Durham-Great Bay Rotary

A Brief History

In June of 1986, with the blessing of the Rotary Club of Dover-Durham, Bill Skinner and Chris Hascall set out to form up a breakfast club for an area which would include Durham, Lee, Madbury and Newmarket. Around a nucleus of Dover-Durham members, they attracted a sufficient number to petition District Governor Joe Hahn to seek a Rotary International charter for a club calling itself Durham-Great Bay. The charter was signed in Evanston on December 2, 1986 and presented by the DG at Charter Night on January 24, 1987. Twenty-six other clubs attended to welcome the new club to the district. The original twenty-two members have since grown to fifty plus and are a microcosm of the community they serve.

Twenty-three presidents have led the club. One charter member has served as District Governor.

Past District Governor: Bill Skinner 1998 - 99

Past Presidents:

Chris Hascall	1986 - 87	Pat Miller	1987 - 88
Ron Tucker	1988 - 89	Bruce DeBerry	1989 - 90
Ric Erickson	1990 - 91	Bob Wood	1991 - 92
Bob Greenleaf	1992 - 93	Don Sumner	1993 - 94
Brian Burke	1994 - 95	Linda Pandolfi	1995 - 96
Arthur Bradbury	1996 - 97	Jaap DeJong	1997 - 98
Dave VanAllen	1998 - 99	Joe Murdoch	1999 - 00
Bill Drapeau	2000 - 01	Jane Marmentello	2001 - 02
Jim Myers	2002 - 03	Joe Pace	2003 - 04
Dave Leach	2004 - 05	Ron O'Keefe	2005 - 06
John Ramsay	2006 - 07	Sandy Heald	2007 - 08
John Belcher	2008 - 09	Rich Whitney	2009 - 10