Past Governors & Conventions

Decades

1950

1950
Name: Cecil L. Morris*
Club: Springfield Downtown
Slogan: Eternal Vigilance – Protect Our Freedom

1940

1949
Name: Lawrence Spuller*
Club: Ravenswood
Slogan: Preserve Individual Freedom
1948
Name: James D. Carpenter*
Club: Dubuque, IA
Slogan: Active Citizenship and Unselfish Service
1947
Name: Hugh I. Conn, M.D.*
Club: Newman
Slogan: Vitalize Our Freedoms
1946
Name: Marion G. Kudlick*
Club: Northwest Town
Slogan: Emphasize Our Freedom of Opportunity
1945
Name: J. Walker Foraker*
Club: Harvey
Slogan: Service to Others
1944
Name: J. Louis Fifer*
Club: Joliet
Slogan: Action
1943
Name: Harry C. Fulks*
Club: Peoria
Slogan: In Peace of War, Kiwanis Service
1942
Name: Donald T. Forsythe*
Club: Carthage
Slogan: Follow Thru in ’42
1941
Name: Harry S. Himmel*
Club: Southtown
Slogan: Get it Done in ’41
1940
Name: Horace Batchelor, DD*
Club: Mattoon
Slogan: Meet Today’s Challenge

1930

1939
Name: C. Paul White, MD*
Club: Kewanee
Slogan: Fellowship for Leadership in Citizenship
1938
Name: Clarence L. Valentine*
Club: Aurora
Slogan: Let’s Continue to go Forward
1937
Name: Jacob W. Myers*
Club: Harrisburg
Slogan: Forward in Kiwanis
1936
Name: Raymond S. Blunt, Sr.*
Club: Southtown
Slogan: Be Loyal
1935
Name: Corwine E. Roach*
Club: Springfield Downtown
Slogan: Sell Kiwanis
1934
Name: George H. Alfs*
Club: Burlington, IA
Slogan: Our Aim – Better Citizenship
1933
Name: George W. Fleming*
Club: Hyde Park
Slogan: Fellowship, Faith, Vision and Service
1932
Name: George B. Franks*
Club: Champaign/Urbana
Slogan: I Can’t, You Can’t, We Can
1931
Name: Henry A. Domeyer*
Club: Lakeview
Slogan: Let’s Personalize Our Kiwanis
1930
Name: A. Copeland Callen*
Club: Champaign/Urbana
Slogan: Count on Me

1920

1929
Name: Richard N. Howes*
Club: Clinton, IA
Slogan: Come Back to Kiwanis
1928
Name: Kaywin Kennedy*
Club: Bloomington
Slogan: Individual Responsibility
1927
Name: Frank P. Hammond, MD*
Club: Southeast Area
Slogan: Education + Efficiency = Success
1926
Name: Nic LeGrand*
Club: Rock Island
Slogan: Every Club a Major Community Objective
1925
Name: Horace W. McDavid*
Club: Decatur
Motto: Every Club Functioning
1923-24
Name: Daniel S. Wentworth*
Club: Chicago
Motto: Every Member Co-operating
1922
Name: George A. Scurtleff*
Club: Peoria
Motto: No Slogans Were Adopted Until 1923
1920-21
Name: Victor M. Johnson*
Club: Rockford
Motto: No Slogans Were Adopted Until 1923

* Deceased

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