This is the 1983 Hiker yearbook list.
It is a compilation of the names of the hikers who registered with the ATC as having completed all 2000+miles of the Appalachian Trail and
following that list is a list of those additional hikers who show up in photos taken at Harpers Ferry, but not registering a thru hike (some may, and some may not have completed the hike).
and some hikers known to have been on the trail that year, but did not get their photos taken or register in Harpers Ferry.
Click on name to see photo.

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Registered Hikers:

Fred Abraham
Benjamin P. "Virginia Pops" Ahles
Ron "The Baptist" Amos
Curtis "The Runt" Anderson
Larry "Abreviated Member" Anderson
John A. Barolet
Floyd H. Beatty
John Beckstrand
Bruce "the Yak" Berlin
Cathy Biondi
Richard Boudrie
Ron Bruschi
Thomas " Bombadil" Butler
Bruce Bytwerk
Katheryn Bytwerk
Tom M. Carey "Frankenboot"
John Carruso
Don Cherry
David Christian
T.J. Connolly
Lon Andy Coone
Neal Cope
David L. Dailey
Michael Dawson
Lance W. "The Bach" Dilworth
Pauline Henry Dziewit
Robert Ellinwood
Mark Evans
Elton L. Fauber
Bob "Fish" Fisher
Roger Frans
Butch Fries
David R. Garrott
Tim Gerhardt
Claude M. "The Maximus" Griffith
Marceline A. Guerrein
Sally Gwinner
Gene Hadlow
Kevin L. Haueter
Mark A. Haueter
Frank P. Haynes III
Pete Headden
Dennis James "Hike-a-Holic" Hill
Rob Hoeper Jr.
Hester "Heck" Humphreys "Michigan Two-Stickers"
Myrtle Humphreys "Michigan Two-Stickers"
Peg Jaeger "The Pike-a-holics"
Todd Jeffreys "The Commandant"
Sue Kanopka
Nick Kelsey
Dick Kersten "The Pike-a-holics"
Peter J. Kostyk
Richard Kozon
Joseph D. "The Mill Hunkey" Kupec
Wanda Kurdziel
Erick Larson "DT"
Paul Larson
Ward Leonard
Mike "M & M" Libby
Bruce M. Lockwood
Peter Lockwood
Robert R. Lynski
John W. MacFarland
John W. Markelon
Martha McLaughlin
Marcel A. "Rhode Island Red" Montville
Paul Damien Nichols
Steven "Yo-Yo Steve" Nuckolls
Andy Null
Eric Olson "Cap'n Incorrigable"
Mike Olsen
Dinah Lee Owens
Susan "Lan" Parsons
Michael Patch
Dick Potteiger
Lana Potteiger
Edward C. Powers
Steve "The Comic Kid, part of The Trail Tots" Queen
Cletus F. Quick
Steven Rohrbeck "The Sloth"
Paul Schaudt
Benson Scheff
James Scheff
Nicholas Schmidt
Tim Sheehy
David M. Sherman
Tim Skalicky
Dan Smith
Maxelle O. "Lardass" Smith
Stuart O. Smith Jr.
Diana M. "Sister Spott" Spott
George Staffanos
Thomas Stevens
Alan "Gonzo!" Strackeljahn
Roger D. Suttles
David Swanston
Deborah Atkinson Taggert
Ed Talone
Joseph A. Tardiff
Janet Thigpen
Patrick Thornton
Matthew W. Tilbury
E. Fred Tomaro
Harry D. Train III
Mark Treadwell
Larry Vetter
Robert Villani
Eric Watkins
Beth Watson
Eric " The Red" Weinmann
Richard Wickman
Russ Wilkenloh
John Worrell
Deb Yavorski
Bill Zabel

Non-registered hikers:

Doug Becker
Brette LeFevre
Marc Davis
Jim "The Hacky sack Kid" Kuras
Brian Donelan
Ernie "Goat Tagger" Latson
"The PA Plodders" Susan & Trink Coombs
Doug Horner "The Mad Boilermaker"
"Rascal - The Southbound Musheater"
"Rusty & Snapper"
Dwayne Allen
Tom Sitz
Patrick "Moe" Thornton
Allen Pearson
Rick Boordman II
Glenn Garland
David Vander Ploeg
Larry "The UFP" Michon "The Flexible Flyer"
Bruce Van Dyke
Phil Goad
Joseph Lane Moore
Donna "Big K" Kopitsky
Lori Hyde
Paula Spady
Tim "Sam Blue" Cole
Jim Carnahan
Irv "The Trail Walker" Warfield
Dan O'keefe "Thru Hiker Position"
Mike Whorf "Thru Hiker Position"
Liz "Lobster"
Kathy "Sarah Sue Snail" Morgan
Jim Gammans
David Buchanan
Audrey Ewin
Lisa Carlson
Matthew Ramsey
Fenn Huntington
Doug Jordan
Tim Platts
Glen "Nanuk of the North" Mittelhauser
Bern "The M & M Kid" Weintraub
Kathi Weiss "The K2 Team"
Kath "The Hiking Pole" Stachowski "The K2 Team"
Richard H. Davis
Bruce "Mad Mountain Man" Becker
Jim Hassan "The Awesome Robots"
Eric Watkins "The Awesome Robots"
Pat Guthrie
Beth "Pugnose" Burt
Dave "Dumpling" Laney
Kirk "Diggerfoot" Sinclair
Mary Kancevitch
David R. "Smitty" Smith
Julie "Big Mama" Settle
Vince Powers
Judith Frans

Robert Wagner
Arlie Sears
Greg Gilbert
Tom "Bonsai" Charmichael
Mark Dimicelli
Tracy "The Space Man" Gayton
Laura "The Slug Slayer" & "Fox"
Frank C.
"The Fatheads": Patty McDonnell & Shawn Jarman
Steve Tomchek
Dave Spencer
Chuck Nadeau
Mike Doane
Maynard Haslett
Jody Perham
Curt Tracy
Troy "Trick Knee" Martin
Inez Phipps
Jan Phipps
Tim Mersch
Kenny "The Slack Packers" Charmatz
Al & Pearl Foust "The Red Hat Seniors"
Neil Lora & Oreo
G.M. Rieken
Pat Estes
John Rhodes
Jay McIntire
Hugh Bodington
David Miller
Eben J. "The Starvin' Hiker" Muse
Rob "Gollum" Havert
Richard Dupuis
Hob & Deb McConville "The Tandem Turtles":
Brad "Arfuna" Sherman
Richard Newday
Tracy Burge
Kathy Zone
Jeff Bonait
Louis & June Gallegher
Jim Niedbolski
Tom Thomson
John Ferris
David Fik
Eileen & Dave Brogan
Brad Van Offel
Truman & Terry Ingalsbe "The Trailenders"
Mike Curran
Kay Hoberecht
Paul Ziobro
Mike & George Nickles
Gary E. Scudder Jr & Sr
Marlene Wellen
Stephen C. Fordham Jr
Cindy "Easy" Landham
Bob "Slow" Landham
Gerry Seidell
Bill "Bazooka Joe" Gray
William "The Flophat Floridian" Meldrum
"The Yale Yahoos": Phil Ostrand & Lil Duda
Tom Watson "The Writer" (SOBO)
Winston F. "The Man from Tuskegee" Lumsden also known as "The Great Appalachian Trail Athlete"
Violet MacPhee (age 61-2 in 1983) and Laura Cramer(age 63-4 in 1983), "The Go Go Gals"
Jim "The Orange Crush" Triplett
Jim "Fuzzy Jim" Berlstein
John Smart and dog Smoky
Rey Perry
Lysle Nikoloff (Perry)
Don Meeks
Fritz Schwalm
Joannie Thomson
Martin Xavier Trepanowski "The Mad Pollock"
Alan Savage
Scott Butler (Ga - Conn)
Dee Thompson
Tish Butcher
Claudia Gross
Karen Meadows
Darryl Gesner (Kool-Aid Kid)
Kirk "Diggerfoot" Sinclair
P.J. Paul James Connelly "Sid Friendly"
Gwen Jones
Tom Sitz (1982-83)
Larry (Lawrence Steven) Parke "The Keystone Kid"
Will "SlowPoke" Dorsey
Dean Lapp (SOBO)
Gregory D. Silla (SOBO)
Mike Unger (PA - Katahdin)
Joseph F. Michel (PA - Katahdin)
Paula Mueller
Kathy Pyrdol
Ken Bell
Sharon Turk
Brenda Jones
Kevin Monahan
Jim "P.J" Holcomb (Support Vehicle Driver)
Warren Doyle
Warren Doyle Sr. (Support Vehicle Driver)
Jerry Brisson (Support Vehicle Driver)
Bruce Parsons
Lou Zambello
Lindsey E. Rustad
Jon Charro (Del Water Gap - Springer)
Rex Pulford
Catherine Stratton
Terri Zimmerman
Tina Detweiler
Jeff Lippi
Howard Stark
Dakota Jim Wantze
Francois Gilliepe
Earl High
David Sherman
Peter Welch
Bill Parardi
Sharon Smith (SOBO) (At least as far as Monson, ME)
Joe Golden (SOBO) (At least as far as Monson, ME)
Peter Cooper (flip-flop)
Frank Krajcovic