New England Weavers' Seminar: History
NEWS Presidents
1955 – Mae D. Aldritch
1957 – Mae D. Aldritch
1959 – Mae D. Aldritch
1961 – Lillian Hunter
1963 – Lillian Hunter
1965 – Helen Skirm
1967 – Molly Houle
1969 – Mrs. Laurence Davenport
1971 – Mrs. Laurence Davenport
1973 – Dorothy Burton
1975 – Helen Barrett
1977 – Mary Yusko
1979 – Harriet Mitiguy
1981 – Patricia Lyster
1983 – Norma Smayda
1985 – Mary Ellen Goodband
1987 – Rachael Emmons
1989 – Nancy Britton
1991 – Betty Atwood
1993 – Martha Pappas
1995 – Win Shaw,
then Diana Frost
1997 – Susan Rockwell
1999 – Denise Hixon
2001 – Barbara Herbster
2003 – Jayne Flanagan
2005 – Lisa Green and
Kathleen Grant
2007 – Fran Curran and
Darcy Topper
2009 – Marjie Thompson
2011 – Kathi Spangler
2013 – Ruth Ward
2015 – Sue Turner
2017 – Mary Roche
2019 – Christine House
2021 - Liz Zocchi
2023 - Liz Zocchi
NEWS Locations
1955 – 1989 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1991 – 1993 Waterville Valley Conference Center, NH
1995 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1997 – 1999 Bryant College, Smithfield, RI
2001 – 2005 Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
2007 – 2019 Smith College, Northampton, MA
2021 on-line only due to COVID pandemic
2023 - Worcester State University, Worcester, MA
In 1995 Diana Frost updated a 1955-1973 history written by Creighton Stanwood. That document is available as a PDF here: