Past Club Officers

Past Club Presidents

1917 James T. Upjohn*
1918 Will Cook*
1920 Fred M. Hodge*
1921 Charles H. Farrell*
1922 Lemuel F. Smith*
1923 Leslie H.S. DeWitt*
1924 Will O. Jones*
1925 Louis W. Sutherland*
1926 William H. Pendleton*
1927 Frank E. Ellsworth*
1928 Carl Blankenburg*
1929 Harley W. Anderson*
1930 John C. Hoekje*
1931 Frank B. Bachelder*
1932 John B. Jackson*
1933 Herbert W. Read*
1934 Claude W. Oakley*
1934 Ralph A. Hayward*
1935 Edward C. Rutz*
1936 James M. Alden*
1937 Harry C. Harvey*
1938 Mitchell J. Gary*
1939 Daniel J. Haethcote*
1940 John P. Everett*
1941 Frank B. Brocksus*
1942 Willis F. Dunbar*
1943 Edgar F. Raseman*
1944 Reuben N. Aspergren*
1945 Eugene S. Thomas*
1946 Robert H. Slemmons*
1947 Raymond H. Schoening*
1948 James O. Knauss*
1949 Halden E. Shepard*
1950 Paul M. Rothlisberger*
1951 Edward J. Ryan*
1952 Gerald Osborn*
1953 Clyde T. Caldwell*
1954 Donald Anderson
1955 George I. Brown*
1956 Fred Schmekel*
1957 Newton E. Lincoln*
1958 Kenneth L. Crawford*
1959 Franklin W. Schmiege
1960 Wade VanValkenburg*
1961 C.H. Mullen*
1962 Edwin A. Trenkle*
1963 Rolla Anderson*
1964 James H. Duncan
1965 Paul L. Griffeth*    
1966 Jack Lawrence*
1967 Maynard M. Conrad*
1968 Jack Kehoe*
1969 John R. Cochran*
1969-70 Walter L. (Duke) Orwin*
1970-71 Charles E. Halpin*
1971-72 Peter R. Ellis*
1972-73 Richard C. Baker
1973-74 Alvin J. Davis*

1974-75 Paul A. Richards*
1975-76 Eugene J. Rykse*
1976-77 John J. DeHaan*
1977-78 David A. Shinar*
1978-79 Richard H. Young*
1979-80 Stephen M. Garfield Jr.*
1980-81 Norman Richardson*    
1981-82 John Westra*
1982-83 E. Dexter Thede*
1983-84 Mitch Wesolowski*
1984 Tom Buford*
1984-85 Bob Dunbar
1985-86 Norman Baxter
1986-87 Gary Kempker
1987-88 Tom Richardson
1988-89 Craig Platt
1989-90 Ed Berry
1990-91 Bob Engels
1991-92 George Schumacher
1992-93 Don James*
1993-94 Jacqueline Stockmar 
1994-95 Daryl Sieplinga
1995-96 Larry Blochard
1996-97 Terry Schley
1997-98 Christine Thomas
1998-99 Dale Wells*
1999-00 Barry Stephens
2000-01 Joellen Silberman
2001-02 John Steele
2002-03 Thomas Fox
2003-04 Debra Mixis
2004-05 Jennifer Liggett* 
2005-06 David Gardiner
2006-07 Mike Anderson
2007-09 Neil Sikora
2008-09 Rob Atkins
2009-10 Jennifer Hauschild
2010-11 Andy Vorbrich
2011-12 Gary Giguere
2012-13 Scott Schrum
2013-14 Kathy Breyfogle
2014-15 Vicki Okuniewski
2015-16 Kris Nelson
2016-17 Thomas Wortman
2017-18 Jaime Flees
2018-19 Jim Shinar (2nd gen)
2019-20 Tom Birkhold
2020-21 Adam Kokinis
2021-22 William Ryan
2022-23 Frank Renaldi
2023-24 Jeff Barnum

This photo, taken by Al Williams of Central Studio (then at 226 W. Michigan Ave) in 1959, shows 21 past presidents. A few with familiar family names!

Back Row: James O. Knauss (1948), Halden E. Shepard (1949), Edward J. Ryan (1951), Gerald Osborn (1952), Donald T. Anderson (1954), George I. Brown (1955), Fred R. Schmekel (1956), Newton E. Lincoln (1957).

Middle Row: Carl C. Blankenburg (1928), Mitchell J. Gary (1938), Willis F. Dunbar (1942), Edgar F. Raseman (1943), Reuben N. Aspergren (1944), Robert H. Slemmons (1946), Raymond H. Schoening (1947).

Bottom Row: Herbert W. Read (1933), Fran F. Ford (Past Lieutenant Governor), Daniel J. Heathcote (1939), Clyde T Caldwell (1953), Franklin W. Schmiege (1959), John T. Everett (1940).


Past Michigan District Lt. Governors

1981-82 John DeHaan*
1984-85 Norman Richards*
1993-94 Judson Knapper*
2006-07 John Steele
2010-11 John Steele
2015-16 Vicki Okuniewski
2016-17 Billy Martin
2020-21 Vicki Okuniewski

Past Michigan District Governors

1924 Fred Ford*
1946 Daniel Heathcote*
2022-2023 Vicki Okuniewski

*Deceased

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