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Club History

Rotary Club of Columbia, Mo was chartered April 1, 1922 and was the home club of 1934-35 of the Rotary International President Robert E. Lee Hill. The University 0f Missouri columns in the old club logo recognize the centrality of education to the Rotary and Columbia. The club is informally called the Downtown Rotary Club.

Committee Chairs | Club Leadership | Tom Botts Award | Past Club Presidents | Attendance | Rotary Links

Committee Chairs

Gail Gates

Community Service Committee: Gail Gates

Jody Miller

Communications Committee: Jody Miller

Fundraising Committee: Neil Carr

Renee

International Committee: Renee Reed Miller

Chrissy Jones

Membership Committee: Chrissy Jones

New Generation Committee: Kelley Upham

Barbara Churchill

Community Service Committee: Barbara Churchill

Guy Brown

Foundation Committee: Guy Brown

Josh Lehman

Fundraising Committee: Josh Lehman

Melvin Platt

Membership Committee: Melvin Platt

New Generation Committee: Linda Ladd

Youth Exchange Committee: Brenda Woods

Club Leadership

Officers & Board of Directors

Mark Hargens

President: Mark Hargens

Mike Randerson

Club Executive Secretary: Mike Randerson

Treasurer: David Clithero

Secretary: Al Tacker

Chuck Doss

President Elect: Chuck Doss

Renee

Club Executive Secretary Elect: Renee Reed Miller

Board Members

Neil Carr (2017-2020)

David Clithero (2017-2020)

Barbara Churchill

Barb Churchill (2019-2022)

Mark Hargens

Mark Hargens (2019-2022)

Mike Randerson (2019-2022)

Jody Miller (2017-2020)

Mahree Skala

Mahree Skala (2021-2024)

David Atkins

David Atkins (2021-2024)

Chrissy Jones

Chrissy Jones (2021-2024)

Gail Gates

Gail Gates (filling term ending 2021)

Tom Botts Award

This award recognizes outstanding service by club members. It was named for Tom Botts, who until his death at age 94 on March 1, 1999, was the club's oldest member. Affectionately called "Coach" because of his tenure as MU track coach from 1946 to 1972, Tom served as Club Secretary for 13 years during the 1970s and 1980s. In recognition of his m any years of outstanding service to the club, the community and the University, he was given a special award by the Board of Directors in 1985, and the Tom Botts Award was created.

SELECTION CRITERIA:
1. Exemplify the Rotary four-way test: (a) Is it the
truth? (b) Is it fair to all concerned? (c) Will it build goodwill and better friendships? (d) Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
2. Exemplary service to Rotary
3. Achievement in business or profession
4. Service to the community
5. Member of the club for at least five years

Have a candidate for the Tom Botts award in mind? Use the form below to nominate them!






    Previous Tom Botts Recipients

    1985: Tom Botts
    1986: Bob Teel, Harry Herman, Leland Schaperkotter, Herb Schooling
    1987: Sam Black, Elmer Ellis, Charlie Diggs, Sr., Charles Proctor
    1988: Andy Bass, Bill Bradshaw, Seymour Smith, Earl English
    1989: Sidney Neate, Sam Langley, Ed Lambert, Hugh Stephenson
    1990: Russell Thompson, Bill Kimel, B.D. Simon, Albert Price
    1991: Duke Walthall, Everette Kahl, Joe Covington, Tim Donovan
    1992: Robert Karsch, Robert Shaw, Ronald Mason, R.D. Ross
    1993: Kenneth Clark, Paul Kuckelman, Harold Edwards, Jack Kennedy
    1994: Smiley Herrin, Kenneth Freeman, Tom Payne, Marvin Shamberger
    1995: Adolph Schroeder, Don Ruthenberg
    1996: Larry Clark
    1998: Carl Scheneman, Steve Scott
    1999: Glenn McElroy
    2000: David Rogers
    2001: Claude Barton, Scott Orr
    2002: Earl Proctor, Muriel Battle
    2003: Deanna Corn, Earl Robert Jones
    2004: George Ashley
    2005: Cindy Mustard
    2006: Jolene Schulz, Cindy Sheltmire
    2007: Marty Walker 2008: Darcy Wells
    2009: Judy Elliott 2010: Melvin Platt
    2011: Gertrude and G.B. Thompson (joint award)
    2012: David Oliver
    2013: Rollie Hausman, Ann Deaton
    2014: Susan Bell
    2015: Keith McLaughlin
    2016: Chief William Markgraf
    2017: Kelley Upham
    2018: Brenda Woods

    Past Club Presidents

    2018-2019: Bob Churchill 2017-2018: Bob Churchill 2016-17: John Baker 2015-16: Kelley Upham 2014-15: Susan Bell 2013-14: Jerry Murrell 2012-13: Melvin Platt 2011-12: Brenda Woods 2010-11: Keith McLaughlin 2009-10: Rollie Hausman 2008-09: Darlene R. Johnson 2007-08: Tony St. Romaine 2006-07: Paige Scott 2005-06: Darcy Wells 2004-05: Marty Walker 2003-04: Andy Bonderer 2002-03: Ed Blaine 2001-02: Bill Markgraf 2000-01: R.D. Ross 1999-00: Dee Corn 1998-99: Bob Bohnenkamp 1997-98: Jeff MacLellan 1996-97: Tim Donovan 1995-96: Bob Jones 1994-95: Steve Scott 1993-94: Jim Roller 1992-93: Jerry D. Harl 1991-92: Richard Halterman 1990-91: Ronald E. King 1989-90: Jerry D. Kennett 1988-89: Hugh E. Stephenson, Jr. 1987-88: Joe L. Moseley 1986-87: Russell V. Thompson 1985-86: K. Blake Danuser 1984-85: Charles W. Digges, Jr. 1983-84: Ronald E. Mason 1982-83: E. Lynn Miller 1981-82: William R. Kimel 1980-81: Thomas E. Baumgardner 1979-80: David B. Rogers 1978-79: Dolf Schroeder 1977-78: Harlan E. Jensen 1976-77: William P. Jenkins 1975-76: Leland Schaperkotter 1974-75: Kenneth Clark 1973-74: Donald C. Patterson 1972-73: John P. Kennedy 1971-72: Charles G. Gibbens 1970-71: Robert L. Teel 1969-70: Kermit A. Crawley 1968-69: Jean J. Madden 1967-68: Andrew J. Bass, Jr. 1966-67: Kenneth K. Keown 1965-66: A. Perry Phillips 1964-65: Robert C. Shaw 1963-64: Joe E. Covington 1962-63: B.D. Simon 1961-62: Scott Wright 1960-61: Kenneth Freeman 1959-60: Leo F. Van Coutren 1958-59: Edward H. Weatherly 1957-58: Paul W. Mathews 1956-57: Charles W. Digges, Sr. 1955-56: Max Gill 1954-55: Charles G. Proctor 1953-54: J. Rogers Cockran 1952-53: H. Donovan Rhynsburger 1951-52: Sidney M. Neate 1950-51: Thomas D. McHarg 1949-50: Clarence C. Lightner 1948-49: Henry H. Kinyon 1947-48: Patterson Bain 1946-47: H.R. McArthur 1945-46: John Rufi 1944-45: Arthur L. Hulen 1942-43: James C. Miller 1941-42: Arthur S. Emig 1940-41: Joseph R. Somerville Jul-Oct 1940 Samuel T. Bratton 1939-40: John Estes Gillaspie 1938-39: Karl D. Dietrich 1937-38: C. Mitchell Tucker 1936-37: W. Morris Dinwiddie 1935-36: Thomas B. Taylor 1934-35: Nick Thurmond Cave 1933-34: Isadore Arnold Barth 1932-33: Chester Leland Brewer 1931-32: John Philip Hetzler 1930-31: Walter Homer Braselton 1929-30: James Sidney Rollins 1928-29: Orville Marion Barnett 1927-28: Frederick B. Mumford 1926-27: Charles William Digges 1925-26: Robert E. Lee Hill 1924-25: William Joseph Hetzler 1923-24: Henry Alison Collier 1922-23: Frank Bingham Rollins Feb-Jun 1922: Jay William Hudson

    Attendance

    Makeups/Excused Absences: To help our attendance average, please be sure to report your makeups and to request excused absences when your absence is unavoidable. If you make up at another Columbia club, your attendance automatically will be reported to our club. However, if you make up out-of-town, you must self-report those makeups. If you attend a Rotary International or District sponsored online/virtual event, it will count as a make up. When you need to report a makeup or request an excused absence, you can do so by replying to this message or by filling out one of the yellow cards available on the sign-in table at meetings.

    To report an excused absence, please email Al Tacker at altacker@aol.com.

    Missed a meeting? Make it up at another Rotary club

    Columbia Area Make-up Locations

    • Columbia Evening Club, Mondays at 5:15 p.m. at Grand Cru Restaurant, 2600 South Providence Road
    • The Northwest Rotary Club, Tuesdays at noon at the Country Club of Missouri, 1300 Woodrail Avenue
    • The Rotary Club of Columbia South, Fridays at 6:45 a.m. at the Country Club of Missouri, 1300 Woodrail Avenue
    • Rotaract of Columbia, Second Thursdays of each month at 5:30 p.m . at Mobility Worldwide, 1908 Heriford Road, and Fourth Thursdays of each month at 5:30 p.m. at Northwestern Mutual, 3610 Buttonwood Drive, Suite 300
    • The Metro Rotary Club, every Wednesday at 12:00 noon at The Columbia Country Club, 2210 Country Club Drive, Columbia, Missouri.