | 1959 **Edward A. Worthington | 1960 Willard Goeckler |
1961 **Ruben Pototsky | 1962 **Chester A. West | 1963 **James I. Donahue |
1964 Walter H. Geary, Jr. | 1965 Roland L. Porreca | 1966 **Leo Sommar |
1967 Arnold Goldsborough | 1968 **William D. Pugliese | 1969 John J. Deisher |
1970-71 **Felice A. Rocca, Jr. | 1971-72 I. Maximilian Martin | 1972-73 **Donald J. Reape |
1973-74 William H. Potterton, Jr. | 1974-75 **James M. Toolan | 1975-76 William T. Burke |
1976-77 **Paul W. Shoup | 1977-78 E. Paul Sandidge | 1978-79 Louis A. Iatarola |
1979-80 Valentino H. Pasquarella, Sr. | 1980-81 Allan P. Baumholtz | 1981-82 Anthony L. Salvitti |
1982-83 John J. Coyle, III | 1983-84 William P. Wentz, Jr. | 1984-85 **Henry A. Bissig |
1985-86 Joseph R. Benincasa, Jr. | 1986-87 **Daniel A. Dinote, Jr. | 1987-88 Irving A. Savits |
1988-89 Eugene P. Davey | 1989-90 Joel D. Kulick |
Appraisal Institute
1991 Joel D. Kulick, MAI | 1992 Gary V. Parker, MAI | 1993 Robert W. Moore, Jr., MAI |
1994 Valentino H. Pasquarella, Jr., SRA | 1995 Maureen Mastroieni, MAI | 1996 Paul J. Leis, MAI |
1997 Leonard J. Patcella, Jr., MAI | 1998 Frank J. Bruno, SRA | 1999 Lee L. Romm, MAI, SRA |
2000 Robert D. Wright, MAI | 2001 **John A. Egan, MAI, SRA | 2002 Eugene P. Davey, SRA |
2003 J. Brian O’Donnell, MAI | 2004 Albert R. Hughes, III, MAI | 2005 Eileen H. Lynn, MAI |
2006 **Andrew R. Haakenson, MAI | 2007 Dwaine Whitley, MAI | 2008 **Gerald B. McNamara, MAI |
2009 Michael A. Lagreca, MAI, AI-GRS | 2010 Richard F. Wolf, MAI | 2011 Michael Silverman, MAI |
2012 Louise Jeffers, SRA | 2013 Michael J. Acquaro-Mignogna, MAI, AI-GRS | 2014 John B. Ciminera, SRA |
2015 James Klementisz, Jr. MAI, SRA | 2016 Paul Quinn, MAI, AI-GRS | 2017 Reaves C. Lukens, III, MAI, SRA |
2018 Craig Gleason, MAI | 2019 Robert Lagreca, SRA | 2020 John Crognale, MAI |
2021 Bob Myers, MAI | 2022 Susanne M. Curran, MAI, AI-GRS | 2023 Tim Crann, SRA |
2024 Carlo Batts, MAI | 2025 Justin Gohn, MAI, SRA |