Past Presidents
The NSDKC Past Presidents have met annually for many years to extend a warm welcome, support, and encouragement to our incoming President. We meet at the River Club in downtown Kansas City overlooking the Missouri River. Our picture is taken in front of the spectacular Thomas Hart Benton painting, Trading at Westport Landing, inside the River Club. Westport Landing is located very close to the River Club, just north down the hill. It is where Kansas City started in 1838, then called the town of Kansas.
2025 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
Standing (l-r) Steve Noll (2018), Diane Boos Pickman (2017), Nancy Elder (2019), Michael Gerken (Incoming President 2026), Christy Chester (2024 and 2025), Joe H. Vaughan Jr. (1998), Linn Mills (2021), Ray Elder (2023).
Seated (l-r) John Hess Jr. (2016), John Hess Sr. (2002), A.J. Cameron (1990), J Daniel Creasy (2005), Dan Sturdevant (2009), John Dillingham (2003)
(Our Host for the Past Presidents Luncheon, Whitney Kerr, not shown in picture.)
2024 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
Standing (l-r) Gary Hicks (2010), Ray Elder (2023), Nancy Elder (2019), Diane Boos Pickman (2017), Christy Chester (2024 and incoming 2025 President), Linn Mills (2021), Joe H. Vaughan Jr. (1998), A.J. Cameron (1990) and Whitney Kerr (Luncheon Host)
Seated (l-r) John Hess Sr. (2002), John Hess Jr. (2016), John Dillingham (2003), Ross Marshall (2014), Dan Sturdevant (2009) and J Daniel Creasy (2005).
2023 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
Seated (Left sofa front to back) Norm Besheer (2011), John Hess, Jr. (2016), John Hess, Sr. (2002). (Right sofa front to back) A. J. Cameron (1990), Whitney Kerr (our host), Steve Noll (2018). Standing (left to right) Ross Marshall (2014), John Dillingham (2003),Linn Mills (2021), John Dunnewind (2022), Christy Chester (2024 President Elect), Diane Boos Pickman (2017), Nancy Elder (2019), Ray Elder (2023), Gary Hicks (2010).
2022 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
Standing (l-r) Steve Noll (2018), Dan Creasy (2005), Nancy Elder (2019), A. J. Cameron (1990), Linn Mills (2021), Ray Elder (2023), John Mura (1986), Diane Boos Pickman (2017), Dan Sturdevant (2009), Gary Hicks (2010), Whitney Kerr (our host). Seated (l-r) John Dunnewind (Acting President after President Karl Roscoe passed away last summer), Norm Besheer (2011), John Dillingham (2003), John Hess, Jr. (2016), John Hess, Sr. (2002) and Joe H. Vaughan, Jr. (1998). (Ross Marshall (2014) took the picture)
2021 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
From the Left: Ross Marshall (2014), John Hess Jr. (2016), John Hess, Sr. (2002), John Dillingham (2003), Gary Hicks (2010), Nancy Elder (2019), incoming 2022 President Karl Roscoe, Linn Mills (2021), Steve Noll (2018), Joe Vaughan, (1998), A. J. Cameron (1990), Diane Boos Pickman (2017) and Dan Creasy (2005)
2020 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
Standing (left to right) are John Hess, Jr. (2016), Nancy Elder (2019), incoming 2021 President Linn Mills, Joe Vaughan (1998) and Gary Hicks (2010). Seated clockwise from left are Host Whitney Kerr, Steve Noll (2018), Norm Besheer (2011), Carl DiCapo (2015) and Ross Marshall (2014). We usually have several more in attendance, but this was the COVID-19 year!
2019 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
Seated left to right: John Hess, Jr., John Hess, Sr., Norman Besheer, Steve Noll, Whitney Kerr (Luncheon Host),
Carl DiCapo. Standing left to right: Ross Marshall, Dan Creasy, Jim Bernard, Diane Boos Pickman, Ted Seligson,
Richard Retrum (Incoming President), Nancy Elder, John Dillingham, Gary Hicks, Joe Vaughan.
2018 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
Seated Left to Right: Whitney Kerr (Our host for the luncheon), Carl DiCapo,
Norman Besheer, Dan Sturdevant, Diane Boos Pickman, Dan Creasy,
Standing Left to Right: Ross Marshall, John Hess, Sr., John Hess, Jr.,
John Dillingham, Ted Seligson, Steve Noll, Nancy Elder, Chuck Eddy,
A J Cameron, Gary Hicks, Joe Vaughan, Jim Bernard
2017 Annual Past Presidents Luncheon
Seated Left to Right: Whitney Kerr (Our host for the luncheon), Gary Hicks,
Norman Besheer, Dan Creasy, Joe Vaughn, Howard Hendricks
Standing Left to Right: Ross Marshall, Dan Sturdevant, Dorothy “Dot” Benner,
John Dillingham, Ted Seligson, Steve Noll, Diane Boos Pepper, Chuck Eddy,
John Hess, Jr., John Hess, Sr., Carl DiCapo
Past Presidents
*Deceased
2026
Michael Gerken
2024 and 2025
Christy Chester
2023
Ray Elder
2022
*Karl Roscoe
*John Dunnewind
2021
Linn Mills
2020
*Richard Retrum
2019
Nancy Elder
2018
Steve Noll
2017
Diane Boos Pickman
2016
John F. Hess, Jr.
2015
*Carl J. DiCapo
2014
Ross Marshall
2013
*Charles A. Eddy
2012
Dorothy “Dot” Benner
2011
Norman O. Besheer
2010
Gary L. Hicks
2008
*Thomas E. Sims
2007
Eileen S. Sullivan
2006
*Bill Cross
2005
J. Dan Creasy
2004
Jim Bernard, Jr.
2003
John A. Dillingham
2001
Ray S. James
1999
*William ‘Dick’ Fickle
1998
Joe H. Vaughan, Jr.
1997
*Thomas J. Skates
1996
Robert A. Millard
1995
*Robert W. Berrey III
1994
*Eugene R. Shores
1993
*Dale Helmers
1992
Steven H. Goodman
1991
*Roy C. Ranck
1990
A.J. Cameron
1989
*Theodore Seligson
1988
Howard K. Hendricks, Jr.
1987
*Donald L. Erie
1986
*John A. Mura
1985
*Patrick L. Hughes
1984
*Harley Wyatt, Jr.
1983
*John J. Foster
1982
*Arthur H. Bowen
1981
*Leroy E. Campbell
1980
*Don M. Jackson
1979
*Glen L. Whitaker
1978
*George E. Hicks
1977
*Richard M. Ong
1976
Henry F. McElroy
1975
*L. Goodman Simonds
1974
*Ralph C. Hedges
1973
*Robert A. Closser
1972
*Sanford W. Stuck
1971
*Paul L. Kartsonis
1970
*Robert S. O’Keefe
1969
*Howard H. Hayden
1968
*William M. Frick
1967
*Woodford C. Taylor
1966
*Paul S. McGinnis
1965
*Bert M. Hall, Jr.
1964
*Charles E. Waldron
1963
*Sterrett S. Titus
1962
*John J. Doohan
1961
*Charles F. Rouse
1960
*Norton Adler
1959
*Samuel P. Quarles
1958
*Lyle B. Cooke
1957
*Samuel J. Callahan
1956
*William G. Austin
1955
*Edward C. Wright, Jr.
1954
*Francis G. Foster
1953
*Thomas J. Gavin
1953
*Ward C. Gifford
1952
*Donald H. Latshaw
1951
*Searcy Ridge
1950
*Paul H. Baker
1949
*Dr. George E. Halley
1948
*William L. McPherrin
1947
*Francis ‘Brick’ Wornall
1946
*George Fuller Green
1945
*Webster Withers, Jr.
1944
*E.B. Garnett
1944
*J.F. O’Sullivan
1943
*Cornelius Murphy, Jr.
1942
*Herman H. Kube
1942
*Byron R. Cecil
1941
*Arthur T. Brink
1940
*Flavel Robertson
1939
*Flournoy Quest
1938
*Herman L. Traber
1937
*Samuel A. Dew
1936
*Pierre R. Porter
1935
*Baron J. Fradenburg
1934
*William O. Thomas
1933
*John T. Opie
1933
*A. Standford Lyon
1932
* D. Ralston Spalding
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