History
Grassroots at the core, Rotary links 1.2 million members to form an organization of international scope. It started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago on 23 February 1905, so professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas, form meaningful, lifelong friendships, and give back to their communities.
Club History
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| Year | President | Club Accomplishments |
| Dec 20, 1920 | First organizational meeting for Dickinson Rotary Club | |
| 1921-22 | LR Baird | Charter Club |
| 1922-23 | PS Berg | |
| 1924-25 | Otto Pippin | |
| 1925-26 | JW Reed | |
| 1926-27 | Oscar Hoffman | |
| 1927-28 | Ed Knapp | |
| 1928-29 | Samuel T. May | |
| 1929-30 | George Perkins | |
| 1930-31 | Art Tollefson | |
| 1931-32 | Duane Heaton | |
| 1932-33 | Harlan Reed | |
| 1933-34 | Frank Ray | |
| 1934-35 | Oscar Christopherson | |
| 1935-36 | LeRoy Moormaw | |
| 1936-37 | Ed Winn | |
| 1937-38 | Melvin Sherffus | |
| 1938-39 | William R. Everett | |
| 1939-40 | Ward Johnson | |
| 1940-41 | Charles E. Scott | |
| 1941-42 | Charles E Scott | |
| 1942-43 | Frank Cooper | |
| 1943-44 | Arthur Rabe | Boy Scout Charter # 34 |
| 1944-45 | Frank Hallowell | |
| 1945-46 | Elmore Wecher | |
| 1946-47 | RL Kronstedt | |
| 1947-48 | Hans Guloin | |
| 1948-49 | Kenneth D. Ford | |
| 1949-50 | James O’Brien | |
| 1950-51 | Orville Burda | |
| 1951-52 | Francis Reichert | |
| 1952-53 | Vernon McCutchan | |
| 1953-54 | Norbert Muggli | Sponsored Explorer Post for Boy Scouts |
| 1954-55 | Alem L Hagen | |
| 1955-56 | Herbert Swell | Started Western Edge Scholarship Program |
| 1956-57 | Gilbert Saxowsky | Veteran’s Day Parade award for Most Colorful Float
Donated $500 for two aluminum boats for Heart Butte Boy Scouts |
| 1957-58 | Lewellyn Price | 1st Annual Chamber Land Appreciation Award |
| 1958-59 | Raymond Douglas | 2nd Annual Chamber Land Appreciation Award |
| 1959-60 | Raymond Schnell | |
| 1960-61 | Robert T Coutts | 4th Annual Chamber of Commerce Land Appreciation Award |
| 1961-62 | Paul Schilla | |
| 1962-63 | Kenneth Mann | |
| 1963-64 | Lawton Osborn | |
| 1964-65 | Oscar Delong | |
| 1965-66 | David Price | |
| 1966-67 | Emil Trzynka | |
| 1967-68 | Peter Hinrichs | Assisted Bowman Rotary Club to get started |
| 1968-69 | Jim Dike | |
| 1969-70 | Lauren Haacke | |
| 1970-71 | Frank Reardon | RI Citation for Golden Anniversary of Club Service |
| 1971-72 | WA Smart | |
| 1972-73 | Donovan Benzie | |
| 1973-74 | Stanley Deck | |
| 1974-75 | RC Gillund | Awarded Western Dakota Scholarships to Kathy Ann Kadrmas and Pamela Rae Glasser |
| 1975-76 | Pat Altringer | Awarded Western Dakota Scholarship to Diane Lynn Vokal
And Renee Heiser |
| 1976-77 | OT Belsheim | |
| 1977-78 | Bruce Howe | |
| 1978-79 | Ralo Kuhl | |
| 1979-80 | Darwin Whelan | |
| 1980-81 | Lloyd Schnaidt | |
| 1981-82 | Bruce Kolden | |
| 1982-83 | Larry Strand | |
| 1983-84 | Richard Grosz | |
| 1984-85 | Jon Westrick/Ev Haunson | Donated $5000 to proposed West River Center which was proposed to be located next to Whitney Stadium on DSU Campus |
| 1985-86 | Jim Cornell | |
| 1986-87 | Jack Olin | |
| 1987-1988 | Dwight Mundy | `Hosted Exchange student from Brazil. Host family was Terry and Anita Tryznka
First female member of Rotary inducted May 1, 1988: Rev. Dr. Ann Fritschell, first female clergy at St. John’s Lutheran. Also, Lillian Sorrenson inducted December 1, 1988 |
| 1988-1989 | Gene Gendreau | |
| 1989-1990 | Al Watrell | Next female Barbara Adams Bleth admitted to Dickinson Rotary |
| 1990-1991 | Alvin Dvorak | |
| 1991-1992 | Frank Wald | Hosted District 5580 Conference 398 Rotarians and spouses were in attendance |
| 1992-1993 | Mike Parke | Hosted Group Study Exchange from Scotland |
| 1993-1994 | Rick ZumBrunnen | |
| 1994-1995 | Dick Harsche | |
| 1995-1996 | Merry Johnston | Presidential Citation
RI Citation for 75 years of Club Service Hosted Group Study Exchange from Turkey |
| 1996-1997 | Guy Moos | Completed Gazebo Project at Prairie Outpost Park
Hosted Group Study Exchange from Argentina |
| 1997-1998 | Brad Fong | Hosted Exchange student Monica Rodriguez from Tepic, Mexico Host families: Rick and Jeanne ZumBrunnen and Richard and Shirley Dukart
Hosted Group Study Exchange from Australia |
| 1998-1999 | Linda Steve | RI Award for clubs participating in 4 Avenues of Service |
| 1999-2000 | Lyle Brudvig | Chartered Boy Scout Venturing Crew 114 |
| 2000-2001 | Jerry Fisher | Club celebrates 80th Anniversary |
| 2001-2002 | Shirley Dukart | Dickinson State University Award for University Club for contributing to DSU Scholarships
Dickinson Airport Landscape Project |
| 2002-2003 | Jim Ozbun | Established DSU Nursing Scholarship Foundation with $75,000 of Rotary and community support |
| 2003-2004 | Clyde Frank | |
| 2004-2005 | Greg Sund | |
| 2005-2006 | Kevin Thompson | |
| 2006-2007 | Kari Shea | Presidential Citation
Donated $10,000 to Dickinson Library for new building. Received permanent cabinet for Rotary history at the new library. |
| 2007-2008 | Gaylon Baker | RI Certificate of appreciation for contributing to Polio Plus
Hosted District 5580 Conference |
| 2008-2009 | Glenice Hansen | |
| 2009-2010 | Jason Hanson | Club donated 150 books and reads to Head Start |
| 2010-2011 | Ken Nelson | District Literacy Award for dictionary and Head Start reading projects
Donated Moving Rock Wall to Heart Butte Boy Scouts |
| 2011-2012 | Jon Hendrickson | |
| 2012-2013 | Kris Fehr | |
| 2013-2014 | Don Bares | |
| 2014-2015 | Mary Massad | District award for clubs donating over $1500 towards Polio Plus Campaign |
| 2015-2016 | Erv Bren | Chartered Boy Scout Pack 4028
District Award: First Place Polio Plus Largest Club Contributions $8734 |
| 2016-2017 | Chad Renicker | |
| 2017-2018 | Woodrow Wilson “Chip” Poland | |
| 2018-2019 | Alex Schwab | |
| 2019-2020 | Seth Poland | |
| 2020-2021 | John Heinen | |
| 2021-2022 | Mark Billings | |
| 2022-2023 | Stepheny Reger |