Rotary Club of Houston Leadership
Mission Statement
Our Mission: To improve the quality of human life through volunteer community service.
Our Vision: To be the pre-eminent community service organization for business and community leaders in the City of Houston. We are a catalyst for improving the quality of life in our community. We pledge to increase awareness of Rotary ideals while encouraging participation within our Club and by partnership with others. Rotary meetings and events provide our membership an opportunity for social interaction, camaraderie and discussion of topical issues.
The Rotary Club of Houston, in operation since 1912, is an association of more than 300 successful business professionals, all prominent in their individual fields of endeavor, who volunteer their efforts through the work of some two dozen club committees that assist such diverse groups as troubled youngsters, former prison inmates, business oriented high school students, families of cancer patients, deserving college scholarship candidates and, through its nationwide college athletic award, the nation's cancer research efforts. The club is a leading speakers forum and a major civic participant in the development of future planning for the City of Houston.
Our Motto: Service Above Self
2007 - 2008 Officers and Directors
Vern Swisher President |
Blake Stoehr Treasurer |
Dicarlos Davis Sectretary |
Travis LaGrone President-Elect |
Dave Belding Treasurer-Elect |
Tim Raymond Sergeant-at-Arms |
Dan Lahart Board Member |
Boris Lioznyansky Board Member |
Angie Jimenez Board Member |
Leona Urbish Board Member |
Noble Alix Board Member |
Vicki Brentin Board Member Past President 2006-07 |
George Elam Board Member |
Bill Byerley Board Member |
Michael Barnes Board Member |
Jeff Applegate Board Member |
Trina Fowlkes Board Member |
Curt Mooney Board Member |
John McDivitt Board Member |
Michelle Bohreer Board Member |
Daphne Pattison Board Member
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Diane Pavey Board Member
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Gary Townsend Board Member |
Mac Sharpe Board Member |
Stephen Williams Board Member
Jeff Gray Board Member
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2007 - 2008 Committee Chairs
Burnett Bayland
Classification - Gail O'Neill & Jay Haggins
Finance / Audit - Blake Stoehr
Camp Enterprise - Clara Cooper
Fresh Start - George Elam & Merritt Chastain
Golf Tournament - Dave Belding
Interact - Nancy Middleton & Daphne Pattison
International Services - Angie Jimenez & Boris Lioznyansky
Membership - Yeshim Yonter
Past Presidents & Honorary Members- Vicki Brentin
Program - Curt Mooney & Ted Pinson
Public Health - Stephen Williams & Diane Pavey
Public Relations & Club Communications - Ken Scott
Red Badge - Yeshim Yonter & Gloria Sanderson
Rotaract - Ozan Arslan
Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award - Daphne Pattison
Rotary Hi-Lites
Rotary House - Jeff Gray & Randy Ward
Rotary Information - Gloria Sanderson & Yeshim Yonter
Rotary Lombardi Award - Hugh McElroy & Richard Meek
Scholarship - Jim McNee & Leona Urbish
Strategic Planning - Travis LaGrone
Youth & Education - Daphne Pattison
Youth Exchange - Angie Jimenez
Click here to learn more about each committee.
Past Presidents
| Robert H. Cornell* | 1912-1913-1914 |
| John H. Freeman* | 1914-1915 |
| George W. Hawkins* | 1914-1915 |
| Elijah Coles* | 1915-1916 |
| W. Harry Wilcockson* | 1916-1917 |
| A. J. Dow* | 1917-1918 |
| Rollin H. Spencer* | 1918-1919 |
| Frank M. Cowen* | 1919-1920 |
| Clinton S. Quin* | 1920-1921 |
| William H. Hogue* | 1921-1922 |
| John A. Embry* | 1922-1923 |
| Frank M Law* | 1923-1924 |
| Harry H. Hedges* | 1924-1925 |
| Jeff D. Farish* | 1925-1926 |
| Tovell Marston* | 1926-1927 |
| J.M.Boyle* | 1927-1928 |
| Jeff Alexander* | 1928-1929 |
| Tim L. Evans* | 1929-1930 |
| W.Gardner Winters* | 1930-1931 |
| A. S. Pimentel* | 1931-1932 |
| Ralph D. Henderson* | 1932-1933 |
| Dr. Charles C. Green* | 1933-1934 |
| Dale C. Rogers* | 1934-1935 |
| Charles W. Mcphail* | 1935-1936 |
| Edward A. Blackburn* | 1936-1937 |
| Ernest J. Peters* | 1937-1938 |
| Garner A. Mabry* | 1938-1939 |
| Walter R. Jenkins* | 1939-1940 |
| Michael Murphy* | 1940-1941 |
| Wylie C. Johnson* | 1941-1942 |
| W. Ernst Japhet* | 1942-1943 |
| Andrew L. Edmondson* | 1943-1944 |
| Kearn Tips* | 1944-1945 |
| Merrill E. Brown* | 1945-1946 |
| Hugh Wallace* | 1945-1946 |
| Harry B. Jewett* | 1946-1947 |
| T. Everton Kennerly | 1947-1948 |
| J.M. (Jack) Jackson* | 1948-1949 |
| R.E. (Bob )Smith* | 1949-1950 |
| Clyde C. Clayton* | 1950-1951 |
| Raymond S. Mauk | 1951-1952 |
| Clarence E. Wademan* | 1952-1953 |
| Silas B. Ragsdale* | 1953-1954 |
| W.H. (Bill) Avery* | 1954-1955 |
| Leon Jaworski* | 1955-1956 |
| George West | 1956-1957 |
| Tom Niland* | 1957-1958 |
| Clyde L. Coleman* | 1958-1959 |
| Robert M. Ives* | 1959-1960 |
| James A.Stillwell* | 1960-1961 |
| Gail Whitcomb* | 1961-1962 |
| Virgil P. Lee | 1962-1963 |
| Erwin Heinen* | 1963-1964 |
| Herbert G. Turner* | 1964-1965 |
| John W. Mcfarland | 1965-1966 |
| Jack P. Cunningham* | 1966-1967 |
| Robert I. Kahn * | 1967-1968 |
| Grover Ellis * | 1968-1969 |
| T. Max Davis* | 1969-1970 |
| Elmer W. Faught, Jr.* | 1970-1971 |
| Dan Procter* | 1971-1972 |
| Frank H. Newnam, Jr.* | 1972-1973 |
| Alvin R. Bussee | 1973-1974 |
| Sam W. Davis, Jr. | 1974-1975 |
| Bill Lufburrow* | 1975-1976 |
| Dan Willis* | 1976-1977 |
| Ralph Frede* | 1977-1978 |
| C.D.Tinsley* | 1978-1979 |
| Arthur Schwarz * | 1979-1980 |
| Roman F. Arnoldy* | 1980-1981 |
| C. Jim Stewart * | 1981-1982 |
| A. S. Black* | 1982-1983 |
| Leroy Melcher* | 1983-1984 |
| A. J. Lynch | 1984-1985 |
| Jack U. Wells* | 1985-1986 |
| Bill T. Teague | 1986-1987 |
| Tom S. Loomis, III | 1987-1988 |
| George G. Harris, Sr.* | 1988-1989 |
| Larry L. Carroll | 1989-1990 |
| A. Henry Lichty* | 1990-1991 |
| G. Riley Hetherington | 1991-1992 |
| A. David Schwarz, III | 1992-1993 |
| Robert J. Samples | 1993-1994 |
| James D. Weaver | 1994-1995 |
| Steven P. Lufburrow | 1995-1996 |
| Steven A. Hoffman | 1996-1997 |
| Jack Pratt, Jr. | 1997-1998 |
| John O. Brentin | 1998-1999 |
| Jack Lord | 1999-2000 |
| Phil Hampton | 2000-2001 |
| Derek Munger | 2001-2002 |
| Gary Tolbert | 2002-2003 |
| Ronald Woliver | 2003-2004 |
| Nancy Middleton Andy Couch Vicki Brentin |
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 |
*Deceased
Rotary Club of Houston Staff
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Bree Darwent Executive Director
Geraldine Mullins Administrative Marketing Coordinator
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Rotary Club of Houston
The Rotary Club of Houston Foundation
8582 Katy Freeway, Suite 225
Houston, TX 77024
713-973-9936
713-973-8077 (fax)
rotary@rotaryhouston.org