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MIA Annual Convention Locations and Presiding Officer
(Annual Conventions since 1944)

  • 2008 — Las Vegas, Nevada — Jim Hogan, Carrara Marble Company of America, Inc., City of Industry, CA
  • 2007 — Las Vegas, Nevada — Jack Seiders, Architectural Granite & Marble, Inc., Austin, TX
  • 2006 — Las Vegas, Nevada — Ken Krebs, OHM International, Nashville, TN
  • 2005 — Las Vegas, Nevada — Scott C. Lardner, Rocky Mountain Stone Company, New Mexico
  • 2004 — Los Angeles, California — Paul Vigna, Artisan Tile & Marble of New Jersey, New Jersey
  • 2003 — Atlanta, Georgia — Richard Booms, Booms Stone Company, Michigan
  • 2002 — Baltimore, Maryland — Robert Stasswender, Southwest Marble & Granite Works, Texas
  • 2001 — Fort Lauderdale, Florida — Monica Gawet, Tennessee Marble Co., Tennessee
  • 2000 — Kansas City, Missouri — Maurizio Favretto, Ancor Granite Tile, Canada
  • 1999 — Atlanta, Georgia — Joe Kapcheck, J. Kapcheck & Co., Illinois
  • 1998 — New Orleans, Louisiana — Barbara Cohen, Domestic Marble & Granite, New York
  • 1997 — Denver, Colorado — Margaret Panzera, Ciot Imports, Canada
  • 1996 — Atlanta, Georgia — Terry O'Neill, Columbia Marble, Pennsylvania
  • 1995 — Long Beach, California — Bradley Sweeney, Sweeney Marble & Granite, New York
  • 1994 — Cincinnati, Ohio — Willard Vetter, Vetter Stone, Minnesota
  • 1993 — Washington, D.C. — Barksdale Jones III, Imperial Black Marble, Tennessee
  • 1992 — Seattle, Washington — Bernard Polak, Denver Marble Co., Colorado
  • 1991 — Quebec, Canada — Robert J. Zavagno, Sr., Cleveland Marble, Mosaic Company, Ohio
  • 1990 — San Francisco, California — Louie Carnevale, Carnevale & Lohr, Inc., California
  • 1989 — New Orleans, Louisiana — E.W. Richardson, Vermont Marble Company, Vermont
  • 1988 — Fort Worth, Texas — Ronald A. Busse, Busse Marble Company, Texas
  • 1987 — San Diego, California — John F. Hardtke, Jr., Hilgartner, Natural Stone Co., Inc., Maryland
  • 1986 — Orlando, Florida — Jeffrey Matthews, Marvin L. Walker & Associates, Georgia
  • 1985 — Phoenix, Arizona — Malcolm S. Cohen, Domestic Marble & Stone Corp., New York
  • 1984 — Charleston, South Carolina — Ronald DeHeer, Bueher Concrete Co., Utah
  • 1983 — Palm Springs, California — Claude Ledgerwood, The Marble Shop, Inc., Tennessee
  • 1982 — Calloway Gardens, Georgia — B.W. Capp, Wolverine Marble Company, Michigan
  • 1981 — San Antonio, Texas — John J. Craig, Jr., John J. Craig Company, Tennessee
  • 1980 — Woodstock, Vermont — Roscoe Wilkins, Moretti-Harrah Marble Co., Alabama
  • 1979 — Washington, D.C. — Stanley Capp, Wolverine Marble Company, Michigan
  • 1978 — Hilton Head Island, South Carolina — V.P. Miotto, Miotto Terrazzo & Tile, Inc., Florida
  • 1977 — New Orleans, Louisiana, John J. Craig, Sr., John J. Craig Company, Tennessee
  • 1976 — Knoxville, Tennessee — F. Denton White, Jr., Drake Marble Company, Minnesota
  • 1975 — Toronto, Canada — L. Pelligrini, Connolly Contractors, Ltd., Canada
  • 1974 — Downingtown, Pennsylvania, N.A. Hunter, Hilgartner Natural Stone Co., Inc., Maryland
  • 1973 — Colorado Springs, Colorado, Richard Locarni, Locarni Marble Co., Missouri
  • 1972 — Acapulco, Mexico — Bill B. McHarg, McHarg Marble Company, Texas
  • 1971 — Sea Island, Georgia — Sam Menlowe, Atlas Tile & Marble Works Inc., New York
  • 1970 — Las Vegas, Nevada — F. Denton White, Jr., Drake Marble Company, Minnesota
  • 1969 — Altanta, Georgia — E.E. Potter, Cartbage Marble Corp., Missouri
  • 1968 — St. Louis, Missouri — John Y. Mills, Southwest Onyx & Marble Company, California
  • 1967 — Manchester, Vermont — Frank A. Scolaro, Frank Scolaro Marble Co., Tennessee
  • 1966 — Detroit, Michigan — J.B. Jones, Jr., Imperial Black Marble Co., Tennessee
  • 1965 — Colorado Springs, Colorado — T.E. Taylor, Carthage Marble Corp., Missouri
  • 1964 — Knoxville, Tennessee — R.S. Spicer, Vermont Marble Company, Vermont
  • 1963 — Washington, D.C. — L.H. Cohen, Domestic Marble & Stone Corp., New York
  • 1962 — Joplin, Missouri — B.A. Capp, Wolverine Marble Company, Michigan
  • 1961 — Pebble Beach, California — S. Kenan Manson, The Stone Center, Inc., Louisiana
  • 1960 — New York, New York — A.T. Howe, Vermont Marble Company, Vermont
  • 1959 — Atlanta, Georgia — J.W. Dent, Georgia Marble Company, Georgia
  • 1958 — Sea Island, Georgia — F.J. Plimpton, Vermont Marble Company, Vermont
  • 1957 & 1956 — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Los Angeles, California - Chester A. Smith, Chester A. Smith, Inc., Ohio
  • 1955 — Basin Harbor, Vermont — M.S. Brown, T.H. Winston Company, Ohio
  • 1954 — Chicago, Illinois — J.F. Sanders, Gray Knox Marble Co., Tennessee
  • 1953 — Edgewater Park, Mississippi — W.V. McGowan, John F. McGowan Marble Co., New York
  • 1952 — Sun Valley, Idaho — C.A. King, King & Company, Inc., Louisiana
  • 1951 — Gatlinburg, Tennessee — A.A. Landi, Landi Marble Corporation, Missouri
  • 1950 — Atlantic City, New Jersey — Roy E. Mayes, Carthage Marble Company, Missouri
  • 1949 — Colorado Springs, Colorado — C.V. Stafford, Tennessee Marble Company, Tennessee
  • 1948 — Atlanta, Georgia — G.W. Oehmcke, Milwaukee Marble Company, Wisconsin
  • 1947 — Carthage, Missouri — W.W. Gethell, Northwestern Marble Company, Minnesota
  • 1946 & 1945 — Rutland, Vermont — Columbus, Ohio - B.A. Colonna, Colonna & Company, Inc., New York
  • 1944 — Cincinnati, Ohio(Organizational Meeting)


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