To see a roster of our past department commanders, see the information below:
Roster of Past Department Commanders (PDF)
Past Department Commanders
T.R. Johnson Chartering Commander 1919 |
M.L. Shade 1919-1920 |
Fred B. Ray 1920-1922 |
Jay Williams 1922-1923 |
L.L. Stephens 1923-1924 |
Frank McCormick 1924-1925 |
Dan McCutchen 1925-1926 |
Carle B. Lenker 1926-1927 |
L.W. Barns 1927-1928 |
Walter Dyce 1928-1929 |
L.C. Morrison 1929-1930 |
Carroll H. Lockhart 1930-1931 |
T.C. Kasper 1931-1932 |
Harry C. Kehm 1932-1933 |
R.M. Henderson 1933-1934 |
William Zwicky 1934-1935 |
Leo A. Temmey 1935-1936 |
Dr. I.H. Schmidt 1936-1937 |
Walter H. Burke 1937-1938 |
Turner Rudesill 1938-1939 |
R.P. Harmon 1939-1940 |
I.M. Mumford 1940-1941 |
Claude Hamilton 1941-1942 |
William J. Kane 1942-1943 |
George A. Rice 1943-1944 |
R.A. Stratton 1944-1945 |
A.C. Halls 1945-1946 |
Carl B. Aamodt 1946-1947 |
H.T. Fuller 1947-1948 |
K.D. Munro 1948-1949 |
C.O. Christopherson 1949-1950 |
C.J. Trumbo 1950-1951 |
Loyd R. Ballard 1951-1952 |
H.A. Krug 1952-1953 |
H.A. Nielsen 1953-1954 |
Dr. George L. Clifton 1954-1955 |
S.A. Kirk 1955-1956 |
Earl E. Holscher 1956-1957 |
Glenn R. Green 1957-1958 |
Harold M. Hayes 1958-1959 |
Harold Fetherhuff 1959-1960 |
W.F. Lenker 1960-1961 |
Cyril J. Paul 1961-1962 |
R.W. Hodson 1962-1963 |
Ralph W. Clausen 1963-1964 |
Richard W. Small 1964-1965 |
Earl K. Hood 1965-1966 |
Robert K. Grabenbauer 1966-1967 |
Joseph T. Schneider 1967-1968 |
Willis E. Danekas 1968-1969 |
Marvin W. Mackner 1969-1970 |
Raymond J. Novak 1970-1971 |
Robert C. Gabrielson 1971-1972 |
Wayne Slade 1972-1973 |
Earl Wilmarth 1973-1974 |
Donald Clarke 1974-1975 |
Woodrow Sinkular 1975-1976 |
Gerald Goetzinger 1976-1977 |
Earl G. Van Ningen 1977-1978 |
Deane Weekley 1978-1979 |
Earnest Viet 1979-1980 |
George R. Little 1980-1981 |
Donavon R. Mason 1981-1982 |
Wayne M. Nesby 1982-1983 |
Wilbur W. Saukerson 1983-1984 |
Robert Searl 1984-1985 |
Darrel Haskell 1985-1986 |
Clarence A. Zafft 1986-1987 |
Russel D. Testerman 1987-1988 |
Dennis J. Vogel 1988-1989 |
Richard P. McBrayer 1989-1990 |
Robert C. Demery 1990-1991 |
Paul A. Evenson 1991-1992 |
Richard D. Hovorka 1992-1993 |
Donald P. Owens 1993-1994 |
Kerwin P. Douthit 1994-1995 |
James T. Anderson 1995-1996 |
William P. Dolan 1996-1997 |
Larry L. Price 1997-1998 |
Donald R. Young 1998-1999 |
Norman H. Tapken 1999-2000 |
Ronald G. Tolrud 2000-2001 |
Vernon Sip 2001-2002 |
Walt Lindemann 2002-2003 |
Wayne “Red” Vetter 2003-2004 |
Gene Schumacher 2004-2005 |
Phil Anderson 2005-2006 |
Gunner Baatrup 2006-2007 |
Gary Watts 2007-2008 |
Jim Huls 2008-2009 |
Rodney Martens 2009-2010 |
G.D. ”Hoot” Gibson 2010-2011 |
Mark Weinmann 2011-2012 |
Byron Callies 2012-2013 |
Rick MacDonald 2013-2014 |
Tim Jurgens 2014-2015 |
Terry Hanson 2015-2016 |
Charemon Dunham 2016-2017 |
Hugh “Homer” Holmes 2017-2018 |
Dennis Brenden 2018-2019 |
Fred Nelson 2019-2021 |
Gary Wolkow 2021-2022 |
Doug Feltman 2022-2023 |
Courtney Steffen 2023-2024 |
Kevin Morello 2024-2025 |