Past Winners
of the
Atlanta Open Orthographic Meet
(aka Spelling Bee)
All Committee members noted below
1 1971 J. Richard (Dick) Price
2 1972 Billie Brown
3 1973 William O. Cain, Jr.
4 1974 Kenneth G. Levin
5 1975 John Peek
6 1976 Martha Ann Deadmore
7 1977 Patti Wallace
8 1978 Anne Weber
9 1979 Bill Farmer
10 1980 Patti Wallace
11 1981 H. Eugene Brown (Committee Chair Emeritus)
12 1982 H. Eugene Brown
13 1983 H. Eugene Brown
14 1984 William R. Scarborough
15 1985 Karen Peterson
16 1986 Dyna Rucktashel Kohler (Committee Member)
17 1987 Steve Dornseif
18 1988 Ann Snell Harris
19 1989 Betsy Parrish
20 1990 Ed Martin (Committee Member)
21 1991 Ed Martin
22 1992 Karen Peterson (Committee Member)
23 1993 Drew Downey
24 1994 Ann Snell Harris
25 1995 Terrill Soules (Committee Member)
26 1996 Terrill Soules
27 1997 Terrill Soules
28 1998 Beatie Divine (Committee Member)
29 1999 Karen Peterson
30 2000 Larry English
31 2001 Nancy Nethery
32 2002 Beatie Divine
33 2003 Beatie Divine