A Brief History

A Message from the President on the 75th Anniversary of the Melrose Rotary Club:

In 1905, Rotary was founded in Chicago by Paul P. Harris. Sixteen years later the Melrose Club was chartered and began its long service to mankind. Rotary’s original purpose as an association of professional people to assist their own club, their own community, the vocational activities of their club and international service. Through 75 years of effort, the former members and present members have provided to everyone that they met their Four Avenues of service.
In my years of membership I have found that Rotarians as a whole have not only been kind and fair and truthful, but that the friendships and goodwill have been beneficial to everyone. I consider Rotarians to be the greatest of volunteers, my ultimate heroes.
A simple yardstick whereby all Rotary personnel make decisions on their own is the cornerstone of Rotary. These questions are:
1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3 Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
This four way est has been answered with a resounding yes by every member of Melrose Rotary from the date of its inception to the present. As a result, Rotary has not only survived, it has prospered.
John J. McNaught, Jr.
President, Melrose Rotary Club, 1995-1996

Past Presidents

William S. Briry (1921-22)
Charles F. Hill (1922-23)
Edward W. Libby (1923-24)
Roy L. Bosworth (1924-25)
Walter A. Lindell (1925-26)
Ralph R. Stratton (1926-27)
George E. Burke (1927-28)
Paul L. Barrett (1928-29)
Charles W. Jeffras (1929-30)
Eaton H. Perkins (1930-31)
Arthur Mansfield (1931-32)
Ralph R. Stratton (1932-33)
Armour W. Clark (1933-34)
Harold P. Waterhouse (1934-35)
Albert E. Small (1935-36)
A. Leslie Brown (1936-37)
Matthew W. Cox (1937-38)
Theron M. Hatch (1938-39)
Roland V. Marsolais (1939-40)
Wynton Danglemeyer (1940-41)
Daniel A. Harrington (1941-42)
Howard C. Cook (1942-43)
Aubrey Ballantyne (1943-44)
Howard L. Tilden (1944-45)
Carleton Baker (1945-46)
Wallace Forgey (1946-47)
Harland Robinson, Jr. (1947-48)

Edward E. Hatch (1948-49)
Glenn S. Weeks (1949-50)
H. Leslie Tricky (1950-51)
Paul H. Messer (1951-52)
William B. Alexander (1952-53)
Harold Watts (1953-54)
Kenneth L. Faulkner (1954-55)
Joseph T. Cefalo (1955-56)
Claude L. Hanley (1956-57)
Alden M. Perkins (1957-58)
Arthur Flint (1958-59)
Harold T. Rand (1959-60)
Conrad G. Keniston (1960-61)
Charles R. Mitchell (1961-62)
Philip L. Wadland (1962-63)
Harry M. Brettell (1963-64)
Lemuel K. Lord (1964-65)
George W. Crafts (1965-66)
Lee V. Houser (1966-67)
George R. Winters (1967-68)
Henry L. Taylor (1968-69)
Norman Robinson (1969-70)
Sam Torrice (1970-71)
James W. Killam, III (1971-72)
William Huntress, Jr. (1972-73)
Frank T. Paolino (1973-74)
Willard M. Gray (1974-75)

Bill Camuso (2002-03 )
Steve Buker (2003-04 )
Donna West (2004-05 )
Phil Ogren (2005-06 )
Millie Rich (2006-07 )
Arthur E. Coates (2007-08 )
John Tozza (2008-09 )
Ted Craft (2009-10 )
Bill Dailey (2010-11)
Mark Hutchinson (2011-12 )
Jim Halligan (2012-13 )
Eileen Hamblin (2013-14 )
Mary Beth Margolis (2014-15)
Daniel Burke (2015-16)
Susan Nadworny (2016-17)
Beth McNelis (2017-18)
Christopher Cinella (2018-19)
Jeffrey Jones (2019-20)
Robert Oosterman (2020-21)
James Oosterman (2021-22)

Robert B. Holden (1975-76)
Richard H. Dodge (1976-77)
David H. Schmidt (1977-78)
Ronald W. Alley (1978-79)
Robert R. LeSaffre (1979-80)
Donald R. Putney (1980-81)
David G. Warren (1981-82)
Edward E. Swenson (1982-83)
Americo S. Rossino (1983-84)
Sherman D. Jones (1984-85)
Norman H. Blaney (1985-86)
Frank Antonelli (1986-87)
Frank E. Schueler (1987-88)
Tracy W. Decker (1988-89)
J. Peter Regan (1989-90)
Francis E. Hardy (1990-91)
Neil H. Fried (1991-92)
Robert S. Cary (1992-93)
Samuel Mazzola (1993-94)
John J. Hickey, Jr. (1994-95)
John J. McNaught, Jr. (1995-96)
Richard S. Quinlan (1996-97)
Charles A. Cochran, Jr. (1997-98 )
Robert G. Stewart (1998-99 )
William C. Huntress III (1999-00 )
William Donohue (2000-01 )
Jack Welch (2001-02 )

Paul Harris Fellows

Rotary started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago on 23 February 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas, form meaningful, lifelong friendships, and give back to their communities.

The Paul Harris Fellow program recognizes individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. The honor was established in 1957 to show appreciation for contributions that support our Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant.

Ronald W. Alley
Shirley Anastas
Carleton N. Baker
Bruce W. Baker
Robert E. Barnes
Norman H. Blaney
Connie Blaney
Candy Brower
Bill Camuso
Robert S. Cary
Joan Cassidy
Janet Faulkner Chapman
Arthur E. Coates
Tracy W. Decker
Bill Donohue
Jean Faulkner Dougan
Edith Faulkner
Kenneth I. Faulkner
William Faulkner
John E. Finn
Dorothy T. French
Charles Gill
Willard M. Gray
Zina Greenwood
Oscar A Guinn, Jr.
Jim Halligan
Eileen Hamblin
Claude L. Hanley
John J. Hickey, Jr.
Charles A. Holden
Marynoyes Holden
Robert B. Holden
Bill Horrigan
William C. Huntress, Sr.
William C. Huntress, Jr.
William C. Huntress, III
Mark Hutchinson
Sandra Jones
Sherman D. Jones
James J. Kelly
James W. Killam III
Robert D. LeSaffre
Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis
Earl T. Martin
Helen J. Martin
Raymond L. Martin
Samuel Mazzola
John E. McLaughlin
John McNaught, Jr.
James E. Milano
George W. Newhall
Jeffrey Newman
James Oosterman
Robert T. Oosterman
Frank T. Paolino
Alden M. Perkins
Ernest R. Pendleton, Jr.
Parke B. Pendleton
Rick Pignone
Donald R. Putney
Richard Quinlan
J. Peter Regan
Millie Rich
Jeffrey D. Robinson
Americo S. Rossino
Ernest Rotondi
David H. Schmidt
Diane Schueler
Ken Sharkey
Arthur F. Shea
Frederick Solomon
Robert M. Soule
John M. Tozza
Marty Tozza
David G. Warren
Peter Waystack
John Welch
H. Alan Whitney
Ruth B. Whitney
John Wilkes

History of Melrose Rotary

A Brief History

Past Presidents

Paul Harris Fellows