William John Currie (First Bangor) 1939 James Haire (Assembly's College, Belfast) 1940 James Barkley Woodburn (Fitzroy) 1941 W. A. Watson (Belfast) 1942 Wilson Moreland Kennedy (First Derry) 1943 Phineas McKee (Downshire Road, Newry) 1944 Andrew Gibson (Trinity, Cork) 1945 Robert Corkey (Assembly's College, Belfast) 1946 Thomas Byers (Ormond Quay & Scots, Dublin) 1947 Robert Boyd (Belfast) 1948 Alfred William Neill (First Armagh) 1949 Gordon Douglas Erskine (Rosemary, Belfast) 1950 Joseph Hugh Rush Gibson O.B.E., M.A. (Clerk of the General Assembly) 1951 Hugh McIlroy B.A. (Ryans) 1952 John Knox Leslie McKean M.A. (First Comber) 1953 James Ernest Davey M.A. (Assembly's College, Belfast) 1954 John Knowles B.A. (Tullylish) 1955 James Carlile Breakey B.A. (Fortwilliam Park, Belfast) 1956 Thomas McCurdy Barker M.A. (Donegal) 1957 Robert John Wilson M.A. (Assembly's College, Belfast) 1958 William McAdam M.A. (First Newry) 1959 Thomas Alexander Byers Smyth B.A. (Rathgar, Dublin) 1960 Austin Alfred Fulton M.A., PhD (Assembly's Foreign Mission) 1961 William Alexander Albert Park M.A. (Ballygilbert, Bangor) 1962 John Higginson Davey B.A. (Missionary to India) 1963 William Alexander Montgomery M.A. (Strand, Londonderry) 1964 James Dunlop M.A. (Oldpark, Belfast) 1965 Samuel James Park M.A. (Dún Laoghaire) 1966 Alfred Martin M.A. (Lowe Memorial, Finaghy) 1967 William Boyd M.A. (First Lisburn) 1968 John Herbert Withers B.A. (Fisherwick, Belfast) 1969 John Talbot Carson B.A. (Trinity, Bangor) 1970 James Loughridge Mitchell Haire M.A., M.Th. (Assembly's College, Belfast) 1971 Frederick Rupert Gibson B.A. (Superintendent of The Irish Mission) 1972 Robert Victor Alexander Lynas O.B.E., B.A., B.D.(Gardenmore, Larne) 1973 John Whiteford Orr B.A. (Bloomfield, Belfast) 1974 George Temple Lundie M.A., LL.B. (First Armagh) 1975 George Frederick Hampton Wynne B.A. (Great James Street, Londonderry) Died one month in office and Temple Lundie retook the job for the year. 1976 Andrew John Weir MSc (Clerk of the General Assembly) 1977 Thomas Algeo Patterson B.A. (Portaferry) 1978 David Burke B.A. (Hamilton Road, Bangor) 1979 William Magee Craig M.A., B.D. (First Portadown) 1980 Ronald Gavin Craig B.A. (First Carrickfergus) 1981 John Girvan B.A. (Hill Street, Lurgan) 1982 Eric Paul Gardner B.A. (First Ballymena) 1983 Thomas John Simpson M.A., LL.B., Dip.Ed., D.Litt. (Clerk of General Assembly) 1984 Howard Cromie M.A., B.D. (Railway Street, Lisburn) 1985 Robert Dickinson M.A., B.D., PhD, Th.D. (Tobermore and Draperstown) 1986 John Thompson B.A., B.D., PhD (Union Theological College, Belfast) 1987 William Fleming B.A. (Abbot's Cross, Belfast) 1988 Andrew William Godfrey Brown B.A., B.D., PhD, Litt.D. (Ballycastle) 1989 James Alexander Matthews B.A., B.D. (First Lurgan) 1990