To Celebrate all of our blessings and rich Glattfelder Family Heritage
Our Association
Dr Noah Miller Glatfelter, 1901
As a direct result of the interest generated during Dr. Noah Glatfelter's years of preparation of a history of the Glattfelder family, which was published in 1901, a number of persons issued a call for a family reunion, which was held in a grove near Bupp's Union, Springfield township, York county, on September 8, 1906. At this time the Casper Glattfelder Association of America was organized. In each succeeding year further reunions were held in groves or woods located near the first family homestead.
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On October 3,1910 the York county court chartered the association as a nonprofit corporation. One of its main stated purposes was "to provide a place, park, grove or building wherein meetings or reunions of its members may be held from time to time." Accordingly, in January 1913 the association purchased 2 acres 153 perches of land in Springfield township. Some believed at the time that this land was part of the old Casper Glattfelder homestead, but it was soon discovered that its original claimant was Henry Walter, who was Casper's brother-in-law. The site chosen offered a good view of the homestead buildings across the creek to the west.
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Taken from THE EARLY GLATTFELDER FAMILY IN AMERICA: An Overview
by Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter
Board of Directors
The Casper Glattfelder Association of America is governed by a 17 member Board of Directors. The Directors serve staggered three year terms, with either five or six Directors elected annually at the Reunion.
At the time of Incorporation all of the Directors lived in York County; and even through the early 1990’s all of the Directors resided in the counties of Adams, Lancaster, or York. This compact geographical clustering changed with the election of Joanna Jones, whose home was in Cambria County. Joanna travelled hours to attend the Directors’ meetings in person, but was greatly relieved when technology allowed for teleconferencing.
Teleconferencing—now displaced by various internet platforms—has allowed the Board to have actively participating members all along the eastern U.S. Only a slim majority of the Directors still reside in York County, several within a short driving distance from Heimwald Park.
​The technology which has enabled the geographic expansion of the Directors has also broadened knowledge of our family. President J. Thomas “Tom” Shelley has frequently remarked that this web site is to the twenty-first century what Dr. Noah’s book was to the prior century.
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J. Thomas Shelley (2028)
President
Bonnie Baim
2026
Dean Gladfelter
2026
Chris Glatfelter
2026
Philip Glatfelter
2026
Stephen Gladfelter
2027
Kristi Russell
2028
Ben Miller
2028
Sarah Melcher
2027
Jean Robinson
2027
John Shelley
2028
Harry Gladfelter
2026
Pamela Tuscany
2027
Executive
Judith Glatfelter Martin - Chair
Bonnie Flaharty J. Thomas Shelley
Philip Glatfelter Larry E. Gladfelter, Jr.
Jean Robinson
Communications
Larry E. Gladfelter, Jr. - Chair
Philip Glatfelter
Pamela Tuscany
Harry Gladfelter
Historical
Jean Robinson - Chair
Philip Glatfelter Larry E. Gladfelter, Jr.
Jutta Creager
Property
- Chair
Ben Miller
Dean Gladfelter John Shelley
Scholarship
Brick Patio
Philip Glatfelter - Chair
Dean Gladfelter Jack Gladfelter
Harold Creager
Development
- Chair
Executive Committee members
Investment
Rick Gladfelter - Chair
Stephen Gladfelter Bonnie Flaharty
Reunion
Jean Robinson & Judith Glatfelter Martin - Co-Chair
Bonnie Flaharty Bonnie Baim
Ben Miller
Ben Miller - Chair
Dr. M. Richard Hoover