Waunakee Club History
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Mailing Address:
Waunakee Rotary
P.O. Box 159
Waunakee, WI 53597
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The Waunakee Rotary Club Charter was approved by Rotary International on January 31, 1973.
The Charter presentation meeting was held on Monday, February 26, 1973 at Lake Windsor Country Club; Windsor, WI. The co-sponsors of the club were the Rotary Club of Madison and the Rotary Club of Sun Prairie.
The first Waunakee Rotary Club officers were:
- John L. Prince (President),
- James R. Schmitz (Vice_president),
- Robert J. Lenz (Secretary- Treasurer), and
- James W. Curtis (Sergeant-at-arms).
The first directors of the club were:
- Frank L. Bucaida,
- Robert J. Lenz,
- John L. Prince,
- John F. Roob, and
- James R. Schmitz.
There were 23 charter members of the club- those members were: Rev. B. Auchter, Daniel L. Bindl, Conrad F. Blau, Frank L. Bucaida, Stan H. Carbaugh, James W. Curtis, Ray S. Dorman, Ernest Fangmeyer, Rev. Roger A. Ganzel, Glen Heyn, Robert P. Kueffer, Bernard Kuen, Robert J. Lenz, Robert J. McGilligan, Richard J. Murphy, Robert Ortiz, Ted A. Pertzborn, John L. Prince, Roman Ripp, James R. Schmitz, Marcel M. Schwab, and Ray A. Statz- with Carlton E. Wilke being an additional member, and James G. Marshall, George Neckerman, and William E. Youngdahl being honorary members.
The Club has grown and prospered since it was first chartered in January of 1973. Since its foundation in 1973, the club has been active in, or sponsored, numerous community projects and has collected approximately $600,000 dollars- which has been donated to charities and organizations around the world. A partial list of many of the projects, organizations sponsored, and donations made by the Waunakee Rotary Club may be found under the heading of "Club Goals and Accomplishments" on this Web site.
Forty-five club members have served as Club Presidents since its founding in 1973:
- John Prince-1973
- James R. Schmitz- 1974
- Roger Ganzel- 1975
- Ted Pertzborn- 1976
- Stan Carbaugh- 1977
- Marvil Berg- 1978
- Frank Balisteri- 1979
- Bernard Kennedy- 1980
- William Erickson- 1981
- Robert Hoskins- 1982
- Raymond Statz- 1983
- Phillip Willems- 1984
- Allen Rosenthal- 1985
- James Leonard- 1986
- Gordon Meffert- 1987
- Conrad Blau- 1988
- Kenneth Ballweg- 1989
- Robert Klinger- 1990
- David Kennedy- 1991
- Fredrick Durst- 1992
- Vernon Maly- 1993
- Jim Steffenhagen- 1994
- Larry Felsheim- 1995
- Rich Harris- 1996
- Ronald Ballweg- 1997
- Ronald Neisen- 1998
- Gary Epping- 1999
- Lori Derauf- 2000
- Patrick Durden- 2001
- Jon Townley- 2002
- Dick Dvorak- 2003
- Allan Dassow- 2004
- Phil Willems – 2005
- Greg Garton – 2006
- Drew Lawrence- 2007
- Lynn Speilman- 2008
- Daniel Statz- 2009
- Thomas Reis- 2010
- Brent Ziegler- 2011
- John Cullen- 2012
- Shelley Moffatt- 2013
- Bob Pulvermacher- 2014
- Linda Olson 2015
- Sean Wayne- 2016
- Travis Heiser- 2017
The foundation is composed of Waunakee Rotary's latest five presidents.
The foundation president is the Senior Ex-Club President, and the liaison officer is the newest Ex-President.
The foundation holds a tax-exempt status and is responsible for taking in funds from major club fund raisers and then distributing those funds to the organization's major charities and to the Rotary International Organization.
The long-term goal of the foundation is to fund additional worthy projects as requested by the club. That goal is to be achieved by increasing its assets through fund raising programs and through bequest from members and the public at large. The foundation has also accepted the responsibility of choosing the club's "Paul Harris" recipients.
WAUNAKEE ROTARY CLUB PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS:
The Waunakee Rotary Club's first "Paul Harris" recipient, Ted Pertzborn was chosen in 1982. Since that date, 59 other club members have been honored as Paul Harris recipients, and several of those have been recognized multiple times (denoted with "+")
- Ted Pertzborn - 1982
- Jim Brussell- 1982
- Carlton Wilke- 1984
- Jim Brussell (Portage)-1985
- William Erickson 1986 +5
- Larry Connors- 1986 (Madison- West Towne)
- Bernard Kennedy- 1988
- Patrick Heble- 1988
- James Leonard - 1988 +1
- Raymond Statz - 1988 +3
- Phillip Willems - 1988 +7
- James Schmitz - 1989 +1
- Bernard Kuehn- 1989
- Conrad Blau 1990
- Robert Hoskins 1991
- Henry (Bud) Zander - 1991
- David Kennedy- 1991
- Kenneth Ballweg - 1992 +2
- Robert Klinger - 1993
- Fedrick Durst - 1993
- Jim Steffenhagen - 1995
- Larry Felsheim - 1996
- Richard Harris - 1997
- Fr. James Kramer - 1998
- Harriet Statz - 1998
- Ronard Ballweg - 1998
- Ronald Neisen - 1999
- Mary Webber - 2000
- Lynne Spielman - 2001
- Gary Epping - 2003
- Donald Tierney - 2003
- Allen Dassow - 2005
- Lori Derauf - 2004
- Patrick Durden - 2004 +2
- Arthur Drake - 2005
- Ron (Rex) Endres - 2005
- Jon Townley - 2005
- Richard Devorak- 2006
- Drew Lawrence - 2007
- Greg Garton - 2007
- Thomas Reis - 2007
- Daniel Statz - 2008 +2
- Edward Neibuhr - 2008
- Roberta Baumann - 2009
- Robert Arntz - 2009
- Rich Wipperfurth - 2010
- Brent Ziegler - 2010
- Gordy Meffert - 2011
- ShelleyMoffatt - 2012 +7
- Sean Wayne - 2012 +1
- Linda Olson - 2012
- John Cullen - 2012
- Bob Pulvermacher - 2012 +3
- Robert Zieglar - 2013
- James Kattner - 2014
- Mark McFarland - 2015 +2
- Dr Bob Klostermann - 2015 +2
- Neil King - 2015
- Travis Heiser - 2016 +1
- Daniel Evans- 2016