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    • About Us
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    • Partnerships
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  • MEMBERSHIP
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    • 2025 Annual Meeting
    • Cultural Enhancement Fund
    • Stammtisch and Program
    • Hoosier German-American of the Year
    • Scholarships
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    • Essay Contest
    • Carmel Christkindlmarkt
    • Sankt Nikolaus
    • The Friends of Wyneken
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    • Recorded Presentations
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    • Newsletters
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      • German Customs, Traditions and Origins of Holidays
      • German Americana Quiz
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IGHS -  FOUNDED IN 1984


IGHS Founders

Dr. Ruth Reichmann
Dr. Eberhard Reichmann
Dr. Giles Hoyt
William Selm
Halbert Kunz
Lorra Schroeder
Ross Crump
Martha Enyart
William Harris
Dr. Elfrieda Lang
Doris Leistner
​Kathyrn Cook Young



 Past and Present IGHS Presidents

1984 - 1988 Dr. Ruth Reichmann
1989 - 1989 Halbert Kunz, Esq.
1990 - 1991 Helen Moore
1992 - 1993 James Talley
1994 - 1995 Rosalind (Buddy) McCart
1996 - 1999 Ernestine Dillon
2000 - 2004 Dr. Ruth Reichmann
2005 - 2006 Dr. Giles Hoyt
2007 - 2007 Bill Ziegele
2008 - 2011 Dr. Greg Redding
2012 - 2012 Dr. Daniel Nuetzel
2013 - 2016 Brian Griesemer, PE
2017 - 2018 Heinz Roesch
​2019 - 2022 James Kienle, RA
2022 - ​         Brian Griesemer, PE




President Emerita: Dr. Ruth Reichmann
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Präsident Griesemer leads the Habsburg procession at Das Deutsche Haus.
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​Remembering IGHS's ​Past President ​Jim Kienle: 
​1942 - 202
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​In Memoriam - Dr. Ruth Reichmann
1928 - 2024: Obituary

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