PA Convention History

Year	PA President	Convention City	Location	Country	Dates	Program Chair	Invited (banquet) speaker
1958	Robert A. McConnell	Durham, N. C.	Duke University	USA	Sep 4-6	Margaret Anderson	Gardner Murphy
1959	Gertrude R. Schmeidler	New York, N. Y.	Henry Hudson Hotel	USA	Sep. 7-9	Karlis Osis	R. H. Thouless
1960	J. Gaither Pratt	New York, N. Y.	Henry Hudson Hotel	USA	Sep. 8-10	Gardner Murphy	J.G. Pratt
1961	Karlis Osis	New York, N. Y.	Henry Hudson Hotel	USA	Sep. 7-9	Gertrude Schmeidler/ Karlis Osis	Michael Scriven
1962	Margaret Anderson	Durham, N. C.	Jack Tar Durham Hotel	USA	Sep. 6-8	R. A. McConnell	J.B. Rhine
1963	Carroll B. Nash	New York, N. Y.	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 5-7	W.G. Roll/R. Van De Castle	G.E. Hutchinson
1964	William G. Roll	Oxford	Christ Church, Oxford University	England	Sep. 4-6	J.G. Pratt/G. Zorab	John Beloff
1965	Ramakrishna Rao	New York, NY	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 9-11	Gertrude Schmeidler	Louise E. W.Rhine
1966	Montague Ullman	New York	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 8-10	Rhea A. White	Jule Eisenbud
1967	E. Douglas Dean	New York	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 7-9	Stanley Krippner	Walter Houston Clark
1968	Ian Stevenson	Freiburg	University of Freiburg	Germany	Sep. 5-7	Hans Bender/Ian Stevenson	(Ian Stevenson, presidential address at banquet)
1969	Hans Bender	New York	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 4-6	Laura A. Dale	John C. Lilly
1970	Robert Van de Castle	New York	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 10-12	Gertrude Schmeidler	Barbara Brown
1971	Gertrude Schmeidler	Durham, N. C.	Durham Hotel and Motel	USA	Sep. 9-11	Robert L. Morris	Robert Rosenthal
1972	John Beloff	Edinburgh	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Sep. 2-5	John Beloff	Arthur Koestler
1973	Rex Stanford	Charlottesville, Va	University of Virginia	USA	Sep. 6-8	Rex Stanford	Charles T. Tart
1974	Robert L. Morris	Jamaica, NY	St. John´s University	USA	Aug. 22-24	Edward F. Kelly	Gary E. Schwartz
1975	Charles Honorton	Santa Barbara	University of California	USA	Aug. 21-23	Helmut Schmidt	Willis W. Harman
1976	Martin Johnson	Utrecht	University of Utrecht	Holland	Aug. 18-21	Martin Johnson	Sir John Eccles
1977	Charles T. Tart	Washington DC	American University	USA	Aug. 10-13	William Braud	Roland Fischer
1978	Ramakrishna Rao	St. Louis	Washington University	USA	Aug. 8-12	Ramakrishna Rao	Theodore X. Barber
1979	John Palmer	Moraga CA	St. Mary´s College	USA	Aug. 15-18	John Palmer	Karl H. Pribram
1980	Ian Stevenson	Reykjavik	University of Iceland	Iceland	Aug. 13-16	John Beloff	Brian Inglis
1981	Irvin Child	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse University	USA	Aug. 19-22	John Beloff / R. Morris	Huston Smith
1982	John Beloff	Cambridge	Trinity College	England	Aug. 16-21	John Beloff	Hans J. Eysenck
1983	Stanley Krippner	Madison, NJ	Fairleigh Dickinson University	USA	Aug. 9-13	Richard Broughton	Thomas Budzynki
1984	Rhea A. White	Dallas, TX	Southern Methodist University	USA	Aug. 6-10	Jerry Solvin	Steve M. Rosen/Mark D. Jordan
1985	Robert L. Morris	Medford, Mass.	Tufts University	USA	Aug. 12-16	Dean Radin	Daryl Bem
1986	Debra H. Weiner	Rohnert Park, CA	Sonoma State University	USA	Aug. 5-9	Roger D. Nelson	Stephen LaBerge
1987	Richard S. Broughton	Edinburgh	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Aug. 4-8	Robert L. Morris	Norman Dixon
1988	Dean Radin	Montreal	Queen Elizabeth Hotel	Canada	Aug. 17-21	Rick E. Berger	Senator Claiborne Pell
1989	Hoyt Edge	San Diego	Town and Country Hotel	USA	Aug. 18-20	John Palmer	Michael Crichton
1990	Ramakrishna Rao	Chevy Chase, Maryland	Nartional 4-H Center	USA	Aug. 16-20	Gertrude R. Schmeidler	R.A. McConnell / G.R. Schmeidler
1991	Steven E. Braude	Heidelberg	Stadthalle	Germany	Aug. 8-11	Deborah L. Delanoy	Jerome Frank
1992	John Palmer	Las Vegas	Hacienda Hotel	USA	Aug. 9-13	Emily Williams Cook	Jeanne Achterberg
1993	Dean Radin	Toronto	Westbury Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel	Canada	Aug. 15-19	Marilyn Schlitz	Bruce Pomerantz
1994	Deborah L. Delanoy	Amsterdam	University of Amsterdam	Holland	Aug. 7-10	Adrian Parker	Ervin Laszlo
1995	Carlos Alvarado	Durham, N. C.	Omni Durham Hotel	USA	Aug. 5-8	Nancy L. Zingrone	Sally Goerner, Sally R. Feather
1996	Richard S. Broughton	San Diego CA	Handlery Hotel and Resort	USA	Aug. 17-20	Edwin C. May	Colin Ross
1997	Edwin C. May	Brighton	The Old Ship Hotel	England	Aug. 7-10	Richard Wiseman	Eva Banyai
1998	Dean Radin	Halifax	Holiday Inn Select	Canada	Aug 6-9	Chris A. Roe	Sherry Sub Cohen
1999	Dean Radin	Palo Alto CA	Stanford University	USA	Aug. 4-8	Kathy S. Dalton	Jean Bolen
2000	Marilyn Schlitz	Freiburg	Kolpinghaus	Germany	Aug. 17-20	Fiona Steinkamp	Dick Bierman/James Spottiswood
2001	Nancy L. Zingrone	New York	Metropolitan Hotel	USA	Aug. 2-4	Carlos Alvarado	Lisa Schwebel
2002	Mario Varvoglis	Paris	Terrass Hotel	France	Aug. 5-8	Caroline Watt	Isabelle Stengers
2003	Carlos Alvarado	Vancouver	Metropolitan Hotel	BC, Canada	Aug. 2-4	Stuart Wilson	Antonia Mills
2004	Nancy Zingrone	Vienna	University of Vienna	Austria	Aug 5-8	Stefan Schmidt	Lynne McTaggart
2005	Caroline Watt	Petaluma, CA	Institute of Noetic Sciences	USA	Aug 11-15	Louie Savva	Loyd Auerbach
2006	Dean Radin	Stockholm	Hasselbacken Hotel	Sweden	Aug 4-6	Christine Simmonds
2007	Rex Stanford	Halifax	Holiday Inn Select	Canada	Aug 2-5	John Palmer	Daryl Bem
2008	Roger Nelson	Winchester	University of Winchester	England	Aug 13-17	Simon Sherwood	Max Velmans
2009	Etzel Cardeña	Seattle, WA	University of Washington	USA	Aug 6-9	John Palmer