“A Century of Service, an Unlimited Future” Honoring Rotary in Central California Since March 1, 1916 Fresno Rotary March 1, 1916 One Hundred Years of Community Service Page Fresno Rotary March 1, 1916 One Hundred Years of Community Service Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL/ DISTRICT 5230 CONGRATULATORY LETTERS FRESNO COUNTY PROCLAMATION .............................................................. THE ROTARY CLUB OF FRESNO CHARTER CERTIFICATE ......................... CLUB OFFICERS, DISTRICT GOVERNORS, EXECUTIVES ........................... INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. WHAT IS ROTARY? .......................................................................................... WHAT IS THE ROTARY CLUB OF FRESNO? .................................................. FRESNO 1850 TO 1915 ................................................................................... FRESNO 1915 TO 1925 ................................................................................... FRESNO 1925 TO 1940 ................................................................................... ROTARY’S FOUR WAY TEST .......................................................................... FRESNO 1940 TO 1955 ................................................................................... FRESNO 1955 TO 1970 ................................................................................... FRESNO 1970 TO 1980 ................................................................................... FRESNO 1980 TO 1990 ................................................................................... FRESNO 1990 TO 2020 ................................................................................... ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CENTENNIAL PROJECT ..................................... DISTRICT LEVEL ACTIVITES .......................................................................... GENEALOGY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF FRESNO ...................................... ROTARY SERVICE/PROJECTS ...................................................................... ROTARY PLAYLAND GROUNDBREAKING ..................................................... ROTARY CENTENNIAL PLAZA ........................................................................ SPONSORS ...................................................................................................... BACK COVER PHOTOS COURTESY OF: FRESNO HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES, THE LAVAL CORPORATION, GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY CO. Fresno, CA Fresno Rotary March 1, 1916 One Hundred Years of Community Service Page 3 Fresno Rotary March 1, 1916 One Hundred Years of Community Service Page 4 Fresno Rotary March 1, 1916 One Hundred Years of Community Service Page 5 Fresno Rotary March 1, 1916 One Hundred Years of Community Service Page 6 Fresno Rotary March 1, 1916 One Hundred Years of Community Service Page 7 PRESIDENTS * Hollis G. Best .................................. 1982-83 * John S. Stoughton .......................... .1986-88 Burton R. James ............................... 1983-84 * Everett E. Norcross, Jr. .................... .1988-90 * H. E. Wilkinson ................................. 1915-16 *Guy W. Johnston ............................. 1984-85 * John S. Stoughton .......................... .1990-92 * Milton Neeley .................................. 1916-17 Richard A. Johanson ........................ 1985-86 * Ian Bell .............................................. 1992-93 * Clifford D. Sweet .............................. 1917-18 Robert H. Oliver ................................ 1986-87 Garry S. Griesser .............................. .1993-94 * Hugo Allardt .................................... 1918-19 James T. Winton ............................... 1987-88 Barbara J. Moen ................................. .1994-95 * E. E. Whitney .................................. 1919-20 Robert H. Jones, Jr. .......................... 1988-89 * Henry M Padden ............................. .1995-96 * Clarence Staples ............................. 1920-21 R. Gary Renner ................................. 1989-90 LeRoy G. Massey ............................... .1996-97 * Al Sunderland .................................. 1921-22 William S. Lucido .............................. 1990-91 Zetta A Hadden .................................. .1997-98 * Newton Johnson ............................. 1922-23 John S. Bakas ................................... 1991-92 *Paul E. Besselievre. .......................... 1998 -99 * Gerald F. Thomas ........................... 1923-24 Douglas B. Jensen ............................ 1992-93 Garry S. Griesser. .............................. 1999- 00 * John F. McKenna ............................ 1924-25 Clifford H. Davis ................................ 1993-94 * Ian Bell ............................................ .2000-01 * Chase S. Osborn, Jr. ...................... 1925-26 Donald A. Jackson ............................ 1994-95 Joe D. Thompson Jr. .......................... .2001-02 * Andrew J. Sturtevant ....................... 1926-27 Bill F. Stewart .................................... 1995-96 William S. Lucido ................................ .2002-03 * S. Parker Frisselle ........................... 1927-28 *Louis C. Slater ................................. 1996-97 *Louis C. Slater .................................. .2003-04 * Charles F. Thompson ..................... 1928-29 David M. Hadden .............................. 1997-98 Jane Papazian .................................... .2004-05 * Harry E. Owens ............................... 1929-30 Gordon M Webster, Jr. ..................... 1998-99 David “Bud” Dickerson ....................... .2005-07 * Al M. Paul ........................................ 1930-31 Stephen R Henry .............................. 1999-00 William Lucido ............................. .2007-08 * Dr. Frank W. Thomas ....................... 1931-32 Zetta A. Hadden ................................ 2000-01 Shirley Bruegman ......................... 2008-09 * Joe H. Dale ..................................... 1932-33 Everett E. Norcross III ....................... 2001-02 Everett Norcross, III ................... .2009-10 * Mount K. Wild ................................... 1933-34 J. Scott Leonard. ............................... 2002-03 Paul Duckworth ........................... .2010-11 * Harry W. Shields ............................. 1934-35 A. Philip Hinton ................................. 2003-04 Don Eskes .................................... 2011-12 * August P. Johnson ................................. 1935 Terry L. Barthuli ................................ 2004-05 Tom Licouris ................................. 2012-14 * Frank A. Homan .............................. 1935-36 Leonard Ruggiero .............................. 2005-06 Michele Cantwell-Copher .............. 2014-15 * Jess E. Rodman .............................. 1936-37 Richard E. Herrinton ......................... 2006-07 Melissa White ................................ 2015-16 * Dr. J. H. Pettis ................................. 1937-38 Don Eskes ......................................... 2007-08 * Robert W. Potter ............................. 1938-39 Shirley Grace ..................................... 2008-09 * Harold W. Chutter ........................... 1939-40 TREASURERS Joe D. Thompson, Jr. ........................ 2009-10 * Dr. Harry C. Mitchell ........................ 1940-41 * Roy Pullman ....................................... .1915-31 David M. Gilmore ............................... 2010-11 * Al R. Kuhn ....................................... 1941-42 * Fred Black ............................................1931-33 Douglas R. Armey ............................... 2011-12 * Edward R. Copland .......................... 1942-43 * J. Bernhauer ........................................1933-35 David ‘Bud’ Dickerson ......................... 2012-13 * Carroll H. Baird ................................ 1943-44 * Frank Homan .......................................... .1935 Garry S. Griesser ................................ 2013-14 * Clyde F. Coombs ............................ 1944-45 * Sam Champlain ...................................1935-37 Shirley A. Bruegman ........................... 2014-15 * John H. Gregg .................................. 1945-46 * Joe Jones .............................................1938-39 Hal H. Bolen II ..................................... 2015-16 * Clarence E. Bradford ...................... 1946-47 * M. Lohse ..............................................1939-40 * Earle G. Granger ............................. 1947-48 * Julius Nielsen ......................................1940-65 * Joseph C. Kimble ............................ 1948-49 SECRETARIES * Donald Shern .......................................1965-80 * Dr. Charles A. James ...................... 1949-50 * J. Herman Reiss ............................... 1915-17 * John Stoughton ....................................1980-86 * Edwin M. Prescott ........................... 1950-51 * Charles H. Ross .............................. 1917 -18 * Brenton Bradford..................................1986-92 * Melville E. Willson ........................... 1951-52 * Jerome O. Cross ............................. .1918-19 Bob Williams ...........................................1992-94 * Dr. Guy F. MacLeod ........................ 1952-53 * H. E. Patterson ............................... .1919-21 Craig Horn ..............................................1994-98 *