History
The Rotary Club of Albany, NY has a rich history and has been a part of the community for over a century.
The Rotary Club of Albany was established in 1913 and became the 68th Rotary Club in the world.
By 1913, the year Albany joined Rotary; there were already clubs in England, Ireland, Scotland, New York City, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. In 1913, George S. DeRouville, a wholesale executive for Cottrell & Leonard, called together a few friends in his office on April 15th and Albany Rotary Club was founded.
It celebrated its 100th-year anniversary in April 2013.
Albany Rotary 100 Years of Service
A website was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary, which contains a collection of photos, documents, videos, and oral histories describing the legacy of community service of the Rotary Club of Albany, NY. It also highlights the friendships formed within Rotary. The website was created by Tracey A. Casseus, a History and Media graduate student at the University at Albany, as an oral history media project. You can explore more about this on the 100th Anniversary Website.
Back Row (l-r): Chas. M. Winchester, Thos. J. McMahon, Gardiner C. Leonard, Chas. C. De Rouville
Front Row (l-r): Geo. S. De Rouville, Ben V. Smith, Oscar F. Kinney
Beginning in 1921, the Albany Rotary Club published the Capital Cogs, the club’s weekly newsletter for the members of the organization. Below is a collection of the Capital Cogs from the Albany Rotary Club’s archives. Click on any of the links below to view a full PDF version of the newsletter.
1921-1923
Past Presidents
Ben V. Smith 1913-1914
Charles M. Winchester 1914-1915
George D. Elwell 1915-1916
William G. Furlong 1916-1917
Edgar M. Griffiths 1917-1918
George William McEwan 1919-1920
Jacob H. Herzog 1920-1921
Harlan H. Horner 1921-1922
Charles C. DeRouville 1922-1923
William L. Gillespie 1923-1924
Sidney T. Jones 1924-1925
Roelif H. Brooks 1925-1926
George M. Wiley, Jr. 1926-1927
Charles H. Johnson 1927-1928
E. V. Stratton 1928-1929
William T. Byrne 1929-1930
Mark Graves 1930-1931
George E. Bates 1931-1932
C. Reeve Vanneman 1932-1933
Edward G. Hurlburt 1933-1934
Ernest V. Hoit 1934-1935
Henry A. Vruwink 1935-1936
Norton McKean 1936-1937
John M. Sayles 1937-1938
Charles M. Stern 1938-1939
William Mansfield 1940-1941
Harry W. Albright, Sr. 1941-1942
Albert E. Oliver 1942-1943
William K. Collins 1943-1944
Irwin A. Conroe 1944-1945
Milton L. Perry 1945-1946
Truman D. Cameron 1946-1947
Harry E. Pratt 1947-1948
Louis F. Hartman 1948-1949
Storrs M. Bishop 1949-1950
Charles A. Oliver 1950-1951
William K. Sanford 1951-1952
Henry H. Bonsall, Jr. 1952-1953
W. Norris Paxton 1953-1954
Charles W. Riley 1954-1955
Charles B. Cameron 1955-1956
Evan R. Collins 1956-1957
Stanley R. Crocker 1957-1958
Franklin Beardsley 1958-1959
Arthur White 1959-1960
Donald G. Hatt 1960-1961
Sol Rubenstein 1961-1962
Robert H. Taylor 1962-1963
Harold J. Willard 1963-1964
Edgard M. Robinson 1964-1965
Donald G. Brossman 1966-1967
Dominick Gentile 1967-1968
R. Douglas Marshall 1968-1969
Victor G. Dollery, Jr 1969-1970
Willis E. Snyder 1970-1971
James M. Flavin 1971-1972
Thomas H. Shafer 1972-1973
Alexander A Courtney 1973-1974
James McKee, Jr. 1974-1975
Carlton A. Lunsford 1975-1976
Donald M. Bronstein 1976-1977
Robert L. Hill 1977-1978
Joseph A. Ricciardi 1978-1979
Louis G. Jakovic 1979-1980
Robert M. Peebles 1980-1981
Edwin W. Uhl 1981-1982
Thomas R. Moreen 1982-1983
Edward M. Cameron, 2nd 1983-1984
Laurence G. Barnet 1984-1985
Vernon A. Buck 1985-1986
William J. Nathan 1986-1987
Kenneth W. Smead, Jr. 1987-1988
R. Douglas Marshall 1988-1989
William G. Fraser 1989-1990
Prentiss Carnell, III 1990-1991
William W. Fibiger 1991-1992
William Brian Barr 1992-1993
Harry D. Hotaling 1993-1994
Ann Bryan Smollin 1994-1995
John F. Thornton, Jr. 1995-1996
Alta S. Schallehn 1996-1997
Rhonda Childs 1997-1998
Steven E. Lobel 1998-1999
Cynthia M. Swadba 1999-2000
Kevin Tully 2000-2001
Ann G. DiSarro 2001-2002
Samual S. Ciccio 2002-2003
Carolyn Peterson-Vaccaro 2003-2004
Albert E. Easton 2004-2005
Terry Tyson 2005-2006
Charles G. Frink, Jr. 2006-2007
Mark Dugas 2007-2008
William Corbett 2008-2009
Charlotte DiPaola 2009-2010
Tom Gessick 2010-2011
Richard Welty 2011-2012
Donna Vancavage 2012-2013
Richard Suker 2013-2015
Sonia Long 2015-2016
William Hempel 2016-2017
Moses Kunda 2017-2018
Kevin Pittz 2018-2019
Richard Welty 2019-2020
Nicole McFarland 2020-21
George Hauenstein 2021-22, 2023-24
Marisa Multari 2023-24, 2024-25
Rafael Campiz 2025-26, 2026-27