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Our thanks to Robin Dillow of the Rotary International Archives for this list.

CHAIRS OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION TRUSTEES

(All chairs were also presidents of Rotary International and their information is found at www.presidentshistories.org)

 

 

1928-34 Arch C. Klumph, (lumber) Rotary Club of Cleveland, Ohio, USA – Date of Birth: 6 June 1869 Date of Death: 3 June 1951

 

1935-36 Harry H. Rogers, (law) Rotary Club of San Antonio, Texas, USA – Date of Birth: 24 May 1877 Date of Death: 3 December 1957

 

1936-37 Clinton P. Anderson, (insurance – Casualty) Rotary Club of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – Date of Birth: 23 October 1895 Date of Death: 11 November 1975

 

1937-38 Clinton P. Anderson

 

1938-41 Glenn C. Mead, (law – private practice) Rotary Club of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Date of Birth: 12 January 1870 Date of Death: 24 May 1954

 

**1941-42 Ed R. Johnson, (Railroad commissary contractor) Rotary Club of Roanoke, Virginia, USA – Date of Birth: 1882 Date of Death: 12 April 1960

 

1942-43 Harry H. Rogers

 

1943-44 Clinton P. Anderson

 

1944-45 Tom J. Davis, (law) Rotary Club of Butte, Montana, USA – Date of Birth: 30 January 1888 Date of Death: 22 October 1953

 

1945-46 Charles L. Wheeler, (intercoastal shipping) Rotary Club of San Francisco, California, USA – Date of Birth: 20 August 1888 Date of Death: 30 August 1982

 

1946-47 Tom J. Davis

 

1947-48 Thomas A. Warren, (education – general administration) Rotary Club of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England – Date of Birth: 10 May 1882 Date of Death: 13 November, 1968

 

1948-49 Richard C. Hedke, (chemicals & dyestuffs distribution) Rotary Club of Detroit, Michigan, USA – Date of Birth: 16 October 1885 Date of Death: 28 February 1969

 

1949-50 S. Kendrick Guernsey, (capital investments) Rotary Club of Jacksonville, Florida, USA – Date of Birth: 11 March 1892 Date of Death: 9 November 1977

 

1950-51 Angus S. Mitchell, (manufacturer) Rotary Club of Melbourne, Australia –

Date of Birth: 1 April 1884 Date of Death: 16 August 1961

 

1951-52 Percy Hodgson, (novelty yarn manufacturing) Rotary Club of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA – Date of Birth: 16 December 1901 Date of Death: 1 January, 1986

 

1952-53 Arthur Lagueux, (investments) Rotary Club of Quebec, Quebec, Canada –

Date of Birth: 21 June 1901 Date of Death: 17 October, 1957

 

1953-54 Frank E. Spain, (insurance-law) Rotary Club of Birmingham, Alabama, USA – Date of Birth: 11 October 1891 Date of Death: 22 October 1986

 

1954-55 H. J. Brunnier, (structural engineering) Rotary Club of San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – Date of Birth: 26 November 1882 Date of Death: 10 December 1971

 

1955-56 Joaquin Serratosa Cibils, (tire distribution) Montevideo, Uruguay – Date of Birth: 5 September 1884 Date of Death: 22 October 1958

 

1956-57 Herbert J. Taylor, (cooking utensils) Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA – Date of Birth: 18 April 1893 Date of Death: 1 May 1978

 

1957-58 A. Z. Baker, (law) Rotary Club of Cleveland, Ohio, USA – Date of Birth: 17 November 1890 Date of Death: 16 March 1976

 

1958-59 Gian Paolo Lang, (produce exporting) Rotary Club of Livorno, Italy –  Date of Birth: 1 July 1894 Date of Death: 29 January 1978

 

1959-60 Charles G. Tennent, (nurseries) Rotary Club of Asheville, North Carolina, USA – Date of Birth: 5 April 1894 Date of Death: 22 February 1979

 

1960-61 Clifford A. Randall, (general law practice) Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA –

Date of Birth: 16 September 1905 Date of Death: 17 September 1984

 

1961-63 J. Edd McLaughlin, (banking) Rotary Club of Ralls, Texas, USA – Date of Birth: 1 February 1894 Date of Death: 27 September 1979

 

1963-65 Joseph A. Abey, (newspaper publishing) Rotary Club of Reading, Pennsylvania, USA –

Date of Birth: 21 June 1894 Date of Death: 12 March 1972

 

1965-66 Carl P. Miller, (journalism) Rotary Club of Los Angeles, California, USA – Date of Birth: 30 October 1897 Date of Death: 29 August, 1990

 

1966-69 A. Z. Baker

  

1969-70 Charles W. Pettengill, (civil law practice) Rotary Club of Greenwich, Connecticut, USA – Date of Birth: 16 February 1901 Date of Death: 27 November 1974

 

1970-71 Richard L. Evans, (broadcaster, family magazine editor, and writer) Rotary Club of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA – Date of Birth: 23 March 1906 Date of Death: 1 November, 1971

 

1971-72 Luther H. Hodges, (textile manufacturing) Rotary Club of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA – Date of Birth: 9 March 1898 Date of Death: 6 October 1974

 

1972-73 Kiyoshi Togasaki, (newspaper publishing) Rotary Club of Tokyo, Japan – Date of Birth: 24 September 1895 Date of Death: 7 February 1992

 

1973-74 James F. Conway, (law) Rotary Club of Rockville Centre, New York, USA –

Date of Birth: 7 January 1903 Date of Death: 27 August 1986

 

1974-75 William E. Walk, Jr., (law) Rotary Club of Ontario, California, USA – Date of Birth: 7 April 1917 Date of Death: 17 October 1989

 

1975-76 Ernst G. Breitholtz, (carbide and oxyacetylene welding) Rotary Club of Kalmar, Sweden – Date of Birth: 9 February 1905 Date of Death: 11 January 1991

 

1976-77 Roy D. Hickman, (printing and publishing, photoengraving) Rotary Club of Birmingham, Alabama, USA – Date of Birth: 27 January 1902 Date of Death: 21 July 1993

 

1977-78 William C. Carter, (law – general practice), Member, Rotary Club of Battersea, London – Date of Birth: 23 September 1906 Date of Death: 17 April 2005

 

1978-79 William R. Robbins, (citrus fruit growing and roofing construction) Rotary Club of Miami FL, USA – Date of Birth: December 29 1910 Date of Death: 23 April 1998

 

1979-80 Ernesto Imbassahy de Mello, (law) Rotary Club of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil –

Date of Birth: 25 July 1908 Date of Death: 12 June 1993

 

1980-81 Ernesto Imbassahy de Mello

 

1981-82 Clem Renouf, (accounting services), Member, Rotary Club of Nambour, Queensland, Australia – Date of Birth: 19 April 1921

 

1982-83 James L. Bomar, Jr., (general law practice), Rotary Club of Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA – Date of Birth: 1 July 1914 Date of Death: 25 June 2001

 

**1983-84 Rolf J. Klδrich, (confectionary manufacturing), Member, Rotary Club of Helsinki-Helsingfors, Finland – Date of Birth: 5 February 1922 Date of Death: 20 January 2005

 

1984-85 Stanley E. McCaffrey, (associations – regional civic and economic development) Rotary Club of Stockton, California, USA – Date of Birth: 26 February 1917 Date of Death: 3 March 2002

 

1985-86 Hiroji Mukasa, (neuro-psychiatry) Rotary Club of Nakatsu, Oita, Japan – Date of Birth: 9 November 1911 Date of Death: 5 October 1992

 

1986-87 William E. Skelton, (university extension administration), Member, Rotary Club of Christiansburg-Blacksburg, Virginia, USA – Date of Birth: 10 January 1919

 

1987-88 Carlos Canseco, (medicine – allergies), Member, Rotary Club of Monterrey, Mexico –

Date of Birth: 17 March 1921

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*1988-90 Edward F. Cadman, (orthopedic surgery), Rotary Club of Wenatchee, Washington, USA –Date of Birth: 9 December 1918 Date of Death: 17 April 2002

 

1990-91 Carlos Canseco

 

1991-92 M.A.T. Caparas, (labor law practice) Member, Rotary Club of Manila, Philippines –

Date of Birth: 28 December 1923

 

1992-93 Charles C. Keller, (corporate law practice), Member, Rotary Club of California, Pennsylvania, USA – Date of Birth: 17 June 1923

 

1993-94 Royce Abbey, (window shades manufacturing), Member, Rotary Club of Essendon, Vic., Australia – Date of Birth: 8 June 1922

 

1994-95 Hugh M. Archer (electrical engineering), Member, Rotary Club of Dearborn, Michigan USA – Date of Birth: 22 June 1916 Date of Death: July 15, 2005

 

1995-96 Paulo V.C. Costa, (architecture) Rotary Club of Santos, Sγo Paulo, Brazil –

Date of Birth: 23 January 1930 Date of Death: 10 April 2000

 

1996-97 Rajendra K. Saboo, (needle manufacturing) Rotary Club of Chandigarh, India –

Date of Birth: 11 August 1934

 

1997-98 Clifford L. Dochterman, (university administration) Rotary Club of Moraga, California, USA – Date of Birth: 13 December 1925

 

1998-99 Robert Barth (beverage industry) Member, Rotary Club of Aarau, Switzerland – Date of Birth: 25 October 1922

 

1999-00 Bill Huntley (education), Member, Rotary Club of Alford & Mablethorpe, England – Date of Birth: 3 January 1929 Date of Death: 21 February 2006

 

2000-01 Herbert G. Brown (furniture retailing) Member, Rotary Club of Clearwater, Florida, USA – Date of Birth: 22 November 1923

 

2001-02 Luis Vicente Giay (certified public accountant), Member, Rotary Club of Arrecifes, Buenos Aires, Argentina – Date of Birth: 4 August 1938

 

2002-03 Glen W. Kinross (furniture manufacturing) Member, Rotary Club of Brisbane, Australia – Date of Birth: 9 January 1931

 

2003-04 James L. Lacy (investments), Member, Rotary Club of Cookeville, Tennessee, USA – Date of Birth: 14 October 1930

 

2004-05 Carlo Ravizza (architecture), Member, Rotary Club of Milano, Italy – Date of Birth: 10 December 1925

 

2005-06 Frank J. Devlyn (optical stores), Member, Rotary Club of Anahuac, Distrito Federal, Mexico – Date of Birth: 22 September 1939

 

2006-07 Luis Vicente Giay

 

2007-08 Bhichai Rattakul (resigned 1 August 2007)(pharmaceutical manufacturing), Member, Rotary Club of Dhonburi, The Rotary Foundation's Goals for 2007-08 Bangkok, Thailand – Date of Birth: 16 September 1926

2007-08 Trustee Vice Chair Robert S. Scott, of the Rotary Club of Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, 1 August 2007 - 30 June 2008. Scott became the first chairman of TRF who had not served as president of  Rotary International.

 

2008-2009 Jonathan B. Majiyagbe, (Kano, Kano State, Nigeria)  First Chair from Africa

 

* Birth date is not available from our records.

** Only year of birth is available from our records.

*** Only day of birth is available from our records.

 

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