The Tournament of Roses Parade has become such a large event that it requires 65,000 hours of combined manpower each year, or the equivalent of roughly 7.42 years of combined manpower. The Tournament of Roses Association has 935 members, each of whom is assigned to one of 34 committees, and 38 student ambassadors.Tournament of Roses Past Themes
This group is headed by a president, who wears the traditional red jacket. While the president is officially elected in the third week of January following the New Year's Day parade and the Rose Bowl college football game, in reality, they were selected when first named to the executive committee eight years earlier. They spend four years as a vice president, then become secretary, treasurer, and executive vice-president before being named president. The newly elected President of the Tournament of Roses has the duty of picking a theme for the forthcoming festivities and selecting a Grand Marshal. The President also approves lists of floats, equestrian units, Rose Queen and the Royal Court, and bands recommended by the various committees. The President has many duties including visiting each of the band participants during the year before the Parade and the many events in late December prior to the actual parade.
Presidents of the Tournament of Roses Association
1889-90: Edward R. Murrow 1890-91: Dr. Charles F. Holder 1891-92: B. Marshall Wotkyns 1892-93: Frank C. Bolt 1894-95: Charles Daggett 1896-97: Edwin Stearns 1897-98: 1898-99: Martin H. Weight 1899-1900: Herman Hertel 1900-01: F.B. Weatherby 1901-02: James B. Wagner 1902-03: Charles Coleman 1903-04: 1904-05: Charles Daggett 1905-06: Edwin D. Neff 1906-08: Edward T. Off (2yrs) 1908-10: George P. Cary (2yrs) 1910-11: Frank G. Hogan 1912-13: Edward T. Off (2yrs) 1913-14: R.D. Davis 1914-15: John B. Coulston 1915-16: Lewis H. Turner 1916-17: D.M. Linnard 1917-19: B.O. Kendall (2yrs) 1919-21: William L. Leishman (2yrs) 1921-23: John J. Mitchell (2yrs) 1923-25: W.F. Creller (2yrs) 1925-27: Harry M. Ticknor (2yrs) 1927-29: Leslie B. Henry (2yrs) 1929-31: C. Hal Reynolds (2yrs) 1931-33: D.E. McDaneld (2yrs) 1933-34: George S. Campbell 1934-35: Charles Cobb (Deceased 10/14/34) 1935-36: C. Elmer Anderson 1936-37: Cyril Bennett 1937-38: George S. Campbell 1938-39: Lathrop K. Leishman 1939-40: Harlan G. Loud 1940-41: J.W. McCall, Jr. 1941-42: Robert M. McCurdy 1942-43: James K. Ingham 1943-44: Frank M. Brooks 1944-45: Max H. Turner 1945-46: Charles A. Strutt 1946-47: William P. Welsh 1947-48: Louis R. Vinceti 1948-49: Harold C. Schaffer 1949-50: Drummond J. McCunn 1950-51: L. Clifford Kenworthy 1951-52: Leon Kingsley 1952-53: William H. Nicholas 1953-54: Harry W. Hurry 1954-55: Elmer M. Wilson 1955-56: Dr. Alfred L. Gerrie 1956-57: John S. Davidson 1957-58: John H. Biggar, Jr. 1958-59: Stanley K. Brown 1959-60: Raymond A. Dorn 1960-61: Arthur W. Althouse 1961-62: H. Burton Noble 1962-63: Stanley L. Hahn 1963-64: Hilles M. Bedell 1964-65: Walter Hoefflin 1965-66: J. Randolph Richards 1966-67: Henry Kearns 1967-68: H.W. Bragg 1968-69: Gleeson L. Payne 1969-70: C. Lewis Edwards 1970-71: A. Lewis Shingler 1971-72: John J. Cabot (Deceased 1/21/71) 1971-72: Virgil J. White 1972-73: Otis H. Blasingham 1973-74: Edward Wilson 1974-75: Carl H. Hoelscher (Deceased 3/24/74) 1974-75: Paul G. Bryan 1975-76: Ralph S. Helpbringer 1976-77: Carl E. Wopschall 1977-78: Harrison R. Baker, Jr. 1978-79: Arthur D. Welsh 1979-80: Frank Hardcastle 1980-81: Millard Davidson 1981-82: Harold E. Coombes, Jr. 1982-83: Thornton H. Hamlin, Jr. 1983-84: Donald Judson 1984-85: James B. Boyle, Jr. 1985-86: Frederick D. Johnson, Jr. 1986-87: Fred W. Soldwedel 1987-88: Harriman L. Cronk 1988-89: John H. Biggar III 1989-90: Don W. Fedde 1990-91: Roy L. Coats 1991-92: Robert L. Cheney 1992-93: Gary K. Hayward 1993-94: Delmer D. Beckhart (deceased 6/20/93) 1994-95: Michael E. Ward 1995-96: W.H. Griest Jr. 1996-97: William S. Johnstone Jr. 1997-98: Gareth A. Dorn 1998-99: Dick E. Ratliff 1999-2000: Kenneth H. Burrows 2000–01: Lorne J. Brown 2001–02: Ronald A. Okum 2002–03: Gary Thomas 2003–04: Michael K. Riffey (deceased 6/13/18) 2004–05: Dave Davis 2005–06: Libby Evans Wright (first woman) 2006–07: Paul Holman 2007–08: CL Keedy 2008–09: Ronald (Corky) H. Conzonire 2009–10: Gary J. DiSano (Deceased 9/20/09) 2010–11: Jeffrey ThroopJanette Williams, 2011 Rose Parade all about `Building Dreams, Friendships & Memories' , Whittier Daily News, January 21, 2010 2011–12: Rick Jackson Janette Williams, Tournament of Roses announces new president, 2012 Rose Parade theme, Silicon Valley Mercury News, January 20, 2011 2012–13: Sally BixbyJanette Williams, , Whittier Daily News, January 19, 2012 2013–14: R. Scott Jenkins 2014–15: Richard L. Chinen (first Asian-American) 2015–16: Mike MatthiessenClaudia Palma, “Find Your Adventure” is 2016 Rose Parade theme, Matthiessen confirmed as 2016 President, The Pasadena Star-News, January 15, 2015 2016–17: Brad Ratliff 2017–18: Lance Tibbet 2018–19: Gerald Freeny (first African-American) 2019–20: Laura Farber (first Latina) 2020–22: Dr. Robert B. Miller 2022-23: Amy Wainscott 2023-24: Alex Aghajanian (installed on 1/19/2023) 2024–25: Ed Morales (installed on 1/18/2024) 2025–26: Mark Leavens (installed on 1/16/2025) 2026–27: Terry Madigan (installed on 1/15/2026)
Gallery This is a gallery of recent Past Presidents.
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