Our Commodores
If you click on the photograph of a
Commodore you can view historical
photographs or documents from their year.
1895-1903 George T. Bliss B: 1864-D: 1924
1904-1905 William L. Morrison B: 1869 D: 1956
1906-1907 Albert MacDonald B: 1875 D: 1952
1908-1910 George T. Bliss B: 1964 D: 1924
1911-1912 William S. Foster B: 1864 D: 1952
1913 George T. Bliss B:1864 D:1924
1914 Carl E. Reichel B:1862 D:1920
1915-1916 Oscar H. Nick B:1873 D:1963
1917-1919 Henri G. Chatain B:1874 D:1963
1920-1921 Edward H. Scott B:1875 D:1939
1922 Lawrence M. Nagle B:1892 D:1983
1923 George F. Hall B:1860 D:1944
1924-1925 Henry B. Vincent B:1872 D:1941
1926 John R. Metcalf B:1889 D:1966
1927 William H. Supplee B:1874 D:1954
1928 Henry B. Vincent B:1872 D:1941
1929 Lawrence M. Nagle B:1892 D:1983
1930-1931 Guy C. Boughton 1930-1931 B:1877 D:1950
1932-1933 Robert S. Van Cleve B:1902 D:1981
1934 Charles H. Eastman B:1872 B:1961
1935-1936 Horace Platt B:1890 D:1979
1937 Donald S. Sterrett B:1891 D:1974
1938 Orson J. Graham B:1894 D:1955
1939 Morril A. Bauman B:1900 D:1978
1940-1941 Eben J. Gunnison B:1890 D:1961
1942-1943 Norman A. Parker B:1899 D:1966
1944 Andrew G. Shafer B:1898 D:1957
1945 Richard B. Schlaudecker B:1911 D:1953
1946 Clarence M. Krug B:1894 D:1963
1947 Robert W. Parker B:1912 D:1988
1948 Durker W. Braggins B:1910 D:1978
1949 Robert W. Yates B:1915 D:1981
1950 Norman J. Grode B:1903 D:1974
1951 Robert Y. Burns B:1889 D:1967
1952 Uras A. Dietly B:1894 D:1953
1953 Roy L. Irwin B:1898 D:1978
1954 Forman H. Craton B:1902 D:1983
1955 T. Kenneth Welsh B:1905 D:1976
1956 Donald E. Smith B:1925 D:1993
1957 John D. Clemens B:1913 D:1978
1958 William E. Walker B:1926 D:2018
1959 Douglas B. Nagle B:1920 D:2000
1960 Ralph E. Colclesser B:1902 D:1990
1961 Frank W. Zurn B:1927 D:2022
1962 Robert C. Dodsworth B:1913 D:1984
1963 Gordon S. Altman B:1907 D:1966
1964 Robert B. Way B:1917 D:1993
1965 J. Douglas James B:1918 D:2011
1966 Arthur S. Boldt B:1921 D:2004
1967 Benjamin J. Ginader B:1909 D:1987
1968 G. William Ambro B:1913 D:2002
1969 George Deike, Jr B:1907 D:1984
1970 Richard O. Loesel B:1929 D:2017
1971 George H. Sipple B:1922 D:1998
1972 Fritz Busse, Jr B:1923 D:1996
1973 Robert F. Painter B:1923 D:2013
1974 Wendell R. Good B:1912 D:1975
1975 Richard H. Amthor B:1923 D:1997
1976 Richard J. Gorny B:1924 D:2012
1977 David B. Schuler B:1918 D:2011
1978 Richard E. Waller B:1925 D:2015
1979 Gustave Neuss, Jr B:1912 D:2007
1980 Clemens V. Schwab B:1922 D:2010
1981 J. Roy Martine B:1924 D:1997
1982 Clarke S. Bressler B:1922 D:2016
1983 Robert L. Lasher B:1924 D:2015
1984 Donald Sheeran B:1914 D:2003
1985 William J. Behr B:1930 D:2004
1986 James L. Owen B:1943 D:2019
1987 M. Roy Strausbaugh B:1936
1988 G. "Gib" Loesel B:1939
1989 Douglas B. Nagle III B:1946
1990 Harold J. Will B:1940 D:2020
1991 Kerry J. Schwab B:1947
1992 Robert H. Allshouse B:1940
1993 Ronald E. Busse B:1948
1994 William C. Lasher B:1954
1995 John G. Ashby B:1944 D:2015
1996 John W. Bierley B:1932 D:2006
1997 Christian C. Wolford B:1957
1998 Fritz Curtze B:1953
1999 Peter Gorny B:1955
2000 Patrick Geary B:1954
2001 Richard V. Roberston Jr. B:1944
2002 James R. Lockwood B:1951 D:2001
2002 Richard V. Roberston Jr. B:1944
2003 Peter Traphagen B:1933 D:2016
2004 Andrew Hanks B:1955
2005 Richard Vicary B:1957
2006 James Means B:1934 D:2021
2007 John Murosky B:1956 D:2020
2008 David Arthurs B:1957
2009 David Amatangelo B:1952
2010 Thomas Trost B:1953
2011 Gerry Urbaniak B:1952
2012 David Heitzenrater B:1947
2013 Matthew L. Niemic B:1958
2014 Edward J. Schuler B:1971
2015 Bradley K. Enterline B:1958
2016 John M. Orlando B: 1970
2017 David J. Haller B: 1948
2018 Gregory R. Gorny B: 1951
2019 William Gloekler B: 1955
2020 Peter S. Lund, M.D. B: 1953
2021 Vincent Cifelli B: 1962
2022 David Sanner B: 1955
2023 Harvey Downey B: 1961
2024 Michael J. Squeglia B: 1961