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CHAMBER HISTORY

The Harvard Chamber of Commerce is celebrating 77 years of service to the community. Throughout the years the Chamber has been the collective voice of commerce, has worked to improve the economic environment, and has provided leadership for improving the quality of life. Its goals are achieved through active participation and interaction of member firms, in a cooperative and coordinated effort with all elements of the community.

Past Presidents of the Harvard Chamber of Commerce
1930 Eugene Saunders 1931 E.A. Manley – Ray Lush 1932 Eugene Saunders 1933 Dr. H. J. Schmid 1934 George Vermila 1935 George Vermila 1936 Robert J. Goll 1937 T. Merle Paul 1938 T. Merle Paul 1939 Thomas V. Houlihan 1940 Frank Lanning 1941 R. J. Holl 1942 Jerome Powers 1943 Charles Burkart 1944 Walter Burton 1945 Glenn Wright 1946 Raymond Esmond 1947 A. L. Mueller 1948 Joseph R. Shields 1949 William J. Gleason 1950 L. M. Schutt 1951 Fred Green 1952 James Weir 1953 Thomas A. Williams 1954 Peter Breen 1955 Amos Smith 1956 Amos Smith	1957 Walter Burton 1958 Walter Burton 1959 L. Ben Saunders 1960 Wayne Pankonin 1961 Dr. Norbert Patterson 1962 Tony Stricker 1963 Ardee Lanphier 1964 L. E. “Butch” McFarlin 1965 L. E. “Butch” McFarlin 1966 Leroy Carlson 1967 Herb Nelson 1968 Ralph Stoxen – Winston Lindberg 1969 J. Flanagan 1970 Dale Roach 1971 Paul Murphy 1972 Ron Morris 1973 Robert Farmer 1974 Duncun Lanham 1975 Barry Frame 1976 Owen Green 1977 Charles Burkart 1978 Marvin Fry Denlund 1979 David Pankonin 1980 Robert Power 1981 Roger Lehmann 1982 P. Michael Bannwolf	1983 P. Michael Bannwolf 1984 Robert Stoxen 1985 Bernard Papp 1986 John Seegers 1987 Jeff Kurth 1988 John Boehnen 1989 Lois Boese 1990 Kevin B. McFarlin 1991 Bob Burkart 1992 David Brady 1993 Rick Lipinsky 1994 Glenda Miller 1995 Joe Regan 1996 Dennis Cain 1997 Dave Ryman 1998 Jay Nolan 1999 Stuart Charland 2000 Dan Colby 2001 Frank Richards 2002 Gary Edgeton2003 Father Richard Kramer (Jan.- Feb) - Gary Edgeton (March– Dec.) 2004 Nancy Hutchins 2005 Nancy Hutchins 2006 Greg Rokus 2007 Michael Bannwolf 2007 Scott Logan