B.A.A. Presidents and Race Directors
Year President
1887–1891................Robert F. Clark
1891–1896................Henry Parkman
1896–1898................John Oakes Shaw, Jr.
1898–1900................Lawrence Tucker
1900–1903................Frederick W. Smith
1903–1915................George B. Morison
1915–1919................A. Paul Keith (died 1919)
1919–1920................Edward E. Babb
1920–1927................Henry G. Lapham
1927–1929................George W. Wightman
1929–1931................Alanson L. Daniels
1931–1935................Irving F. Marshall
1935–1936................William F. Garcelon
1936–1941................Clarence A. Barnes
1941–1964................Walter A. Brown
1964–1982................William T. Cloney
1982–1985................Thomas J. Brown
1985–1990................Francis L. Swift
1990–1994................Thomas W. Whelton
1994–2000................Frank B. Porter, Jr.
2000–2003................Dr. John V. Coyle
2003–2010................Thomas S. Grilk
2011–present.............Joann E. Flaminio
Year B.A.A. Executive Director
2001–2010..................Guy L. Morse III*
2011–present...............Thomas S. Grilk
Year Race Director
1947–1982................William T. Cloney
1983–1984................Timothy Kilduff
1985–2000................Guy L. Morse III
2001–present.............David McGillivray
Prior to 1947, coordination of the marathon was “by committee”
with no race director having been formally designated.
*Current B.A.A. Senior Director of External Affairs