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About Rotary Club of Columbia

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 of 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

Communications Committee: Sheena Rice

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Communications Committee: Sunitha Bosecker

Gail Gates

Community Service Committee: Gail Gates

Mike Randerson

Community Service Committee: Mike Randerson

Fundraising Committee: Neil Carr

Josh Lehman

Fundraising Committee: Josh Lehmen

Chuck Doss

Foundation Committee: Chuck Doss

Foundation Committee: Rollie Hausman

International Service: Nadege Uwase

Portrait of Walter P. Lantzy, III

Membership Committee: Walter P. Lantzy, III

Portrait of Rodrigo Scorza

Membership Committee: Rodrigo Scorza

New Generation Committee: Cindy Mustard

New Generation Committee: Keith McLaughlin

New Generation Committee: Kelley Upham

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Club Programs Committee: Chris Kelly

Portrait of Andrew Bonderer

Club Programs Committee: Andrew Bonderer

Club Leadership

Officers & Board of Directors

Chrissy Jones

President: Chrissy Jones

Treasurer: David Clithero

Secretary: Al Tacker

Josh Lehman

President Elect: Josh Lehmen

Board Members

David Atkins

David Atkins, Class of 23-24

Portrait of Rachelle Augustine

Rachelle Augustine, Class of 25-26

Becky Bocklage, Class of 24-25

Chuck Doss

Past President: Chuck Doss

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Ted Jacobs, Class of 24-25

Portrait of Walter P. Lantzy, III

Walter P. Lantzy, III, Class of 25-26

Portrait of Ann Merrifield

Ann Merrifield, Class of 25-26

Renee

Past President: Renée Reed-Miller

Mahree Skala

Mahree Skala, Class of 23-24

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
    2020: Michael Randerson
    2022: Mark Hargens

    Past Club Presidents

    2022-2023: Chuck Doss & Renee Reed-Miller
    2021-2022: Barbara Churchill
    2020-2021: Mark Hargens & Mike Randerson
    2019-2020: Neil Carr
    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