Albany Rotary
We are your neighbors. A diverse group of business leaders who connect to create a positive impact on the local and global community.
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.
- It celebrated its 100th-year anniversary in April 2013.
- 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 100th Anniversary Website.
Charter Members 1913
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
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.
Since 1921, the Albany Rotary Club has published the Capital Cogs, the club’s newsletter, for the members of the organization on a weekly basis. Below are a collection of the Capital Cogs from the Albany Rotary Club’s archives. Click on any of the links below and a full PDF version will appear in a new window.
1921-1923
- Capital Cogs-12_28_1921_Cog31
- Capital Cogs-12_21_1921_Cog30
- Capital Cogs-11_16_1921_Cog25
- Capital Cogs-10_19_1921_Cog21
- Capital Cogs-8_24_1921_Cog13
- Capital Cogs-8_17_1921_Cog12
- Capital Cogs-8_10_1921_Cog11
- Capital Cogs-8_3_1921_Cog10
- Capital Cogs-7_27_1921_Cog9
- Capital Cogs-7_20_1921_Cog8
- Capital Cogs-7_13_1921_Cog7
- Capital Cogs-7_6_1921_Cog6
- Capital Cogs-6_29_1921_Cog5
- Capital Cogs-6_22_1921_Cog4
- Capital Cogs-6_1_1921_Cog1
- Capital Cogs-4_11_1923_Cog46
- Capital Cogs-1_13_1922_Cog33
- Capital Cogs-1_4_1922_Cog32
Past Presidents
| Ben V. Smith 1913-1914 | Victor G. Dollery, Jr 1969-1970 |
| Charles M. Winchester 1914-1915 | Willis E. Snyder 1970-1971 |
| George D. Elwell 1915-1916 | James M. Flavin 1971-1972 |
| William G. Furlong 1916-1917 | Thomas H. Shafer 1972-1973 |
| Edgar M. Griffiths 1917-1918 | Alexander A Courtney 1973-1974 |
| George William McEwan 1919-1920 | James McKee, Jr. 1974-1975 |
| Jacob H. Herzog 1920-1921 | Carlton A. Lunsford 1975-1976 |
| Harlan H. Horner 1921-1922 | Donald M. Bronstein 1976-1977 |
| Charles C. DeRouville 1922-1923 | Robert L. Hill 1977-1978 |
| William L. Gillespie 1923-1924 | Joseph A. Ricciardi 1978-1979 |
| Sidney T. Jones 1924-1925 | Louis G. Jakovic 1979-1980 |
| Roelif H. Brooks 1925-1926 | Robert M. Peebles 1980-1981 |
| George M. Wiley, Jr. 1926-1927 | Edwin W. Uhl 1981-1982 |
| Charles H. Johnson 1927-1928 | Thomas R. Moreen 1982-1983 |
| E. V. Stratton 1928-1929 | Edward M. Cameron, 2nd 1983-1984 |
| William T. Byrne 1929-1930 | Laurence G. Barnet 1984-1985 |
| Mark Graves 1930-1931 | Vernon A. Buck 1985-1986 |
| George E. Bates 1931-1932 | William J. Nathan 1986-1987 |
| C. Reeve Vanneman 1932-1933 | Kenneth W. Smead, Jr. 1987-1988 |
| Edward G. Hurlburt 1933-1934 | R. Douglas Marshall 1988-1989 |
| Ernest V. Hoit 1934-1935 | William G. Fraser 1989-1990 |
| Henry A. Vruwink 1935-1936 | Prentiss Carnell, III 1990-1991 |
| Norton McKean 1936-1937 | William W. Fibiger 1991-1992 |
| John M. Sayles 1937-1938 | William Brian Barr 1992-1993 |
| Charles M. Stern 1938-1939 | Harry D. Hotaling 1993-1994 |
| William Mansfield 1940-1941 | Ann Bryan Smollin 1994-1995 |
| Harry W. Albright, Sr. 1941-1942 | John F. Thornton, Jr. 1995-1996 |
| Albert E. Oliver 1942-1943 | Alta S. Schallehn 1996-1997 |
| William K. Collins 1943-1944 | Rhonda Childs 1997-1998 |
| Irwin A. Conroe 1944-1945 | Steven E. Lobel 1998-1999 |
| Milton L. Perry 1945-1946 | Cynthia M. Swadba 1999-2000 |
| Truman D. Cameron 1946-1947 | Kevin Tully 2000-2001 |
| Harry E. Pratt 1947-1948 | Ann G. DiSarro 2001-2002 |
| Louis F. Hartman 1948-1949 | Samual S. Ciccio 2002-2003 |
| Storrs M. Bishop 1949-1950 | Carolyn Peterson-Vaccaro 2003-2004 |
| Charles A. Oliver 1950-1951 | Albert E. Easton 2004-2005 |
| William K. Sanford 1951-1952 | Terry Tyson 2005-2006 |
| Henry H. Bonsall, Jr. 1952-1953 | Charles G. Frink, Jr. 2006-2007 |
| W. Norris Paxton 1953-1954 | Mark Dugas 2007-2008 |
| Charles W. Riley 1954-1955 | William Corbett 2008-2009 |
| Charles B. Cameron 1955-1956 | Charlotte DiPaola 2009-2010 |
| Evan R. Collins 1956-1957 | Tom Gessick 2010-2011 |
| Stanley R. Crocker 1957-1958 | Richard Welty 2011-2012 |
| Franklin Beardsley 1958-1959 | Donna Vancavage 2012-2013
Richard Suker 2013-2015 |
| Arthur White 1959-1960 | Sonia Long 2015-2016 |
| Donald G. Hatt 1960-1961 | William Hempel 2016-2017 |
| Sol Rubenstein 1961-1962 | Moses Kunda 2017-2018 |
| Robert H. Taylor 1962-1963 | Kevin Pittz 2018-2019 |
| Harold J. Willard 1963-1964 | Richard Welty 2019-2020 |
| Edgard M. Robinson 1964-1965 | 2020-21 |
| Donald G. Brossman 1966-1967 | George Hauenstein 2021-22 |
| Dominick Gentile 1967-1968 | 2022-23 |
| R. Douglas Marshall 1968-1969 | Marisa Multari 2023-24 |
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