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Rotary Club of Las Vegas, Nevada

Rotary International District 5300

Host of the RI Convention of 1986

Las Vegas Rotary has a history of more than 80-years of service in the Southern Nevada area.  Rotary’s high ideals of friendship, fellowship, international understanding, and service are applied in personal, business, and community life by the over 166 members of our Las Vegas Rotary Club.

LAS VEGAS Rotary Global History
 
Las Vegas Rotary Founded April 5, 1923.
 
First Meeting at Chocolate Shop at 203 Fremont Club, next met at the Beanery in Union Pacific Station. Moved to Kiva Club in basement of the Apache Station Hotel.

El Rancho Vegas provided first strip location in 1941.

    • 1944 moved to Last Frontier
    • 1957 moved to Tropicana Hotel
    • 1974 moved to Landmark
    • 198? moved to Holiday (Harrah’s)
    • 1995 moved to Desert Inn
    • 2000 moved to Lawry’s

Original Las Vegas Club had 17 members. Current membership is 166 active members.

List of Past Presidents

1923-24 Les Saunders *#
1924-25 Bill Ferron*#
1925-26 A.A. Hinmon *
1926-27 Frosty Mildren*
1927-28 Fred Hesse*
1928-28 Dr. F.M. Ferguson*
1929-30 Dr. William S Park*
1930-31 Charlie Dimock*
1931-32 Leo McNamee*
1932-33 A.E. Cahlan*
1933-34 Douglas Dasheil*
1934-35 Marion Earl*
1935-36  
1936-37 K.O. Knudson*
1937-38 Frank Gusewelle*
1938-39 Tom Connely*
1939-40 Archie Grant*
1940-41 Otto Underhill*
1941-42 Bryan Bunker*
1942-43 Cyril Wengert*#
1943-44 Fred O’Donnell*
1944-45 Frank Case*
1945-46 Victor Shurtiff*
1946-47 Max Kelch*
1947-48 Ed Ciliax*
1948-49 Lorin Ronnow*
1949-50 Leonard Fayle*
1950-51 Allye Lawson*
1951-52 Harry Allen*
1952-53 Les Edwards*
1953-54 Wayne Kirch*
1954-55 George Boman*
1955-56 Spence Butterfield*
1956-57 Walt Hunsaker*
1957-58 Ted Brandt*
1958-59 Julian Moore*
1959-60 Ray F. Culley*
1960-61 C.T. Harris*
1961-62 Ollie Gardner*
1962-63 Tom Underhill*
1963-64 Vern Willis*
1964-65 Ward Wengert*
1965-66 Bill Southard*
1966-67 Dr. Vince Sanner
1967-68 Walter Wehner*
1968-69 Dr. Robert F. Robinson
1969-70 Harold Wandesforde
1970-71 Mark C. Mielke
1971-72 Dr. Harold Boyer*
1972-73 Angelo J. Manzi*
1973-74 Keith Ashworth*
1974-75 Robert E. O’Connell*
1975-76 Don Ashworth
1976-77 David F. Welles
1977-78 James J. Corey*
1978-79 Darrell Luce
1979-80 Albert H. Purdue
1980-81 Michael Hoover
1981-82 Donald L. Aikin
1982-83 Joseph J. Buckley*
1983-84 Irwin Kishner
1984-85 James Cashman III*
1985-86 Mike Meyer
1986-87 Doug L. Peterson
1987-88 M.J. Wiens, Jr.
1988-89 Keith W. Bassett
1989-90 Kenneth E. Miller
1990-91 James M. Gamett
1991-92 Robert L. Moore
1992-93 Robert L. Forbus
1993-94 Gary A. Martin
1994-95 John A. Smith
1995-96 Caty Crockett
1996-97 Clifford R. Beadle
1997-98 Ralph J. Rohay
1998-99 Dr. James M. Jones
1999-2000 Thomas A. Thomas
2000-01 Thomas J. Krob
2001-02 James E. Hunt
2002-03 James R. Tucker
2003-04 Katherine Dalvey-Bonar
2004-05 Steve Casey
2005-06 Ned Phillips
* Deceased # Charter member
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