Past International Directors

South Dakota

PID Bob Drabek* (Bev) (term 1985‑1987)

PID John Daum (Wyoming term 1997‑1999)

PID Lloyd Hansen* (term 1997‑1999)

PID Al Schock* (term 1958‑1960)

North Dakota

PID Patricia “Pat” Vannett (term 2017‑2019)

PID Robert Littlefield (Kathy) (term 2014‑2016)

PID Bruce Schwartz (Julie) (term 2002‑2004)

PID William Gackle (Marilyn) (term 1981‑1983)

Saskatchewan

PID Marvin Chambers (Lynne) (term 2012‑2013)

PID Garnet Davis (Mary Ellen) (term 1991‑1993)


*Deceased

5SE Past District Governors

2025-26 Reid Christopherson-Garretson

2024-25 Dennis Bohmont-Mitchell

2023-24 LeeAnn Haisch-Hawarden IA

2022-23 Robyn Tyler-Sioux Falls

2021-22 David Pigors-Groton

2020-21 Krisha Ashby-Sioux Falls

2019-20 John Emmett-Aberdeen

2018-19 Marie Anne Ben-Vermillion

2017-18 Neil Bowes-Yankton

2016-17 Larry Buntrock-Britton

*2015-16 Jerry Voss-Beresford

2014-15 Dennis Van Asch-Milbank

2013-14 Harry Engberg-Sioux Falls

2012-13 Janell Beck-Lennox

2011-12 Louise T. Schley-Sioux Falls

2010-11 Allen Adrian-Sioux Falls

2009-10 Tom Grimmond-Sioux Falls

2008-09 Cindy Iverson-Madison

2007-08 Joan Marlette-Redfield

2006-07 Dennis "Dusty" Kraus-Mitchell

2005-06 Delmer Hofer-Freeman

2004-05 Lyle Swenson-Mitchell

2003-04 J. Gordon Harris-Sioux Falls

*2002-03 Harold Brodkorb-Huron

2001-02 Ray Schley-Brookings

2000-01 Katherine French-Utica

1999-00 Red Beukelman-Madison

1998-99 Donald Selberg-Sioux Falls

1997-98 Freeman French-Yankton

1996-97 Roger E. Braaten-Sioux Falls

1995-96 Gary Smith-Dell Rapids

1994-95 Donald E. Bradley-Redfield

1993-94 Lloyd H. Hansen-Brookings

1992-93 Douglas Block-Watertown

1991-92 Erwin R. Gross-Freeman

1990-91 Richard Ziegler-Mitchell

1989-90 Eugene Otto-Aberdeen

1988-89 Robert A. Rounds Sr-Iroquois

1987-88 Richard Kohlmeyer-Wolsey

1986-87 James Solon-Huron

1985-86 George N. McCrea-Aberdeen

1984-85 Ardean E. Graff-Clark

1983-84 Duane Sanger-Redfield

1982-83 Howard McNamara-Hartford

1981-82 Dawn B. Nerison-Aberdeen

1980-81 Glenn I. Odland-Mitchell

1979-80 Robert J. Henry-Brandon

1978-79 Allen A. Brown-Beresford

1977-78 Gerald D. Marlette-Redfield

1976-77 E.G. Schumacher-Mitchell

1975-76 Don Vogt-Aberdeen

1974-75 M. E. Johnson-Brookings

1973-74 Harold Hofer-Mitchell

1972-73 Howard Mather-Watertown

1971-72 William F. Vogt-Mitchell

1970-71 Les G. Grosz-Webster

1969-70 Ralph Jenson-Beresford

1968-69 Edwin J. Hadd-Vermillion

1967-68 Dr. Ralph Palmer-Parkston

1966-67 Delmer Boyd-Huron

1965-66 Evan Enquist-Sioux Falls

1964-65 Dean Eisnach-Estellline

1963-64 Marion Musgrave-Sioux Falls

1962-63 Larry Karbo-Watertown

1961-62 Steve Graf-Vermillion

1960-61 A. D. Shepersky-Huron

1959-60 Ernest Wight-Watertown

1958-59 Fred C. Stellner-Aberdeen

1957-58 Howard Hanson-Pierre

1956-57 Al Schock-Sioux Falls

1955-56 G. Freemole-Belle Fourche

1954-55 Phillips B. Crew-Vermillion

1953-54 P. O. Beebe-Watertown

1952-53 J. A. Pfeiler Jr-Hot Springs

1951-52 Frank Wingfield-Parkston

1950-51 Vernon B. Wagner-Watertown

1949-50 5S Ed Ciziewski-Huron

1948-49 Roy D. Burns-Sioux Falls

1947-48 A. T. Holmes-Lemmon

1946-47 B. Penfold-Belle Fourche

1945-46 H. J. Johnson-Mitchell

1944-45 LeRoy Crawford-Aberdeen

1943-44 Dr. C. S. Betts-Huron

1942-43 A. W. Schwietert-Sioux Falls

1941-42 Harold C. Chapman-Mitchell

1940-41 E. H. Lighter-Rapid City

SD Lions Hall of Famers

*1986 Lion Arnold Auch

*1987 PDG A.D. Shepersky

*1988 PID Al Schock

*1989 PDG Gerald Marlette

*1990 PDG Paul Beebe

*1991 Lion Walter Prahl

*1992 PDG Jack Hoshino

*1993 PDG Ernest Wight

*1994 Lion Dean Haynes

*1994 Lion Dale Green

1995 PDG Vernon Joy

*1995 PDG Dawn Nerison

*1996 PDG Marion Musgrave

*1996 Lion Robert Tyler

*1997 PDG Delmer Boyd

*1998 Lion Lyle Paschke

1999 PID Robert Drabek

*1999 PDG Jay Hendrickson

*2000 PDG Ralph Palmer

2001 PDG Robert Haskell

*2002 PDG Richard Ziegler

*2002 Lion Marvin Hanson

2003 PDG Orland Paulson

*2003 PDG James Solon

2003 Lion Joan Marlette

*2004 PID Lloyd Hansen

*2004 PDG Red Beukelman

*2004 Lion Rudy Rudel

2005 PDG Galen Jones

2005 Lion Elaine Hendrickson

*2006 PDG Ralph Jensen

*2006 Lion Clyde Zook

*2007 PDG Howard Mather

2007 PDG Richard Drabek

*2007 Lion Gloria Selberg

2008 PDG Charles Livingston

2008 Lion George Brown

2009 PDG Roger Braaten

2009 Lion Bev Drabek

2010 PDG Don Selberg

*2010 Lion Perry Pollard

2011 PDG Gary Watzel

2011 Lion Irma Beukelman

*2012 PDG Gordon Harris

2012 Lion Marlin Flint

2013 PDG Neil Vollmer

2013 PID John Daum

2014 PDG Ray Schley

2014 Lion Carol Becker

*2015 PDG Wanda Mitchell

2016 PDG Delmer Hofer

*2016 Lion Dr. Thomas White

2017 PDG Louise Schley

2017 Lion Linda Vollmer

2019 PDG Kenneth Wetz

2019 Lion Donna Wetz

2022 PCC Tom Grimmond

2025 Lion Dr. Jeff Sayler