The Starkville Rotary Club emphasizes the indispensable cooperation of “town and gown” in a community whose focus is Mississippi’s flagship research university. In that spirit, the Club alternates executive leadership annually by electing a person employed by one of the area institutions of higher learning in odd-numbered years and a civic or business leader in even-numbered years. The year listed is when they took office; the Rotary year begins July 1.
1924 D. C. Hull
1924 J. W. Eckford
1925 U. S. Gordon
1926 R. K. Wier
1927 T. B. Fatheree
1928 W. W. Magruder
1929 Ben Hilbun
1930 James P. Reed
1931 C. B. Mitchell
1932 Wirt Carpenter
1933 A. B. Butts
1934 J. F. Eckford
1935 J. C. Herbert
1936 Walter Page
1937 Melville Johnson
1938 Dal Clark
1939 D. M. McCain
1940 Will E. Ward
1941 C. E. Cain
1942 G.B. Ramsey
1943 D. W. Aiken
1944 J. D. Ray
1945 W. J. Edens
1946 Raymond Goodman
1947 Frank Welch
1948 W. V. Byars
1949 R. C. Weems
1950 Robert Wier
1951 John Bettersworth
1952 Robert Brannin
1953 Harry Simrall
1954 Russell Gaston
1955 J. T. Copeland, Sr.
1956 Broadus VanLandingham
1957 W. W. Littlejohn
1958 Thomas Jones
1959 Garnett Thomas
1960 Emmett R. Black
1961 H. H. Leveck
1962 D. D. Davis
1963 Paul Jacob
1964 Lewis Bowker
1965 Jean Overcash
1966 J. T. Steele
1967 H. F. McCrory
1968 John Mitchell
1969 L. D. Furgerson
1970 Sherrill Nash
1971 Glenn Rutledge
1972 L. L. Mullins, Sr.
1973 Charles Lindley
1974 T. E. Veitch
1975 A. P. Posey
1976 Prentiss Gordon
1977 Marion Loftin
1978 William Ward
1979 Allan Wehr
1980 J. Wilmot Thompson, Jr.
1981 W. Hunter Eubanks
1982 Jack Harder
1983 Tip H. Allen, Jr.
1984 John Robert Arnold
1985 James E. Hill
1986 Andrew E. Gaston
1987 Robert L. “Bo” Haynes
1988 David A. VanLandingham
1989 William A. Simmons
1990 Frank Chiles
1991 Mikell Davis
1992 Lloyd Rose
1993 Bill Foster
1994 Stuart Vance
1995 O. A. Cleveland
1996 Reg Parsons
1997 Harvey Lewis
1998 Paul Millsaps, Jr.
1999 Dave Boles
2000 Jack Forbus
2001 Carey Hardin
2002 P.C. “Mac” McLaurin
2003 Ann Mitchell
2004 Larry Box
2005 Edward Clynch
2006 Larry Mullins
2007 Ned Browning
2008 C.H. “Chip” Templeton
2009 Martha Wells
2010 Tommy Tomlinson
2011 Eddie Keith
2012 Debra Hicks
2013 Brent Fountain
2014 Michelle Amos
2015 Zach Rowland
2016 Briar Jones
2017 Marc McGee
2018 Bud Gordon
2019 Sid Salter
2020 Grant Arinder
2021 John Forde