Chief Radio Operator / Club Presidents
1861 The Detroit Observatory Franz Brunnow
1897 Department of Physics R. D. Parker, George Patterson, Karl Guthe & Augustus Trowbridge
1899 Department of Physics George W. Wuerfel
1913 8XA Experimental License Granted
1913 8XA Benjamin. N. Burglund
1914 8XA Dudley A. Nichols (8IM)
1915 8XA Felix J. Watts
1916 8XA Felix J. Watts
1917 WWI War imposed inactive
1918 WWI War imposed inactive
1919 W8AXZ UNKNOWN
1920 W8AXZ Franklin Johnston
1921 W8AXZ Franklin Johnston
1922 W8AXZ Franklin Johnston
1923 W8AXZ UNKNOWN
1924 W8AXZ UNKNOWN
1925 W8AXZ Franklin Johnson
1926 W8AXZ Robert Swain
1927 W8AXZ Fred W.Albertson, W8DOE
1928 W8AXZ Ellis B. Merry, W8KI
1929 W8AXZ Walter Nelson
1930 W8AXZ Fred C. Everett, W8AEZ
1931 W8AXZ Fred Albertson, W8DOE
1932 W8AXZ C. W. Adams, W8AOS
1933 W8AXZ Elton Wenzel, W8BJP
1934 W8AXZ Benjamin (Ben) Bailey
1935 W8AXZ Benjamin (Ben) Bailey
1936 W8AXZ Robert Austin, W8DVB
1937 W8AXZ Albert Stroherer
1938 W8AXZ Kenneth Levin, W8OMI
1939 W8AXZ Roden Rogers, W8EPC
1940 W8AXZ Richard K. Brown, W8GSZ
1941 World War II Club Inactive
1942 World War II Club Inactive
1943 World War II Club Inactive
1944 World War II Club Inactive
1945 World War II Club Inactive
1946 W8ZUP Frank Abrams, KL7BV
1946 W8ZSQ Ward Cornelius
1947 W8ZUP Donald Perkins, W8WZA
1947 W8ZSQ Bruce Weinert
1948 W8ZUP Fred Dupslaff, W8DCN
1948 W8ZSQ Corky Eberwein
1949 W8ZSQ Bruce Weinert
1950 W8ZSQ Keith Heiss
1951 W8ZSQ Robert Wimmer
1952 W8ZSQ Leonard Holder
1953 Korean War Club Inactive
1954 W8PGW Marshall Batt, W8FBV
1955 W8ZSQ George Jones
1955 W8PGW Barry MacRae
1956 W8PGW Bruce Bevelheimer
1957 Inactive UNKNOWN
1958 Inactive UNKNOWN
1959 Inactive UNKNOWN
1960 Inactive UNKNOWN
1961 Inactive UNKNOWN
1962 Inactive UNKNOWN
1964 K8TIG Tom Russell
1965 K8TIG William (Bill) Myers
1966 W8UM Thomas Russell
1967 W8UM Steve Culp, K8QKY
1968 W8UM Gary Chatters, WA9ZZZ
1969 W8UM UNKNOWN
1970 W8UM UNKNOWN
1970 W8PGW James Henderson
1971 W8UM Patrick Barkley, N9RV
1972 W8UM James Kraemer, WB8OSN
1973 W8UM Lawrence Koziel, K8MU
1974 W8UM Jim Tedescu, N8JT (WB8EIC)
1975 W8UM Patrick Barkey, WA8YVR / N9RV
1976 W8UM UNKNOWN
1977 W8UM David Turner
1978 W8UM Frederick Bartolomei (aka Fred Bart)
1979 W8UM John Ackerman, N8UR
1980 W8UM John Ackerman, N8UR
1981 W8UM Mark Travaglini, WD8DPA
1982 W8UM Mark Travaglini, WD8DPA
1983 W8UM Gordon Good, KC8ES
1984 W8UM Al Plant, KM8I
1985 W8UM Steve Sponseller, 8DKJ
1986 W8UM Steve Sponseller, N8DKJ
1987 W8UM E. Joe Tillo II, WD8DDX
1988 W8UM UNKNOWN
1989 W8UM UNKNOWN
1990 W8UM UNKNOWN
1991 W8UM UNKNOWN
1992 W8UM UNKNOWN
1993 W8UM Greg DeMaggio
1994 W8UM Greg DeMaggio
1995 W8UM Adam Thodey
1996 W8UM UNKNOWN
1997 W8UM UNKNOWN
1998 W8UM UNKNOWN
1999 W8UM UNKNOWN
2000 W8UM UNKNOWN
2001 W8UM UNKNOWN
2002 W8UM Chris Galbraith, W1XG
2003 W8UM Richard French, KD8APA
2004 W8UM Jonathan Suen, KG6K
2005 W8UM Lora Schulwitz, KC8UDG
2006 W8UM Rex Brown, KC8ZSA
2007 W8UM Rex Brown, KC8ZSA
2008 W8UM Rex Brown, KC8ZSA
2009 W8UM Jonathan White, KE7GNW
2010 W8UM Justin Paupore, KD8PHY
2011 W8UM Justin Paupore, KD8PHY
2012 W8UM Chunpeng Wang, BG6CCQ / KD8MLS
2013 W8UM Jameson Eisele, KD8PIJ
2014 W8UM Jameson Eisele, KD8PIJ
2015 W8UM Justin Paupore, AC8PK
2016 W8UM Stuart Carlson, W8SRC
2017 W8UM Kit Ng, N9KIT
2018 W8UM Kit Ng, N9KIT & Rachel Norris, KD0QYA
2019 W8UM Kit Ng, N9KIT
2020 W8UM Michael Fluegemann, KE8AQW
2021 W8UM Kimberly Zwolshen, KE8QKU
2022 W8UM Kimberly Zwolshen, KE8QKU
2023 W8UM Maggie Li, KI5YMO
2024 W8UM Maggie Li, KI5YMO
2025 W8UM Peter Crary, N1PWC
2026 W8UM Andrew Cummings, KF8CHZ