Friday, July 01, 2011

Once upon a time...

During the summer of 1948, three local businessmen followed their dream to organize the first Rotary Club of Southington for the purpose of serving the needs of the Southington community. These three pioneers were:

  • Dr. George Ackerman, a local dentist
  • Edward Krauth, a prominent businessman
  • Palmer Sornberger, superintendent of the Plantsville Stanley Works plant

    In the preliminary work to establish the Southington club, Palmer Sornberger's experience as a past president of the New Britain Rotary Club was invaluable. Through recruitment efforts, twenty-three charter members agreed to join this worthy endeavor. With the assistance of several New Britain Rotarians, a charter application was filed and approved by Rotary International on November 19, 1948.

    Dr. George Ackerman agreed to serve as the club's first President. It was through his outstanding leadership and the charter members' personal commitment that the Southington Rotary Club was established. As a tribute to his leadership, Dr. Ackerman was reelected as Club President on July 1, 1973 to lead the club into the next quarter century.
  • Friday, December 31, 2004



    Club Presidents
  • 2011-12...Linda Tipping
  • 2010-11...Brendan Goodrich
  • 2009-10...Victoria Triano
  • 2008-09...Victoria Triano
  • 2007-08...Carol Grant
  • 2006-07...John Ryan
  • 2005-06...Rosemary DeFeo
  • 2004-05...Richard Corcoran
  • 2003-04...Dan Daigle
  • 2002-03...Dolores Fanelli
  • 2001-02...Pauline Levesque
  • 2000-01...Leslie Cotton
  • 1999-00...Rodney Greaves
  • 1998-99...John Ryan
  • 1997-98...Patricia Walden
  • 1996-97...Nanci Jaros
  • 1995-96...Audrey Brown
  • 1994-95...Ronald Klein
  • 1993-94...David Stroshal
  • 1992-93...Pauline Levesque
  • 1991-92...Chester Potrepka, Jr.
  • 1990-91...William Taylor
  • 1989-90...John A. Kennedy, Jr.
  • 1988-89...Roy Pritchard
  • 1987-88...Stephen Parsons
  • 1986-87...Donn Reilly
  • 1985-86...Edward Silva
  • 1984-85...H. Douglas McLeod
  • 1983-84...Albert Adams
  • 1982-83...John Mullett
  • 1981-82...James McManamy
  • 1980-81...George Height
  • 1979-80...Arthur Blumer
  • 1978-79...James Putnam
  • 1977-78...Richard Simone
  • 1976-77...Thomas McKnerney
  • 1975-76...Francis Massucci
  • 1974-75...Harold Kane
  • 1973-74...George Ackerman
  • 1972-73...A. Vaughn Woolsey
  • 1971-72...Lawrence Woods
  • 1970-71...Pat Porriello
  • 1969-70...Richard Nixon
  • 1968-69...Nick Porriello
  • 1967-68...Russell Ball
  • 1966-67...Louis Palazzo
  • 1965-66...John Sivertson
  • 1964-65...Richard Sause
  • 1963-64...Ralph Riccio
  • 1962-63...Fred Mansfield
  • 1961-62...Maurice Janazzo
  • 1960-61...Malcolm Carr
  • 1959-60...Walter Hushak
  • 1958-59...Frank Gualtieri
  • 1957-58...Ernest Lemieux
  • 1956-57...Chester Potrepka, Sr.
  • 1955-56...James Grillo
  • 1954-55...Vincent Nolan
  • 1953-54...John Stefanik
  • 1952-53...Earle E. Atwater
  • 1951-52...Edward Parker
  • 1950-51...Justin Elliott
  • 1949-50...George Ackerman
  • 1948-49...George Ackerman

  • Paul Harris Recipients
  • George Ackerman
  • Arthur Blumer
  • Leslie Cotton
  • Dan Daigle
  • Rod Greaves
  • Walter Hushak
  • Maurico Janazzo
  • Nanci Jaros
  • Harold Kane
  • John A. Kennedy Jr.
  • Ron Klein
  • Ernest Lemieux
  • Pauline Levesque
  • Fran Massucci
  • Thomas McKnerney
  • H. Douglas McLeod
  • James McManamy
  • John Mullett
  • Edward Parker
  • Stephen Parsons
  • Chester Potrepka, Sr.
  • Chester Potrepka, Jr.
  • Ralph Riccio
  • John Ryan
  • John Sivertson
  • Carl Sokolowski
  • John Stefanik
  • David Strosahl
  • Trish Walden
  • Lawrence Woods

  • Charter Members
  • George Ackerman
  • Frank Barbier
  • John Boelsen
  • Cyrus Chamberlain
  • George Coyle
  • Art DellaVecchia
  • Albert Dudzik
  • Stephen Elliott
  • Justin Elliott
  • Pascal Forgione
  • James Grillo
  • George Gura
  • Charles Hale
  • Edward Krauth
  • Paul McLaughlin
  • Vincent Nolan
  • Edward Parker
  • Mitchell Porydzy
  • Chester Potrepka, Sr.
  • Costos Poulos
  • Palmer Sornberger
  • William Tarnowski
  • Herbert Welden

  • Saturday, November 14, 1998