Timeline of Keeneland leadership

April 1935: Hal Price Headley was elected first president of Keeneland Association

1940-1956: Louis Lee Haggin II was elected president of Keeneland Race Course.

1951-1955: Guy A. Huguelet was elected Keeneland Association president

1956-1970: Louis Lee Haggin II was elected Keeneland Association president

1970: James E. "Ted" Bassett III was elected Keeneland Association president, and Louis Lee Haggin II became chairman of the board.

1986: James E. "Ted" Bassett III was elevated from president to chairman of the board. Bill Greely was promoted from vice president to president.

2000: Nick Nicholson becomes the sixth President of Keeneland

This story was originally published April 18, 2012 at 12:32 PM with the headline "Timeline of Keeneland leadership."