About the Rotary Club of Albany

The Rotary Club of Albany, New York was organized on April 15, 1913, the 68th Rotary Club organized in the world. As of March 1, 2003, The Albany Rotary Club has 117 members, 36 women and 81 men ranging in age from 24 to 98. The Club meets at the Best Western Sovereign Hotel, 1228 Western Avenue, Albany, every Thursday at 12:15pm.   Each meeting provides opportunity for fellowship, club business and an interesting speaker or presentation. The Rotary Club of Albany along with 46 other clubs in northeastern New York make up Rotary District 7190. There are 1800 Rotarians in the district, the Albany Club is the largest and oldest.

 

          

 

Officers 2004-2005
President
Al Easton

Vice President
Terry Tyson
Secretary
Tod Wing		 Assistant Secretary
Mark Dugas
Treasurer 
Dan Colacino
Sergeant at Arms

Glenn Goldberg

 
Board of Directors
The Officers and
Ann DiSarro '05  Sam Ciccio' 06  Bill Corbett '07
Mark Dugas '05  Terry Donohue '06  Dudley Moon '07
 Jim Sinkoff '05  C. G. Frink, Jr. '06  Carolyn Peterson-Vaccaro '07
   John Robinson '06  Phil Ritter '07
 Anschel Weiss '06  Jo-Ann Rolle '07
     


 


 

 

 

Albany Rotary Club Charter Members

April 1913

Back Row (l-r)  Chas. M. Winchester, Thos. J. McMahon, Gardiner C. Leonard, Chas. C. De Rouville

Front Row (l-r) Geo. S. De Rouville, Ben V. Smith, Oscar F. Kinney

 

Past Presidents

Ben V. Smith 1913-1914

Arthur White  1959-1960

Charles M. Winchester  1914-1915

Donald G. Hatt  1960-1961
George D. Elwell  1915-1916

Sol Rubenstein  1961-1962

William G. Furlong  1916-1917

 Robert H. Taylor  1962-1963

Edgar M. Griffiths  1917-1918

 Harold J. Willard  1963-1964

George William McEwan  1919-1920

 Edgard M. Robinson  1964-1965

Jacob H. Herzog  1920-1921

Kenneth W. Abele  1965-1966

Harlan H. Horner  1921-1922

 Donald G. Brossman  1966-1967

Charles C. DeRouville  1922-1923

Dominick Gentile  1967-1968

William L. Gillespie  1923-1924

 R. Douglas Marshall  1968-1969

Sidney T. Jones  1924-1925

 Victor G. Dollery, Jr  1969-1970

Roelif H. Brooks  1925-1926

Willis E. Snyder  1970-1971

George M. Wiley, Jr.  1926-1927

James M. Flavin  1971-1972

Charles H. Johnson  1927-1928

Thomas H. Shafer  1972-1973

E. V. Stratton  1928-1929

 Alexander A Courtney  1973-1974

William T. Byrne  1929-1930

James McKee, Jr.  1974-1975
Mark Graves  1930-1931

Carlton A. Lunsford  1975-1976

George E. Bates  1931-1932

Donald M. Bronstein  1976-1977
C. Reeve Vanneman  1932-1933

Robert L. Hill  1977-1978

Edward G. Hurlburt  1933-1934

 Joseph A. Ricciardi  1978-1979

Ernest V. Hoit  1934-1935

Louis G. Jakovic  1979-1980

Henry A. Vruwink  1935-1936

Robert M. Peebles  1980-1981
Norton McKean  1936-1937

Edwin W. Uhl  1981-1982

John M. Sayles  1937-1938

Thomas R. Moreen  1982-1983
Charles M. Stern 1938-1939

Edward M. Cameron, 2nd  1983-1984

William Mansfield  1940-1941

Laurence G. Barnet  1984-1985
Harry W. Albright, Sr.  1941-1942

Vernon A. Buck  1985-1986

Albert E. Oliver  1942-1943

William J. Nathan  1986-1987

William K. Collins  1943-1944

 Kenneth W. Smead, Jr.  1987-1988

Irwin A. Conroe  1944-1945

 R. Douglas Marshall  1988-1989

Milton L. Perry  1945-1946

 William G. Fraser  1989-1990
Truman D. Cameron  1946-1947 Prentiss Carnell, III  1990-1991

Harry E. Pratt  1947-1948

William W. Fibiger  1991-1992
Louis F Hartman  1948-1949

William Brian Barr  1992-1993
Storrs M. Bishop  1949-1950 Harry D. Hotaling  1993-1994
Charles A. Oliver  1950-1951

Ann Bryan Smollin  1994-1995
William K. Sanford  1951-1952

John F. Thornton, Jr.  1995-1996
Henry H. Bonsall, Jr.  1952-1953

Alta S. Schallehn  1996-1997
W. Norris Paxton  1953-1954 Rhonda Childs  1997-1998
Charles W. Riley  1954-1955

Steven E. Lobel  1998-1999

Charles B. Cameron  1955-1956

 Cynthia M. Swadba  1999-2000
Evan R. Collins  1956-1957

Kevin Tully  2000-2001

Stanley R. Crocker  1957-1958

 Ann G. DiSarro  2001-2002
Franklin Beardsley  1958-1959 Samual S. Ciccio 2002-2003
Carolyn Peterson-Vaccaro 2003-2004

 

 

 

Secretaries  

George S. DeRouville  1913-1917

  
John F. Tremain  1917-1947  

Charles W. Noyes 1947-1957

  

Lowell H. Gypson, Emeritus  1957-1979

  
Victor T. Dollery, Jr.  1979-1982  

Lyle J. Schoenthal  1982

  

Lewis C. Rubenstein, Emeritus  1982-1994

  

Cynthia M. Swadba  1994-1998

  
David W. Palmquist  1998-2001  
Philip W. Ritter  2001-2004  

 

 
Albany Rotary Club
P.O Box 3967
Albany, NY 12203
518-867-4100 
albanyrotary@aol.com