Convention History
Year City Dates District Governor International Speaker Registered
1976 Fond du Lac Oct. 22-24 DG John Schneider, Jr. Austin Jennings NR
1977 Manitowoc Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Clem Schoenborn, Jr. Dr. William Waite NR
1978 Montello Oct. 13-15 Clarence Weller Dennis Greyiensteyn 200+
1979 Ripon Oct. 5-7 Orvin Doede Edwin Flood 216
1980 Elkhart Lake Sept. 5-7 Glenn Murty Joe Di Duca 200+
1981 Mishicot Oct. 23-25 Fred Holtz William Winland NR
1982 Montello Oct. 1-3 Vernon Pautz William Chandler NR
1983 Neenah Oct. 28-30 Milton Wood William Biggs 290
1984 Elkhart Lake Oct. 12-14 Eugene Norberg Charles Boyd 183
1985 Mishicot Nov. 8-10 Thomas Koch Sten Akestam NR
1986 Green Lake Nov. 12-14 Dennis Kitchen Joe Wroblewski 318
1987 Fond du Lac OCt. 31-Nov. 1 Dwaine Habrat Howard Conroy 393
1988 Sheboygan Nov. 4-6 Paul Tadych Kay Fukishima 441
1989 Manitowoc Oc. 27-29 Thomas Thorson "Mick" Barrus NR
1990 Green Lake Nov. 9-11 Victor Voigt Bill Webber 551
1991 Neenah Nov. 1-3 Robert Showers Robert Seibert 528
1992 Manitowoc Oc. 23-25 Gordon Hoffman Gamet Davis 492
1993 Mishicot Nov. 12-14 Kenneth Rohde Tom Lehman 498
1994 Green Lake Nov. 12-14 Clayton Sengbusch William Moody 464
1995 Fond du Lac Nov. 10-12 David Petrie Tom Matney 510
1996 Sheboygan Nov. 8-10 John Damrow Gary Fry 427
1997 Neenah Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Patrick Champeau Jimmy Ross NR
1998 Green Lake Nov. 6-7 Deloran Peterson Lloyd Hanson 425
1999 Fond du Lac Nov. 12-13 Thomas Clausen Carlos Almodovar 382
2000 Manitowoc Oct. 27-28 Steve Groene John Daum 400
2001 Oshkosh Nov. 9-10 Orville Kittel Arthur Lazarow 415
2002 Fond du Lac Nov. 8-9 Edward Filemyr Buddy Ouzts 413
2003 Oshkosh Nov. 7-8 Tom King John Rabideau 393
2004 Manitowoc Oct. 29-20 Richard Christianson Gary Tschache 376
2005 Appleton Nov. 11-12 Gary Colton Ed McCormick 365
2006 Manitowoc Nov. 10-11 Ken Wallander Robert Moore 391
2007 Appleton Nov. 9-10 Vernon Pautz David Stoufer 305
2008 Mishicot Nov. 7-8 Gary Bilke Neil Spencer 305
2009 Oshkosh Nov. 13-14 Leonard Quinn Ross Thorfinnson, Jr. 312
2010 Manitowoc Nov. 12-13 Gerald Post Gary D'Orazio 323
2011 Manitowoc Oct. 28-29 Merle Strelow Gen Spiess 243
2012 Mishicot Nov. 9-10 Meg Post Marvin Chambers 255
2013 Manitowoc Nov. 8-9 Dawn Christensen Steven Tremaroli 233
2014 Oshkosh Nov. 14-15 Gary Silah Ed Farrington 251
2015 Appleton Nov. 13-14 Marvin Henke Bill Phillipi 209
2016 Green Lake Nov. 11-12 Tom Berendes Jerome Thompson 218
2017 Manitowoc Nov. 10-11 Fred Gebhart Jerimaiah "Doc" Myers 206
2018 Appleton Nov. 9-10 David Lee Don Noland 216
2019 Fond du Lac Nov. 8-9 Michael De Baere Mark Lyon 198
2020 Sheboygan Nov. 13-14 Thomas Wendt Mike Banks 148
2021 Sheboygan Nov. 12-14 B.J. Blahnik Ken Ibarra 212
2022 Fond du Lac Nov. 11-12 Dave Brinkman Dr. Dianne Pitts 205
2023 Fond du Lac Nov. 10-11 Greg Kubichka Edward Guy Hollander 174
NR = No Record