Last Thursday, 26 past presidents of the Jacksonville Bar Association (as well as current president, Alan Pickert) gathered at the River Club for a luncheon. The Jacksonville Bar has been around since 1887 and the first president was Duncan U. Fletcher, for whom the middle and high school at the beach is named. The following is a list of all the Bar presidents in attendance and the year they served as president:
1956-57, Delbridge Gibbs
1959-60, David W. Foerster
1960-61, George C. Young
1962-63, Mark Hulsey Jr.
1969-70, James E. Cobb
1972-73, James C. Rinaman Jr.
1975-76, James F. Moseley Sr.
1978-79, Victor M. Halbach Jr.
1979-80, Edward H. White
1980-81, Joseph P. Milton
1982-83, A. Hamilton Cooke
1987-88, Grier Wells
1988-89, J. W. Prichard Jr.
1989-90, Michael J. Dewberry
1990-91, Harold L. Catlin
1991-92, William D. Brinton
1992-93, Karen K. Cole
1993-94, Waddell A. Wallace III
1994-95, Henry M. Coxe
1995-96, Marc M. Mayo
1996-97, Jeptha Barbour
1997-98, Robert Yerkes
2000-01, Michael Prendergast
2001-02, Thomas M. Beverly
2002-03, William L. Joel
2003-04, James F. Moseley Jr.
2004-05, Reginald Luster
2005-present, Alan Pickert