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Indiana's Largest
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The Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis is one of the premier service clubs in the nation. Boasting a membership of over 300 community leaders, Downtown Kiwanis, as it's known, is one of the largest Kiwanis Clubs out of approximately 8,000 clubs throughout America and the world.

Pictured here are Purdue University president Martin Jischke, presenting, with (left to right) Jerry Israel, University of Indianapolis president; club president Mark Pflum, president of the St. Francis Healthcare Foundation; and Ron Henrickson of Twilight Venture Partners. They are discussing life sciences in Indiana at an October club meeting.

While the size of our membership attests to its popularity, it is the depth and breadth of its community service, the quality of its business networking and the excellence in programming that sets it apart from virtually all other like organizations.

Serving Children: Our more than 30 different committees bring dollars and helping hands to targeted social programs that help children in all levels of education, hospitals, athletics, child advocacy, through foster parenting and more. We partner with many of the leading child service organizations in Indianapolis.

Business Networking: With such a high level of membership, attending meetings, working on committees and contributing to programs puts you in close contact with our city's key decision makers. Kiwanians are encouraged to do business with other Kiwanians and look out for each other through mentoring.

Fun! Kiwanis is far from all work and no play. A Members Activities committee provides members with a variety of recreational opportunities, from golf to dinner theater and numerous other activities and excursions. And every meeting is staged to be as light-hearted as it is informative.

Kiwanis Is Worldwide! Click here to learn more about Kiwanis International and its many clubs around the world: www.kiwanis.org.

club leadership

officers and directors 2007-08

President Mary Y. Marsh Retired	Past President Jay R. Brill The National Bank of Indianapolis	President-Elect J. Timothy Worthington Worthington Group
Vice President J. Trent Cowles Merrill Lynch	Treasurer Marvin J. Brames R. J. Pile LLC	Secretary Dennis M. Neidigh Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.
Directors: Terms through 2008
Mellissa M. Boggs Quantum Human Resources, LLC	Steven L. Kellam Human Capital Holdings	R. Stephen Tegarden Nestle Inn Bed & Breakfast
Directors: Terms through 2009
Michael R. Harpring R. J. Pile LLC	Marjorie H. O'Laughlin Retired	T. Ray Phillips, IV Family Business Legacy Co.
Directors: Terms through 2010
Patrick N. Duginske West Point Financial/Mass Mutual	Joseph P. Marbaugh Retired	Gail J. Rothrock Family Service of Central Indiana

Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis - Past Presidents

	Past President	Year Served		Past President	Year Served
	Jay R. Brill	2007		* Aubrey White	1961
	Stephen J. Willem	2006		* J. Russell Townsend, Jr.	1960
	Mark J. Pflum	2005		* Dr. I. Lynd Esch	1959
	Nancy A. Summers	2004		* Earl A. Blakley	1958
	Theodore E. Mau, IV	2003		* Lloyd Byrne	1957
	Rush S. Yelverton	2002		* Corwin T. Geyer	1956
	Steven C. Robinson	2001		* Floyd D. Wallace	1955
	Gary A. Gardner	2000		* William E. King	1954
	Andrea L. Marshall	1999		* William R. Krafft	1953
	Robert E. Schlegel, III	1998		* Frank W. Bodwell	1952
	Robert R. Baxter	1997		* Frederick F. Marston	1951
	Larry J. Barrett	1996		* Ralph W. Wright	1950
	David G. Sease	1995		* J. R. Townsend, Sr.	1949
	*John A. Grayson	1994		* Robert J. Heuslein	1948
	*John L. Price	1993		* Howard E. Nyhart	1947
	Maurice O. Edmonds	1992		* Charles T. Coats	1946
	Tom H. Mullineux	1991		* Robert C. Burnett, Sr.	1945
	R. Dale Scott	1990		* Robert L. Mason	1944
	G. Donald Steel	1989		* Jackson A. Raney	1943
	James D. Blythe, II	1988		* Ernest L. Barr	1942
	William E. McWhirter	1987		* George H. Lilly	1941
	James H. Holds	1986		* Arthur P. Holt	1940
	Robert G. Moorhead	1985		* James T. Hamill	1939
	Morris E. Thomas, Jr.	1984		* Jack Harding	1938
	Henry C. Ryder	1983		* R. R. Bair	1937
	Thomas H. Dunham	1982		* W. Henry Roberts	1936
	Allen M. Hicks	1981		* Frank V. Hawkins	1935
	* William G. Clayton	1980		* Ira A. Minnick	1934
	Max B. Schumacher	1979		* W. Luther Snodgrass	1933
	* John T. Sutton	1978		* Asa E. Chambers	1932
	Gene E. Sease	1977		* Jack H. Rhoades	1931
	Arthur C. Schrader, Jr.	1976		* Herman C. Wolff	1930
	* James C. Skinner	1975		* Eli Schloss	1929
	* Max S. Norris	1974		* Julian Wetzel	1928
	* John K. Sturman	1973		* Walter B. Harding	1927
	* C. Wendell Martin	1972		* Mervin J. Hammel	1926
	* Alexander E. Jones	1971		* Harry E. Yockey	1925
	* Luke Walton	1970		* Dwight S. Ritter	1924
	* Warren J. Dills	1969		* Carl S. Wagner	1923
	* Walter H. Pagenkopf	1968		* Walter T. White	1922
	Robert L. Longardner	1967		* Henry L. Dithmer, Sr.	1921
	* Ernest L. Miller	1966		* O. B. Iles	1920
	Robert D. Enoch	1965		* Edward E. Gates	1919
	* Edwin G. Plum	1964		* Robert Lieber	1918
	*Frank L. Reissner	1963		* John A. George	1917
	* George H. Cornelius, Jr.	1962		* E. C. Strathmann	1916
	* Elbert R. Gilliom	1961
				* = deceased

Current Kiwanis Club Members Who Have Served
on the Board of Directors

Current Members Who Have Served	Current Members Who Have Served	Current Members Who Have Served
Karl J. Ahlrichs Nancy S. Ahlrichs John D. Allen Nolan E. Allen Connie S. Allman G. William Armstrong Irving F. Ball Michael Barth III Larry J. Barrett Robert R. Baxter L. Tex Black James D. Blythe II Mellissa M. Boggs Mary P. Bolk Myra J. Borshoff Charles A. Boswell Marvin J. Brames Jay R. Brill S. Henry Bundles, Jr. Roger D. Chase II Alan Cloe Bernard K. Cooper J. Trent Cowles Rene J. Defourneaux Priscilla S. Dillon Patrick N. Duginske Thomas H. Dunham Leslie Duvall Maurice O. Edmonds Thomas P. Ewbank	Greg D. Fennig John F. Frank J. Marshall Gage Gary A. Gardner Joel L. Gauthier Austin W. Greene Thomas U. Grinslade Stephen W. Hadley Susan Hanafee Michael R. Harpring Allen M. Hicks James H. Holds Jeffrey P. Horwitz Lynn E. Kandel Steven L. Kellam Paul J. Lang Robert L. Longardner Joseph P. Marbaugh Mary Y. Marsh Andrea L. Marshall Theodore E. Mau IV Patricia P. McCrory William E. McWhirter Robert G. Moorhead Tom H. Mullineux Wade L. Neal William R. Neale Dennis M. Neidigh Robert C. Nelson	John M. Ohnemus Marjorie H. O'Laughlin Carol J. Orbison Mark J. Pflum T. Ray Phillips, IV William O. Powell Steven C. Robinson Gail J. Rothrock Eric J. Rowland Henry C. Ryder Richard J. Salewicz Robert E. Schlegel III Arthur C. Schrader, Jr. Max B. Schumacher David G. Sease Gene E. Sease John V. Sellers Deborah Hearn Smith Robert W. Spanogle Steven E. Springer G. Donald Steel Nancy A. Summers R. Stephen Tegarden Morris E. Thomas, Jr. Mark A. Varnau C. Tim Wilcox Stephen J. Willem J. Timothy Worthington Rush S. Yelverton

objects of kiwanis


As Kiwanians, our main objectives are the following:

• To give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life.
• To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
• To promote the adoption and application of higher social, business and professional standards.
• To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship.
• To provide through this club, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build a better community.
• To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and good will.

To learn more, visit the Kiwanis International website at www.kiwanis.org.

club history

The Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis is a club of major milestones.
Any history, however extensive, would have to be woven around the following major events that have marked our long and colorful life:

• The day of our founding, on August 17, 1916, when we became the first Kiwanis Club in Indiana and 18th in the nation, with a charter membership of 54. The charter was officially presented on October 16, 1916 by International President George F. Hixson.
• Our city hosting the 22nd annual convention of Kiwanis International, June 20-24, 1937.
• The election of Jackson A. Raney, one of our Past Presidents, as President of Kiwanis International at the International Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, June 26-30, 1955.
• Surpassing the 400-member plateau in August 1974 to become the "World's Largest Kiwanis Club."
• Selection of Indianapolis as the site for the new Kiwanis International headquarters on February 2, 1981.
• The day we joined Kiwanis International in dropping gender as a requirement of membership and welcoming our first female member in 1987.
• January 15, 1988 when our club was the first club in the world to reach 500 members.
• The selection of Indianapolis to be the site of the 1992 Kiwanis International Convention.
• The election of member Robert G. Moorhead as the 1993-94 president of the Kiwanis International Foundation.
• The election of member Thomas H. Dunham as the 2000-01 president of the Kiwanis International Foundation.
• Completion of Kiwanis International's first-ever Worldwide Service Project - raising $75 million to eliminate Iodine Deficiency Disorders in the world.
• The selection of Indianapolis to be the site of the 2003 Kiwanis International Convention.
• The day in each of our lives when a Kiwanis pin was affixed to our lapel and we became a member of what we believe is “the world's greatest Kiwanis Club."

become a member

Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis, Inc. BECOME A MEMBER NOW! Full Name:   Organization:   Contact Phone Number:   Email Address:       Thank you for your interest. Someone from our office will be getting back to you shortly regarding Kiwanis membership opportunities.

In order to maintain a high level of community service, diversity and excellence in business networking, Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis is committed to admitting only respected, senior leadership to its ranks.

We are looking for good leaders...
As a Kiwanis Club that desires to make major service contributions to the Indianapolis area, we recognize the need for business, professional, community and government leaders who are able to apply their significant skills and other resources to the advancement of club objectives. Consequently, we are continually seeking diversity in membership of Indianapolis' most able and motivated leaders. Therefore,

(a) An active member must be of good character and community standing who resides or has other community interests within the area of this club.

(b) An active member must be engaged in an occupation in a recognized line of business, vocation, agriculture, or institutional or professional life or who, having been so engaged, has retired.

(c) An active member must pay a membership fee and annual membership dues and shall be entitled to all the privileges of this club.

(d) A person of good character is a person who adheres to the standards of good conduct in his/her community and believes in and subscribes to the Objectives of Kiwanis International.

The qualifications for membership are:

1. That the individual be an adult of good character;
   
   
2. That the individual have a good business/professional reputation;
   
   
3. That the individual demonstrate an ability to meet the financial commitments attendant to activities of the club's service projects;
   
   
4. That the individual will annually:
   
   (a) commit to attend as many Kiwanis meetings as possible and participate in club-sponsored activities or make such other contributions to the club;
   
   (b) donate the amount determined by the Board of Directors to our club's foundation as a tax deductible gift;
   
   (c) commit to serve and be active in one or more committees.
   
   
5. That the individual demonstrate leadership qualities that would enhance the growth and fellowship of the club and its objectives.

Applicant must either:

(a) be actively engaged or formerly engaged in a role of a business, profession, community or government organization, or

(b) be an individual who has indicated that he/she would actively participate in club activities and whose membership would substantially contribute to the advancement of the club objectives.

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