Chapter History and Past Presidents

Yesterday and Today

On April 15, 1970, the Southern Connecticut Chapter received recognition of its charter from our national organization, which was known, at the time, as ASPA (The American Society for Personnel Administration). ASPA was founded in 1948 by a group of just 28 individuals, and we became its 133rd chapter represented by 45 local area Personnel members. (Today, SHRM has over 490 affiliated chapters!)

Our early officers and members were associated with such companies as Barnes Engineering Company; Standard Packaging Corporation, Nash Engineering Company, Glyco Chemicals, Inc., Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Hewitt-Robins, Inc., Xerox Corporation, Warnaco, Liggett Drug, Pepperidge Farm, Citizens Utilities, and Clairol, Inc. to name a few.

Our first Chapter President, Edward Tarczali, Director of Personnel, Barnes Engineering, indicated there was “a need to bring professional resources in the fields of personnel administration and industrial relations together, particularly considering the increasing number of major U.S. firms locating their corporate headquarters to the Southern Connecticut area.

The chapter focused on “improving the competence of personnel and industrial relations administrators to raise the standards of performance in all phases of personnel and industrial relations.”

While we, as a profession, have changed our name from Personnel to Human Resources, we have also expanded our roles and impact on business and industry. No longer are we just focused on “personnel and industrial relations administration.” Today, we are management partners of vital businesses across all industries, domestically and internationally.

We have grown as business has grown. We are global. The Society of Human Resource Management, nationally and locally, has been there to support this dynamic growth.

 

Kimberly Boskello 2018-
Mitch Podob 2016-2017
Susan Blazer 2014-2015
Randall Chase, SPHR 2012-2013	Don Wells 1997	Richard John 1988	John Dosso 1979
Jennifer Moran Araujo, SPHR 2010-2011	Darrell Bradford 1996	Edward L. Skarren 1987	Gerald Hyde 1978
Margaret Judge 2008-2009	Lou Porter 1995	Dolores McCallion 1986	Raymond Busch 1977
Michele T Beccarelli, SPHR, SHRM-SCP 2006-2007	John J. Gurecki 1994	Ambrose R. Frascino 1985	Richard Sabatini 1976
Maureen Mackey 2004-2005	Sim Bernstein 1993	Lyle Kishbaugh 1984	Peter Sage 1974-1975
Kathy Engstrom 2002-2003	David Humphrey 1992	Donald G. Duncan 1983	Peyton Morris, Jr. 1974
Rick Spann 2001	No Record 1991	Craig Bonnet 1982	James Rosecrans 1973
Sherry Perley 2000-1999	John L. Ungvary 1990	Russell Melita 1981	Bradley Gandrup 1972
Barbara Rittner –John Carroll 1998	Martin J. Dunleavy 1989	Michael Staples 1980	Richard Lindstrom 1971
Edward Tarczali   Founder, 1970

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

-Emerson