Club History

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Club Presidents over the years

Year Name
1945-1946 Martin D. Whitaker
1946-1947 Clark Center
1947-1948 L. D. Worrel
1948-1949 T.E. Lane
1949-1950 McKie Alexander
1950-1951 Al Gossard
1951-1952 Frank Wilson
1952-1953 Clarence Larson
1953-1954 Bill Bonnet
1954-1955 Bill Hatfield
1955-1956 Tommy Clines
1956-1957 Arthur Garrett
1957-1958 Harley Patterson
1958-1959 Carl Martin
1959-1960 Van Hamilton
1960-1961 Nick Shearon
1961-1962 Tom Dunigan
1962-1963 Don McKay
1963-1964 Bill Sergeant
1964-1965 Red Williams
1965-1966 J. C Kile Jr
1966-1967 Bill Hardy
1967-1968 J.D.Johnson
1968-1969 Berwyn Robinson
1969-1970 Ben Adams
1970-1971 Ray Johnson
1971-1972 Joe Anderson
1972-1973 Alex Carabia
1973-1974 Ancit Silvey
1974-1975 W.C. Kuykendall
1975-1976 George Jasny
1976-1977 Russ McCauley
1977-1978 Dave Cope
1978-1979 George Evans
1979-1980 Joe Tittle
1980-1981 Herb Trammell
Year Name
1981-1982 Larry Studinger
1982-1983 Fred Smith
1983-1984 Gary Riser
1984-1985 Charlie Whittle
1985-1986 Truman Anderson
1986-1987 Ralph Aurin
1987-1988 Keith Kahl
1988-1989 John Haffey
1989-1990 Dave Reichle
1990-1991 Chuck Frew
1991-1992 Dave Mason
1992-1993 Dean Waters
1993-1994 Nick Kaebnick
1994-1995 Chris Travaglini
1995-1996 Fritz McDuffie
1996-1997 Jack Richard
1997-1998 Ralph E. Best & Mark Denton
1998-1999 Sandra Richard
1999-2000 Mark Denton
2000-2001 Bill Martin
2001-2002 Ted Fox
2002-2003 Larry Beeman
2003-2004 Tom Row
2004-2005 Tom Hilton
2005-2006 Fred Heitman
2006-2007 Bonnie Clark
2007-2008 Bob Criag

The committee which paved the way for the formation of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge was composed of E. Frank Garratt (chairman) and Julian Morton of the sponsoring Knoxville Rotary Club, Colonel John S. Hodgson, Executive Officer of the U.S. Engineer Corps, and Clint N. Hernandez, a Rotarian from Yonkers, New York.

The organizational meeting was December I 1, 1945.

Charter night banquet was March 22,1946.

The charter members were S.W. Anderson, A.H. Blankenship, A.A. Carswell, C.E. Center, Dr. Fred R. Conklin, ST. Davis, A.H. Gossard, J. Hoyt Mason, Frank F Molteni, CJ. Ott, L. F. Overstreet, H. M. Sherrod, Earl B. Spencer, Dr. M. D. Whitaker and Col J. S. Hodgson.

ROTARY IS SERVICE ABOVE SELF

Detailed History Files

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