Past District Governors
PAST DISTRICT GOVERNORS
District Evolution Prior to Creation of Current District 5890
(1915 – 1956)
Year Name Club
District 12
1915-16 W. H. Richardson, Jr. Austin
1916-17 Lynn B. Milan Dallas
1917-18 Elijah Coles Houston
District 18
1918-19 Thomas S. Reed Beaumont
1919-20 Robert E. Vinson Austin
1920-21 H. Lutcher Stark Orange RI Director 1921-22
1921-22 George C. Holmgreen San Antonio
District 13
1922-23 John V. Singleton Waxahachie
1923-24 Lester W. Dawley Paris
1924-25 Harry H. Rogers San Antonio RI Director ‘25-28 RI Pres 1926-27
1925-26 Sidney L. Hardin Mission
District 47
1926-27 Harry H. Hedges Houston
1927-28 George Peeler Taylor
1928-29 Arthur B. Mayhew Uvalde RI Director 1933-34
1929-30 Robert Lee Bobbitt Laredo
1929-30 Sam E. Thompson Kerrville
1930-31 Walter Walthal San Antonio RI Director 1932-33
1931-32 John A. Crockett Harlingen
1932-33 Charles C. Todd Bryan
1933-34 Walter R. Jenkins Houston
1934-35 Wynn Seale Kingsville
1934-35 John Kirkpatrick Edinburg
1935-36 Edward P. Arneson San Antonio
1936-37 Lewis E. Ball Huntsville
District 130
1937-38 Alan S. Pimental Houston
1938-39 Francis B. Dunn Port Arthur
1939-40 Charles Harrist Conroe
1940-41 E. A. Blackburn Houston
1941-42 W. L. Ansell Richmond
1942-43 C. Allen Sears Harrisburg
1943-44 George K. Marshall Galveston
1944-45 J. Roy Wells Huntsville
1945-46 Wylie Johnson Houston
1946-47 Uvalde P. Humbert Bryan
1948-49 W. Vandal D. Mercer Galveston
District 190
1949-50 W. Ernst Japhet Houston
1950-51 Farley P. Sanford El Campo
1951-52 Kelsey Lamb Beaumont
1952-53 W. R. Beaumier Lufkin
1953-54 K. A. Anderson Palestine
1954-55 W. E. Street Bryan
1955-56 Wood Fain Woodville
District 589
1956-57 - W. H. "Bill" Avery Houston
1957-58 - Jewell Benson Harrisburg
1958-59 - A. Tom Dyal Bay City
1959-60 - Tom Niland Houston
1960-61 - Herbert D. Zapp Pasadena
1961-62 - Arthur D. Derby University Area
1962-63 - Ed Bracher Houston Heights
1963-64 - Virgil R. Lee Houston
1964-65 - Choyce Allison** University Area
1964-65 - Ed Bracher Houston Heights RI Training Leader,
RI Director 67-69; 2nd V.P. 68-69
1965-66 - R. B. (Red) Clouse Harrisburg
1966-67 - Clyde L. Coleman Houston
1967-68 - George Shoultz Bay City
1968-69 - Alden O. Bailey Pasadena
1969-70 - Edward M. House University Area
1970-71 - Erwin Heinen Houston
1971-72 - Ernest D. Upham West Columbia
1972-73 - George DeMontrond River Oaks
1973-74 - Wayne Holland Harrisburg
1974-75 - George McCrocklin Pasadena
1975-76 - Joe Hall Wharton
1976-77 - Mike Gibson Houston Heights
1977-78 - George H. Gentry Baytown
1978-79 - Rabbi Robert I. Kahn Houston
1979-80 - James E. Carrell Houston Heights
1980-81 - Paul W. Jury Harrisburg
1981-82 - Floyd Boze Space Center
1982-83 - David D. Hill Westheimer (now Galleria Area)
1983-84 - Dan Willis Houston
1984-85 - Joe Hollingsworth Harrisburg
1985-86 - Ray Potter Memorial/Spring Branch
1986-87 - Walt Lackey Pearland
1987-88 - Alvin R. Busse Houston
1988-89 - Roy Long Houston Heights
1989-90 - E. G. Nichols Memorial/Spring Branch
1990-91 - Tyler Baker Brazosport
1991-92 - Robert G. Fitts Sharpstown
District 5890
1991-93 - Robert Lee "Bob" Ellis Bellaire/S.W. Houston
1993-94 - Billy D. Weseman Space Center
1994-95 - George Francklow, Jr. Houston Heights
1995-95 - Andy Smallwood Gulfway/Hobby Airport 2001 RI Training Leader
1996-97 - Edgar P. Martin Houston Heights
1997-98 - Steve Harris Sugar Land
1998-99 - Bob Franklin Brazosport
1999-00 - John Painter Northshore
2000-01 - Charlie Clemmons Seabrook
2001-02 - Dennis D. Adams Houston Heights
2002-03 - Jon J. Eiche Richmond
2003-04 - George M. Yeiter Gulfway/Hobby Airport
2004-05 - D'Lisa R. Simmons Galleria Area
2005-06 - Charlie A. Thorp Houston Heights
2006-07 – Susan Howe Space Center
2007-08 – Jeff Tallas Sugarland
2008-09 – Rhonda Kennedy Sweeny
2009-10 – Ed Charlesworth Willowbrook
2010-11 – Sunil Sharma Ft Bend County
2011-12 – Rhonda Walls Kerby Katy
**Elected but did not serve - Deceased