Presidents of the Tournament of Roses Association

The Tournament of Roses Parade has become such a large event that it requires 65,000 hours of combined manpower each year, or the equivalent of roughly 7.42 years of combined manpower. Fortunately for the Tournament of Roses Association, the group has 935 members and 38 student ambassadors, each whom is assigned to one of 34 committees. [http://www.tournamentofroses.com/history/themes.asp Tournament of Roses Past Themes] ]

This group is headed by a president. The newly elected President of the Tournament of Roses has the duty of picking a theme for the forthcoming festivities. Most of the floral floats in the parade are inspired by this theme.

Presidents of the Tournament of Roses Association

* 1889 - 1890: Edward R. Murrow
* 1890 - 1891: Dr. Charles F. Holder
* 1891 - 1892: B. Marshall Wotkyns
* 1892 & 1893: Frank C. Bolt
* 1894 & 1895: Charles Daggett
* 1896 & 1897: Edwin Stearns
* 1898 & 1899: Martin H. Weight
* 1900: Herman Hertel
* 1901: F.B. Weatherby
* 1902: James B. Wagner
* 1903: Charles Coleman
* 1904 & 1905: Charles Daggett
* 1906: Edwin D. Neff
* 1907: Edward T. Off
* 1908 - 1910: George P. Cary
* 1911: Frank G. Hogan
* 1912 & 1913: Edward T. Off
* 1914: R.D. Davis
* 1915: John B. Coulston
* 1916: Lewis H. Turner
* 1917: D.M. Linnard
* 1918 & 1919: B.O. Kendall
* 1920 & 1921: William L. Leishman
* 1922 & 1923: John J. Mitchell
* 1924 & 1925: W.F. Creller
* 1926 - 1928: Harry M. Ticknor
* 1929: Leslie B. Henry
* 1930 & 1931: C. Hal Reynolds
* 1932 & 1933: D.E. McDaneld
* 1934: George S. Campbell
* 1935: Charles Cobb (Deceased 10/14/34)
* 1935 & 1936: C. Elmer Anderson
* 1937: Cyril Bennett
* 1938: George S. Campbell
* 1939: Lathrop K. Leishman
* 1940: Harlan G. Loud
* 1941: J.W. McCall, Jr.
* 1942: Robert M. McCurdy
* 1943: James K. Ingham
* 1944: Frank M. Brooks
* 1945: Max H. Turner
* 1946: Charles A. Strutt
* 1947: William P. Welsh
* 1948: Louis R. Vinceti
* 1949: Harold C. Schaffer
* 1950: Drummond J. McCunn
* 1951: L. Clifford Kenworthy
* 1952: Leon Kingsley
* 1953: William H. Nicholas
* 1954: Harry W. Hurrry
* 1955: Elmer M. Wilson
* 1956: Dr. Alfred L. Gerrie
* 1957: John S. Davidson
* 1958: John H. Biggar, Jr.
* 1959: Stanley K. Brown
* 1960: Raymond A. Dorn
* 1961: Arthur W. Althouse
* 1962: H. Burton Noble
* 1963: Stanley L. Hahn
* 1964: Hilles M. Bedell
* 1965: Walter Hoefflin
* 1966: J. Randolph Richards
* 1967: Henry Kearns
* 1968: H.W. Bragg
* 1969: Gleeson L. Payne
* 1970: C. Lewis Edwards
* 1971: A. Lewis Shingler
* 1972: John J. Cabot (Deceased 1/21/71)
* 1972: Virgil J. White
* 1973: Otis H. Blasingham
* 1974: Edward Wilson
* 1975: Carl H. Hoelscher (Deceased 3/24/74)
* 1975: Paul G. Bryan
* 1976: Ralph S. Helpbringer
* 1977: Carl E. Wopschall
* 1978: Harrison R. Baker, Jr.
* 1979: Arthur D. Welsh
* 1979-80: Frank Hardcastle
* 1980-81: Millard Davidson
* 1981-82: Harold E. Coombes, Jr.
* 1982-83: Thornton H. Hamlin, Jr.
* 1983-84: Donald Judson
* 1984-85: James B. Boyle, Jr.
* 1985-86: Frederick D. Johnson, Jr.
* 1986-87: Fred W. Soldwedel
* 1987-88: Harriman L. Cronk
* 1988-89: John H. Biggar III
* 1989-90: Don W. Fedde
* 1990-91: Roy L. Coats
* 1991-92: Robert L. Cheney
* 1992-93: Gary K. Hayward
* 1993-94: Delmer D. Beckhart (deceased 6/20/93)
* 1994 & 1995: Michael E. Ward
* 1995-96: W.H. Griest Jr.
* 1996-97: William S. Johnstone Jr.
* 1997-98: Gareth A. Dorn
* 1998-99: Dick E. Ratliff
* 1999-2000: Kenneth H. Burrows
* 2000-01: Lorne J. Brown
* 2001-02: Ronald A. Okum
* 2002-03: Gary Thomas
* 2003-04: Michael K. Riffey
* 2004-05: Dave Davis
* 2005-06: Libby Evans Wright
* 2006-07: Paul Holman
* 2007-08: CL Keedy
* 2008-09: Ronald (Corky) H. Conzonire

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