Past District Governors

Rotary districts came into existence in 1915. Our district boundaries and numbering system have changed several times since then. This is a listing of all of the past governors who have served our northeast Florida district. Note: Those listed with a RC prefix represent the related or member club, otherwise they are indicated by city.

DISTRICT	SERVICE DATES	DISTRICT GOVERNOR	HOME CLUB
5th DISTRICT	1915 – 1916	Frank Glass	Montgomery, AL
	1916 – 1917	Ralph D. Quisenberry	Montgomery, AL
	1917 – 1918	Malcolm D. Jones	Macon, GA
8th DISTRICT	1918 – 1919	John H. Gay	Jacksonville, FL
	1919 – 1920	Truman L. McGill	Selma, AL
	1920 – 1921	Wilbur C. Smith	Atlanta, GA
	1921 – 1922	John Turner	Tampa. FL
39th DISTRICT	1922 – 1923	Porter Pierpoint	Savannah, GA
	1923 – 1924	S. Kendrick Guernsey	Jacksonville, FL
	1924 – 1925	William C. Lanier	Orlando, FL
	1925 – 1926	John B. Orr	Miami, FL
	1926 – 1927	John Sheffield	Americus, GA
	1927 – 1928	Robertson T. Arnold	Jacksonville, FL
	1928 – 1929	Harry T. Root	Tampa. FL
	1929 – 1930	Howard W. Selby	West Palm Beach
	1930 – 1931	F. Irvin Holmes	Fort Myers, FL
	1931 – 1932	Joseph S. Diver	Jacksonville, FL
	1932 – 1933	Charles A. Mayes	Pensacola, FL
	1933 – 1934	Ed. R. Bentley	Lakeland, FL
	1934 – 1935	Earl G. Thatcher	Vero Beach, FL
	1935 – 1936	Alfred P. Marshall	Clearwater, FL
	1936 – 1937	Millard D. Davidson	Marianna, FL
167th DISTRICT	1937 – 1938	Ronald S. Horton	Lake Worth
	1938 – 1939	Garland Powell	Gainesville
	1939 – 1940	James A. Franklin, Jr.	Fort Myers
	1940 – 1941	J. Chalmers Buchanan	Jacksonville
	1941 – 1942	Fairfax Haskins	Sebring
	1942 – 1943	G. T. Melton	Lake City
	1943 – 1944	Harry M. Smith	Winter Garden
	1944 – 1945	Walter J. Matherly	Gainesville
	1945 – 1946	Fred M. Bultman	Jacksonville
	1946 – 1947	Albert J. Geuger	St. Petersburg
	1947 – 1948	Lawrence M. Hirsig	Jacksonville
	1948 – 1949	Francis R. Bridges, Jr.	Tallahassee
	1949 – 1950	L. W. Gratz	Gainesville
DISTRICT 242	1950 – 1951	Leland W. Hiatt	Chattahoochee
	1951 – 1952	James G. Spencer	Palatka
	1952 – 1953	L. Price Hickman	Live Oak
	1953 – 1954	Frank Snell	Jacksonville
	1954 – 1955	Thomas L. Lloyd	Pensacola
	1955 – 1956	C. R. Drummond	Jacksonville Beach
	1956 – 1957	Albert Nelson	Keystone Heights
	1957 – 1958	Henry W. Dew	Jacksonville
DISTRICT 694	1958 – 1959	J. C. Gissendaner	Chattahoochee
	1959 – 1960	E. Robert Langley	Jacksonville
	1960 – 1961	Homer A. Brinkley	Tallahassee
	1961 – 1962	Frank M. Hancock	Palatka
	1962 – 1963	William J. Hamrick	Jacksonville
	1963 – 1964	Phillip A. Sargent	Crescent City
	1964 – 1965	Raymond Dyson	Jacksonville
	1964 – 1965	William J. Hamrick	Jacksonville
	1965 – 1966	Sydney W. Andrews	Tallahassee
	1966 – 1967	Edwin Peck	Gainesville
	1967 – 1968	Joseph W. Whittlesey	Jacksonville
	1968 – 1969	Harvey Cotton, Jr.	Pensacola
	1969 – 1970	R. Gentry White	St. Augustine
	1970 – 1971	E. Newton Roberts	Fernandina Beach
	1971 – 1972	H. Wayman Parker	Jacksonville
	1972 – 1973	William F. Wesanen	Pensacola
	1973 – 1974	Paul A. Mori	Jacksonville
	1974 – 1975	Randall P. Roberts	Valparaiso
	1975 – 1976	Robert T. Shircliff	Jacksonville
	1976 – 1977	Robert W. Webb	Palatka
	1977 – 1978	William C. Smith	Tallahassee
	1978 – 1979	Edwin B. Nelson	Jacksonville
	1979 – 1980	Robert R. Feagin	RC Jacksonville
	1980 – 1981	Gustave E. Johnson	Jacksonville
DISTRICT 694	1981 – 1982	E. Travis York, Jr.	RC Gainesville
	1982 – 1983	Henry H. Beckwith	RC Jacksonville
	1983 – 1984	Richard J. Anderson	RC Gainesville
	1984 – 1985	Louis Gilbreath	RC Ocala
	1985 – 1986	Wilford C. Lyon, Jr.	RC Jacksonville
	1986 – 1987	William L. Jennings, Jr.	RC New Smyrna Beach
	1987 – 1988	Jim Gorman	RC Jacksonville
	1988 – 1989	William Lee Proctor	RC St. Augustine
	1989 – 1990	Richard A. Brunning	RC DeLand
DISTRICT 6970	1990 – 1991	Stephen D. Melching	RC Ponte Vedra Beach
	1991 – 1992	E. Robert Langley, III	RC South Jacksonville
	1992 – 1993	Wilson Smith	RC Mandarin Jacksonville
	1993 – 1994	Charles W. Larson, II	RC Palatka Sunrise
	1994 – 1995	William J. Moredock	RC Arlington Jacksonville
	1995 – 1996	Jerome R. Mackoul	RC West Jacksonville
	1996 – 1997	F. Wesley Eubank	RC Gainesville
	1997 – 1998	William H. Hill	RC Ponte Vedra Beach
	1998 – 1999	John C. Allen, Jr.	RC Port Orange - South Daytona
	1999 – 2000	Walter L. Brock	RC Orange Park
	2000 – 2001	David Harrill	RC Jacksonville Oceanside
	2001 – 2002	Don Kanfer	RC Four Townes/Orange City
	2002 – 2003	Thomas L. Grimes	RC Jacksonville
	2003 – 2004	Ken Smallwood	RC Orange Park
	2004 – 2005	J. Kenneth Baker	RC West Jacksonville
	2005 – 2006	Shann Purinton	RC Palatka
	2006 – 2007	D. Brent Williams	RC Gainesville
	2007 – 2008	Cecil F. Gibson, III	RC West Jacksonville
	2008 – 2009	Bill Griffin	RC Daytona Beach West
	2009 – 2010	Dave Faraldo	RC Orange Park
	2010 – 2011	Cynde Covington	RC Southpoint
	2011 – 2012	Clint Dawkins	RC West Jacksonville
	2012 – 2013	John Brunner	RC Gainesville
	2013 – 2014	Art MacQueen	RC Daytona Beach West
	2014 – 2015	Percy Rosenbloom	RC Jacksonville
	2015 – 2016	Fred "Fel" Lee	RC Jacksonville Oceanside
	2016 – 2017	Marshall Butler	RC West Jacksonville
	2017 – 2018	Brent Coates	RC Palatka Sunrise
	2018 - 2019	Jeanette Loftus	RC Flagler County
	2019 - 2020	Michael Darragh	RC South Jacksonville
	2020 - 2021	Richard Turnbull	RC St. Augustine Beach
	2021 - 2022	Richard Cooper	RC Ormond Beach
	2022 - 2023	Jeffrey Michelman	RC Jacksonville-Oceanside