About Us

The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) began organizing in 1948 to create and foster greater interest in the teaching of mathematics at all grade levels. A small group of 90 interested mathematics teachers met in 1949 at the University of Illinois to determine the structure for a state mathematics association.

Presidents of ICTM

R.A. (Reuben) Baumgartner	1948-49
Helen Schneider	1949-50		Jerry Cummins	1979-80
C.N. Mills	1950-51		Phares O'Daffer	1980-81
Eugene Hellmich	1951-52		Shirley Przybylski	1981-82
Henry Swain	1952-53		Terry Popp	1982-83
Mildred Cole	1953-54		Paul Trafton	1983-84
Frank Allen	1954-55		John McConnell	1984-85
Glenn H. Ayre	1955-56		Paula Filliman	1985-86
Clarence Fugua	1956-57		Cathy Cook	1986-87
Donna Norton Holroyd	1957-58		Sandra Spalt-Fulte	1987-88
LeRoy Sachs	1958-59		Marvin Doubet	1988-89
Mary Louise Fisher	1959-60		Katherine Pedersen	1989-90
Francis Brown	1960-61		Dennis Filliman	1990-91
Jane Jaeger	1961-62		Linda Bailey	1991-92
Joseph Stipanowich	1962-63		Cheryl Hawker	1992-93
Houston Kirk	1963-64		John Hester	1993-94
Alice Hart	1964-65		Randy Pippen	1994-95
Charles Schulz	1965-66		Steven Viktora	1995-96
(Alphonso) DiPietro	1966-67		Richard Wyllie	1996-97
James Ulrich	1967-68		Sandra Dawson	1997-98
Jerry A. Shryock	1968-69		RB Thompson	1998-99
Delphine Dupee	1969-70		Mary Modene	1999-01
Richard Crumley	1970-71		Sue Pippen	2001-03
Ruth Anderson	1971-72		Robert Urbain	2003-05
John Schumaker	1972-73		Jackie Cox	2005-07
Donald R. Herrick	1973-74		Karen Holly	2007-09
Anne Griffin	1974-75		Fern Tribbey	2009-11
George Grisham	1975-76		Don Porzio	2011-13
Alan Foster	1976-77		Robert Mann	2013-15
Irene Jinks Norman Young	1977-78 1978-79		George Reese Jackie Murawska Annie Forest Adam Poetzel Craig Cullen Jeremy Babel	2015-17 2017-19 2019-21 2021-23 2023-25 2025-27

Photo of past presidents taken at the Annual Conference on 10/7/23 in celebration of ICTM's 75th anniversary! Pictured from left to right: Steve Viktora, Linda Bailey, RB Thompson, Randy Pippen, Bob Mann, Sue Pippen, Craig Cullen, Annie Forest, Jackie Murawska, Adam Poetzel.