Past Leadership

Past International Presidents from Ohio

Term Name Club

1923-24 *Edmund Arras Columbus

1976-77 *Stanley Schneider Crestline

1985-86 * Donald Williams Berea

1997-98 * Walter Sellers Xenia

2011-12 A. Alan Penn Medina Breakfast & All Ohio eMedina

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Past International Trustees from Ohio

Term Name Club

***More to be added as time to research provides***

2016-2019 John DeVilbiss West Alexandria

2020-23 Kip Crain Wooster

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Past District Governors

Term       Name                                      Club                         Division Now/Then

1918/19  *Richard Birch                        Cleveland                15

1919/20  *Edmund Arras                       Columbus                10

1920/21  *Albert Miller                         Toledo                     1

1921/22  *Frank Poling                          Mansfield               11N        

1923        *Waler Jackson                       Lima                        2/1

1924        *Russell Heddleston               E Liverpool              21

1925        *Robert Frey                           Ottawa                    1S/1

1926        *Wilby Hyde                            Chillicothe               9/4

1927        *Howard Smith                       Dayton                     4/

1928        *Clarence Fox                         Berea                      24/5

1929        *Robert Dunn                          Toledo                     1N/1

1930        *Guy O’Donnell                       Covington                3/2

1931        *A.A. Schramm                       Marietta                  18/11

1932        *J.B. Wilkinson                        Alliance                   17/8

1933        *William Williams                  Cleveland                15/6    

1934        *E.J. Kautz                               Hamilton                 5/3

1935        *Ben Arneson                         Delaware                11S/5

1936        *Albert Cox                             Canton                     17/8

1937        *Zura Walter                          Wyoming                7/3

1938        *Philip Auer                            Galion                     11N/ 4

1939        *Floyd Phaff                            Marietta                  18/11

1940        *Don Munford                        Bellefontaine          3/2

1941        *G.T. Landberg                        Cincinnati                6,7/3

1942        *Clyde Hissong                       Bowling Green        1S/1

1943        *Carl Weinman                       Steubenville            21/10

1944        *Robert Sanborn                     Cleveland Hts.         15/6   

1945        *Herbert Doughty                   Portsmouth             9/5

1946        *Walter Bunn                          Dayton                     4/2

1947        *H. W. Driver                          Euclid                      15/6

1948        *Robert Hill                             NW Columbus         10W/8

1949        *Clifford Palmer                     Massillon                17/11

1950        *Ellis Kerr                                Troy                         3/2         

1951        *Malcolm Heed                       Brooklyn-Parma      24/16

1952        *Harold Danner                      Madisonville           8/5

1953        *Carl Frey                                Athens                     9

1954        *Willis Edmund                       Akron                       20/11

1955        *Frank Hotze                           Reading                   7/4

1956        *Stuart Henderson                  Bedford                   23/10

1957        *William Campbell                 Dayton                     4

1958        *Norman Paynter                   E. Cleveland            15

1959        *Phillip Stout                          Hilltop Columbus    10W/10

1960        *Carl Rueth                             Sidney                     3             

1961        *Earl Brooks                            Poland                     21

1962        *Harold Carbin                        S. Toledo                 1N/1

1963        *Evan Williams                       Eastern Columbus   10S/10

1964        *Richard Koons                       Sandusky                 12

1965        *Donald Williams                   Berea                      24

1966        *Stanley Schneider                 Crestline                  11N

1967        *Frank Whiteman                   Akron                       20/16

1968        *Walter Christopher               W. Pk. Cleveland     15

1969        *Edwin Gearhart                    S. Columbus            10S

1969/70  *Carl Kietzman                       Milford                    8

1970/71  *Charles Sondergelt               Xenia                       4

1971/72  *Harold Graafmeyer              Euclid                      15/23

1972/73  *Leroy Bishop                         Sidney                     3

1973/74  *Charles Moldenhauer           N. Royalton             24

1974/75  *Ford Adam                            W. Franklin Co.        10W

1975/76  *Donald Leidy                         Moundbuilders        10E

1976/77  *Elton Lube                             Brecksville               24

1977/78  *John Johnston                       N. Hills, Cincinnati   6,7/6

1978/79  *John Lutsch                           Medina                    16W

1979/80  *Albert Justus                         German Village       10S

1980/81  *#James Shriner                     W. Toledo                1N

1981/82  *Roy Schutz                            Cleveland                14

1982/83  H. W. Hewson                         W. Franklin Co.        10W

1983/84  Robert Lynch                           Grafton-Midview    13

1984/85  *Walter Sellers                       Xenia                       4

1985/86  *Dale Leach                            Grove City               10W

1986/87  Preston Forbes                        Tiffin                       12

1987/88 *#Douglas Everett                Youngstown          21

1988/89 Gary DeHass                          Medina Breakfast 16W

1989/90 *#Daniel Romanello, Sr.     Norwood               7

1990/91 Donald Murray                     Canton                   17

1991/92 William Sharp                       Independence       24

1992/93 *David Gillespie                    Circleville               10S

1993/94 *Robert Andree                   Brecksville              24

1994/95 *Albert Gilbert                      E. Cleveland           15

1995/96 #*Michael Clancy                 N. Olmsted            14

1996/97 David Mathias                       Xenia                      4

1997/98 Theodore Coons                   Columbus              10W

1998/99 Wayne Enders                      Portage County    20/16

1999/00 A. Alan Penn                         Medina Breakfast 16W/16

2000/01 Jack Hilborn                          Delaware County 11S

2001/02  *#Thomas Crawford          West Toledo          1N

2002/03  Dennis Lehman                    Elryia                      13

2003/04 David Kelch                          Logan                      9

2004/05 *Mauri Cron                         Coldwater              2

2005/06 Sharon O’Neal                       Delaware                11S

2006/07 Cindy Champer                     West Toledo/I-Next  1N/10W

2007/08 Leroy Martin                         Barberton        16W/16

2008/09 Kip Crain                                Wooster                 16

2009/10 Donald Parker                      Hilliard                   10W

2010/11 John DeVilbiss                       West Alexander    4

2011/12 *William Snellgrove             Northwest Columbus 10W

2012/13 #Craig Wallace                      Findlay                   1S

2013-14 Jennifer DeFrance–Weinberg   Kent /Westlake 20/16

2014-15 Diana Keplinger                    Mt. Gilead & I-Next 11S/10W

2015-16 Amy Zimmerman                  Cincinnati               6/7 /6

2016-17 Bill Flinta                                Stow Munroe Falls 20/16

2017-18   #Daniel Litzinger                 Ashville                   10S

2018-19 Faith Levine                           Dublin & I-Next      10W

2019-20 Tim Cornelius                        Fairview Park        14

2020-21     James Kaufman                West Toledo          1N

2021-22 Craig Smith                            Northwest Columbus 10W

2022-23  Dave Kuhn                            Stow Munroe Falls  16

2023-24 Jason Miller Bowling Green 1S

2024-25 Kelly Brown Dayton 4

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Past District Treasurers

Term Name Club                          Division  Now/Then

1918/19     *Pete Land                                 Akron                        16E

1919/26     *Paul O’Brian                              Dayton                      4/2

1927/30     *Arthur Campfield                        Niles                         25/9

1931/32     *Charles Davis                            Cleveland                   15/6

1933/37     *Floyd Pfaff                                Marietta                     18/11

1938/39     *James Lewis                             Girard                        25/9

1940/41     *Norman Reed                            Toledo                       1N/1

1942/43     *Robert Sanborn                         Cleveland Hts.            15/6

1944/45     *M.B. McKee                              Sidney                       3/2

1946/47     *Ford Andrus                              Painesville                 22/9

1948         *Edward Corcoran                       Steubenville               21/19

1949         *Russell Riddle                           Cincinnati                   6/4

1950         *Edward Crombie                        Ashtabula                  22/13

1951         *Sam Waldon                              Chillicothe                  9

1952         *Chester DeWalt                         Columbiana                21/15

1953         *Robert Andrews                         W. Cleveland              14/10

1954         *Russell Bailey                           Youngstown               21

1955         *Thomas Catlan                          Toledo                       1N/1

1956         *Melvin Roscover                        Cuyahoga Falls           20

1957         *Maurice Lane                            Zanesville                  18

1958         *C.W. Hagesfeld                         Willoughby                 22

1959         *Elroy Habert                              N. Royalton                24/14

1960         *Maurice Bernges                        Milford                       8

1961         *Lloyd Reck                               Covington                  3

1962         *Allen Smythe                             Mt. Washington           21

1963         *Lee Leonard                              Austintown                 21

1964         *Fred Graham                             Parma                       24            

1965          *Harold Todd                              Bellevue                    12

1966         *David Myers                              Bay Village                 14

1967         *Norman Mickley                         Bedford                     15

1968         *Pha Jones                                Fostoria                     12

1969         *Arnold Fricke                             Dayton                      4

1969/70     *William Wittekind                       Clifton                       6

1970/71     *Dwight Snyder                           Findlay                      1S

1971/72     *Herman Carr                             Marysville                  11S

1972/73     *Lewis Chadwick                         Northern Columbus      10E

1973/74     *Dan Myers                                Lisbon                       17/19

1974/75     *Howard Warwick                        Cambridge                  18

1975/76     *John Huffman                            Athens                      9

1976/77     *Ward Lanear                             Anderson Hills            8

1977/78     *Arthur Pejeau                            Euclid                        15/23

1978/79     *William Decker                          Zanesville                  18

1979/80     *William Wagner                          Columbia Station        13

1980/81     *C. Joe Bush                              Athens                      9

1981/82     *Edward Tate                             Northridge                  4

1982/83     *Edmund Scott                           Olmsted Falls             14

1983/84     *Richard Denman                        Vandalia                    4

1984/85     *Harley Davis                             Linden Hts.                10E

1985/86     *Samuel Baldwin                         Avon Lake                 13

1986/87     John DeVilbiss                            West Alexandria          4/4W

1987/88     Richard Jorkasky                        Bedford                     15/23

1988/89     *William Kopp                             Eastern Columbus       10S

1989/90     *Charles Paquette                       Mariemont                  8

1990/91     Kent Williamson                          University                  10W/E      

1991/92     Ronald Vedder                            Lander Circle              15/23

1992/93     *Byron Russell                            Tri-County                  10S

1993/94     Raymond Wise                           Tiffin                         12

1994/95     Theodore Adams                        Wheelersburg             9

1995/96     Dale Bartholomew                       Anderson Hills            8

1996/97     *Royden Garland                         N. Olmsted                   14

1997/98     *Kurt Kuschnerus                        Dayton                      4

98/2000     *Baird Krueger                            Granville                    10E

2000/02     *Paul Price                                 Springfield                  4                   

2002/04     *Dennis Mozser                          Olmsted Falls             14

2004/05     Frank Walker                              Gahanna                    10S

2005/06     Walt Maki                                   Pickerington               10S

2006/07     *Vee Reifsnyder                          Port Clinton                12

2007/08     Travis Humphrey                         Circleville                   10S

2008/09     *Gerald Duerk                             Cleves Three Rivers    6/7 /6       

2009/10     Ray Patterson                            Maumee                     1N

2010/11     Connie Potter                             Sharonville                 6/7  /7

2011/12     Michael Fischbach                      Parma                       24

2012-13     Steven Donahue                         Reynoldsburg             10-S

2013-14     William Flinta                              Stow Munroe Falls      16/ 20

2014-15     Robert Williams                           North Ridgeville           13                            

2015-16     Al Allender                                 Mt. Vernon                 11N

2016-17     Peggy McQuistion                       Fremont                     12

2017-18     Dr. David Gallit                           I-Next & Columbus       10W

2018-19     Robert Day, Jr.                           Lima                         2

2019-20     Jim Janosik                                Worthington-Linworth  10E

2020-21  * B. David Whiteman                      Newark                      10E

2021-22     John Coffield                              Sidney                       3

2022-23     Steve Steinbrunner                      Coldwater                   2

2023-24 Steve Vrooman Springfield 4

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Past District Secretaries

Term          Name                                        Club                         Division Now/Then

1918/48     *Pete Land                                 Akron                        16E/7

1948/49     *H.W. Drive                                Euclid                        15/10

1948/49     *S.S. Corthell                              Akron                        16E/11

1950/58     *S.S. Corthell                              Cuyahoga Falls           20/11

1959/76     *Kenneth Weeks                         Fostoria                     12/1

1976/77     *Richard Koons                           Sandusky                  12

1977/80     G.A. “Pat” Scheid                        Sandusky                  12

1980/87     *Dwight Snyder                           Findlay                      1S/1E

1987/88     *Edward Tate                             Northridge                  4

1988/89     *Dwight Snyder                           Findlay                      1S

1989/93     James Tolson                             Columbus                   10W

1993/95     Carole Harris                              Columbus                   10W

1995/96     William Irwin                               Hilliard                       10W

1996/98     *James Lendavic                        Newark                      10E

1998/2018  * B. David Whiteman                    Newark                      10E

2018/2021  Lanton Lee                                Hilliard/University        10W

2021/2023 Jim Janosik Sunbury Big Walnut 11S

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The Past Lt. Governor’s Association “BIG BIRD SOCIETY”

Term     Name                      Division                  Club  

2023 – Travis Humphrey D/10S Circleville

2022 – Michael Rudolph D/5 Oxford

2021 – Foster McMasters D/12 Bay Village

2020 – Steve Vrooman D/4 Springfield

2019 – Robert Day D/2 Lima

2018 – Jennifer Lewis D/10E Granville

2017 – Jamie Kaufman D/1N West Toledo

2016 –  Eric Bush   D/10E Westerville

2015 –  Edith Schilla    D/24               Independence

2014 –  Ted Barrows    D/10W           Hillard/I-Next

2013 –  Bill Pees             D/4               Kettering/Centerville    

2012 –  Brian Shaffer        D/24          Nordonia Hills

2011 –  Tom Riggs            D/6             Price Hill-Western Hill

2010 –  Amy Zimmerman D/6             Cincinnati

2009 –  Theresa Backsheider* D/5     Mason

2008 –  Vee Reifsnyder*    D/12           Port Clinton

2007 –  Dennis Lehman   D/13            Elyria

2006  –  Anne/Tim Cornelius   D/14     Fairview Park

2005 –  Thomas Gipson*    D/16W       Norton

2004 –  Brett Myers* D19 Steubenville

2003 –  Foxy Grant *         D/9             Gallipolis

2002 –  Patty Paquette*      D/7            Sharonville

2001 – Dan Romanelo*, Sr.  D/7          Norwood

2000 –  Dave Matthias        D/4            Xenia

1997 – Len Abrams*    D/16W         Wooster

1996 – Lexia Yankovich   D/20          Kent

1995 – Walter Sellers*     D/4             Xenia

1994 –  David Kelch        D/9              Logan  

1992 – Jim Boggs*           D 1-N

1985 – Bob Andree*     D/24                 Brecksville

1982-1984, 1986-1991, 1993, 1998-1999 unknown

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* denotes deceased